VOICE SYSTEM
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CHAPTER 4
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FIREFINDER-XLS INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Evacuation Signal (EVAC)
EVAC sends the evacuation tone or message (predetermined in system design) to all
or selected speaker groups in the building requesting that the occupants evacuate. A
steady red LED indicates whether the evacuation signal (tone or message) is being
sent to the entire building or to selected areas of the building.
It is possible to have two different evacuation signals, EVAC 1 and EVAC 2. EVAC 2
will be overridden by EVAC 1 to the same speaker group. Either EVAC signal will be
overriden by an emergency page to the same speaker group.
Alert Signal
Alert signal sends the alert tone or message (predetermined in system design) to all
or selected speaker groups in the building to alert occupants to the alarm condition.
A flashing red LED indicates whether the ALERT signal (tone or message) is being
sent to the entire building or selected areas.
It is possible to have two different alert signals, ALERT 1 and ALERT 2. ALERT 2 will
be overridden by ALERT 1 to the same speaker group. The alert signal will be overrid-
den by an emergency page or an evacuation signal to the same speaker group.
Manual Operation
After a few minutes of automatic operation, the voice alarm system can be taken
over manually by authorized personnel.
Manual voice operation functions such as emergency paging, evacuation or alert
signal activation, firefighters' telephone operation, multiple voice system command
center operation, as well as convenience page or background music operation are
possible at any time.
Emergency Page
Emergency Page allows a live voice page from the emergency microphone to all or
selected speaker groups in the building. An optional preannouncement tone
preceeds emergency pages for a duration of time set in the Zeus programming tool.
Convenience Page
Convenience Page allows a live voice page from the convenience page microphone
to all or selected speaker groups in the building. Convenience pages are a low priority
function and will be overridden by an emergency page, an evacuation or an alert
signal to the same speaker group.
Background Music
Background Music sends background music from an external audio input to all or
selected speaker groups in the building. Background Music is the lowest priority and
will be overridden by an emergency page, an evacuation or alert signal and a conve-
nience page to the same speaker group.
Convenience Page and Background Music may only be used in Legacy Mode.
SYSTEM PRIORITIES
The priority of requests to a speaker group in the case that multiple signals (audio
channels) are requested at the same time are as follows:
1. Emergency Page (highest priority)
2. Warden‘s (Phone) Page
3. Evacuation Signal 1 (EVAC 1)
4. Evacuation Signal 2 (EVAC 2)
5. Alert Signal 1 (ALERT 1)
6. Alert Signal 2 (ALERT 2)
7. Convenience Page
8. Background Music (lowest priority)
