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AC-12
Twelve-line autocoupler frame
Up to twelve full-featured telephone autocouplers in three rack units. Two switchable audio busses feed any line, each card has its own audio port, and cards come out or go in while the frame is running.
$485 list price
Frame. Coupler cards from $290
Questions before you buy? Call 352-335-6555. Need help with one you own? Open a ticket.
What connects to it
- 12Coupler cardsIn 3 RU of rack space
- 2Audio bussesBridging, balanced inputs
- 1Audio port per cardWith level trim for IFB and special feeds
- 4Indicators per cardRing, on-line, clipping and power
How it works
Feed bus A, bus B, or a card's own port to any line. Each card answers on its own ring count and closes its own contact when it connects.
- Phone linesUp to 12
- Program bus ABridging, balanced
- Program bus BBridging, balanced
AC-12
- Auto-answer and auto-disconnect
- Ring count set per card
- Cards swap while powered
- Callers hear your feedBus A, bus B or the card's port
- Relay per cardMomentary or latching on connect
- Remote indicatorsRing and on-line
AC-12
Twelve-line autocoupler frame
Up to twelve full-featured telephone autocouplers in three rack units. Two switchable audio busses feed any line, each card has its own audio port, and cards come out or go in while the frame is running.
Frame. Coupler cards from $290
Questions before you buy? Call 352-335-6555. Need help with one you own? Open a ticket.
What connects to it
How it works
Feed bus A, bus B, or a card's own port to any line. Each card answers on its own ring count and closes its own contact when it connects.
Inputs: Phone lines (Up to 12), Program bus A (Bridging, balanced), Program bus B (Bridging, balanced). The AC-12: Auto-answer and auto-disconnect; Ring count set per card; Cards swap while powered. Outputs: Callers hear your feed (Bus A, bus B or the card's port), Relay per card (Momentary or latching on connect), Remote indicators (Ring and on-line).
Features
- Up to 12 coupler cards in a 3 RU, 5¼-inch frame
- Auto-answer and auto-disconnect, or manual and remote control
- Two bridging, balanced audio busses, switchable on each card
- Each card's own audio port with level trim for IFB and special feeds
- Ring, on-line, clipping and power LEDs, visible through the smoked front cover
- Relay-isolated dry contact on each card, momentary or latching, when it connects
- Ring counter on each card
- Remote pickup and hang-up; remote ring and on-line outputs
- Cards go in and out while powered without disturbing the others
- Each card regulates its own power
- Automatic signal limiting; strappable input attenuator
- FCC Part 68 type approved for dial-up voice lines
- Power supply included; ICs socketed for quick repairs
- Two-year parts and labor warranty
More about the AC-12
Replace a wall full of separate couplers with one frame. It's built for telephone broadcast networks, church service feeds to shut-ins, IFB from intercom systems, and listen lines.
Two cards are available. The AC-1 is the classic card, with no microprocessor. The AC-1h adds microprocessor control, an active hybrid, a send limiter and active balanced audio in and out, which suits IFB feeds from intercom systems.
Some AC-1 couplers have been in service for more than 15 years.
Pictures
The AC-1h card.
Manual and downloads
- AC-12 manual (PDF). For units shipped December 2001 to now.
- Data sheet (PDF)
- Adding a CP-1 to an AC-1 (PDF). Retrofit instructions.
Every manual and download is also on the Support page.
Options
| Part | What it is | List price |
|---|---|---|
| AC-1 | Coupler card for the AC-12: pickup and release triggers, ring, on-line and clipping tallies, and a relay. | $290 |
| AC-1h | AC-12 coupler card with microprocessor control, active hybrid, send limiter and balanced audio. | $305 |
| AC-12 PS | Extra wall power supply for the AC-12 frame. | $47 |
| AC-12 PSC | Extra power supply card for the AC-12 frame. | $225 |
| AC-12 PSE | European power supply card for the AC-12 frame. | $90 |
| CP-1 | Call progress decoder board for the AC-1, DR-10 and HC-3. | $149 |