Sonix Hmi-5 Technical Manual
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SONIX HMI-5 TECHNICAL MANUAL
TM373 / A June 2022 www.eaton.com
5.4.8 Alarm Attenuate
Alarm attenuate is a toggle action function, it will only
latch on if an Alarm is active on the PA/GA system.
The alarm attenuate action operates at a system level,
activating this button toggles the current system state
independent of the access panel.
If assigned to a standard button the associated indictor
has the following states:
Off
Alarm Attenuate is not active
Fast flashing (5 Hz)
Alarm Attenuate is changing state
Solid
Alarm Attenuate is active
5.4.9 Alarm Inhibit
Alarm Inhibit is used to prevent automated activation
of alarms from external systems such as Fire & Gas.
It does not prevent manual activation from any access
panel.
If assigned to a standard button the associated indictor
has the following states:
Off
Alarm Inhibit is not active
Fast flashing (5 Hz)
Alarm Inhibit is active on the system
Solid
Alarm Inhibit is active locally
ote:
N
Not a recommended action for an Hmi-5 access panel. Eaton
recommends that a key switch connected to Sonix Io would be a more
rigorous solution.
5.4.10 Ms12 message initiation
Initiation of a pre-recorded message from the Ms12. The
message can only be initiated if it is loaded (recorded)
and enabled on the Ms12.
If assigned to a standard button the associated indictor
has the following states:
Off
Button is not active
Fast flashing (5 Hz)
Button is active, message playback requested
ote:
N
There is no success/failure feedback to the user on the access
panel.
5.4.11 Local Attenuate
Local attenuate is a toggle action function, it can be
used at any point to reduce the output of the local
loudspeaker(s).
Typically, Local Attenuate will be implemented with a
pre-set timeout window to prevent permanent latch up,
values between 5 and 30 minutes.
If assigned to a standard button the associated indictor
has the following states:
Off
Local Attenuate is not active
Fast flashing (5 Hz)
Local Attenuate is changing state soon
Solid
Local Attenuate is active
5.4.12 Background Music control
Background music is an optional feature of the Sonix PA/
GA system, its management and control are not covered
in this manual. Please the 2Mx and SAS manuals for
more information.
BGM control is a change state request action function
that allows remote control of BGM. It requires a number
of Sonix components to be correctly configured to work.
If assigned to a standard button the associated indictor
has the following states:
Off
Button is not active
Solid
Button is active, BGM state change requested
ote:
N
There is no success/failure feedback to the user on the access
panel.
ote:
N
Replaces Local Attenuate, cannot be used together.
5.5 Indication only options
Any of the features above with indicator states can be
used as an indicator only with the push button disabled
in configuration.
The following are options for using a button as indication
only without any on-press event associated.
5.5.1 System busy
System busy indicator is used to show when the system
has active.
If assigned to a standard button the associated indictor
has the following states:
Off
System is currently idle
Fast flashing (5 Hz)
Engineers panel active on the system
Solid
System is busy with an Alarm, Routine or
Emergency speech
