Automatic Emergency Broadcasting; Manual Emergency Broadcasting; Monitoring Operation - Honeywell X-618 Operation Manual

Automatic Emergency Broadcasting

In the normal public address mode, the equipment cannot do the manual emergency broadcasting
operation, but the automatic emergency broadcasting mode will be initiated when the equipment
receive a fire linkage signal. And then the equipment will close all the normal public address to
broadcast the preset emergency broadcast automatically.
The fire linkage signal may come from:

DCS contact input

The fire alarm system interface module that connect with the RS-485 of DCS

NRI contact input in the system
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The fire alarm system interface module that connect with the RS-485 of NRI in the system
According to the fire linkage functions which are set in the Config software, the indicator in the right
of the zone button will display the linkage input state of that zone: red light indicates evacuation
signal; green light indicates neighbor alert signal.
Under the automatic emergency broadcasting mode, the system only can perform the preset fire
linkage broadcasting. If want to stop automatic emergency broadcasting, the equipment has to
receive a reset signal from the fire alarm controller, or press "Emergency" button to enter the
manual emergency broadcasting to close the zones.

Manual Emergency Broadcasting

To manually make an emergency broadcast, follow the steps below:
1. The manual emergency broadcasting mode is initiated by pressing the Emergency button.
The equipment will stop the all functions which have nothing to do with the emergency
broadcasting automatically, such as background music broadcasting.
2. Select the zone or zones for the broadcast.
Press the Zone button to select a zone or zones. Multiple zones can be selected. To select all
zones, press the ALL button. Indicator lights for selected zones flash green.
3. Select the sound sources.
4. Previewing the sound source is available if the sound source indicator light flashes green. The
built-in loudspeaker broadcasts according to the play policy for audition. Press the associated
sound source button again to confirm the sound source to broadcast in the selected zones. If
there are some mistake about sound source, press "CLOSE" to cancel the broadcast
operations.
If the previewing the sound source is unavailable during the configuration, the sound source
will broadcast in the selected zones directly after finish sound source selecting.
5. In this emergency mode, the normal public address (such as background music) is unavailable.
Broadcasting is controlled according to the broadcasting scheme.
6. In the manual emergency mode, if the users want to force some zones to close, just need to
select the corresponding zones and press "CLOSE".
7. The Emergency button is pressed a second time, the emergency broadcasting mode ends.
In the mode of the manual emergency broadcasting, the system will not respond the fire
linkage signal.

Monitoring Operation

Device has built-in speakers to monitor the played audio source from each speaker's loop.
Press the "Monitor" button and the zone buttons simultaneously, the monitoring speakers will
automatically play the zones' audio. Through this operation, other zones can also be monitored.
Press the "Monitor" button to stop the monitoring.
If there is a need to adjust the monitoring volume, please refer to the chapter Volume Control to
adjust the monitoring volume.
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