Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix SigNET Integrity Editor User Guide Software Revision 5.0.9.1 © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 1 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Contents Overview Context Sensitive Help Summary of Page Tabs Cause and Effects Page Hardware Page Options Page Simulation Page Specification Page Integrity Config Page Notes Page Cause and Effects Page Input Matrix Cause and Effects Matrix Hardware Page CPU Card Slot Properties Service Mute 1LS Card 1LS Slot Properties 1LS Group Button/Monitoring 1LS Contact Inputs PA16 Card PA16 Slot Properties PA16 Slot Group Buttons/Monitoring PA16 Paging Panel SVM Card SVM SoundVau
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Overview Integrity is a revolutionary new way of specifying and designing a complete Voice Alarm / Public Address routing matrix (mainframe). It demystifies the 'black art' of system specification and configuration via easy to understand software and hardware. Integrity Editor is a visual configuration tool that provides an easy to understand view of the VA/PA system inputs, outputs and priorities.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Context Sensitive Help You can obtain help on a page (Cause and Effects, Hardware, etc.) by clicking that tab and pressing F1. More specific help can be obtained by clicking in the appropriate area of the picture shown in the help file. Summary of Page Tabs Cause and Effects Page This page allows the system designer to determine how control triggers operate and which audio input sources are connected to output zones at what priority and to test the results.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Cause and Effects Page This page allows the system designer to determine how control triggers and audio input sources are connected to output zones and to test the results. Audio input sources are represented by icons in the left hand column, under 'Type'. The zones are on the right hand side of the screen, represented by. These entries are created automatically using information from the hardware page.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Cause and Effects Matrix The Cause and Effects matrix allows you to design and audition the Voice Alarm/ PA system, by simulating the specification and listening to the Fire alarm and other messages. To determine which audio sources are going to be played to which zones, select an audio input by clicking on it. Then click on one of the boxes under an output and on the same row as input contact to connect the audio input to the output zone when that input is closed.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Hardware Page This page allows you to manage the selection of input and output cards. Each card is configured separately. The following card types are supported by Integrity Editor: CPU Card – Central Processor Unit. All other cards are controlled by the CPU. 1LS Card – Normally used for simple devices such as all-call emergency microphones or single zone desk mics. Comprises a balanced line level audio input, a 24 Vd.c. output, monitored PTT input and busy output.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix CPU Card The Integrity CPU card is at the heart of the Integrity system. This card handles the fault logging and also runs the cause and effects software which controls all the other cards. The Serial port on the back of an Integrity CPU card allows the connection of a printer for fault logging and is also used for serial communications between the Integrity system and a PC running Integrity Editor.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix ‘Disabled if Mute1 Active’ normally supplies the monitoring tone but turns it off in any zone(s) that are currently muted with the default muting option. If a power failure occurs the zone(s) affected will be muted for all except emergency messages, and the tone to the affected zone(s) suppressed. This maximises the battery backup time for that area. 'Pulsed if mute1 active' is similar, but is designed amplifiers that can work with pulsed tone monitoring.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix 1LS Card This card normally allows single zone Fireman's Microphones (e.g. FM1 or FMIC) to be attached to the system. The card supports up to four of this type of microphone which will operate on a first come first serve basis.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix 1LS Contact Inputs This page allows up to two external contacts used on a 1LS card to be selected and their descriptions to be edited. As default they are named Evac (evacuate message) and Test (test message). © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 11 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix PA16 Card Important The PA16 and Suite16 units have been superseded by the MPC16i. This page is provided for backward compatibility and should not be included in new designs. This card provides a balanced audio input and serial data connection through a standard CAT-5 interface for connection of up to four 16PDM (Suite16) paging panels on a first come first serve basis.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix PA16 Paging Panel This page allows individual names and fault texts to be given to each PA16 (Suite16) panel (up to a maximum of four) connected to the PA16 card. The page also shows how the DIP switches at the back of the Suite16 panel must be set to set the address of the panel correctly. © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 13 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix SVM Card The SVM message card stores Windows .wav files in a Flash memory chip and supports up to four messages of up to two minutes total, 30 seconds at best quality. The audio quality can be selected by trading off message length, the maximum quality being 16 KHz 16-bit. Messages are stored in the unit using upload software running on a PC via the parallel port.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix SVM Message 1 This page allows the message type (and therefore the output level), fault text and message name to be specified. It also allows the Input Image (icon) to be changed, as well as the .wav file used in the audio simulation. (Up to 4 of these tabs may be shown). When the message type is changed, the description, fault, input image and simulation message are all changed to appropriate defaults. © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 15 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix BGM Card This card comprises a stereo RCA (phono) audio input, a 4 way DIP switch and four external non-monitored trigger inputs which are normally used to route the audio input to preset zones. BGM Properties This page allows the description of the audio source and the associated fault text to be edited as well as the Input Image and the Restoration Period.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix BGM External Contacts This page allows you to set number of external contacts used (max four) and to edit their descriptions. These contacts are wired to the connector at the bottom of the card and can be used to control the routing of background music. However, these unmonitored inputs can be used to control any audio input on the system and a common application is to be linked to a door bell push to broadcast a message or tone stored in an SVM card.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix CI16 Card – Normal Mode The page can appear in two forms, depending on whether expert mode is enabled (see Options page). This page allows you to set the number of triggers you require (max 16). There is also a reset input but this is not shown on the software as it is always available. The card also has a 24 Vd.c. 50 mA protected voltage output which can be used when voltage reversal triggers (fire alarm sounder circuits) are not available.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix CI16 Hardware – Expert mode This first page is identical to normal mode (see above). It handles the 16 inputs in default mode, latching until a reset signal is received. The second page shows icons for non-latching inputs. When a trigger is applied, the desired action, such as playing a non-emergency message, will take place. As soon as the trigger is removed, the message will stop. Normally an input will be either latching (e.g. contact 1 above), non-latching (e.g.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix OP2 Card This card provides two independent audio outputs (zones) to drive amplifiers. The card contains the audio selector (which is controlled by the cause and effects software) and a digitally controlled attenuator for each output. It is possible to program a different output level for each audio input type, i.e. emergency level, normal paging and background music (BGM).
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix GPI Card GPI stands for General Purpose Interface Cards and is used to link to a number of different paging consoles including MPP32i (discontinued), MPP56i (discontinued), MPP24Wi (discontinued) and the MPCi Series (current). The interface for these paging consoles is a more complex than others, mainly because they do so much.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix MPP56i - Discontinued The MPP56 is identical to the MPP32 except that it has 56 programmable zone selection buttons. MPP24Wi - Discontinued The MPP24W is wall mount paging console with a PTT (press to talk) button, 24 programmable zone selection buttons and four extra buttons which have a default functions that can be overridden. It has an integral fist mic and is intended primarily as a zonal emergency paging console.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix MPCi Range There are several types of MPC available: MPC16i A 16 button version which supersedes the 16PDM (Suite16) MPC16Wi A 16 button wall or rack mount version MPC32i A 32 button version which supersedes the MPP32 MPC32Wi A 32 button wall or rack mount version which can be used where an MPP24Wi was previously used. It does NOT have a built-in fire alarm interface so this function must be provided via a CI16 card.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix The following screen appears. MPC32i This screen also works for the MPC32Wi, when you should change the label to Red as shown below. MPC32Wi The other standard layouts are selected from the ‘Buttons’ key. MPC16i © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 24 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix MPC48i MPC64i © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 25 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Controlling More Than One Mainframe from MPC Console(s) Important: When MPC units control more than one Integrity mainframe the separate systems are not aware of each other. Therefore there is often more to this than just linking the mainframes together. Other considerations include working out which pre-recorded messages need to be sent, where to, and if they need to be synchronised.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix The number of function buttons allowed is also limited by the number physically available. There are no restrictions on the number of group (zonal) buttons. Function Buttons Function Buttons map a single input to a number of outputs. Buttons and contacts on most cards, such as the CI16 or a 1LS, are by definition function buttons. For a GPI card, though, buttons are group buttons by default. To change a button to a Function Button, first select the Group Buttons tab.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix In order to help configure a unit, the buttons on a panel are sorted by type on the Cause and Effects page. Each card type is separated by a red horizontal line and each button type by a blue one. The Group or Zonal buttons are shown first (the ones with the check boxes in the cause and effects matrix above), then the Modal buttons, and finally the Function Buttons. The Group buttons have simple check boxes that decide where an audio source is routed to.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix mainframe’s definition of those buttons in turn to decide what information is sent to each unit. A particular button may only be used by one Integrity Unit, or it might be used by all four. Whichever is true, the MPC will send the correct data to the correct unit. The Integrity units all have separate configurations and are unaware of each other. To configure a system like this you will need to use four separate configurations (.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix The images may be different to those illustrated. Politeness Integrity audio inputs are prioritised. Sometimes it is necessary to override that priority structure so that a higher priority unit (usually a paging console) does not override a lower priority unit. A typical instance of this would be with two GPI cards that are meant to operate on a first come first served basis. Under normal circumstances the higher priority one will interrupt the lower priority one.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Options Page The options page allows you to customise the SigNET Integrity configuration software, to suit your preferences. Each option affects the way Integrity Editor behaves, and it can be used to tailor the program to your own way of working or level of expertise. When changing a description, change the fault text also. When you change the description of an input card, Integrity Editor automatically creates the fault text but you can change this if you wish.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Simulation Page This page allows you to set the sound files that represent inputs and enable audio simulation. This is useful for selecting your own messages, particularly for non-English language systems. © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 32 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Specification Page This page allows you to view and print the layout of the back of the mainframe, showing which card fits in which slot and a specification taken from the information provided by the other pages in the Integrity Editor software. At the time of preparing this document, this function was not complete. © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 33 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Notes Page The notes tab allows you to add freehand notes of any form that you wish. It is particularly useful as a place to record the reason that an unusual configuration has been used. © 1999-2005 SigNET (AC) Ltd. Page 34 of 36 DocNo.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Communicating with the Integrity Mainframe Once the cause and effects is finalised, it is necessary to send the configuration to the Integrity mainframe. In order to do this it is necessary to enter the password in the Password field. This will be advised by SigNET. When the password is entered a new tab appears labelled 'Integrity Config'. In the above screen no link has been established with Integrity.
Integrity Voice Alarm Routing Matrix Get Physical Card types. This button transfers the physical cards seen in the Integrity mainframe into the current cause and effect. This can be useful when designing a cause and effects for a system that already exists. The current status of communication is shown at the top of the screen. The Tx indicator lights yellow whenever the Integrity Editor is trying to communicate with the Integrity unit. The Rx indicator lights whenever data is received from Integrity.
