System Priorities - Siemens FIREFINDER-XLS Installation, Operation And Maintenance Manual

FIREFINDER-XLS INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Evacuation Signal (EVAC)
Alert Signal
Manual Operation
Emergency Page
Convenience Page
Background Music

SYSTEM PRIORITIES

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GLOBAL VOICE
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 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.
Once the first few minutes have been dealt with automatically, 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, telephone operation, multiple voice system command center
operation, as well as convenience page or background music operation are possible
at any time.
Emergency Page allows a live voice page from the emergency microphone to all or
selected speaker groups in the building. An optional preannouncement tone pre-
cedes emergency pages for a duration of time set in the Zeus programming tool.
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 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.
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)
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