Crown Audio CE 2000 - Manual (Page 16)

CE Series Power Amplifiers
page 16 Operation Manual
4.2.2 Fault Monitoring
The Fault (RJ-11) jack, which looks like a telephone
jack, is located on the back of your CE Series ampli-
fier (Figure 4.3). It gives you an easy way to
remotely monitor the amplifier’s fault status. To set
up a circuit that will cause an LED to light whenever
a fault status occurs, you can simply use the sug-
gested circuit shown in Figure 4.4.
When using this circuit, the LED will glow whenever
the amplifier is in one of four states: a channel’s
heatsink has reached its temperature limit, the
transformer has reached its temperature limit, the
amplifier has just been turned on and is in its turn-
on-delay mode, or the amplifier is turned off.
If you choose to design your own circuit to interface
this signal to your system, note that this RJ jack is
polarity sensitive. Pin 2 must be grounded, and Pin
5 must be supplied with a positive voltage pull-up
(positive with respect to ground). Refer to Figure 4.5
for RJ jack pin assignments. The maximum signal
that can be exposed to the Fault jack is 35VDC and
10 mA. Best results are obtained with 10 mA LEDs.
The mating connector for the CE Series TX RJ-11
jack contains 4 contact pins in a 6-slot case, as
shown. For additional information please contact
your local dealer or Crown Technical Support.
Figure 4.4 Fault Status LED Circuitry
Figure 4.5 RJ-11 Jack Wiring and Pin Assignments
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Figure 4.3 Location of Fault Jack