Installation manual

SAFEPATH Manual Sheet 5 of 78
Rev. C April 1999
NOTE:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation
of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at his own expense.
For the SAFEPATH panel to properly operate. it must be properly connected to a listed compatible and properly operating control
panel that controls its activation. The operation and electrical ratings of such control panel must be compatible with the SAFEPATH
panel, and all equipment must be properly interconnected and operating. The installer must check compatibility before installation;
otherwise, the SAFEPATH panel and/or the control panel may be damaged and/or fail to operate in an emergency situation.
Each manufacturer's fire alarm control panel, and notification appliance operates differently and has different features. Before
specifying, installing, operating, testing, maintaining or servicing a system, carefully read the installation, operation and testing
manual for each piece of equipment and applicable codes.
Request that the local authority having jurisdiction inspect the proposed placement of the notification appliances and receive their
approval.
The output of the audio system may not be heard in all cases. Sound can be blocked or reduced by walls, doors, carpeting, wall
covering, furniture, insulation, bed coverings, and other obstacles that may temporarily or permanently impede the output of the
audio system. Sound is also reduced by distance and masked by background noise. The output of the audio system may not be
sufficient to alert all occupants, especially those who are asleep, those who are hearing-impaired, those who are wearing devices
that plug or cover the ears, and those who have recently used drugs or alcohol. The output of the audio system may not be heard
by an alert person if the output device is placed in an area which is isolated by a closed door, or is located on a different floor from
the person in a hazardous situation or is placed too far away to be heard over ambient noise such as, but not limited to, running
water, traffic, air conditioners, machinery or musical appliances.
WARNING: AUDIBLE SIGNALS MAY MASK MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MONITORING ALARMS. WHERE MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT MONITORING ALARMS ARE IN USE, DO NOT USE AUDIBLE SIGNALS; PROVIDE VISUAL
NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES IN HIGHLY VISIBLE LOCATIONS.
If audible tones and/or voice messages cannot be readily heard and understood clearly within the protected areas as intended, it is
necessary to increase the number and/or sound output intensity of speakers within those areas so that they are heard and
understood clearly when activated.