Page Station Status Component

Controls

Page Station Status

Control

Function

Default / Range

Status LED

This LED changes color to indicate the current status of the Page Station. See Page Station Status for the meanings of the various colors.

N / A

Page Station Status

Displays the current status of the Page Station both in text and color. The following is a list of possible status colors, and some example conditions.

OK - Green - Audio is good, hardware is good.

Compromised - Orange - Audio is good but a redundancy mechanism is active (one LAN down but the other is still up) or a non-fatal hardware problem exists (temperature higher than expected, etc.)

Fault - Red - Audio is not passing, or hardware is malfunctioning or mis-configured (amplifier power off, audio streams broken, wrong type of I/O Card installed, loudspeaker short circuit, etc.)

Missing - Red - Audio is not passing because some piece of hardware was not found on the network (Page Station, Microphone).

Updating - Blue - In the process of firmware update, audio is obviously bad.

N / A

Clock Offset

This text field displays the clock difference between the Page Station and the Master Clock. The unit of measure is indicated in the text readout.

N / A

Temperature

Text field indicating the current temperature inside the Page Station, measured in Celsius. Typically about 60° C.

N / A

The ID button is used to identify the associated Q-SYS Designer Page Station Status component, and the Page Station's Network Configuration screen in Q-SYS Configurator.

When you click this button the ID buttons associated with this Page Station flash. The buttons will flash for five minutes unless you click one of the buttons to turn it off.

Off / On

Details

Text indicating the Details of the status of the Page Station. The information in this field is updated regularly and is cumulative. The following information is displayed as running totals:

fpga_fifo_error	xmit_dma_busy
recv_fifo_error	card_clock_error
xmit_fifo_error	sequence_error
recv_dma_error	VCXO_clock_sync_loss
xmit_dma_error	NIC_clock_sync_loss
recv_dma_error	floating_point_NAN
recv_dma_busy

N / A

Reset Details

Click this button to reset the information in the Details field to zero.

Momentary Off / On

Power

Control	Function	Default / Range
POE A/Aux	LED indicating if the PoE on LAN A is active or not, or if the auxiliary power supply is connected and active or not.	On / Off
POE B	LED indicating if the PoE on LAN B is active or not. You must have I	Off / On

Control

Function

Default / Range

POE A/Aux

LED indicating if the PoE on LAN A is active or not, or if the auxiliary power supply is connected and active or not.

On / Off

POE B

LED indicating if the PoE on LAN B is active or not. You must have I

Off / On

Audio Streams

To see both LAN A and LAN B information you must have Network Redundant set to Yes in the Properties. To see the Input and Output Details for LAN A/B, you must have Verbose set to Yes in the Properties.

Control

Function

Default / Range

Input OK

LED indicating the status of the Input Audio Stream for LAN A or LAN B.

N / A

Input Details

Text indicating the details of the status of the Page Station Input Audio Stream. The information in this field is updated regularly. The following information is displayed as running totals:

accept_count	size_mismatch
drop_count	not_audio
missing_count	to_early
duplicate_count	early
not_in_use	on_time
port_mismatch	too_late
check_mismatch	very_late

N / A

Output OK

LED indicating the status of the Output Audio Stream for LAN A or LAN B.

N / A

Output Details

Text indicating the details of the status of the Page Station Output Audio Stream. The information in this field is updated regularly. The following information is displayed as running totals:

accept_count	size_mismatch
drop_count	not_audio
missing_count	to_early
duplicate_count	early
not_in_use	on_time
port_mismatch	too_late
check_mismatch	very_late

N / A

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 Hostnames may contain ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', the hyphen, and the underscore. Hostname labels cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted. ) 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
Verbose	Displays the Networking and Audio Stream details for LAN A and LAN B. You must have Is Network Redundant set to Yes to see LAN B details.	No / Yes

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 Hostnames may contain ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', the hyphen, and the underscore. Hostname labels cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted. ) 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

Verbose

Displays the Networking and Audio Stream details for LAN A and LAN B. You must have Is Network Redundant set to Yes to see LAN B details.

No / Yes

Control Pins

The available Control Pins depend on settings in Properties.

General

Pin Name	Value	String	Position	Pins Available
Clock Offset From Master	0.000 to n	0 ms to n ms	0 to 1.000	Output
Details	Text Field
LAN A/B Input Stream Details ¹,²	Text Field	Output
LAN A/B Input Stream OK ¹	0 1	false true	0 1	Output
LAN A/B Output Stream Details ¹, ²	Text Field	Output
LAN A/B Output Stream OK ¹	0 1	false true	0 1	Output
Page Station Status²	0 1 2 3 4	OK (green) Compromised (orange) Fault (red) Unknown (red) Updating (blue)	0 0.250 0.500 0.750 1.00	Output
POE A/Aux Active	0 1	false true	0 1	Output
POE B Active	0 1	false true	0 1	Output
Reset Details	trigger	Input / Output
Temperature	nn.n	nn.n°C	0 to 1.00	Output
1. LAN B information available only if Is Network Redundant is set to Yes in the Properties 2. LAN A/B and Page Station Status Details available only if Verbose is set to Yes in the Properties.

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Clock Offset From Master

0.000 to n

0 ms to n ms

0 to 1.000

Output

Details

Text Field

LAN A/B Input Stream Details ¹,²

Text Field

Output

LAN A/B Input Stream OK ¹

false

true

Output

LAN A/B Output Stream Details ¹, ²

Text Field

Output

LAN A/B Output Stream OK ¹

false

true

Output

Page Station Status²

OK (green)

Compromised (orange)

Fault (red)

Unknown (red)

Updating (blue)

0.250

0.500

0.750

1.00

Output

POE A/Aux Active

false

true

Output

POE B Active

false

true

Output

Reset Details

trigger

Input / Output

Temperature

nn.n

nn.n°C

0 to 1.00

Output

1. LAN B information available only if Is Network Redundant is set to Yes in the Properties

2. LAN A/B and Page Station Status Details available only if Verbose is set to Yes in the Properties.

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Page Station Status Component

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