signify AMS Series Architectural Message Sign Instructions
- June 9, 2024
- signify
Table of Contents
Exit & Emergency
Architectural Message Sign
AMS Series
AMS Series Architectural Message Sign
What You Need:
Phillips Head Screw Driver
Control Switch (ordered separately)
Appropriate Wall Fasteners
Wire Connectors
Pencil
Level
Always turn off the power prior to installation.
Be sure any metal debris cleared out of the cabinet.
Installation Steps
- Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the two screws on the bottom of the cabinet. With the screws removed the back will lift off the cabinet. Remove the four mounting knockouts and the center knockout for your power conduit.
- Place the back panel on the wall surface using a level to make sure it’s straight. Use a pencil to mark the locations of the mounting holes on your wall surface. Drill your wall surface. The diameter of the (4) four corner mounting knockouts is 1 /4″ and the conduit knockout is 7/8″.
- Pull your electrical through the back panel anP attach the back to t wall surface using appropriate fasteners.
Be sure any metal debris cleared out of the cabinet . - Make your electrical wiring connections. See the other side of this page
- With the electrical connections made, hang the sign cabinet on the lip of the back panel you mounted to the wall. Finish your electrical connection to the sign by reinstalling the pigtail connector to the power supply. The connector is “keyed° and can only be installed in one orientation. Close the cabinet and replace the two Phillips head screws you removed in step one.
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Architectural Message Sign – AMS Series
Making your Wiring Connections
1. To make your electrical connections easier, gently unplug the supplied
wired pigtail connector from the power supply.
**General Wiring Guidelines***
umber of Messages Message 1| Typical Wire (Lead) Colors Black with White
Stripes|
---|---|---
Message 2| Black with Yellow Stripes|
Message 3| Black with Red Stripes
Message 4| Black with Blue Stripes
Message S| Black with Gray Stripes
Message 6| Black with Orange Stripes
Message 7| Black with Purple Stripes
Message 8| Black with Green Stripes
Message 9| Black with Brown Stripes
*Neutral is solid White and Ground (if equipped) is solid Green.
Note: Make appropriate wiring connections per local code.
Note: Any holes drilled into sign cabinet MUST be sealed. Failure to do
so may cause a short and void warranty.
Note: This sign is intended to be installed in accordance with the
requirements of Article 600 of the National Electric Code and/or other
applicable local codes. This includes proper grounding and bonding of the
sign.
Note: This unit contains a built-in CLASS 2 LED driver.
WARNING – Risk of Fire or Electric Shock. Do Not interconnect output
terminations.
2. With your incoming power already running through the mounted back you can
easily make all connections to the pigtail using wire connectors. (See table
below for general wiring guidelines)
3. Plug the pigtail connector back into the power supply to finish off the
electrical part of your installation. The connector is ‘keyed’ and can only be
installed in one orientation
4. You’re done with the electrical! Time to close up the sign by pushing the
cabinet closed and replacing the two screws you removed from the bottom of the
cabinet.
Note: Make appropriate wiring connections per local code.
Wiring Label Sample for a typical 2 Message OPEN I CLOSED Sign
Note: Refer to the wiring label inside the sign for the specific instructions on wiring your sign.
Normal Operation
There is one (1) LED on the power supply located close to the connector with
the Red and Black wires. This LED marked V OUT, will illuminate green when 120
– 277VAC power is applied to the Pigtail.
Check the LED on each power supply since there may be more than one power
supply per message.
Note: Transformer on power supply converts 120 – 277VAC to 12V.
Wall Mount Installation
Cabinet
High x
Wide (inches)| Dimension A
Mounting Hole Vertical
(HaIf of Sign Height)| Dimension B
Center Knock-out
Vertical| Dimension C
Mounting Hole
Horizontal
(Half of Sign Width)| Dimension D
Center Knock-out
Horizontal
---|---|---|---|---
7 x 18| 11/2″| 315″| 1W| 9″
7 x 34| 11/2″| 314″| 11/4″| 17′
7 x 42| 114″| 316″| 1W| 21″
14 x 18| 11/2″| 7″| 11/4″| 9″
14 x 34| 1/2″| 7″| 1V4″| 17″
14 x 42| 11/2″| 7″| 11/4″| 21″
Side mount brackets
Step 1. Open sign by removing the screws on bottom lip of cabinet.
Step 2. Slide the Recessed Frame over the cabinet flush with the sign
face. Drill into the cabinet using the holes in the Recessed Frame. Fasten
frame to cabinet sides.
Step 3. Clear all aluminum chips from inside cabinet after drilling.
Close cabinet and replace removed screws. Slide cabinet with frame into wall
cavity.
Step 4. Secure frame and cabinet in wall cavity using appropriate
fastening hardware or silicone adhesive between the frame and substrate.
Ceiling mount brackets
Step 1. Open sign by removing the screws on bottom lip of cabinet.
Step 2. Slide the Recessed Frame over the cabinet flush with the sign
face. Drill into the cabinet using the holes in the Recessed Frame. Fasten
frame to cabinet sides.
Step 3. Clear all aluminum chips from inside cabinet after drilling.
Close cabinet and replace removed screws. Slide cabinet with frame into wall
cavity.
Step 4. Secure frame and cabinet in wall cavity using appropriate
fastening hardware or silicone adhesive between the frame and substrate.
Recessed frame
Step 1. Open sign by removing the screws on bottom lip of cabinet.
Step 2. Slide the Recessed Frame over the cabinet flush with the sign
face. Drill into the cabinet using the holes in the Recessed Frame. Fasten
frame to cabinet sides.
Step 3. Clear all aluminum chips from inside cabinet after drilling.
Close cabinet and replace removed screws. Slide cabinet with frame into wall
cavity.
Step 4. Secure frame and cabinet in wall cavity using appropriate
fastening hardware or silicone adhesive between the frame and substrate.
Pendant mount
Step 1. Bolt baseplate(s) to pad or bury post(s) as appropriate for
location.
Step 2. Slide mounting bracket on sign into post channel(s).
Step 3. Align the cabinet flush with top of the post(s).
Step 4. Tighten the set screw in the mounting bracket(s) and fasten the
post cap(s) on the post(s).
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