Clear-Com CellCom Battery Pack Charger - Manual

Part number – 810334Z Version 1.6 January 2008
CELLCOM-10/FREESPEAK-10 FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY
The full manual for Cellcom-10/FreeSpeak-10 can be found on the CD supplied with this product. This includes a quick-start guide, which explains the procedures below in slightly more detail.
Connecting antennas to the base station
Use screened Cat5 Ethernet cable to connect the antennas to the ports marked TRANSCEIVER 1 /
2 on the base station. Antennas can be connected directly to the base station, or alternatively up to
5 antennas can be connected to each transceiver port using a splitter. Check that the yellow light
on the antenna comes on a few seconds after the base station is powered up. Allow at least 1
antenna per 5 beltpacks. For areas of overlapping coverage we recommend allowing one antenna
for every 4 beltpacks. The SYSTEM
→ ANTNS menu can be useful in seeing which beltpacks are
connected to which antenna.
In some situations, particularly in outdoor venues, interference from non-DECT sources can
severely reduce the range of the system. In these cases we recommend a site survey as described
in the manual.
Connecting 2 wire (partyline) equipment
1. Disable the 2 wire channel you want to connect - push the “Enable” button on the front panel to
extinguish the “CH.A” or “CH.B” LED if necessary.
2. Connect and power-up the partyline equipment.
3. Select the type (brand) of the beltpack from PORTS
→ PLCHx→ TYPE.
4. Push the “enable” button on the base unit.
Note that a moderately loud tone is used to calibrate the auto-nulling circuitry of the unit when this
enable button is pushed, so you may want to ensure that audio levels on the partyline are turned
down.
Registering beltpacks
The first time you use the system, you need to tell the beltpacks which base station to talk to, and
tell the base station which beltpacks to talk to.
To tell the beltpack which base station to talk to:
1. Find the system ID of the base station from the SYSTEM
→ INFO base unit menu.
2. Use the “Beltpack Registration” PC program in the Cellcom Toolkit, supplied on the CD-ROM , to
program this ID into the beltpack via the supplied serial cable.
Tell the base station which beltpacks to talk to:
1. Select BELTPACKS
from the front panel menu, select the “slot” that you want to place the new
beltpack into, then select RGSTR.
2. Dial in the last 4 digits from the serial number on the label on the back of the beltpack.
3. Select BACK, then wait for 5 seconds until the screen blinks, showing that your changes have
been saved and applied.
Changing beltpack, port or group labels
Labels are “friendly” 5 character names that you can apply to beltpacks and audio ports. This label
will appear, among other places, next to any beltpack key which is assigned to talk to the port,
beltpack or group. For example if the director talks via a 4 wire input you may want to label it
DIRCT, and you could label your beltpacks CAM01 FLMGR etc.
For Beltpacks:
Select BELTPACKS
→ BPKxx → LABEL. Rotate and click to select the character position that
you want, then rotate to change the character. Click again when you reach the desired character.
To exit the menu select then de-select the last character. Your changes are saved and applied 5
seconds after the last time you touch or press the rotary controller, indicated by a “blink” of the
display.
For Groups: As above, but select GROUPS
→ GP#xx → LABEL from the menu
For other audio ports: As above, but select PORTS → (the port you want) → LABEL.
Creating Groups
A group allows you to talk to a number of people all at the same time. Note that being a member of
a group does not mean that you can automatically hear every other person in the group all the time,
or that they can hear you – you have to initiate a call to the group (e.g. by pressing a beltpack key
assigned to that group).
Select GROUPS
→ (the group you want) → MEMBERS. You will be presented with a list of all
the available audio ports and beltpacks. An outline around an item means that it is a member of the
group. Click on the item to toggle the outline. Your changes are saved and applied 5 seconds after
the last time you touch or press the rotary controller, indicated by a “blink” of the display.
Assigning beltpack keys
Each beltpack can be programmed with up to 6 talk or listen destinations, arranged in 3 pages of 2
keys each. Change page by pushing the page change keys, on the left and right of the face of the
beltpack. The page that you are on is indicated by the number in the centre of the display. The
page change keys can be locked if necessary via the menu on the beltpack.
Example – setting key 1 on page 2 of beltpack 3 to call the members of group 4.
BELTPACKS
→ BPK03 → KEYS → Pg2-1 → GP#01. (Hint – the groups are towards the end of
the list, so rotate the controller anticlockwise to reach them sooner).
Creating audio paths to / from 2 wire or 4 wire ports
To make a “permanent” talk path from a 2 or 4 wire port to another audio port or group of ports:
PORTS
→ 4WIRx or PLCHx → CALLS → The port or group you want. Your changes are saved
and applied 5 seconds after the last time you touch or press the rotary controller, indicated by a
“blink” of the display. Note that this audio path will be reinstated after the unit is power cycled.
Example setup – Permanent Director’s audio feed via 4 wire 1 to all beltpacks
GROUPS → GP#01 → MEMBERS → Outline all beltpacks
PORTS → 4WIR1 → CALLS → GP#01
Wait 5 seconds for changes to be applied.
Note that the 4 wire input does not have to be a member of the group to call the group. There are a
few subtleties regarding the way that the beltpacks can reply / talk back to the director.
If the 4 wire is a member of the group AND the beltpack has a key assigned to the group on the
current page, then the green LED next to the GROUP key will flash, and pushing it will talk to
everyone in the group including the 4 wire.
Otherwise the key that flashes will be marked with the label of the 4 wire, and pushing it will talk
back to the 4 wire ONLY.
Base Station
Antenna _ Splitter
Active _ Antenna