Current Thinking ALP48 Owner's manual
Document Number DDC ALP 7002 01 AD
ALP48
Digital Command
Microphone
Current
Thin ing
Programming Manual February 2009
Software Version 3.8
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Introduction
Voice Alarm (VA) systems are the quic est way to evacuate the public & staff
from a building.
Following fire detection, automated messages control the flow of people in
stairwells and corridors allowing an orderly evacuation without panic. These
messages are supplemented by spo en messages from the fire service or
management suite confirming the validity and need to leave the building.
This positive confirmation speeds evacuation and avoids the "false alarm"
mentality reducing the ris of death from fire.
Suitability
Voice Alarm systems are recommended for all public buildings and multi story
buildings over four floors by BS5588.
In public buildings it's not possible to fire drill the public, as they visit the
premises infrequently, so systems such as Voice alarms save valuable time in
evacuating the building.
The use of phased messages in multi-story buildings prevents over-crowding in
stairwells and at exits, preventing secondary injuries. In phased evacuation, the
floor in fire receives the evacuate message, and the floor above & below receive
an alert message, preparing them for evacuation.
In more complex scenarios the use of multiple alert and evacuate messages can
be beneficial, messages telling the evacuees they are going the right way, and
messages as ing people to ma e way for people leaving evacuated areas. These
additional messages can dramatically speed up the evacuation especially in malls
and large airport environments.
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For small and medium sized installations this self-contained voice alarm controller
provides an ideal solution.
The basic controller has 4 monitored outputs, and the following inputs: 2 all call
fire microphone ports, a data control port for networ ing & configuration, 2 four
zone high priority microphone ports, 2 digital message slots (allowing four
messages to be held in hardware), a six input fire alarm interface with common
de-latch input (24V voltage inputs for connection to sounder circuits), 2 low
priority zoned microphone ports, and three stereo music inputs.
The front panel LCD allow selection of volumes, music sources and configuration
of all functions, as well as providing access to the 99 event log. In the event of
processor failure the 2 fireman’s inputs can access the whole system in line with
EN60849 and BS5839 pt 8.
Standards Compliance
The @udio Logistics ALP48 complies with all the relevant current Voice Alarm
standards including BS5839 parts 1,4 & 8 and EN60849.
We are also monitoring the meetings of the EN54-16 committee to ensure we will
comply when this is released.
Additionally the ALP48 complies with the EMC requirements of EN55103-1 and
EN55103-2.
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Navigating the ALP48 Menus
All functions of the ALP48 can be configured using the front panel LCD and the
three navigation Keys (LEFT, RIGHT, and ACCEPT), abbreviated to <L) for LEFT,
[A] for ACCEPT and (R> for RIGHT.
When the ALP48 is powered up, it will always revert to the Root Menu.
General Menu Format
When [A] is pressed for the first time from the root screen, the display will show
as follows
ALP v3.8-User
Back
>View audio sources
View fault status
The top line shows the panel type with version number and the menu level. The
next 3 lines show various menu options: the current option, the preceding option
and the following option.
The first menu option will become the current menu option if <L) is pressed.
The second menu option will always be prefixed by a right chevron ‘>’. This
indicates the current menu option. Pressing [A] will ta e you to this option.
The last menu option will become the current menu option if (R> is pressed.
When in a configuration menu, a variety of options may be displayed. Each
option will either have a colon ‘:’, or a chevron ‘>’ followed by the value for that
option, e.g.
Net address>1
The chevron will indicate which option is currently selected. Use the <L) and (R>
buttons to toggle through the various values for that option. When the correct
value is chosen, press [A] to move to the Next option.
Each configuration screen will have an option in the bottom right. By default, this
option will be Next. The different values for this option are:
Next: moves cursor bac to first option on this page, or to first option on
next page if there is more than one page
ave: saves the new configuration, and moves bac to the menu list.
Quit: discards any changes made, and moves bac to the menu list.
Inputting Text
All text input on the ALP48 uses the same technique. The text to be edited either
begins with a right chevron ‘>’, or is brac eted by chevrons ‘>’ and ‘<’. The
number of characters allowed depends upon the text being edited.
For example,
Edit fault text
Fire microphone 1
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>Fault on fire mic 1
:Next
When text entry is used, the current text for the entry is displayed, with the first
character highlighted using an underscore, this is the character which is altered
using <L) and (R> eys and follows the characters in this List:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR TUVWXYZ 0123456789~
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@?<>&#()+-=ÿ
Special characters appear at the end of each line in the list, '~' and 'ÿ', these are
the insert and end of text mar ers respectively.
Press [A] to accept the current character and moves to the next character.
Edit fault text
Fire microphone 1
>Fault on fire mic 1
:Next
When the last character is entered, or [A] is pressed on the end of text 'ÿ'
character, the Next option banner is selected.
If the 'ÿ' (end of text) character is used to terminate text entry, the character
position containing this character is filled with a space, and all characters to the
right of the end of text character are replaced with spaces.
Pressing [A] on the '~' (insert) character will shift the text from the current
location onwards to the right by 1 space, and put a SPACE character at the
current location.
If [A] is pressed on the Next option, the cursor goes bac to editing text position
1.
If <L) or (R> is pressed on next, the options will scroll through Next, ave, and
Quit.
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Root Menu
The root display shows the version number of the firmware on the panel (ALP
v3.8), the Site name (which defaults to @udio Logistics), and a banner
indicating the general status of the system. The date & time shown are the
current date & time, pressing tic ta es you to the User Access Menu.
Root Menu (No Faults)
When the system has no faults, the banner shows ystem Healthy.
ALP v3.8
@udio Logistics
- ystem Healthy -
08:35:00 18|02|09
Root Menu (Faults)
When the system is in fault, the health banner shows ystem in Fault.
ALP v3.8
@udio Logistics
- ystem in Fault -
08:35:00 18|02|09
Press [A] to enter the user level menu. The user level menu will allow you to
view the fault status and the audio output status of the networ . You can also log
in as either a manager or an engineer to gain access to the configuration
functions.
