SigTEL Compact
Operator Instructions
SigTEL
Approved Document No. DAU0000092 Rev 4
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Emergency Voice
Communication System
18 Monitoring Toilet Alarms
Disabled persons toilet alarm (DPTA) monitoring is a secondary function to the primary purpose of the EVCS. If the
site has toilet alarms AND they are connected into the EVCS, then active toilet alarms will be displayed at the control
unit. As toilet alarm monitoring is a secondary function, any toilet alarm will be suppressed from being displayed if
there are any calls from/to the outstations. At the end of outstation calls, the activated toilet alarm calls will be
displayed.
Toilet alarms received at the control unit can only be reset at the alarm point of origin and cannot be reset at the
control unit. Someone has to physically go to the location of the toilet alarm in order to reset it.
On a wall control unit
’s display, toilet alarms are denoted by the graphic symbol ‘
wc’
which is reversed
‘
wc
’ when active. This symbol will never appear in the same list as
outstations and pressing the
DIRECTORY
button will not show toilet alarms because
you cannot call them. Similarly, toilet alarms will not appear in the Recent Calls list.
When a toilet alarm is activated, its name is displayed at the control unit.
At a wall unit, the buzzer operates continuously (to distinguish it from fault and EVCS operation). The buzzer can
be temporarily silenced by pressing the
SILENCE BUZZER
button but will restart if the toilet alarm is not reset within
a few minutes. When the toilet alarm is cleared the control unit automatically reverts to normal mode.
At a desk unit, the ringer sounds. The ringer can be temporarily silenced by pressing the
F
button and selecting
Mute
option but will restart if the toilet alarm is not reset within a few minutes. When the toilet alarm is cleared the
control unit automatically reverts to normal mode.
W C A l a r m s
wc
:
DPTA No.1
wc
DPTA No. 2
