ZETRON 025-9581M Instruction Manual

Fire Station Alerting System
Installation and Maintenance
025-9581M

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Regulatory Compliance
FCC Class A User Information
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.
Regulatory Compliance Markings
When required these products are provided with the following Product Certification Markings:
•FCCmarkings
• FCC Part 68 (USA)
• CS-03(Canada)
• C-Tick (Australia)
EMC Compliance
• FCC Part 15 - Radiated & Conducted Emissions (USA)
• ICES-003 - Radiated & Conducted Emissions (Canada)
• EN 55022 - Radiated & Conducted Emissions (Australia)
Telecommunications Compliance
• FCC Part 68 (USA)
• CS-03 (Canada)
Products and batteries with the symbol (crossed-out
wheeled bin) cannot be disposed as household
waste. Old electrical and electronic equipment and
batteries should be recycled at a facility capable of
handling these items and their waste byproducts.
Contact your local authority for details in locating a
recycle facility nearest to you.
Proper recycling and waste disposal will help
conserve resources whilst preventing detrimental
effects on our health and the environment.
Notice: The sign “Pb” below the symbol for
batteries indicates that this battery contains lead.
Information on Disposal of Old Electrical and Electronic Equipment and
Batteries (applicable for EU countries that have adopted separate waste
collection systems)

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Safety Summary
• Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the equipment or included in documentation.
• Only technically qualified service personnel are permitted to install or service the equipment.
• Be aware of and avoid contact with areas subject to high voltage or amperage. Because some
components can store dangerous charges even after power is disconnected, always discharge
components before touching.
• Never insert objects of any kind through openings in the equipment. Conductive foreign objects
could produce a short circuit that could cause fire, electrical shock, or equipment damage.
• Remove rings, watches, and other metallic objects from your body before opening equipment.
These could be electrical shock or burn hazards.
• Ensure that a proper electrostatic discharge device is used, to prevent damage to electronic
components.
• Do not attempt internal service of equipment unless another person, capable of rendering aid
and resuscitation, is present.
• Do not work near rotating fans unless absolutely necessary. Exercise caution to prevent fans
from taking in foreign objects, including hair, clothing, and loose objects.
• Use care when moving equipment, especially rack-mounted modules, which could become
unstable. Certain items may be heavy. Use proper care when lifting.
Change List for Rev L, 15 Oct 2010
• Added Windows 7 Professional, Server 2003, and Server 2008 to the list of supported operating
systems, in addition noted the other versions of .NET framework that need to be present to
support interfacing to CAD systems, see Requirements for FSA Computer Platforms on page 24
• Modified the graphic in Figure 36 to list the part numbers for the various cables used, see page
100
• Added new Caution and Tip admonishments to the procedure for setting Station Transponder IP
addresses, see page 76
• Added a reference to the FSA Operation manual (part number 025-9582) for a description of
how the PA Ready option behaves in Day Mode as opposed to Night Mode, see PA R e a d y
Control Signal on page 87
• Added a note advising the PTT input signal to the FSA Server interface must be a dry contact
closure, see Installing the Audio and Digital Input Interface Unit on page 99
• Added a note advising the installer to record the COM port assigned to the USB-to-Serial
convertor for PTT input for use later in configuring Global Server settings, see Confirming the
USB-to-Serial Bridge Installation on page 102
• Added a procedure for resetting the configuration of VoIP intercom boards in Station
Transponder units, see Resetting the VoIP intercom board to defaults: on page 105
• Updated the description of jumper JP14, see Jumper JP14 (Source of Audio to PA) on page 164
Warning! For your safety and the protection of the equipment, observe these
precautions when installing or servicing Zetron equipment:
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Change List for Rev M, 17 Jun 2011
• Added 64-bit Windows 7 to the list of supported operating systems, and removed .NET 1.1 from
the list of requirements, see Requirements for FSA Computer Platforms on page 24
• Added instructions for installing license files on a PC with a 64-bit OS, see To install the license
files on a PC with a 64-bit OS on page 35
• Added instructions for setting the all-user compatibility mode for the VoIP Gateway Server
application, see VoIP Gateway Server Installation on page 44
• Replaced PA Talk-Back Mode option in the PA Options menu with Allow Handset use when PA
On option as a feature enhancement, see Allow Handset use when PA On on page 74
• Updated the instructions for using the new installation program (various locations)
• Removed several notes referencing the discontinued optional relay enhancement (various
locations)
• Updated the screen captures referencing the discontinued optional relay enhancement (various
locations)

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Contents
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Contents
System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Overall System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
IP FSA Console Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What About CAD Systems? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Station Transponder Unit Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Panel Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Communication Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PA Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Relays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sense Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Requirements for FSA Computer Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
IP Network Functional Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Model 6203/6204 Station Transponder Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Planning the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Collecting and Assigning IP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Default IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
General Order of Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating Console Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Preparing the Console Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing the IP FSA Console Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
License Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Creating the System Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Preparing the Server Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Installing the IP FSA Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the IP FSA Maintenance Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing the VoIP Gateway Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Installing the VoIP Gateway Maintenance Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing the UBAM™ Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
UBAM Listener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
UBAM Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
CAD Translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing the CAD Translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using the CAD Translator Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Configuring the Translator and the Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the Communications Viewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Configuring Station Transponder Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Setting the Unit Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Serial Port Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
“Station Configuration” Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
“Communications Mode” Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
“Alerts” Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
“Relays” Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
“Inputs” Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
“PA Options” Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting the IP Interface Network Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Basic System Configuration on the Bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Connecting the System Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
The FSA Maintenance Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Configuring the FSA Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
FSA Server Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Global Settings Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Station Transponder Unit Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Move Up/Move Down Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Fire Station Definition Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Station Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Station I/O Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Unit Type Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Audio Support with Optional VoIP Intercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Audio and PTT Connections from Console to Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Installing the USB-to-Serial Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Initial VoIP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Installing the PA Ready Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Installing the Station Transponder Units on Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Equipment Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Opening the Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Mounting the Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Connections to the Station Transponder Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Power Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
IP Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
PA Audio Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Front Panel Test Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Output Relay Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Sense Input Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Optional Radio Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Conventional Radio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Model 6203/6204 Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Level Setting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Equipment & Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Setting Receive Levels at the VoIP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Setting Station Transponder Unit Levels for a VoIP-based System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Setting Station Transponder Unit Levels for a Radio-based System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using a Model 26 Fire Station Dispatcher for System Backup . . . . . . . . 125
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Voice over Radio or VoIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Voice over Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Voice over VoIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Model 26 Backup in a Voice over Radio System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Connection Changes between the Station Transponder Units and the Radio. . . . . . . . . . . 129
Jumper Settings inside the Model 6203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Programming Changes to the Model 6203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Possible Level Setting Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Model 26 Backup in a VoIP System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Connection between the Station Alerting Units and the Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Jumper Changes inside the Model 6203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Programming Changes to the Model 6203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Possible Level Setting Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Appendix A: Details of Model 6203/6204 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Connector Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Transponder Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Power Supply Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
IP Interface Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Jumper Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Transponder Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Power Supply Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Potentiometers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
FFSK OUT (R108) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
FFSK IN (R62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
4-RCV (R107) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
COR (R84) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
VOX (R86) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
MIC (R63). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
TONE (R61) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
AUX RX (R137) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
VOICE (R87) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

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EAR (R64). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Relay Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Sense Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Appendix B: Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
IP Console Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Server Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
FSA Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
VoIP Gateway Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Station Transponder Unit Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Appendix C: Using a Model 620x in a Model 26-based System . . . . . . . 175
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Unit Number and Serial Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Unit Number Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Serial Port Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Wiring Connections to the Model 620x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Inputs and Relays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Connections to Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Connections to Wire-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Setting Levels in the Model 620x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Equipment for this Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Initial Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Setting FFSK Levels in a Radio-based System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Setting FFSK Levels in a Wire Line-based system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Setting Voice Audio Output Level to the Station PA System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Introduction
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System Overview
Introduction
The Zetron IP Fire Station Alerting system (IP FSA) has been specifically designed to
speed the dispatch of emergency vehicles, to aid in tracking their status, and to provide
remote control and sense capability at each fire station. This system is ideal for any
municipality that has IP links between its central communications center and its fire
stations.
The use of a private IP network designed to support mission critical communications both
increases the speed at which alerting occurs and broadens connectivity options in building/
expanding the dispatch system.
With the IP FSA system, data commands and voice are sent independently. The IP
network always handles the alert commands. Voice traffic can be sent over the IP network
or can be carried by existing radio channels.
Typically, there is a Model 6203 Station Transponder Unit at each fire station in the
system. If the station is large enough, there will also be a Model 6204 Station Transponder
Unit to support unit-specific alerting and status tracking for the additional emergency
response units that work out of that station.
At the dispatch center end of the system is the FSA Console application running at the
individual console positions and the FSA Server application running on a machine located
with the rest of the back-room equipment. The FSA Console enables a dispatcher to
remotely control the actions of the Station Transponder Units in the field, to receive and
display status changes from the Station Transponder Units, and to send verbal
announcements out to all or individual station PA systems. The voice audio may be
carried by Voice over IP (VoIP) or radio. On the console display, each station is
represented by its own button and each vehicle/resource assigned to a station will also
have a button.

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Features
• Supports up to 255 stations per system
• Supports up to 24 dispatch console positions
• Station Transponder Unit provides flexible alerting, control, and status capabilities
• Near instantaneous alert times can often be achieved with independent voice and
data channels
• Dispatcher voice announcements can be made by means of Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) or a radio channel
• System includes a dedicated dispatcher client application with which commands
may be initiated from each dispatch position
• The FSA Server and FSA Console (dispatcher client application) are both fully field
configurable
• The IP FSA system is easy to integrate with radio dispatch console systems
• Provides integration to computer aided dispatch (CAD) systems using either
through a serial port (using M26 CAD protocol) or through a network port (using
XML CAD protocol)
• IP FSA is NFPA 1221-compliant for dispatch systems

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Related Documentation
Related Documentation
Overall System Operation
The IP FSA system uses a client-server architecture to receive commands and then direct
them to the appropriate fire stations. Figure 1 provides an example of the basic system.
The core of the system is made up of the following:
•FSAServer
• FSA Console client application running on the dispatch position computer
• One Model 6203 Station Transponder Unit installed at each fire station in the
system (optionally, one Model 6204 unit d also be installed at each fire station to
support additional units)
Title P/N Description
Fire Station Alerting
Installation and Maintenance
025-9581 Describes how to install and maintain the IP FSA
System.
Fire Station Alerting Operation 025-9582 Describes how to operate the IP FSA System.
Fire Station Alerting
XML CAD Protocol
025-9583 Defines the functional and protocol messages used
for communications between a third-party CAD
application and the Zetron FSA Server service.
Installing the VoIP Intercom Option 011-0741 Describes how to add a VoIP Intercom board to a
Model 6, Model 6203, or Model 6204.
Model 6 Upgrade for FSA Compatibility 011-0742 This application note covers installing the
components of the upgrade package 950-0839 on an
existing Model 6 Station Transponder.
Note FSA Server should be running on a computer dedicated to FSA-
related software. This computer should not be running any third-
party software or other Zetron software that is not related to FSA.

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Figure 1: Basic Overview of IP FSA System
Additional complexity is added to the system when some capacity for voice alerting the
stations and talk-back communications from the stations is considered. There are two
methods for available for handling voice audio traffic: VoIP over the network or using a
radio channel.
Using the VoIP Gateway approach reduces the demands on the radio channels in use and
prevents fire station alerts from being delayed by other radio traffic on the repeater.
Figure 2 provides an example of the basic system when the VoIP Intercom is used.
FSA Console
running on a
Dispatch position
FSA Console
running on a
Dispatch position
Up to 24 FSA Console positions can be supported by an FSA Server .
FSA Server
IP Network
Up to 255 IP Station Units can be supported by an FSA Server .
A private Ethernet network
created for the purpose of
supporting "mission critical"
communications traffic .
IP Station
Unit #1
Model 6203,
Model 6204,
or
Upgraded Model6
IP Station
Unit #2
Model 6203,
Model 6204,
or
Upgraded Model6
DISPATCH CENTER
BACK ROOM EQUIPMENT
BACK ROOM EQUIPMENT
OUTSIDE NETWORK CONNECTING STATIONS

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Overall System Operation
Figure 2: Basic IP FSA System Using VoIP Gateway
Using a radio channel cuts down on network traffic and network bandwidth requirements.
It also opens up the possibility of using a Model 26 as a backup dispatch system. Figure 3
provides an example of the basic system when a radio channel is used to distribute voice
audio.
FSA alerting and
status traffic
Dispatch Channel Card Rack
with Audio Channel Cards
Voice audio for station
alerts and talkback
FSA Server
and VoIP Server
IP Network
DISPATCH CENTER
BACK ROOM EQUIPMENT
Audio & Digital
Input Interface
950-0690
BACK ROOM EQUIPMENT
OUTSIDE NETWORK CONNECTING STATIONS
FSA alerting and
status traffic
Voice audio for station
alerts and talkback
Voice Audio
and PTT
Indication
IP Station
Unit #1
Model 6203,
Model 6204,
or
Upgraded Model6
FSA Console
running on a
Dispatch position

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Figure 3: Basic IP FSA System Using Radio
The server-client nature to the FSA system architecture provides easy integration of CAD
dispatch consoles. If CAD is present, it can serve as the primary user interface by
communicating commands to the FSA Server. To accomplish this, the CAD system will
use either the existing Model 26 CAD interface protocol or Zetron’s new XML-based
protocol.
Whether the dispatcher instructions are input through the CAD console or the FSA
Console, once the user inputs are made, the FSA Server handles communications out to
the individual fire stations to ensure that all messages sent are successfully received.
Because the FSA Server is capable of monitoring system integrity and able to provide
failure indications, it is NFPA 1221 compliant.
The FSA Server can both notify and be acknowledged by up to 255 fire station units
(Model 6203 or Model 6204) almost simultaneously. Once the FSA Server receives the
“OK to talk” message from the Station Transponder Units (sent after all the alert tones
FSA alerting and
status traffic
Dispatch Channel Card Rack
with Audio Channel Cards
Voice audio for station
alerts and talkback
FSA Server
IP Network
Voice audio for station
alerts and talkback
Voice audio for station
alerts and talkback
Radio Transceiver
Radio Transceiver
Audio & Digital
Input Interface
950-0690
PTT
Indication
Only
PTT Signal
from
Channel Card
IP Station
Unit #1
Model 6203, Model 6204,
or Upgraded Model6
FSA alerting and
status traffic
DISPATCH CENTER
BACK ROOM EQUIPMENT
BACK ROOM EQUIPMENT
OUTSIDE NETWORK CONNECTING STATIONS
FSA Console
running on a
Dispatch position

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IP FSA Console Functions
have been played at the station), it signals the originating console position to go ahead and
transmit any additional verbal announcement related to the alert. The voice audio is
transmitted to the fire stations either by radio or by means of a VoIP intercom that uses the
same IP network as the FSA Server. At the stations, the voice audio is played over the
station PA system.
In addition to its primary functions related to alerting and keeping track of station and unit
status, the Station Transponder Unit also provides control relays that can be used to
control station lighting, open doors, or perform any other function that can be controlled
by relays. The status of these relays is not directly displayed. If you require a status
display, the sense inputs on the Station Transponder Unit can be used to create one.
IP FSA Console Functions
The FSA Console is a client application that resides on a computer at each dispatch
position. It can be used as a backup to a more extensive CAD system or as the primary
user interface for dispatch.
The FSA Console is designed to be highly functional and easy to use. The stations (or the
stations and their assigned units) are displayed in the center of the screen. Please see
Figure 4.
Each button displayed in this area provides the current status of the resource it represents.
This includes failure of the communications link, if one occurs.
To initiate an action, the operator selects the buttons assigned to the appropriate stations or
units and then presses the button for the desired action. The actions available can include:
ALERT ON/OFF, PA ON/OFF, STATION I/O, or SEND TEXT.
If all of the stations/units in a system will not fit on a single screen, the filter buttons
displayed in the column on the left of the screen can be used to reduce the number of
stations and units displayed on the screen.
Two other buttons are provided to better support the needs of larger systems. They are
Select All Stations and Unselect All. The Select All Stations button enables the operator
to turn on the PA systems of all the stations currently displayed on the screen for a general
announcement with a single button click. The Unselect All button enables the operator to
clear all currently selected station or units buttons with a single click. This eliminates the
need to manually search through the whole list and clear the buttons one by one.

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Figure 4: IP FSA Console User Interface
If the Send Text button is selected in the Actions column, the text box that opens in the
lower portion of the screen enables operators to enter text messages that can be printed out
at the station receiving the alert (provided a printer is interfaced to the Station Transponder
Unit). At least one station button must be selected when using this feature. It can be used
with multiple stations selected.
The FSA Console also provides a window that gives dispatch operators control over the
station relays in each Model 6203 or Model 6204, and a view of the status of the inputs.
Clicking the Station I/O button in the Actions column opens the Input/Output window in
the lower part of the screen, which allows the console user to control the relays and view
the inputs for one station at a time.
When a console has a single station allocated (its button is selected), then that station's
defined inputs and outputs are all displayed in the I/O window. Allocation of units from a
single station (as shown in Figure 5) provides an alternate method for populating the I/O
window … but only when that console has no station allocated.

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What About CAD Systems?
Figure 5: IP FSA Console Window with Station I/O Open
What About CAD Systems?
If the dispatch center is already using a CAD system, then it is likely that the control
functions for the FSA system will be integrated into the CAD system rather than setting up
two console systems at each operator position.
The computer that acts as the core of the CAD system will communicate with the FSA
Server in one of two ways, depending on the protocol used.
If the CAD computer will connect with the FSA system by means of a dedicated serial
port, then the Model 26 Serial CAD protocol is used. This port will be one of the first four
COM ports on the FSA Translator PC.
If the two servers will communicate with each other over the Ethernet network used to
connect the servers with the rest of the FSA system, then the XML CAD Interface
protocol is used.

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Station Transponder Unit Functions
The Station Transponder Units come in two types, the Model 6203 and the Model 6204.
Typically, there will be a single Model 6203 installed at every station in the system. The
left column in a Model 6203 represents the station status; while the remaining three
columns are used to track unit status.
The Model 6204 uses all four of the columns on its front panel for tracking unit status. If
the station is large enough to require it, a Model 6204 unit can be installed in addition to
the single Model 6203. The Model 6204 adds four more units and four more relays to the
dispatch capability available for that station.
Figure 6: Front Panel Layout for Model 6203 and Model 6204
While the IP FSA Server does poll the Station Transponder Units periodically when the
system is idle, if a member of the station staff presses one of the buttons on the front of the
unit or the status of one of the sense inputs changes, the Station Transponder Units will
send a full status update to the server immediately, without waiting for the next poll.
When a dispatcher sends an alert, the Station Transponder Unit involved responds by
automatically sending the IP FSA Server an acknowledgement and then carrying out
whatever action it has been programmed to perform in response to the alert issued.
In a typical scenario, the Station Transponder Unit unmutes the station PA and plays the
alert tones associated with the station or unit being alerted. If any relays have been
programmed to accompany the alert, they will be energized as well.
ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT
IN QUARTERS IN QUARTERS
AVAIL . ON AIR AVAIL . ON AIR
RESPONDING RESPONDING
ON SCENE ON SCENE
TRANSPORT TRANSPORT
OUT OF SVC. OUT OF SVC.
MODEL 6203 IP STATION UNIT
ALL STATION
EMERGENCY
XMIT PA
STA
ACK
QRTRS
AIR
QRTRS
AIR
QRTRS
AIR
EMR
CLR
OUT
SRVC
OUT
SRVC
OUT
SRVC
ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT
IN QUARTERS IN QUARTERS
AVAIL . ON AIR AVAIL . ON AIR
RESPONDING RESPONDING
ON SCENE ON SCENE
TRANSPORT TRANSPORT
OUT OF SVC. OUT OF SVC.
MODEL 6204 IP STATION UNIT
IN QUARTERS
AVAIL . ON AIR
RESPONDING
ON SCENE
TRANSPORT
OUT OF SVC.
XMIT PA
QRTRS
AIR
QRTRS
AIR
QRTRS
AIR
QRTRS
AIR
OUT
SRVC
OUT
SRVC
OUT
SRVC
OUT
SRVC