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A 4500C/A 4505C Software Programming Guide
User manual revision number: 1.2 13/09/2022
Software Programming Guide
A 4500C Evacuation Timer
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CONTENTS
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1.0 Running The Programming Software 3
2.0 Programming The Timing Events 3
3.0 Selecting The Audio Files For The Output Folders 6
4.0 Adding Audio Files To The Library 8
5.0 Random Play Of Audio Files 10
6.0 Saving The Event Program 10
7.0 Remote Access To The Timer 11
8.0 Download Event Program From The Timer 12
9.0 Manage Audio Files Remotely 13
10.0 Upload Event Program To The Timer 13
11.0 Possible Reason For Connection Failure 14
12.0 Sync Time 15
13.0 Notes 16
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1.0 RUNNING THE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE
The PC software is provided on the supplied Micro SD Card and is named
“REDBACKWEEKLYTIMERPROGRAMMERXXXX.exe”
In order to access the software, the Micro SD card will need to be connected to a PC. You will need a PC or laptop equipped
with an Micro SD card reader to do this. If a Micro SD slot is not available then the Altronics D 0371B USB Memory Card
Reader or similar would be suitable (not supplied).
You will rst need to put the timer in “Standby” mode or disconnect power. Next remove the Micro SD card from the front
of the unit. To remove the Micro SD card push the card in and it will eject itself.
Make sure the PC is on and card reader connected and correctly installed. Then insert the Micro SD card into the reader.
Go to “My Computer” or “This PC” and open the Micro SD card which is usually marked “Removable disk”.
The software required to program the Timer is stored on the root folder of the Micro SD Card.
The program can be run on the Micro SD card or it could be copied to the PC desktop or another folder and run from there.
Double click on the le - REDBACKWEEKLYTIMERPROGRAMMERXXXX.exe.
The programming screen should appear as shown in gure 1.0.
If the program doesn’t run then the .NET Framework might need to be updated on your PC.
This must be updated to the .NET Framework 4, available on the microsoft website.
Fig 1.0 Programming Screen
All 50 events can be accessed on the screen by scrolling up and down.
If timing information was previously saved using the buttons on the front of the timer (refer to the Timer Instruction Manual),
then these times should be displayed. Otherwise the timing information should all be blank as shown.
2.0 PROGRAMMING THE TIMING EVENTS
Entering the timing events is very straight forward.
Double click on any line and a new window should pop up as shown in g 2.1, which has the event details outlined.
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Fig 2.1 Program an Event
An event can now be programmed from this window. A description of the event can be added if desired such as Pre bell,
Morning Tea etc. The start time, nish time and days of the week can all be entered. Selecting the days of the week is as
simple as clicking the desired days or selecting the weekdays box.
There are 99 output folders available to choose from, which include the Bell, Prebell, Music and output folders 5 - 99. These
folders contain the audio les to be played on event activation.
NOTE: The “Alert” and “Evac” folders can have only one audio le installed. The remaining folders can have unlimited
audio les (depending on available storage) and will then randomly play the audio les in the folder any time the corre-
sponding output is activated.
The “Relay Only” Output option only activates the Bell 24V DC output without outputting any audio.
Figure 2.2 shown below illustrates an example. This event is the prebell for a primary school and is programmed to activate
5 minutes before the rst bell of the day.
The audio track uploaded into the “Prebell folder” will be played at 8:55:00 and continue to play until 08:59:59.
Fig 2.2 Prebell Example
Once all of the details have been entered press “OK”
The event should now appear in the programming window such as shown in g 2.3.
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Fig 2.3 Pre Bell Event Entered
Another event is added by following the same steps. Double click on a blank line and then enter the details required as illus-
trated in g 2.4. This example is the rst bell of the day for a primary school. The audio track uploaded into the “Bell folder”
will be played at 9:00:00 and continue to play for 2 seconds.
Fig 2.4 Bell Event Entered
Press the OK button and the second event now appears in the programming screen as shown in g 2.5.
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Fig 2.5
As the events are added they will be listed in chronological order. (I.e. In time order). If a new event is programmed, to start
at 08:45:00 for instance, this new event would appear before the prebell event.
Continue to enter more events in this manner.
To save the program navigate to the le tab and then select save or save as.
Any number of programs and any name can be used for the saved le but it must have the .cnf extension. This might be
handy if more than one program is required in a school year for example and these could be stored on a PC or elsewhere.
But note that the program that the timer will access must be saved as cong.cnf and be saved to the Micro SD card.
3.0 SELECTING THE AUDIO FILES FOR THE OUTPUT FOLDERS
As mentioned previously there are a total of 99 output folders to select from for event playback. To move audio les to these
folders the “Card Manager” will need to be opened. With the PC software running as outlined in section 1.0, navigate to
the “File” tab as shown in gure 3.1.
Fig 3.1
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Select “Card Manager” and then a browsing window should appear as shown in gure 3.2.
Fig 3.2
The output folders are listed on the left side and the audio les available in the Library on the right.
From here the audio les in the library can be dragged into the required folders for the events programmed.
By default the output folders Bell, Music, Prebell and Voice should all house an audio le. If programming an A 4500C the
Alert and Evac folders should house an MP3 le and if programming an A 4505C the Fire and Lockdown folders should
house an MP3 le. The timer checks these folders on power up, and if any of the relevant folders are empty the timer will
not operate.
Note: The alert and evac audio les meet the Australian standard for evacuation tones.
To check the contents, click on the folders and they should open and list the audio les inside as shown in gure 3.3.
Fig 3.3
To add a le to a folder simply drag the le from the library to the SD card output folders, such as the example shown in
gure 3.4 in which the le “Dream of You” is copied to folder 10.
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Fig 3.4
4.0 ADDING AUDIO FILES TO THE LIBRARY
To add MP3 audio les to the Library, navigate to the “File” tab and select “Card Manager” as outlined in section 3.0.
Press the “Add Files” button and navigate to the location of the MP3 les to be added to the library. In the example below
the Music folder is selected.
Note: The audio les must be of the .MP3 type.
Fig 4.1
From here a single le, or multiple les as illustrated in gure 4.2 can be selected.
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Fig 4.2
Once the required MP3 les are selected press the open button. The selected les should now appear in the Library as
illustrated in gure 4.3.
Fig 4.3
These audio les are now available for use in the output folders.
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5.0 RANDOM PLAY OF AUDIO FILES
The timer has the ability to random play audio les when a particular output is selected for an event. This is available with
all folders except the Alert and Evac folders. These folders can have multiple audio les allocated which will play randomly
when the output is activated. In the example illustrated in gure 5.1 extra audio les are ddragged into the Music and
prebell folders.
Fig 5.1
6.0 SAVING THE EVENT PROGRAM
Once programming is complete the conguration will need to be saved to the Micro SD card. The conguration le needs
to be saved as cong.cnf for the timer to recognise the program. The name of the open le is shown in the header bar of
the programming window as shown in gure 6.1.
If the user wants to keep copies of different programs, use the Save As option and name the le something else while
keeping the .cnf extension.
With the events now programmed on the Micro SD card, the card can be removed from the PC following windows safe card
removal procedures. Make sure the timer is OFF and insert the Micro SD card into the slot in the front; it will click when fully
inserted.
The timer can now be switched back On. If all is well, after the startup screen is displayed the current time and next event
should be displayed on the screen.
Fig 6.1
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