Installation manual

SAFEPATH Manual Sheet 10 of 78
Rev. C April 1999
Introduction
SAFEPATH is a stand alone voice evacuation/emergency message panel capable of providing up to four zones of audible and
visual signals. Figure 1 illustrates the basic capabilities of the SAFEPATH panel.
The SAFEPATH panel can play back recorded voice, tones, and other sounds when instructed to do so by contact closure or an
instruction over a serial link from other equipment. SAFEPATH panels configured with a DX-100 are playback only panels.
SAFEPATH panels configured with a DX-200 can also record the messages.
This manual describes the SAFEPATH panel, which features:
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A multitone generator with 8 field selectable sounds for the primary evacuation signal.
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Up to 8 minutes of audio storage in DX-100 configured panels.
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Up to 16 minutes of audio storage in DX-200 configured panels.
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Selective activation of up to 8 message files using contact closures (expandable to 256 message files using optional Digital
Voice Expansion Modules (DV-EM's).
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Selective activation of up to 999 message files through the serial port (RS-232 or RS-485).
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Field upgradable.
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Up to 5 levels of message priority assignments with the two least significant priority levels being acknowledgeable.
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Up to four audio and strobe circuits, zone selectable.
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Supervision of input and output lines and many internal operations with trouble diagnosis and notification.
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Serial communication supervision and optional verification of serial commands with a trouble indication if an error is detected.
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Manual override of automatically playing files with live announcements.
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An optional telephone interface.
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An RS-232 interface and an optional RS-485 interface.
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An optional Remote Microphone (RMS-1).
THE SAFEPATH PANEL MUST BE PROPERLY INSTALLED, PROGRAMMED AND CONNECTED TO A COMPATIBLE
CONTROL PANEL TO FUNCTION IN A VOICE EVACUATION SYSTEM.
The control panel which activates the SAFEPATH panel can range from simple push-buttons or detectors that provide contact
closures to activate SAFEPATH files to a sophisticated, computer-based control panel that activates SAFEPATH files through a
serial port.
WARNING: THE OPTIONAL TELEPHONE INTERFACE SHALL NOT BE USED FOR PRIMARY NOTIFICATION OF AN
EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVENT, ACTION OR CAUSE.