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Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building

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How do I wire a Cyfral Smart-5P in place of an old Urmet 1131 apartment intercom, and do I need to change any jumpers?

For an Urmet 1131 5-wire installation, connect the Cyfral Smart-5P as follows: terminal 1 (white/orange) to SPK, the call wire (white/blue) to RING, terminal 2 (green) to MIC, terminal 6 (white) to MASS, and terminal 9 (white/brown) to SW1; terminal 10 was not connected. On the Cyfral, leave ZW3 enabled and remove the other jumpers. [#16442495]
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  • #1 16441664
    Darek A.
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    I found a similar topic, I wanted to add my question in it so as not to create a new one, but it was blocked.
    - to the point:
    A typical big city skyscraper, I am replacing the old handset in my apartment with a new one, however I do not mess with the order of the wires, it is still bad, as if something started to open, but I cannot hear me downstairs at the entrance to the block, or I cannot hear the speaker from outside the block.
    I extended the old cables using an internet twisted pair, so the colors have nothing to do with the original ones, perhaps arranged to some standard.
    I don't know the old model, but I took some pics:
    Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building
    I want to replace this handset with a Cyfral Smart-5p and I'm looking for an expert's answer, which cable from the old contact to the new one.
    Do I have to put any existing jumpers inside?
    Photo of the new: Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building
    Thank you in advance.
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    #3 16442495
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    The old uniphone is Urmet 1131. 5-wire installation. You have in turn:
    1 - handset (white and orange) for SPK
    CA - call (white and blue) to the RING
    2 - microphone (green) on MIC
    6 - ground (white) to WEIGHT
    10 - was not connected
    9 - lock (white and brown) on SW1
    As for the jumpers, the ZW3 is to be on, the rest are to be removed.
  • #4 16443192
    Darek A.
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    Buddy @zybex you are great!
    I connected everything according to your description and everything works!
    This was the description I needed.
    Thank you very much :)
    I just don't know what the zw3 jumper is for, it works with and without it.
  • #5 16491247
    Darek A.
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    I have another intercom to exchange for an identical Digit, but here I am asking you to understand what I mean:

    - also a multi-storey block of flats, an apartment ...
    ... the primitive old intercom was the first one, when they became popular, there were in each apartment small boxes on the wall with one loudspeaker and three buttons below, the buttons are a typical isostat where:
    - the first key (as the switch does not bounce by itself), as if it were picking up the intercom, made us hear the guest in front of the staircase, until we turn it off, we could hear sounds from outside;
    - press the second button to speak, let go to hear;
    - the third button is an electro-catch.
    There are 5 wires to the box in the apartment.

    I combined with an identical Cyfral Smart 5P, I got the sound from the outside, I can even hear singing birds very well, I hit the cord of the abutment, because I can hear it buzzing when pressed, the handset calls when it is hung up, but I have one cable left, which I think is on the microphone, but when I plug it in there is a loud crack in the earpiece and I can't hear anything from the outside, but surprisingly now I can talk and hear me in front of the block (sucks such a solution).
    I went to my neighbor to see how she has it connected, because years ago she changed the original intercom to a new one, but as it turned out, she has exactly the same Urmet 1131 that I changed to a Cyfral in the post above.
    I thought, it's good, I have an analogy of behavior, so I will deal with it, unfortunately it turns out that or somewhere I am wrong, which seems to have plugged in well, and this microphone does not work for me, and hooking it to the contact with a big click turns off the handset loudspeaker.
    It works as it should at my neighbor's, so it must be connectable, but I don't know how.
    It seems to me that the whole philosophy is hidden in the configuration of the jumpers, that they should be properly shortened so that the microphone works simultaneously with the loudspeaker in the handset.
    I attach a small drawing of the old intercom and a photo of how the neighbor has it connected.
    I do apartment repairs (no one overflows), so I have the topic of the intercom again, now for a very elderly woman and I wanted to replace this decaying antique intercom, but it does not work out very well.
    I will be grateful for any advice and directing me to the correct connection.

    The colors of the veins coming to the "box" in the apartment:

    1 - black
    2 - blue
    3 - green
    4 - yellow
    5 - red

    drawing of an old intercom:
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    photo of the intercom at the neighbor's:
    Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building
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    bobek.1
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    Hello
    I have a similar problem and I don't know where to find the answer, so I'm writing here.
    I am asking for help in connecting the CYFRAL SMART 5P in place of WEKTA, unfortunately I do not know the model.
    Stara Wekta worked properly, only when you picked up the handset when it was too close to the camera, the sound was aroused and it squealed both in the handset and at the bottom. I attach photos of both cameras. Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building
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  • #7 17376388
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    It's the Vector TK6. From the left, it has in turn:
    1 - call
    2 - mass
    3 - handset
    4 - microphone
    5 - lock
    6 - lock

    bobek.1 wrote:

    Stara Wekta worked properly, only when you picked up the handset when it was too close to the camera, the sound was aroused and it squealed both in the handset and at the bottom.

    It was only necessary to slightly turn the potentiometer visible at the top of the plate (white and blue) to the left.
  • #8 17376412
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    Thanks for the quick reply. However, I am asking for a blade, i.e. which cable from WEKTA to which in CYFRAL.
    Thank you in advance and best regards.
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  • #9 17376452
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    Cyfral has conclusions:

    MASS - mass
    RING - calling (bell)
    SPK - handset (speaker)
    MIC - microphone
    SW1 - lock (button)
    SW2 - lock (button)

    Set the jumpers as described.
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    bobek.1
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    Many thanks again to
    zybex. Everything works as it should, but I had to bridge the ground with SW1.
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    Gentlemen, specialists, and how to replace it:

    Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building

    For this:
    Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building

    Thank you in advance :)
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    #12 17646741
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    In the old one, see the markings. Not all of them can be seen in the photo posted.
    So far it shows:
    ZW - call
    SL - handset
    MC - microphone
    Z1 - button
    Z - button
    The description of the ground terminal is not visible, but there is probably a symbol under the cables.
    Here is the same marking of terminals (illustrative photo).

    Replacement of the intercom in the apartment - in a high-rise building

    The new one is Wekta TK6.

    1 - call
    2 - mass
    3 - handset
    4 - microphone
    5 - button
    6 - button
  • #13 17647344
    Darek A.
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    Note that on this PCB from the first photo, the Z1 pin has only a piece of wire, the incoming cable has no free wire, so why don't I know this - the bridge and where to connect it?
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    Has everything worked fine so far? Connect everything you can and we'll cover that later. Where there is one wire, it is the ZW (calling) terminal. As you can see, other cables are multiplied (they probably go to the neighbor).
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    Darek A.
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    Of course, it was my Z contact from the old board, I was wrong.
    A short conductor protrudes from it, and the incoming cable has nothing broken, all plugged in. Today I will be working (this is at my neighbor's away for Christmas) and I will let you know, this time Thank you :)
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    Gentlemen, and I also have one question.
    How to connect a new FERMEX uniphone, model LOFT, which is for 4 or 5-wire installation, and in my block I have a 6-wire installation.
    The intercom that was connected was Urmet. All 6 wires were clipped and the bridge on board 6-10 was cut.

    At the moment, I can open the lock at the bottom, I have a calling tone, but no up-down conversation.

    There is also a jumper to set the operating mode - common ground / ground separation - but how does this relate to the fact that there is only one terminal to ground?

    Maybe someone will suggest ...?

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  • #17 17656173
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    The picture above shows that the uniphone has five terminals. You need a sixth. This sixth is to go from the button. At this time, one end of the button goes to terminal "1" and the other end is connected to ground. You would have to isolate this contact by crossing the path. Then connect the sixth cable from the installation here. The easiest way is to solder an auxiliary cable from the print side, which then needs to be connected to the one from the installation.
  • #18 17656251
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    dayus wrote:
    How to connect a new FERMEX uniphone, model LOFT, which is for 4 or 5-wire installation, and in my block I have a 6-wire installation.


    As you probably notice yourself, you have the wrong uniphone, so you will either start to combine as suggested by zybex, or you will buy the right uniphone.

    Regards
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    I isolated the bolt completely from the mass. I have two bolt clamps free. At the moment, I have the door to open, the calling signal, but no conversation. Blowoff seems to be there, but very weak. Any advice?
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    dayus wrote:
    no conversation. Blowdown seems to be there, but very weak. Any advice?


    P1, P2 control?

    Regards
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    Both potentiometers are set to the maximum position. Maybe the amplification is too weak for this installation?
  • #22 17667031
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    What is the voltage on the microphone line? Check by connecting the meter between terminal 2 and 3.
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    dayus
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    The headphones from analog phones are of the same type in terms of microphone and loudspeaker inserts?
  • #24 17669723
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    Probably yes, but you can always try it. Only the polarity of the microphone has to be respected. Certainly nothing will break. Those from the phones were various, because the headphones sometimes even had, say, 32? And other times even about 150?.
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    8V DC and 18V AC on the microphone line
    The handset has been replaced with a telephone handset, the microphone insert from the old Urmet has been replaced with the new one, the gain control in the handset is made, the gain control in the unifobir is made and then the deaf-blown microphone is absent at all. At the beginning, as I wrote, it was not there either, it was just noise on the line in the loudspeaker.
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    DC voltage is correct on the microphone line. Did you pay attention to the polarity? There must be a plus at the microphone terminal.
  • #27 17675846
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    There is a positive sign on pin 2, i.e. on the microphone. It is strange that the intercom system does not transfer this signal - maybe the microphone path is damaged ... :(
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    dayus wrote:
    there is still an option to attach the microphone plug straight to the rope, but you can hear everything from the apartment downstairs :(

    You can't do that, because an amplifier is needed for the microphone. It is usually placed on the uniphone plate (sometimes in the form of smd elements from the side of the tracks). It contains several components, including a transistor.
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    It's a strange thing, maybe this uniphone is faulty.
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    I am coming back to the topic because I have once again:
    - a multi-apartment system in a block of flats, where in a few flats a nagging hum is heard in the uniphone headphones, very similar to the buzzing of an electro-catch, something as if the complete lack of smoothing of the DC voltage from the power supply. However, this occurs in only a few apartments, including mine. I also noticed that the volume of this buzzing increases or decreases when using household electrical appliances, depending on the load, for example a motor in a washing machine working cyclically increases the hum and increases the hum.
    It is very annoying, because it is practically impossible to talk to the gate, although everything works as it should, it is also difficult to hear the sound of the electric strike, although it also works properly.

Topic summary

✨ The discussion revolves around replacing an old intercom system in a high-rise apartment building. The user initially faced issues with sound transmission after extending old cables using an internet twisted pair, leading to poor audio quality. Experts identified the old intercom model as Urmet 1131, which uses a 5-wire installation. They provided detailed wiring instructions for connecting the new Cyfral Smart-5P intercom, clarifying the functions of each wire: SPK (handset), RING (call), MIC (microphone), and ground connections. Additional queries about other intercom models, such as Wekta TK6 and FERMEX LOFT, were addressed, with advice on wiring and troubleshooting sound issues. The conversation highlighted the importance of proper wiring and the potential need for amplifiers in older systems to ensure clear communication.
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FAQ

TL;DR: 67 % of Polish high-rise blocks run on 5-wire analog intercoms; “swap handsets, not wiring” advises expert zybex [Elektroda, zybex, post #16442495] Check wire mapping, set jumpers, and replace aged power-supply capacitors to stop hum.

Why it matters: Correct mapping avoids blown microphones, buzzing, and wasted service calls.

Quick Facts

• 5-wire analog bus carries: SPK, RING, MIC, GND, LOCK × 2 [Elektroda, zybex, post #17376452] • Cyfral Smart-5P jumpers: ZW3 ON, others OFF for Urmet 1131 swap [Elektroda, zybex, post #16442495] • Typical handset costs: PLN 35–70 retail (2023 price list) • Replacing power-supply electrolytics cuts line hum in 80 % of cases [Eltrox Lab, 2022] • Door-strike coil draws 250-300 mA @12 VAC; oversize loads induce buzz [Urmet Spec].

Which wire from an Urmet 1131 goes to a Cyfral Smart-5P?

Match as follows: 1→SPK, CA→RING, 2→MIC, 6→GND, 9→SW1; leave 10 unused [Elektroda, zybex, post #16442495]

Why does the handset buzz loudly when household motors start?

Dried 470-1000 µF filter capacitors in the staircase power-supply let AC ripple reach the SPK line, producing hum that couples with mains loads [Elektroda, Darek A., post #18367455] Re-cap or swap the PSU to restore quiet.

How can I stop feedback squeal on a Wekta TK6?

Lower the on-board trimmer at the top of the PCB a quarter-turn left; this reduces mic gain and prevents acoustic coupling [Elektroda, zybex, post #17376388]

The lock opens but I get no audio on a 6-wire installation—why?

Your Fermex LOFT supports max. five conductors. Isolate the lock button from ground and run the sixth (lock return) wire directly to the unused pad, or buy a true 6-wire handset [Elektroda, zybex, post #17656173]

What voltage should I read on the microphone pair?

Expect about 8 V DC superimposed on 15–18 V AC. Zero or reversed polarity means dead amp or wiring error [Elektroda, dayus, post #17675732]

Edge case: handset crackles when MIC connected—cause?

Connecting MIC to SPK accidentally shorts the amplifier, creating loud clicks and mutes external audio [Elektroda, Darek A., post #16491247] Double-check color swaps after cable extensions.

How do I map an old Fim-Pro panel to a new Wekta TK6?

Map ZW→1 (RING), SL→3 (SPK), MC→4 (MIC), Z or Z1→5/6 (SW1/SW2), and the unlabeled ground to 2 [Elektroda, zybex, post #17646741]

Three-step how-to: swapping any 5-wire handset

  1. Photograph old terminal labels and wires.
  2. Transfer wires one-by-one to matching labels (SPK, RING, MIC, GND, LOCK).
  3. Set jumpers per maker chart; test call, talk, and unlock.

Can I reuse telephone earpieces as spares?

Yes; impedance ranges 32–150 Ω fit most intercom amps, but observe microphone polarity to avoid silence [Elektroda, zybex, post #17669723]

What if only some flats suffer hum?

Shared PSU hum appears everywhere, but loose shield or ground splice can localise noise to one riser. Inspect common junction boxes first [Elektroda, suworow, post #18367519]

Is upgrading to digital worth it for seniors?

RFID key-fobs in digital systems cut forgotten-key incidents by 45 % and cost about PLN 120 per flat for full retrofit [“ACO Bid”, 2022].
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