Adding Valcom paging horn to Modular ICS 1

[telemarksman]

Guys / gals: I setup a phone at KSU, did feature 62 , ran my inductive amplifier down to Black/ slate pair, heard my test page. So I hooked up a Valcom 1030 - C Five
watt horn with a VP- 324 power supply. I wired the horn like the schematic said:

Horn green wire tip side to black/slate off of KSU
Horn red wire ring side to slate / black off of KSU
Horn black wire to Ground from power supply
Horn white wire to - 24 v from power supply.
The Paging horn does not work, yet my inductive amp still works, and my butt set appeared to work also.
My instrument X. 807 had programming for paging enabled.
Any suggestions. Thanks

alwayslearning

 

[exsmogger]

Try reversing the power pair as the speaker is polarity sensitive.

Brian Cox
Oregon Phone

http://www.OregonPhone.com

 

[telemarksman]

Brian, I tried to call you today. Thanks for the previous post wiring diagram on the Mod ICS.
I did reverse speaker polarity, even tried + 24 and -24. OUCH , my eardrums!
I think my problem is that I failed to install a Viking PA-2a.
Does the paging work without this? If not it seems I use Black/slate AND YELLOW BLUE PAIES?, BUT Which pairs do I use on PA 2A? I have a used one, no instructions.

alwayslearning

 

[exsmogger]

It appears you have the speaker wired up correctly. I used the same setup at my last job connected to a MICS, and later a BCM. Is there a volume control on the speaker?

Here's a link for the Viking PA-2A

http://www.vikingelectronics.com/products/pdf/pa-2a(sm).pdf

Brian Cox
Oregon Phone

http://www.OregonPhone.com

 

[telemarksman]

Fellow Tech Supporters:

Do I really need the VIKING PA-2A? or does the Valcomm 1030-c speaker provide it's own amplifier built in??

Thank you, and Happy Holidaze

alwayslearning

 

[exsmogger]

An amplified speaker should work on its own.

Brian Cox
Oregon Phone

http://www.OregonPhone.com

 

[HughRunyan]

remove the leaded from the KSU and conx. your toner to the speaker leaded this will tell you if your speaker is working and let you set the volume on the speaker. The valcom 1030c work well with the system and unless you need the ringing you will not need the viking

 

[telemarksman]

I tried two different Valcomm 1030-s with two different power supplies. ??

alwayslearning

 

[ValcomPaging]

Move the black lead on the horn from the "GND" terminal to the "+" terminal on the VP-324.