Description
📌 Product Overview
The BARTEC VODEC P3-MSR60 is a telephone interface and temporary voice-store unit designed to connect telephone subscriber systems with a Public Address and General Alarm (PAGA) system.
The MSR60 allows authorized telephone subscribers to make paging announcements through the site’s loudspeaker network while storing the voice message before playback. This store-and-replay operation helps eliminate acoustic feedback that can occur when a telephone handset is used close to PAGA loudspeakers.
The unit supports duplicated A+B PAGA operation and is suitable for marine, offshore, petrochemical, industrial and other facilities requiring integrated telephone and emergency communication systems.
🔧 Key Features
- Model: MSR60
- Part Number: P3-MSR60
- Telephone-to-PAGA interface
- Temporary voice recording and replay
- Helps prevent acoustic feedback during telephone paging
- DTMF decoding for selective paging functions
- Supports duplicated A+B PAGA interfaces
- Compatible with VODEC P3-VX/AT and related PAGA equipment
- Supports 2-wire subscriber telephone connection
- Supports 2-wire or 4-wire E&M trunk interfaces
- Designed for industrial and marine communication applications
- Compact enclosure suitable for system integration
📊 Datasheet
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Brand | BARTEC VODEC |
| Model | MSR60 |
| Part Number | P3-MSR60 |
| Product Name | Telephone Interface Unit |
| Product Type | Telephone-to-PAGA Voice Interface |
| Series | VODEC PAGA / Communication System |
| Main Function | Telephone Paging and Voice Store/Replay |
| Telephone Interface | 2-wire subscriber interface |
| Trunk Interface | 2-wire or 4-wire E&M |
| Power Supply | 100–250 VAC, 50/60 Hz or 24 VDC |
| Power Consumption | Max. 20 W |
| Audio Output | 2 × 0 dBm / 600 Ω audio lines |
| Relay Output | 2 × volt-free changeover contacts |
| Operating Temperature | -20°C to +60°C |
| Environmental Rating | IP65 |
| Dimensions | Approx. 200 × 75 × 120 mm |
| Weight | Approx. 1.7 kg |
| Condition | New Open Box |
📞 Telephone & PAGA Integration
The P3-MSR60 provides an interface between a telephone/PABX system and the VODEC PAGA system.
A telephone subscriber can access the designated PAGA telephone number through the PABX. The MSR60 receives the voice announcement and temporarily stores it electronically. After the telephone handset is returned to the cradle, the stored message can be replayed through the connected PAGA loudspeaker system.
The MSR60 can also use DTMF signals for paging-zone selection. Depending on system configuration, multiple individually selectable zones can be supported.
🔊 Voice Store & Replay Function
The unit is designed around a store-and-replay principle rather than directly routing live telephone audio to nearby loudspeakers.
Typical operation:
- Telephone subscriber calls the designated PAGA access number.
- MSR60 establishes the telephone interface.
- A prompt tone indicates that recording can begin.
- The subscriber speaks the announcement.
- The message is stored electronically.
- The telephone connection is terminated.
- MSR60 replays the stored message through the PAGA system.
- The PAGA controller distributes the announcement to the selected loudspeaker zones.
This architecture reduces the possibility of Larsen/acoustic feedback and is particularly useful for shipboard and industrial paging installations.
⚓ Typical Applications
- Marine vessel PAGA systems
- Offshore platforms
- Oil and gas facilities
- Petrochemical plants
- Industrial communication systems
- Emergency paging systems
- Shipboard telephone/PAGA integration
- Control room communication
- Plant-wide announcement systems
- Legacy VODEC communication system maintenance
🔌 System Compatibility
The P3-MSR60 is intended to operate as part of a VODEC communication architecture rather than as a standalone telephone device.
Typical associated equipment can include:
- VODEC P3-VX/AT PAGA management equipment
- VODEC P3-VXS communication equipment
- VODEC VAP30 microphone access units
- VODEC ATE4 / ATE44 expansion interfaces
- VODEC VA300 amplifier systems
- PAGA loudspeaker distribution equipment
- PABX telephone systems
Exact system compatibility should be checked against the installed VODEC configuration and connection drawings before replacement.
🛠️ Installation & Maintenance
Before installation, confirm the part number, system configuration, telephone interface arrangement and PAGA connection method.
Recommended checks:
- Verify the P3-MSR60 model and revision.
- Confirm AC or DC supply requirements.
- Inspect PCB connectors and terminal wiring.
- Check telephone subscriber and E&M interface wiring.
- Confirm PAGA A/B interface connections.
- Verify paging-zone configuration.
- Check audio output connections.
- Perform a telephone paging test after installation.
- Confirm recorded-message playback and zone selection.
- Use appropriate anti-static protection when handling the PCB assembly.
The MSR60 documentation specifies board exchange as the normal service approach, with no routine maintenance required under normal operating conditions.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: What is the BARTEC VODEC P3-MSR60?
It is a telephone interface and voice store/replay unit used to connect telephone subscribers to a VODEC PAGA system.
Q2: What is the main purpose of the MSR60?
Its primary purpose is to allow telephone subscribers to make paging announcements while reducing acoustic feedback through temporary voice storage and replay.
Q3: Can it be used with a PABX telephone system?
Yes. The MSR60 is designed to interface telephone subscriber/trunk equipment with a PAGA installation.
Q4: Does the MSR60 support zone selection?
Yes. DTMF-based zone selection is supported in applicable configurations.
Q5: What power supplies are supported?
The MSR60 supports 100–250 VAC, 50/60 Hz and 24 VDC configurations. Verify the actual unit’s nameplate before energizing.
Q6: Is P3-MSR60 suitable for marine applications?
Yes. It is associated with VODEC marine and industrial PAGA communication systems and is suitable for replacement and maintenance applications where the existing system configuration matches.
Q7: Is this item new?
The supplied listing identifies the unit as New – Open Box, with the seller describing it as like new and unused.
🔄 Recommended Related VODEC Models
- BARTEC VODEC P3-MSR60 – Telephone Interface
- BARTEC VODEC MSR60 – Telephone Interface
- BARTEC VODEC TSR60 – Telephone Interface
- BARTEC VODEC P3-VX/AT – PAGA Management Central Switch
- BARTEC VODEC P3-VXS – Telephone/PAGA Communication System
- BARTEC VODEC VAP30 – Master Microphone Access Unit
- BARTEC VODEC VAP30-IS – Industrial Microphone Access Unit
- BARTEC VODEC P3-ATE4 – PAGA Expansion Port
- BARTEC VODEC P3-ATE44 – PAGA Interface/Expansion Port
- BARTEC VODEC VA300 – PAGA Power Amplifier
📦 Spare-Part Recommendation
For maintenance of a VODEC PAGA installation, keeping a spare P3-MSR60 available can reduce downtime caused by telephone paging or voice-interface failures. When replacing the unit, match the model, hardware revision, power configuration, telephone interface, PAGA A/B arrangement and site-specific zone configuration before commissioning.
