Soundoff EPL9000 Pinnacle Lightbar compatible with Whelen Traffic Advisor control?

[kparr5]

I need help from installers on this one. Is a Whelen Traffic Advisor Control (Figure 1) compatible with Soundoff EPL9000 Pinnacle Lightbar (Figure 2)?


My second question is even if it is compatible can I basically just do the same thing with a Whelen 295SLSA6 Siren Amplifier w/built-in Switchbox (Figure 3)? My first choice is to use this Whelen Siren / Switchbox and the Soundoff Pinnacle if possible. If anyone can help that would be great things for your time.

 

[John Hearne]

Yes and Yes and Depends. (Does that help?)


The Pinnacle can be ordered in several configurations. The standard configuration is to control the direction arrow function like a Whelen two wire - they even use the same colors. You wire the blue and the green for TA control. One gives you right, one gives you left, and together, they do the split pattern. So, if you Whelen light/siren controller can do two wire you can control a typical Pinncale.


The Pinnacle can also function with a separate TA control box like you show. I can't remember if you can change DIP switches or you have to order the bar that way but you can control each light head on the back with a multi-wire TA controller like you show.

 

[kparr5]

Yes this helps. I think I will just use the siren/switchbox setup then. Unless there is any pros to having the Whelen TA Controller?

Yes and Yes and Depends. (Does that help?)






The Pinnacle can be ordered in several configurations. The standard configuration is to control the direction arrow function like a Whelen two wire - they even use the same colors. You wire the blue and the green for TA control. One gives you right, one gives you left, and together, they do the split pattern. So, if you Whelen light/siren controller can do two wire you can control a typical Pinncale.


The Pinnacle can also function with a separate TA control box like you show. I can't remember if you can change DIP switches or you have to order the bar that way but you can control each light head on the back with a multi-wire TA controller like you show.

 

[C2Installs]

Pinnacle EPL7000 does have two-wire (actually 4-wire...left, right, center, warn...but does provide center-out if L&R wires are both powered) control capability for arrow, but colors are not blue & green...that's only on SOS UltraLite series and Pinnacle Interior units.


But yes, you can control it using the 295 sirens...it will require two aux switch buttons.


The EPL7000's arrow feature can also be configured to work with ground-switched 8-wire controllers, like FedSig's units; SOS calls this discrete functions. IIRC, it should also work with the Whelen unit you show. Advantages to using the Whelen unit would be that it offers a number of patterns and speeds, although SOS has a number of pattern/speed combos available to select from. Also, I think the Pinnacle can also do 8-wire control with positive switching, but haven't actually tried, nor can I think of an 8-wire positive-switched arrow controller(?).


Now, having said all that, I urge you to use the two-wire, default set-up. Especially if you have a split rear arrow. We have married a Pinnacle to a SS2000 controller and were unhappy with the results as it limited the features normally available with the split rear arrow.


Confused yet???

 

[John Hearne]

Pinnacle EPL7000 does have two-wire (actually 4-wire...left, right, center, warn...but does provide center-out if L&R wires are both powered) control capability for arrow, but colors are not blue & green...that's only on SOS UltraLite series and Pinnacle Interior units.

Sorry, my bad. The above is correct, I confused the interior Pinnacles with the exterior lightbar.