Page 1: Table Of Contents
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Table of Contents Introduction Connections Operations Store Presentations Store Audio Playback Tones Playback Presentations Presentation Hot Keys Set Presentations & Tones Presentation Slots Audio Slots GPI On/Off Telephony & DTMF Setup...
Page 2 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Remote Control IP Addresses Remote Control Functions Remote Maintenance Screen Reprogram Slots Reprogram Scheduler Appendix A: Connect DEVIS to MHz RF-Switch (Courtesy Bruce Bradley) Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 KWT TM 2-1-DEVISOM 800.331.2019...
Page 3 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Deployable Emergency Video Information System (DEVIS) DEVIS is a mobile, computer based system used to display Microsoft PowerPoint™ Presentations over CCTV, CATV, or broadcast video lines and airwaves. The unit has two major modes of operation—displaying normal, user-designed,...
Page 4: Connections
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems ***CAUTION*** Unit is capable of operating on 110VAC to 240VAC, 60Hz/50Hz. Ensure you use only ground isolation main power cable as provided. Inadequate power grounding can result in equipment damage or destruction and could void warranty.
Page 5 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Standard PC Connections (refer to figure 1, 1A and 1B)(* = required connection for DEVIS normal operation—all other connections not marked with ‘*’ are optional) *MOUSE: Standard PS/2 style mouse *KEYBOARD: Standard PS/2 style keyboard USB: Universal Serial Bus (any number of add-in peripherals such as printer, mouse, keyboard) *PARALLEL PORT/GPI PORT: Can be standard printer port—for DEVIS, connect 25-Pin GPI...
Page 6 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems *VGA PREVIEW: This is DEVIS’ normal VGA-style connector. It is an industry standard High-Density 15pin connector, used to interface with any computer monitor. Video output of this connector is not meant for a television, as it is progressive scan component type video (as opposed to composite video on the BNC connector).
Page 7 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Figure 1A Network To Modulator or Switch Mouse Keyboard GPI Out to Switch Audio In from Radio, CD, etc… Audio Out to Modulator or Switch Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...
Page 8 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Figure 1B RJ-11 Telephone Line-In To Computer Monitor Telephone Voice-Over Connection Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 KWT TM 2-1-DEVISOM 800.331.2019 14 Mar 03 www.keywesttechnology.com Change 02...
Page 9 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems DEVIS OPERATION Should DEVIS be shut down through normal Windows™ means, you’ll need to power the unit with the front panel momentary power switch. To do so, simply open the front door, press the power switch and release.
Page 10 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Out of the box, DEVIS has sample presentations and sample tones installed. These are the file names listed on the form in figure 2 and highlighted in figure 3. Figure 3 Create your presentations on any other PC as you would normally and import them into DEVIS.
Page 11: Store Presentations
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems You can import presentations in multiple ways—CD, 3.5” Floppy, or via Network. When importing via network you will treat DEVIS as though it were any other computer on your network. Simply search for DEVIS from the originating PC, map it as any other computer on the network, and click &...
Page 12 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Double click on DEVISFOL to open it. There you will find two sub-folders, “AUDIO” and “PRESENTATIONS” (see FIGURE 4), as well as a number of text (.txt) files—DO NOT MOVE OR DELETE THE TEXT FILES—the text files are present to ensure storage of schedule and presentation log information should power loss occur.
Page 13 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems STORE AND ACCESS TONES Tones that can be used with emergency presentations, or as stand-alone warning tones, are stored and accessed from DEVIS’s folder “C:\DEVISFOL\AUDIO” (FIGURE 7). Figure 7 Double-click on the “AUDIO” folder—when it opens, you will see all wave (.wav) files that are stored in DEVIS for use (FIGURE 8).
Page 14 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems DEVIS v.2 utilizes only the .wav format for tones and recorded messages—NO OTHER AUDIO FORMATS are supported at this time. If you wish to create your own emergency tone files, simply store them on the C:\ drive by importing or creating right on DEVIS.
Page 15: Playback Tones
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems INITIAL OPERATIONS PLAYBACK TONES Alert and emergency tones may be played immediately through DEVIS by simply clicking on the appropriate TONE button (1, 2, 3, or 4). DEVIS will play the .wav file you’ve selected one time.
Page 16: Playback Presentations
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems PLAYBACK PRESENTATIONS To playback a presentation, simply click on the corresponding presentation button (FIGURE 11). Figure 11 The presentation will continue to play until the “ESC” key is pressed on the keyboard.
Page 17 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Presentations may also be initiated via HOT KEYS (FIGURE 12). Function Key Presentation Played Normal 1 Normal 2 Normal 3 Normal 4 Normal 5 Normal 6 Normal 7 Normal 8 Emergency 1...
Page 18: Set Presentations & Tones
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems SET PRESENTATIONS and TONES You may assign presentations to any of the PLAY buttons, referred to as “SLOTS”, as well as assign .wav files to any of the TONE buttons. NOTE: EMERGENCY 1 and TONE 1 are tied together, as are EMERGENCY 2 and TONE 2, EMERGENCY 3 and TONE 3, and EMERGENCY 4 and TONE 4.
Page 19 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems The next step, once you’re satisfied with the presentation you’ve selected, is to click the “Set” button itself. When you click the “Set” button, the presentation will be loaded for the slot you are working on.
Page 20: Gpi On/Off
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Also, note that a presentation in the “Set” text box does not become active for a slot until the “Set” button is pressed and the file name to the right of the “Play” button changes to correspond to your new selection (FIGURE 11).
Page 21: Telephony & Dtmf Setup
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems The GPI’s are used to trigger an external switcher device such as the MegaHertz 1x8 base-band video switch. This is to force all channels on your network over to the emergency presentation.
Page 22: Pass Code
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems The DEVIS Audio and DTMF Setup and Control screen will open. Here you will find all the necessary controls to setup security passwords for dial-up, recording levels, playback levels, and voice-over (FIGURE 20).
Page 23 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems To change the code, highlight the old code, or delete the old code (which appears as a set of asterisks only), and type in your new code. To store the code, click on “Save Codes” button (FIGURE 21).
Page 24: Dial-Up Control
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems You may set the number of rings for DEVIS to wait prior to answering the phone line. It is set at a default of one ring. If you have a telephone looped through DEVIS, it may be desirable to change the number of rings (FIGURE 23).
Page 25 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems DEVIS Telephone Control Quick Reference Dial Result Play Emergency 1 Play Emergency 2 Play Emergency 3 Play Emergency 4 Play Normal 1 Play Normal 2 Play Normal 3 Play Normal 4...
Page 26 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems When entering DTMF commands to DEVIS, each successful entry will be answered (or acknowledged (ack)) by DEVIS. You will hear a set of very fast touch-tones as an ack. Wait for the voice prompts to end prior to attempting to enter any codes.
Page 27 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems For testing and troubleshooting, the DTMF and AUDIO screen of the DEVIS software will allow you to set the volume of the playback, as well as activate and terminate voice-overs. The Terminate Voice Over button is of interest—should an unauthorized or accidental voice-over...
Page 28 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems AUDIO DEVIS utilizes three audio source formats. WAVE, MIC, and LINE. WAVE is any file played back internally in DEVIS, such as an EMERGENCY TONE, or recorded phone message. MIC is used as the live voice-over connection. A direct connection to the modem’s speaker out plug from DEVIS MIC input plug activates this feature.
Page 29 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems SCHEDULER DEVIS v.2 has a scheduler function. This scheduler allows you to schedule any of the eight “Normal” slots to play on a given day of the week, or a given date (FIGURE 28).
Page 30 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems For example, to choose slot Normal 1 to play on Sundays, click the Sun button in the Normal 1 row (Figure 29). Figure 29 You will see that the “Sun” button in the Normal 1 row has illuminated green, and the remaining buttons in the “Sun”...
Page 31 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Figure 30 is two samples of scheduling possibilities: All Days to Play Normal 1 Random Presentations per Day Figure 30 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 KWT TM 2-1-DEVISOM 800.331.2019...
Page 32 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems To reset any given day, click the RESET button above that day’s column. Any illuminated green button for that day will extinguish (return to grey), and all rows for that day will reappear.
Page 33 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems After you’ve selected that date, it should appear in the highlighted textbox. Click on “Lock Calendar” above the calendar to prevent inadvertent changes…at that point, you will notice the cyan illuminated text box return to white (FIGURE 32).
Page 34: Remote Control
DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems That will bring up the Windows© Date/Time Properties form (Figure 34). Ensure you set the proper time, date, and time zone on this form for proper schedule operation in your deployed location.
Page 35 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Figure 35 Step 1 is to enter the IP address of DEVIS in the block next to the DEVIS IP Address button. In the figure 35 example, the remote DEVIS player unit’s IP is 10.0.0.88.
Page 36 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems At the top of the remote control application, there are several other functional buttons. GPI On and GPI Off work as the equivalent buttons on the DEVIS Player (FIGURE 36). Figure 36 Click on GPI On to trigger an external device (such as the MegaHertz©...
Page 37 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems The maintenance screen, or PLAYER SCHEDULE screen will appear (FIGURE 39). Figure 39 This simple, yet powerful screen will allow you to remotely reprogram your DEVIS player…so that you can change slot data and also change which presentation is scheduled to play on which day.
Page 38 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Once you have that list up, you can set out to reprogram DEVIS remotely. If you desire to change which presentation is assigned to a slot, click on the new presentation in the “Available Presentations”...
Page 39 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Now, you can click on the “Set Schedule” (FIGURE 43) button, and the data will be sent to the remote DEVIS player—the player will be automatically reprogrammed with your data. Figure 43 Keywest Technology 14563 W.
Page 40 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems APPENDIX A DEVIS audio connection to MegaHertz RF Generator The audio input on the MegaHertz RF Generator is a 3-pin “Phoenix” type jack, similar to the one drawn below. The audio jumper from the DEVIS sound card line out port connects to this connector as drawn.
Page 41 KEYWEST TECHNOLOGY LIMITED WARRANTY KEYWEST TECHNOLOGY does hereby declare that the said product be covered under limited warranty for defective materials and workmanship. This warranty is extended to the original purchaser only, for the amount of time indicated below, effective from the...
Page 42 DEVIS (v.2) Operator’s Manual Keywest Technology Early Warning Systems Cut and return the following page to register your product. PRODUCT WARRANTY REGISTRATION Complete and mail within 10 days of purchase Purchaser's Name Title: Phone: Company Name: Address: City: State: Zip:...

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