Specifications

St. David Catholic School Manning Architects
Gym and Classroom Replacement N10.024.00
New Orleans, Louisiana July 20, 2012
PA/INTERCOM SYSTEM 16750 -2
B. The Contractor shall maintain at his facility the necessary spare parts in the proper
proportion as recommended by the equipment manufacturer to maintain and service the
equipment being supplied. This facility shall be available for inspection by the engineer.
C. The supplying Contractor shall have attended the manufacturer's installation and service
school.
D. The Contractor shall furnish manufacturer's manuals of the completed system including
individual specification sheets, schematics, inter-panel and intra-panel wiring diagrams. In
addition, all information necessary for the proper operation of the system shall be included.
E. As built drawings that include any changes to wiring, wiring designations, junction box
labeling and any other pertinent information shall be supplied upon completion of project.
1.6 IN SERVICE TRAINING
A. The Contractor shall furnish a minimum of four hours of in service training with the system.
These sessions shall be broken into segments that will facilitate the training of individuals in
operating station equipment, administrative devices, user programming functions, and
program distribution equipment. Operating manuals and users guides shall be provided at
the time of the training.
1.7 WIRING
A. System wiring shall be in accordance with good engineering practices as established by the
EIA and NEC. Wiring shall meet all established state and local electrical codes. All wiring
shall test free from grounds and shorts.
PART 2 – PRODUCTS
2.0 The installation shall include a comprehensive programmable microprocessor based
communications system consisting of a central switching exchange capable of handling up to
50 remote stations.
2.1 All programmable functions shall be stored in non-volatile memory to prevent loss during a
power failure condition.
2.2 System shall have battery back up and charger specifically designed for use with system
power supplies. Systems that use an uninterruptible AC power supply (UPS) must be pre-
approved.
2.3 The central switch shall utilize standard dual tone multi-frequency type decoding (DTMF)
for conformance with standard telephone practices.
2.4 The central switch shall provide a LAN/WAN connection via a standard Ethernet RJ-45
jack to provide on or off site programming and or diagnostics. It shall be possible for the
user with a computer connected to the LAN/WAN to access and change all system
parameters as necessary and to save complete system architecture on its storage medium. It
shall also be possible to run diagnostic software to isolate and correct faults in the system.
These capabilities must also be provided thru a standard RS232 port for local access.