Page Station Inventory Component

The Page Station component is a proxy for the actual physical Page Station. You must add one Page Station component from the Inventory Peripherals list, to your Q-SYS design Inventory for each physical Page Station in your system. The Page Station component is comprised of five sub-components: Status, Mic/Control, Aux Mic, Aux Line Out, and GPIO. Once you add a Page Station to your Inventory, you can drag all the sub-components into the design by clicking directly on the title "Page Station", and dragging it into the Schematic. You can drag individual components into the design by selecting the component, and dragging it into the design.

In order to create a functioning Public Address system, you must have at least one Page Station, and a PA Router in your design.

Properties

When the Page Station is selected in the Inventory list, you can set the following properties. In addition, you can set any of the following properties by selecting any one of the sub-components while they are in the Schematic. The Page Station Status, Mic/Control, and GPIO components have additional Properties.

Property	Function	Choices
Name	Identifies the Page Station component in Q-SYS Designer, enabling the connection between the design and the physical Page Station. This name should be the same as the Page Station Device Name (hostname ) in the Q-SYS Configurator. Click in the Name property and type the Name. The name must follow standard naming conventions. The Administrator restricts the name according to the following: ASCII characters a - z (case insensitive) Digits 0 - 9 Hyphen (cannot be at the beginning or end of the name) Underscore (acceptable with a Q-SYS implementation) No other characters, symbols, punctuation, or blank spaces.	User input
Location	User defined Location for the Page Station.	User input
Is Network Redundant	Indicates if the Page Station is connected to redundant networks.	No / Yes
Is Required	When Is Required is set to Yes, an error displays if the hardware does not exist on the network. This is the default behavior. When Is Required is set to No, the device is identified as not present, its status state is Not Present which is not considered an error. The color displayed for “Not Present” equipment is gray. If a device is dynamically assignable but has not been assigned, it is considered Not Present” even if it is required.	Yes / No
Dynamically Paired	Indicates that this virtual component can be paired with the same type of hardware without changing the network id of the hardware, or the name of this component. Refer to Dynamic Pairing for more information.	Yes / No
Model	Selects the Model of the Page Station. Initially, you choose the model when you place the Page Station into the Inventory. You can change it here if needed.	PS-400 PS-800 PS-1600 PS-1650
Enable Expander	Enables the Page Station to support the use of the Page Station Expander (PS-X ). The PS-X allows you to connect a Q-SYS handheld microphone that can be mounted in the same general area as the Page Station. For example, the Page Station is mounted on the airline gate desk, whereas the PS-X is mounted at the gate itself. When the Expander is enabled, the Aux Mic, and GPIO components are no longer available.	Yes / No

Property

Function

Choices

Name

Identifies the Page Station component in Q-SYS Designer, enabling the connection between the design and the physical Page Station. This name should be the same as the Page Station Device Name (hostname ) in the Q-SYS Configurator. Click in the Name property and type the Name.

The name must follow standard naming conventions. The Administrator restricts the name according to the following:

ASCII characters a - z (case insensitive)
Digits 0 - 9
Hyphen (cannot be at the beginning or end of the name)
Underscore (acceptable with a Q-SYS implementation)
No other characters, symbols, punctuation, or blank spaces.

User input

Location

User defined Location for the Page Station.

User input

Is Network Redundant

Indicates if the Page Station is connected to redundant networks.

No / Yes

Is Required

When Is Required is set to Yes, an error displays if the hardware does not exist on the network. This is the default behavior.

When Is Required is set to No, the device is identified as not present, its status state is Not Present which is not considered an error. The color displayed for “Not Present” equipment is gray.

If a device is dynamically assignable but has not been assigned, it is considered Not Present” even if it is required.

Yes / No

Dynamically Paired

Indicates that this virtual component can be paired with the same type of hardware without changing the network id of the hardware, or the name of this component. Refer to Dynamic Pairing for more information.

Yes / No

Model

Selects the Model of the Page Station. Initially, you choose the model when you place the Page Station into the Inventory. You can change it here if needed.

PS-400

PS-800

PS-1600

PS-1650

Enable Expander

Enables the Page Station to support the use of the Page Station Expander (PS-X ). The PS-X allows you to connect a Q-SYS handheld microphone that can be mounted in the same general area as the Page Station. For example, the Page Station is mounted on the airline gate desk, whereas the PS-X is mounted at the gate itself.

When the Expander is enabled, the Aux Mic, and GPIO components are no longer available.

Yes / No

Control Pins

The Page Station component in the Inventory list has no Control Pins.

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Page Station Inventory Component

Controls

Properties

Control Pins