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MSA ICM TxR Unit, Operation Instructions Manual

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Page 1: ...guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equip ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be deter mined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equip...

Page 2: ...ure to Radio Frequency RF Signals The wireless ICM TxR Unit is a radio transmitter and receiver It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency RF energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U S Government These limits are part of compre hensive guidelines and established permitted levels of RF energy for the general population The g...

Page 3: ...ry or death DESCRIPTION OF ICM TXR UNIT AND BASE STATION INTERFACE The ICM TxR Unit on the SCBA is designed to communi cate with the base station and PC This system provides the ability to monitor firefighters from a remote location When an SCBA is pressurized the ICM TxR Unit is auto matically activated It then waits to receive a signal from the base station to begin the log on process After all ...

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Page 5: ...outlet 2 Connect the antenna to the base station by threading the TNC fitting on to the jack on the right side of the base station Note The base of the antenna has a magnetic platform It is recommended that it be placed in an area that is above the base station and is free from obstruction such as the roof of a vehicle Use only antennas provided by MSA for use with this base station Failure to do ...

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Page 7: ...or each fire fighter By default the following color scheme has been chosen to remain consistent with that of the heads up display to build consistency within the fire scene New Person BLUE Cylinder Pressure above 50 GREEN Cylinder Pressure between 25 and 50 YELLOW Cylinder Pressure below 25 RED g Allow single evacuation permits a single fire fighter to be sent an evacuation command 4 Under the Ala...

Page 8: ...eplace the alarm sound for the motion alarm rename the desired wav file to Sound1 wav before select ing To replace other sound files simply rename the desired wav file so that it matches the default name shown for that alarm 5 Under the Default cylinder pressure tab the default cylinder types and estimated service times can be edited These default cylinder types are for use when firefighter s with...

Page 9: ...n the holding bin 5 The full logon process for a given unit is less than 1 minute a During the log on process the PC acquires data such as name ID Team assignment pressure type and current pressure from the ICM TxR Unit b During the log on process the helmet icon may jump from the holding bin into a team automati cally if a team ID was assigned to the ICM TxR Unit using an ID Tag c Refer to the ID...

Page 10: ...etrieve previously entered team names from past sessions click the drop down menu arrow at the far right side of this text box All past team names will be displayed for selection Adding Comments to a Team 1 Click in text box under the team name text box 2 Type any additional team comments and press enter Note To retrieve previously entered comments from past sessions click the drop down menu arrow...

Page 11: ...es a confirmation sig nal from an ICM TxR Unit that the evacuation com mand has been received the Evacuate icon for each firefighter will turn YELLOW on the PC screen b The firefighter must then manually press the reset button on the ICM TxR Unit twice in rapid succes sion in order to acknowledge the evacuation com mand and silence the evacuation alarm As each firefighter manually acknowledges the...

Page 12: ...e will display several indications that the radio link has been lost These indications are described below When a firefighter is out of range any signals sent from ICM TxR Unit to the base station or from the base station to the ICM TxR Unit cannot be real ized until the radio link has been re established Both the ICM TxR Unit and the base station will repeatedly send a signal until the link has b...

Page 13: ...nt report log for each SCBA monitoring session Incident reports may be accessed in the main screen of the MSA ICM TxR Accountability software by selecting INCIDENT SCBA MONITORING INCIDENT REPORTS To access incident reports while the SCBA monitoring window is open click the Incident Report button at the top of the SCBA monitoring win dow The Incident Window during SCBA monitoring Before an SCBA mo...

Page 14: ...out window 4 Select one 1 of the four 4 options to determine how the report will be sorted by either DOUBLE clicking the type of report or by SINGLE clicking the type of report and then clicking Preview The options are as follows a Sorted by name Displays all reports meeting the search criteria sorted by each firefighter s name in alphabetical order Under each Firefighter s name is a list of all i...

Page 15: ... of the options under the field labeled Format Formats available for export are pdf rpt html xls rtf odbc rec txt csv ttx and xml Click OK when finished b The Export Options window will appear Select the pages of the report to be exported and click OK c The Choose export file window will appear Select the name and directory to which the report should be saved USING THE ICM TXR ACCOUNTABILITY SOFTW...

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Page 17: ...ll create a helmet icon for this fire fighter Notice that the helmet icon has a black box on it This indicates that the simulated breathing for this firefighter has not been started 7 To START to simulate breathing for this firefighter click the GREEN PLAY icon in the firefighter s SCBA sta tistics window Notice that the black box on the hel met icon becomes a black triangle When the GREEN arrow h...

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Page 19: ... eight 8 zeros can be scanned into the ICM to remove the base station pref erence The SCBA monitoring window must be closed before the tag writer portion of the software can be used Failure to close this window may cause the ID Tag Writer to not respond and may prevent the use of the Tag Writer feature until the SCBA monitoring window has been closed The ICM Tx TxR Unit Data Program software must ...

Page 20: ...number located on the bottom of the base station The base station serial number is also displayed at the top of the SCBA monitoring window of the MSA ICM TxR Accountability Software 4 Type the base station serial number in the white text entry box 5 Insert an ID tag into the open slot on the front of the ICM Tag Writer 6 Click the Write button 7 A small dialog box should appear to confirm that the...

Page 21: ...ountability Software when arriving at an incident store the PC and base station in a vehicle with power supply antenna and USB connections in place Once the ICM TxR Accountability Software has been started this pro gram can remain open while in storage so that when arriv ing on the scene of an incident only the SCBA monitoring window needs to be opened to begin monitoring SCBA Failure to close the...

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Page 23: ...ce with MSA s instructions and or recommendations Refer to MMR Air Mask with Firehawk operation and instructions manual PN 10023638 for additional warranty information For a copy of the complete warranty or for information on submitting a warranty claim write to MSA Customer Service Department P O Box 426 Pittsburgh PA 15230 0426 or call 1 800 MSA 2222 For further information or training instructi...

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Page 25: ...Station Interface The LCD on the ICM TxR Unit serves as the firefighter s interface with the inci dent command base station 5 Redundant Low Pressure Alarm When the SCBA cylinder pressure falls below 25 percent of the rated service pressure a flashing RED light will appear in the Nightfighter Heads Up Display Receiver A RED LED will also flash on the ICM TxR Unit during this condition For the Incid...

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