GLOBAL VOICE
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CHAPTER 5
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FIREFINDER-XLS INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
EQUIPMENT
The Control and Indicating equipment of a FinderFinder-XLS Global Voice system
consists of the following components:
• LED Control Module (LCM)
• Switch Control Module (SCM)
• Live Voice Module (LVM)
• Firefighters Master Telephone (FMT)
• Telephone Zone Card (TZC-8B)
• Person Machine Interface (PMI/PMI-2/PMI-3)
COMMAND STATIONS
Each FireFinder-XLS Command Station configuration is unique. The requirements of
the project determine the modules needed to achieve the desired functionality. The
Control view of the Zeus Programming tool is used to configure the Command
stations. Each switch on the LVM, SCM and LCM may be configured for any of the
manual operations (See page 5-6).
A Global Voice system may have one or more different locations of control over the
same installed equipment. Each control station will use Global Request/Grant/Deny
Access switches for managing controls in emergencies. Access control is required in
Global Voice systems via the use of Global Request/Grant/Deny switches.
A location of Global Voice system control (command station) consists of the following:
1.
A list of Speaker Groups to be controlled/monitored.
2.
A set of Global Voice Applications to be performed on the Speaker Groups
(for example, ALL CALL, SELECT EVAC, DISPLAY ALERT, etc.).
3.
An LVM microphone.
4.
An optional list of telephone groups and an FMT master phone.
5.
Global Request/Grant/Deny access.
SYSTEM OPERATION
System Indication
All Global Voice system faults are reported at the PMI/PMI-2/PMI-3, and at the
programmed speaker group control switch. The operator at the PMI/PMI-2/PMI-3 is
able to ACK, SILENCE/UNSILENCE and RESET voice system events. For example, in
the event of an ALL EVAC, the Audibles LED on the PMI/PMI-2/PMI-3 comes on and
the Silence Audibles soft key displays on the PMI/PMI-2/PMI-3 so the system can be
silenced from the Global PMI/PMI-2/PMI-3.
Automatic Operation
The Global Voice system interfaces automatically to the fire alarm/mass notification
system using the speaker functions in the Function view of the Zeus Programming
tool. In reaction to events from the fire alarm/mass notification system (DLC de-
vices), the voice alarm system activates its pre-programmed alarm procedures. In fire
applications, the voice alarm system typically broadcasts an alarm signal, which is
immediately followed with a prerecorded message on the fire floor, the floor above
and the floor below. It is common to have two stage alarms, with evacuation in some
areas and alert in others. LEDs indicate the current system status and the floors in
which the evacuation or alert signal is sounding. Since this sequence has occurred
automatically, only the events that were predetermined in the original system
evacuation plan and programmed into the system configuration program will occur.
