Diagnostic Lights, Sequential Startup/Shutdown

FEATURE DETAILS

Diagnostic Lights

The MAX® 5300 is loaded with special features to save your connected equipment from many different forms of dangerous power disturbances. Five diagnostic lights on the front panel inform you in the event of a power disturbance or when a spe - cial feature is activated. The indicators are:

Switched Outlets: Green LED. This light indicates the status of the “Switched Outlets” pushbutton on the front panel and corresponds with the switch position. When the button is in the “ON” position, the light is ON. When the button is in the “OFF” position, the light is OFF. “Switched Outlets” refers to Outlet Bank 2 and the High-Current Outlets. See their respective sections for switching options.

DC Voltage Trigger: Green LED. This light indicates status of the DC voltage trigger on the back panel of the MAX® 5300. The light is ON when the DC voltage trigger is activated and OFF when the DC voltage trigger is not receiving a signal. This light will also be ON if nothing is plugged into the DC voltage trigger input jack. This indicates that the DC voltage trigger is being bypassed.

Ground OK: Green LED. When this light is ON, it indicates that the wall outlet is properly wired. When the light is OFF, it indicates that the wall outlet has reversed line and neutral wires, or that there is no ground present.

Line Fault: Red LED. When this light is ON, it is indicating that the wall outlet has a reversed line and neutral wire, or there is no ground present. This light will remain OFF if the wall outlet is properly wired.

Unsafe Voltage: Red LED. Under normal voltage conditions, this light stays OFF. When this light is FLASHING slow- ly (once per second), it indicates an undervoltage (<95 VAC) or overvoltage (>137 VAC) condition. When the light is flash- ing quickly (4 times per second), it indicates a 10 second recovery period from an under/overvoltage condition. This light will flash quickly when the MAX® 5300 is first plugged into the wall outlet.

Sequential Startup/Shutdown

Complex audio/video systems may be susceptible to voltage transients generated internally at start-up/shutdown if all of the equipment is powered on or off at the same time. This can cause speaker “thumps” which are not only annoying but can also damage the speakers. The MAX® 5300 is designed to eliminate these transients by providing a “start-up” delay for the High-Current outlets and a “shutdown” delay for Outlet Bank 2. This allows the components plugged into the switched out- lets to power-up and stabilize before any amplifiers and powered sub-woofers are turned on. This sequence is reversed dur- ing shutdown. The amplifiers and powered sub-woofers turn off, their power supplies drain, then the equipment plugged into Outlet Bank 2 is turned off.

Information on setting the delay times is included in the Outlet Bank 2 and High-Current Outlet Bank sections that follow.

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