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TLC-6S Tally Controller
Preliminary

Setting the Tally / Contact Closure Jumpers
Each output has two jumpers that set whether the contact
closure or Intercom pass-through is active for that output
The jumpers are clearly labeled, just be sure to move
both jumpers if you need to make any changes. Improper
jumper settings may damage the TL -6, tally lights or
connected intercom equipment.
See Appendix A for general jumper instructions.
All six outputs set to Intercom
Pass Through
(This is how the TL -6 ships)
All six outputs set to ontact
losure
Outputs 1, 2,3 and 6 set to
ontact losure
Outputs 4 and 5 set to
Intercom Pass Through
Outputs 4 and 5 set incorrectly, equipment damage may occur.

Using Contact Closure with a CCU ( amera ontrol Unit)
Each of the six output jacks on the TL -6 have connections for up to four LEDs
plus two contact closure connections. The contact closures can be connected to
most Us and other devices (monitors etc.) that have tally input connections.
Because of the vast array of connectors used on Us we don't provide cables
for this so you will need to have these made locally.
Interfacing with CCU tally connections
Most Us expect contact closure for their tally inputs. Simply build a cable that
connects pin 8 and pin 1 of the desired TL -6 output to the program (Red) tally
inputs and Pin 8 and Pin 2 to the preview (green) tally inputs. Polarity generally
doesn't matter but if a terminal is indicated as common or ground - connect it to
pin 8 of the RJ-45 on the TL -6. Different U models will use different
connectors for the tally inputs as there are no industry standards.
Some example cases:
Sony U-TX50 - 25 pin D-Sub Pin 11 and 12 red Tally, Pins 24 and 25 green
tally
Sony UM5A - Screw terminals labeled R, G and X
Sony U-D50 - 15 pin D-Sub pin 2 tally common, pin 3 red tally, pin 10 green
tally
JV RM-HP250 - Wireclips labeled PGM, PVW,
Panasonic AK-H U931P - Hirose JR25K-24P connector (good luck) Pin 11 tally
common, Pin 10 red tally, pin 12 green tally
heck your Us manual it should have the tally connection information and see
the ustom Wiring Section on how the RJ-45s are wired. Pins 1, 2 and 8 on each
RJ-45 have the tally contact closure lines.
Using the Aux Output
The first six outputs on the TL -6 are hardwired to the first six channels on the
Tri aster/VTs switcher while the Aux output provides a seventh tally output that
can be assigned to any switcher channel.
Rather than the normal contact closure the Aux port has GPI (General Purpose
Interface) outputs. These do a 150 mS contact closure pulse whenever the
corresponding switcher channel is selected.
The two GPIs are configured independently in the software and can be set to any
channel or to fire with any change to the bus. GPIa (pin 1) is fired with the
program bus and GPIb (pin 2) is fired with the effects bus. Note that GPIa, GPIb
and Aux can all be set to different channels in the Tally.ini file.
If you need normal contact closure on the Aux port contact us about a simple
modification.

Using the Intercom Pass Through Connection
If you are not using the contact closure on a particular output you can configure
jumpers on the main circuit board to use those connections on the RJ-45 output
jack to either pass through standard “two wire” intercom signals or feed audio out
to your camera position over the same twisted pair cable that carries the tally
signals
onnect an intercom belt pack or master station to the xlr on the TL -6 then use
an 1/8” to xlr adapter to connect belt packs to each TL-2 light for camera
operators.
Signals from the three pins on the xlr are sent in parallel
to any of the RJ45 outputs that are jumpered to the
Intercom position on the main circuit board of the TL -6.
The TL -6 intercom lines break out on the TL-2 tally
lights light's Multi-Purpose jack like this:
ue to an error in the TLC-6 (pins 2 and 3 are reversed) this is non-
standard so a custom cable will be neccesary. The TLC-8 controller is
different.
Feeding audio to the camera positions using the “Intercom” connection
Use a standard XLR to Stereo Phone plug adapter to feed stereo audio to the
camera positions via the “Ethernet” cable. This can be used as a poor mans, one
way intercom system etc. The adapter should be wired like this:
Then simply plug in headphones to the Multi-Purpose jack on the TL-1/ TL-XD
lights
Sleeve and pin 1 are ground, ring and pin 3 are right channel while tip and pin 2
are left channel.
Note ue to an error in the TLC-6 the satndard cable shown here will
actually have the left and right channels reversed.

If you are driving multiple headphones you may need a dedicated headphone
amp to provide enough signal without distortion.

TLC-6 Wiring iagrams
If you need to make cables to do custom connections the RJ-45 connectors on
the TL -6 are wired like this:
Aux onnector