Cooper Notification SP40S Series, Installation, Testing, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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Operating Procedures
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6. Operating Procedures
6.1 Making Live Announcements
1. Hold the on board or remote microphone within 2 inches from your mouth, press the
Push-To-Talk (PTT) switch and begin speaking. (For best results, hold the
microphone within a half inch from your mouth.)
2. When finished, release the PTT switch and return the microphone to its holder.
NOTE: If the on-board microphone push-to-talk button is depressed and remains depressed
for two and a half minutes, the microphone circuit switches automatically to the selected
supervision tone.
6.2 Recording Digital Voice Messages
The Digital Voice section of the SP40S panel contains a digital voice memory chip that
contains the digital voice program and the voice messages. The memory chip comes with
eight messages installed. The DV Memory Chip can be removed and the messages remain
on the chip. If tailored messages (messages with tones) are required from Cooper
Notification Inc., the new chip can be installed when received.
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The message chip memory is divided into eight segments. Each segment is
prioritized 1 through 8, matching the inputs IN1 through IN8.
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If the IN8 message is playing and a higher priority message is initiated, the message
on IN8 stops immediately and the higher priority message plays.
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As long as the contact closure voltage is applied to the input, the message repeats.
When the voltage is removed, the message plays to the end and stops. The message
plays a minimum of three times completely.
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Each message can be selected to have a code3 pre-alert tone, a 1khz continuous pre-
alert tone, or no pre-alert tone. This is based on SW4 and SW5, positions 1-8
settings.
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Post-tones are also selectable via SW5, position 9. Post-tones match pre-tones on an
individual message basis.
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When the Digital Voice Section is set up for record mode, field recording is limited
to 30-second segments.
NOTE: If the Digital Voice Section fails, the SP40S panel plays the selected tone (Code 3
Tone or Slow Whoop). See Figure 6 for the location of SW3-position 9.