1. V-Series Panels
Operational training

2. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Push button key panel
Lever key panel
Rotary button key panel
The V-series panels are available either as Lever key, Push button or Rotary panels
The panels come in
2U -24 key panel
1U -12 key panel
Desktop -12 key panel
1U -12 key extension panel
All panels can have fitted as an optional extra
A AES-3 daughter card to allow Coax or “CAT5-digital” connection to the matrix via the AES-6 card
A T-Adaptor daughter card to allow microphone cable connection (over 2Km) to the matrix via the DIG-2 card. 2

3. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Mic and headset connections
With auto-detection circuitry
Main intercom and Aux
Level controls
Loudspeaker
Mic On/Off, Menu
Shift, Headset select,
Label key,
-10 characters
- Can be talk, listen or a combination
of talk and listen.
- Shows icon indications for function
Numeric keypad for
Telephone dialing
and for menu functionality
Crosspoint level control per key with
audio bar graph

4. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Push button
Reply/Answer back
Lever key

5. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Reply/Answer back
Rotary key

6. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Lever Key operation
Talk / listen key selector
Key status LED
Level control
Push button Key operation
Talk / listen key selector
Level control
Rotary Key operation
Listen key selector & Level control
Talk key selector
All displays have an Audio bar graph indicating crosspoint level 6

7. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
LEVER KEY OPERATION
The lever keys operate as both talk and listen selectors
Pressing a lever key down accesses a talk label
Pushing it up accesses a listen label
Use the level up/down buttons to adjust the crosspoint level
Pressing the lever key down and quickly releasing it (less than 200 ms) will “latch” the key and the talk path will stay active until it is pressed again. Pressing and holding a lever key down causes the talk path to stay active only for as long as it is held down.
To prevent the lever key on the panel from latching in the talk position, use EHX to set local or global latch disable for the destination port.
When a talk path is active, the talk LED lights bright RED continuously.
When a listen path is active, the listen LED lights bright GREEN continuously
Having both talk and listen paths active will produce an AMBER led status
On lever keys
- Push the lever key up to LATCH the LISTEN path
- Push the lever key down to TALK to the destination 7

8. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
PUSHBUTTON OPERATION
The pushbuttons operate as talk or listen selectors depending on the key configuration.
Possible key configurations are:-
Talk only
Listen only
Talk and listen
Talk and Forced listen
Dual talk and listen
Use the level up/down buttons to adjust the crosspoint level
Pressing the button and quickly releasing it (less than 200 ms) will “latch” the button and the talk or listen path will stay active until it is pressed again. Pressing and holding a pushbutton down causes the talk / listen path to stay active only for as long as it is held down
To prevent the key on the panel from latching in the talk position, use EHX to set local or global latch disable for the destination port.
When a talk path is active, the talk LED lights bright RED continuously.
When a listen path is active, the listen LED lights bright GREEN continuously
Having both talk and listen paths active will produce an AMBER led status
Red - Talk
Green - Listen
Amber - Talk and Listen 8

9. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
ROTARY BUTTON OPERATION
The pushbutton operates as a talk key selector
Push rotary encoder to operate as a listen button
Adjust the rotary encoder to adjust the crosspoint level
Possible key configurations are:-
Talk only (talk key selector)
Listen only (rotary button)
Forced listen (rotary button)
Pressing the talk button and quickly releasing it (less than 200 ms) will “latch” the button and the talk path will stay active until it is pressed again. Pressing and holding the talk button down causes the talk path to stay active only for as long as it is held down
To prevent the key on the panel from latching in the talk position, use EHX to set local / global latch disable for the destination port.
Listen button &
Level control
Red – Talk (button)
Green – Listen (rotary)
Talk key selector 9

10. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Audio routes / paths
Listen key: When you press or latch an assigned listen key, the key lights up bright green while you listen to the incoming audio.
Talk: When you press or latch an assigned talk key, the key lights up bright red while you talk to the destination port.
Talk & Listen: When you press or latch a talk & listen key you will be able to talk & listen simultaneously to the destination port
Usually only programmed for 4wires and interfaces. Be careful with audio levels to avoid howl-round.
Generally its best to avoid programming talk/listen keys between two panels as this can lead to howl-round (audio-feedback) 10

11. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Audio paths / routes
Talk & Forced Listen: The panel operator will permanently hear the incoming audio. Pressing the talk key will make a talk route to the port
Forced Listen: The panel operator will permanently hear the incoming audio.
On V-Rotary panels if the rotary encoder is programmed as a F/Listen key then pushing the encoder will turn OFF the forced listen route
Dual Talk and Listen : Pushbutton panels only. A quick tap of the key <200ms will latch the listen route on. A press and hold of the key will make a non-latching talk route to the destination. When the talk key is released, the listen route is still latched on 11

12. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Reply Key Display
Answer-Back (Reply key) and Clear: Allows you to reply to incoming any calls from a non programmed caller and also from a programmed one.
The answer-back key is the leftmost lower key on the intercom panel.
When replying to an incoming call from a Fixed Group or IFB the caller port is displayed rather than the Fixed Group or IFB and the reply key only connects to the caller.
Use the scroll up/down buttons to display other callers in the reply key stack
The display associated with the reply key provides the following additional information
Shift page: shows only the number of the active shift page the active shift page
Panel Monitoring - displays an ear icon if your panel is being monitored by another panel, this is, if panel A has pressed a LISTEN key to your panel, then your panel’s reply key will show the ear icon to indicate that another panel has pressed a LISTEN key. 12

13. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Key Display
The display associated with each key provides the following information
10 characters per key
5 chars if port label is set into “split mode”
Supports Cyrillic, Hiragana, Full & Half-width Katakana, Kanji, Hangul characters,Arabic
Audio bar graph indicating crosspoint level
Latch indicator, to show if the key LEVER key is pressed up or down
Icon indications for Key Type ( PL , IFB , Group)
Icon indications for Key Status (Incoming vox, Telephone, Speed dial, Control relay) 13

14. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
GN mic, HS mic, Shift and Menu buttons
SHIFT
(to access 8 shift pages)
GN MIC
(gooseneck microphone on/off )
Turns the gooseneck mic on and off.
HS MIC
(headset microphone on/off )
Turns your panel’s headset microphone on and off.
When a headset is plugged into the panel, the headset microphone automatically becomes active and both gooseneck microphone & panel LS are switched off.
MENU
(to access menu options)
Access a set of local panel menu options

15. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Shift button
All V-series panels have 8 shift pages which can be customised names for individual shift pages.
Press the shift button for less than 500ms to access the “selected” shift page.
Press it again to go back to the main page.
Press and hold the ‘SHIFT’ button for more than 500ms.
The full shift menu is displayed.
The user can then select one of the eight available shift pages.
The shift page led will flash if there is an unanswered call on any shift page
Shift pages are only available on main panels and not on expansion panels 15

16. Main and AUX volume pot can be set to have minimum OFF levels in EHX
V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
The Main and AUX volume controls
AUX Volume control
Sets the volume on the optional external loudspeaker that can be connected to the auxiliary audio port on the rear of the panel.
Press and hold the aux pot to show listen labels on Lever key and Rotary panels
Listen Again feature
Pressing and releasing the auxiliary volume control will play back messages stored on the “Listen Again” system.
LS CUT
It mutes the audio from the loudspeaker.
To cut the audio press the MAIN VOL pot. The led will show solid red when the LS is muted.
Main Volume Control
Controls the incoming audio from the matrix.
The LED volume indications are:
Red - high volume
Amber - intermediate volume
Green - low volume
Main and AUX volume pot can
be set to have minimum OFF levels in EHX

17. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
AUX control - Listen again function
This feature allows the panel operator to listen to the last seconds of audio heard on the speaker.
1. Press the auxiliary volume control switch momentarily.
This activates the ‘Listen Again’ feature and the panel will replay the last seconds of stored audio
- From 5-15 seconds can be stored.
- This feature is configured in EHX under Panel Options.
- A value of 0 will disable this option.
2. The number of presses determines the total number of messages to be replayed
1 press presses presses
Last message nd message rd message
Messages played in this order 17

18. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
ADDITIONAL PANEL FEATURES
Using EHX configuration software
Call signal / Change on error tones –
Call signal – allows your panel to beep whenever it receives a call signal from another panel or interface like a CCI-22
For Lever key and Push button panels: Press and hold both up/down buttons to send call signal to the destination label
For Rotary panel: Press and hold the rotary encoder to send call signal to the destination label
CALL SIGNALING:
A call signal is an electronic signal (TALLY) that is sent from one panel or interface to another to get a panel operator’s attention. It can be used for a variety of technical purposes as well, such as Que light, to activate a relay to open a door, set off an alarm,
or activate a public address (PA) system. 18

19. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
ADDITIONAL PANEL FEATURES
Using EHX configuration software
Display brightness, screen saver time
Gooseneck and Headset microphone type (dynamic or electrect)
Speaker Dim level
Internal Audio DSP mixer
Fast Assignment mode
Supervisor function
Change on error tones allows your panel to beep whenever there is a map download
V-Rotary panels allow you to over write the Reply key – therefore providing a full 12 or 24 intercom keys. This is useful for producers / directors who often do not need a reply key 19

20. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
Panel Start-Up Sequence:
On boot up the 4 function Leds (mic on, shift, menu, H/S) will flash in rotation as the panel boots up
When a panel is connected to power, but not connected to the matrix. The panel offline message is
This also shows the panels firmware A xxxx
If there is no communication to the matrix, the display will show the message: “Waiting for Eclipse EHX.”
Press the local menu button to enter the IP panel setup or to display more panel diagnostic info
Local menu 20

21. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – BASIC
V-Series hands on Practise
Practice – BASIC talk and listen keys operation
Practice – Shift page operation
Practice – Call signalling operation
Practise – Panel start up screen 21

22. V-Series Panels Advanced Menus
V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
V-Series Panels Advanced Menus 22

23. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
V-series local Menu
V-Series panels have a number of options accessed via a menu system.
To enter menu mode press the menu button on the front panel to display the top level menu.
The menu indicator LED will light BLUE and various menu options will be displayed on the key displays.
Note: Access to menu mode is controlled by the configuration program (EHX)
To navigate the menu levels use the lever key or push button corresponding to the display showing the required menu item to select the option required.
To return to the previous menu use the ‘REPLY’ key which
will display the name of the current menu in inverse video. 23

24. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Panel menu structure

25. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Keypad (2RU / Desktop panels only)
The keypad on 2RU panels/ Desktops may be used to access certain menu pages directly (as a shortcut) and to enter telephone numbers to dial out via a telephone interface such as a TEL-14 interface unit.
The menu shortcuts available from the keypad are:
1 - Dial Menu
2 - Local Exclusive
3 - Local page override
4 - Assignment Panel menu
5 - Local Key Assign menu
7 - Local Preferences menu
9 - Diagnostic menu
# - Fast Assignment mode 25

26. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Panel menu structure

27. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Panel menu structure 27

28. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Panel menu structure
IFBs: Destinations will flash in red, select one.
Then select the source from the flashing green labels. The destination labels need global IFB enabled in EHX.
PL: The available party lines will flash in red, select one. Then add or remove members from the flashing green labels.
FG: The available fixed groups will flash in red, select one. Then add or remove members from the flashing green labels. 28

29. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Panel menu structure

30. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Fast Assignment Mode
The fast key assign mode on 2RU / Desktop panel allows users to quickly create and delete local key assignments, quickly without the need to enter the normal local key assignment menu
Fast Assignment mode must be enabled for the panel in EHX using the “Advanced Settings”
To assign label to a key
Enter fast key assign mode by pressing the ‘ # ’ key on the keypad.
The reply key will then display ‘FAST ASSN’ in inverted text.
Enter the destination panel port number as a string of 3 digits
The destination port numbers start at = MVX port 1
Press the ‘ * ’ key to accept the entry
Select any flashing key to assign the label to the key
Code:01=(System No:1) / 01=(MVX) / 001=MVX port 1
Code:01=(System No:1) / 02=(PL) / 001=PL 1
Code:01=(System No:1) / 03=(FG) / 001=FG1
Code:01=(System No:1) / 06=(BP’s) / 00=BP1
To delete a label from a key
Enter fast key assign mode by pressing the ‘ # ’ key on the keypad
Press the ‘ * ’ key on the keypad
Select any flashing key to delete the label from the key

31. V-ROTARY PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Rotary encoder actions
The rotary encoder on the V-rotary panel has a number of different functions
Normal mode
Adjusting rotary encoder will adjust the incoming audio level of talk label
Press and hold the Aux pot
Adjusting rotary encoder will adjust the incoming audio level of listen label +

32. V-ROTARY PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Rotary encoder actions
Normal mode
Press and hold rotary encoder to send call signal to the label
If the port is a TEL-14 then a “Tel-Release” signal is sent
Matrix
CCI-22
RS-601
Sending a call signal will cause the call light on the RS-601 to flash
Press and hold rotary encoder AND twist to adjust your send level to the label
Matrix
4wire-1
Adjusting your send level will adjust the crosspoint level between you and 4wire-1, therefore 4wire-1 will hear you louder than other panels

33. V-ROTARY PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
Rotary encoder actions
AP (assignment) mode - IFB
When using the V-Rotary panel in IFB - AP mode.
The rotary encoders have additional functions
IFB assignment mode:
IFB Destinations will flash in red, select one. The destination labels need global IFB enabled in EHX.
Adjusting rotary encoder will adjust the matrix output level of the selected IFB destination port
Then select the Program source from the flashing green labels.
Adjusting rotary encoder will adjust the matrix input level of the selected Program source port

34. V-SERIES PANEL OPERATION – ADVANCED
V-series hands on Practise
Practise – Fast Assignment
Practise – Local Preferences
Practise – Local Key assign
Practise – Using the advance menu functions 34

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