Installation, Wiring – Edwards Signaling 5532M User Manual
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P/N 3100010 • REV 7 • ISS 04AUG10
Installation
The Adaptatone may be mounted to any flat surface or may 
be used as a freestanding unit mounted to a rigid pipe. The 
Adaptatone must be installed in accordance with the latest 
edition of the National Electrical Code or other regulations 
applicable to the country and locality of installation and by a 
trained and qualified electrician. 
NOTE: The increased resistance due to long wire runs 
needs to be accounted for in sizing wire. Consult 
Applications Engineering for details. 
For catalog numbers ending in "AQ", 24 VAC power must be 
transformer isolated from mains or line power. 
WARNING:
To prevent fire, shock and component damage,
NO work, including circuit board removal, should be 
performed while the circuit is energized.
NOTE: Any kind of service or maintenance performed 
while unit is energized will void the warranty. 
1. Mount Adaptatone as shown in Figure 1.
a. Flat Surface Mounting. Secure unit to mounting
surface using the (4) mounting holes in the 
mounting plate on the rear of the box. Use the #10 
x 3" (76 mm) wood screws (furnished loose) or 
other hardware (not supplied) suitable for the 
mounting surface. 
b. Rigid Pipe Mounting. Loosen the (4) cover
screws from the signal box and lift off signal box 
cover. 
NOTE: Cover screws are captive. Do not remove from 
cover. 
Remove the center knockout in lower wall of box 
and mount box to a 1/2” (12.7 mm) conduit pipe 
using suitable connector. 
2. Wire in accordance with the instructions in “Wiring.”
3. Refer to Figure 14 and Figure 15 and Table 6 and select
desired tones. Set miniature programming switches on 
the input board. 
For input connected to IN1, set on SW1; IN2, set on 
SW2; IN3, set on SW3, and IN4, set on SW4, in order of 
priority desired. 
4. Adjust volume level, if desired, by turning potentiometer
located on the main board (Figure 14 - Figure 17) and 
on voice board (Figure 16). 
WARNING: HIGH VOLTAGE is present when product is 
energized. High volume may cause harm to personnel in 
close proximity. 
5. To adjust speaker direction, loosen large star nut 
(Figure 1) and turn speaker to the approximate desired 
position. 
WARNING: To ensure integrity of the Adaptatone assembly 
when adjusting the speaker direction, make sure threads in 
the enclosure remain fully engaged and do not turn speaker 
more than 360 degrees from the original factory installed 
position. 
Ensure that the (4) collar gaskets, part number P-041930-
0362, are in place on each cover screw before securing the 
signal box cover. 
When securing cover, start screws by hand, making sure 
they are threaded into tapped holes in housing bosses 
before securing with a screwdriver. Torque signal box cover 
screws to a minimum of 20 in-lbs. This ensures the required 
tight fit. 
Retighten nut and turn speaker slightly clockwise until 
locked into place. 
6. Tightly secure the signal box cover using (4) retained
cover screws.
7. Torque signal box cover screws to a minimum of 20 in-
lbs.
8. Verify
operability.
Wiring
1. Install wires through a knockout hole in the bottom of
the box from a raceway that is, with its connections to 
the 1/2" conduit knockout hole, approved for the same 
degree of protection and enclosure type needed by the 
application. Use the provided plastic tie-wrap, on the 
barrier to the electronics, to separate incoming power 
leads from signal and tone initiating leads, per NEC 
(Figure 4 - Figure 6). 
WARNING:
To prevent fire and shock, wire the Adaptatone
only as described in this installation instruction.
2. Wire as follows referring to Figure 4 - Figure 6. (These
instructions apply to both tone generator and 5532M 
series speaker/amplifier, except as noted): 
If Edwards Signal Actuator catalog number 5538-4 is 
used to manually initiate tones, connect its four 
normally-open switches to the Tone Generator as 
shown on instructions provided with the Signal Actuator 
unit. 
a. Connect green and yellow-striped earth-ground
wires to earth-ground and, additionally, on tone 
generator, to braid or drain of audio cable in step b. 
b. See Figure 5 and Figure 13 - Figure 16. Connect
audio output (+) from the main board of the tone 
generator to the AUD (+) terminal on the Speaker / 
Amplifier audio coupler board. Use shielded cable 
and connect braid or drain to earth-ground wire 
lead of 5540 tone generator. Up to 2500 
speaker/amplifiers can be so connected in parallel 
to a single tone generator. 
