DADS Platform · Audio/visual public access system
For over 40 years, Mackenzie has provided automatic announcement systems, giving us a path for public address system that generates audio and text messages
Overview
Key features
- Pre-recorded MPEG digital audio announcement system with high quality audio
- Advanced scripting and scheduling for automatic playback of safety, arrival/departure or marketing announcements
- PCMCIA FLASH memory for high reliability and convenient updates
- Balanced audio output for compatibility with standard paging amplifier and speaker systems
- Local serial (RS-232) port for updates and diagnostics via laptop
- Serial (RS-232) interface for control from remote devices, such as tracking systems that delay or alter announcements when vehicles run off schedule
- Display gateway (RS-485) to send text to signage from a variety of manufacturers
- ADA compliant
Applications
- Rail station and platform announcements
- Bus station and platform announcements
- Vehicle route schedule announcements
- Public safety and general information messages
- Advertising messages
Specifications
| Interfaces | |
|---|---|
| Interfaces | User, signage, communication, audio input |
| Serial | Local control RS-232, 9-pin D-sub; remote control RS-232, 3-pin Euro terminal |
| Signage | RS-485, 3-pin Euro terminal |
| System | |
| Clock | Real-time clocks |
| Memory | Non-volatile FLASH, removable PCMCIA |
| Audio | |
| Channels | One |
| Audio coding | MPEG-1 Layer II |
| Bandwidth | 20 Hz – 20 kHz at 128 kbps |
| Signal to noise | 85 dB |
| Distortion (THD) | < 0.1% |
| Output | One, transformer isolated, 3-pin Euro terminal |
| Physical | |
| Power | 85–264 VAC, 0.25 A max; 0.5 A fuse |
| Dimensions | 1U rack enclosure, 19″ W × 1.72″ H × 12″ D |
| Operating temperature | −20 to 70 °C |
Documents
| Document | Content | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Spec sheet | Specifications: DADS-A1216 |
Images
Related models: Transit
| MB-701 | In-vehicle automatic announcement system | |
|---|---|---|
| DADS In Vehicle | Communication system operator interface | |
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