Making an Emergency Paging Announcement
1.
Turn the key to the right to access EMERGENCY MODE – there is no need to log in.
•
Emergency mode broadcasts are of a higher priority than normal paging broadcasts and will
override all other broadcasts (except for a dedicated fireman’s microphone, if installed).
•
Any messages being broadcast will be interrupted during the emergency paging announcement
but recommence after the emergency paging is complete.
A – ALLCALL
EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
2.
Push and hold down the Press to Talk (PTT) button and speak into the microphone. This will call to
ALL
zones “Live” will appear on each Zone Location button and ‘speak now’ will be green while the PTT button
is pressed.
3.
On completion of the broadcast, release the PTT button.
4.
Once PTT is released no further speech will be broadcast, the "Live" indicator will extinguish.
B - ZONAL
EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
2.
Press the zone/area name of the touchscreen, the display will show selected for the chosen zone.
3.
Select all required zones, scrolling to additional pages for additional zones as required.
4.
Once all required zones are selected, press the PTT button and speak into the microphone. The broadcast
will be made to the selected zones only. " Live" will appear on the selected zone location and ‘speak now’
will be green while the speak button is pressed.
5.
Once PTT is released no further speech will be broadcast and the "Live" indicator will extinguish.
6.
Selected zones are automatically deselected once the PTT button is released.
7.
To broadcast further messages to these areas, the zones are to be re-selected. Failure to re-select zones
will result in an
ALL CALL
announcement.
On completion of Emergency Broadcasts, the key should be returned to the upright position to prevent
accidental initiation of emergency broadcasts or messages.
The user will need to log back into the system once the key is returned to normal operating position.
Broadcasting and Cancelling a Digitally Stored VA Message
A – BROADCASTING a VA Message
Turn the key to the right to access EMERGENCY MODE – there is no need to log in.
1.
Either manually select required zones by pressing each zone name button until ‘selected’ is displayed in
the adjacent status button.
2.
Alternatively, select pre-configured groups from the group button. A default ‘Select All’ group is
programmed for speed of zone selecting.