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3.1.3 Passageway Experience (Construction Audioscape) ​

📝 Summary ​

Ambient construction sounds play along the passageway using ceiling speakers, hidden subwoofers, and tactile transducers.

📦 Equipment ​

DeviceModelQuantityLocation
QSC Ceiling SpeakerAD-C4T-LP6Ceiling
QSC Surface SubwooferAD-S.SUB-BK2Wall
Dayton Tactile TransducerBST-18Structure

🎨 Renders ​

System Overview

🔌 Wiring Diagram ​

Wiring Diagram

🎛️ Controls ​

Controls

🛠️ Operation ​

  1. The system will come on automatically based on a global schedule, or you can override it using the control tablet.
  2. Confirm the ambient bed is playing across the ceiling speakers, subwoofers, and tactile transducers.
  3. Adjust amplifier levels in Q-SYS as needed.

🧰 Maintenance ​

  • Periodically check speaker mounts and transducer fasteners.
  • If a zone is silent, confirm the driving QSC amplifier channel is online in Q-SYS and check the speaker wiring back to the rack.
  • If the ambient bed does not start on schedule, verify the audio player and schedule on the Q-SYS Core.

⚙️ Configuration ​

Applications Used ​

  • Q-SYS Designer: audio playback, routing, level control, and scheduling on the Q-SYS Core, and control of the QSC network amplifiers.

Connection Details ​

This exhibit has no IP-addressable devices at the speaker level; the speakers and transducers are wired to shared QSC CX-Q4K8 network amplifiers in the MDF rack, sourced from the Q-SYS Core:

  • Q-SYS Core (CTL01-01): 10.10.0.2 (LAN-A) / 10.10.0.3 (LAN-B)
  • QSC CX-Q4K8 Amplifier (AMP01-02): 10.10.0.12 (LAN-A) / 10.10.0.13 (LAN-B) - ceiling speakers and subwoofers
  • QSC CX-Q4K8 Amplifier (AMP01-03): 10.10.0.14 (LAN-A) / 10.10.0.15 (LAN-B) - tactile transducers (channels A and B)

Updating Media ​

Ambient construction audio for this exhibit is hosted on the Q-SYS Core, not on a media player.

  1. Open the design in Q-SYS Designer and connect to the Core.
  2. Replace the audio file in the audio player component that feeds this exhibit.
  3. Save and deploy the design, then confirm playback across all zones.

🔧 Troubleshooting ​

One area of the ambient sound is silent (ceiling speakers, subwoofers, or tactile transducers)

Why

Usually the driving QSC amplifier channel is offline or a speaker run has a wiring fault. This exhibit has no IP-addressable devices at the speaker level; audio comes from the Q-SYS Core through the shared CX-Q4K8 amplifiers (AMP01-02 at 10.10.0.12, AMP01-03 at 10.10.0.14).

Do this

  1. Confirm the ambient bed is playing in the other zones.
  2. Note which zone is silent (ceiling speakers, subwoofers, or transducers).

Still stuck

Report the silent zone. Amplifier and routing checks are made remotely in the Q-SYS design.

The ambient sound does not start on schedule

Do this

Note the time and report it. The audio player and schedule live on the Q-SYS Core and are corrected remotely.

If the first action does not resolve it, contact the KMI AV support team: Brian Alexander, 214-799-1850, Brian.Alexander@OnyxIntegrations.com.