Honeywell ETCS, Operation Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...Ethernet Touch Call Station ETCS GB Operation Instruction 798685 GB0 03 2020 ...

Page 2: ...r operation as included in this manual trained installation or service personnel with the necessary qualification for carrying out repairs on fire alarm and extinguishing systems or who are authorised to operate ground and label electrical circuits and or safety equipment systems Symbols The following information is given in the interest of personal safety and to prevent damage to the product desc...

Page 3: ... 9 3 3 Manual calls 12 3 4 13B Schedule page 26 3 5 Drop down page 28 3 6 Advanced operations 31 4 Appendix 40 4 1 System limits 40 4 2 Error list 40 4 3 Configuration error 41 4 4 Disk Space 41 5 Installation 41 6 Inbetriebnahme 42 7 System overview 42 8 Requirements 42 9 Safety instructions 43 9 1 Isolation von externen Netzwerken 43 9 2 Protection against physical attacks 44 9 3 Protection agai...

Page 4: ...ation and declaration of conformity are available for comparison on the www variodyn d1 com bzw www hls austria com homepage VARIODYN D1 Systems are registered trademarks in Germany 1 2 Target group These instructions are intended for Ethernet call station operators and trained installers they are responsible for transferring audio files to the network devices These instructions provide informatio...

Page 5: ...f the touch screen This allows time critical messages to be delivered to selected message groups Fig 1 Digital call station ETCS with optional DKM plus key module for redundant call stations Microphone The gooseneck microphone is constantly evaluated acoustically for proper function To ensure vocal clarity maintain a speaking distance of approx 10 cm from microphone Alarm key with cover A Freely p...

Page 6: ...r the CPU is overloaded and the display CPU overload appears displayed prior to a system error By deleting some active announcements from the queue in the display the CPU overload message is usually cancelled If this fault message continues to be displayed the performance of ETCS may be affected 3 3 Off Missing connection cables and working in standalone mode 3 4 Off 3 3 Off The device is ready fo...

Page 7: ...ck to previous step Group Example Go to next step Fig 2 Operating options There are four main function views on the menu of the ETCS Function Operation Predefine Start pre listen and send a predefined call Add a new schedule call based on this predefined call Group Show group status Start pre listen and send a USB Local Live Network call Change the call properties Add a predefined call and add sch...

Page 8: ...in When the screen is locked just pull up as indicated to unlock it which will then open a login page Fig 3 Locked screen of ETCS Use the default user name admin and password 123456 to log onto the device Fig 4 Login page of ETCS Device IP Select any user Input password ...

Page 9: ...where only predefined calls made on the ETCS can be edited Only the root and poweruser can edit predefined calls A Predefine displayed Green background means that predefined calls are being broadcasted as shown on the interface In case of presignal audio on the broadcast the Predefine indicator will flash green Predefine Call list Displays all predefined calls belonging to the current user The but...

Page 10: ...the end of each predefined call to enter the Details page Touch to start a call and touch it again to stop the call After touching the start button the button will change to one of the following Call waiting for playback target or the source may be occupied Call playing with presignal Call playing and fully connected Call playing but partially connected The start buttons on all pages share the sam...

Page 11: ...red sources assigned to this call Group The single multiple group s assigned to this call Operation area Prelisten Start or Send as well as perform some advanced operations in More for a predefined call Prelisten and Send are not available for live predefined call source assigned to microphone or line in and their properties cannot be changed Under More Add Schedule Call copies the current predefi...

Page 12: ...age which is helpful for starting an emergency call Selected group number Total group number List view Touch to change the view of the list It is possible to switch between the list view and the button view Button Clear select all Touch to clear all selections or select all target groups Selected status The border and text will turn green when the target group is selected Target Group list Display...

Page 13: ...udio input and ETCS local audio files USB Call An external USB drive as the source Local Call Audio files stored on this device as the source which may be locally recorded files or audio files uploaded on the device Mic Line in Call A microphone or line in of the ETCS as the source XXX Input The audio input microphone and line in of the ETCS XXX as the source XXX DAL The DAL input microphone and l...

Page 14: ...ons under More for manual announcements Prelisten and Send are not available for live announcements Under More Add Predefine Call and Add Schedule Call are provided for copying the current manual call to the Predefine list or Schedule list The volume bar can only be used to adjust the source volume of calls activated by the Start button Only the volume of local audio sources being broadcasted may ...

Page 15: ...en Loop Gap Time Priority Presignal Regain Connection Partial Connection If the number of repeat cycles is set at one the option to set the time between repeats is deactivated The source volume can be adjusted in real time The other parameter settings come into effect with the next announcement The number of repeats and time between repeats options are not available during live or network announce...

Page 16: ...the name of the predefined call may be entered Touch OK on the top right Add the current setting broadcast to the predefined call list After touching Add Schedule Call the scheduled call interface will appear Enter the time name and repeat loop and gap time of the scheduled call Then add it to the schedule call list by touching OK on the top right Only the root and power user can achieve these act...

Page 17: ...l Call page A Playback text phrases List that displays text phrases selected to playback Select and play back phrases from different message groups if necessary Example see Fig above select the audio this is a test audio on the group test and 20190128_111725 on the group Recording The playlist is then labeled as this is a test audio 20190128_111725 A Message group Displays all message groups Recor...

Page 18: ...c Line In Call page A Mic and Line In tab Touch to switch the source between Mic and Line In The audio source will be highlighted in blue when selected A Source icon Indicates the current source in use Mic or Line In A Operation region Prelisten and Send are not available for live announcements ...

Page 19: ...e The Network Call page delivers audio from the VARIODYN network which can be Mic Line In or the audio source of the network connected ETCS or the DAL input of the network connected DOM Fig 14 Network Call page e g ETCS input All the network calls will use the same call property ...

Page 20: ...rt a USB Call Fig 15 Group page 1 Navigate to the Group page and select one or more of the required groups 2 Touch to enter the Source page Fig 16 Source page 3 Select the source type as USB Call on the Source page 4 Select one or more sources from the source list on the USB Call page ...

Page 21: ...he call and touch it again to stop it After touching this start button it will change to one of the following Call waiting for playback target or the source may be occupied Call playing with presignal Call playing and fully connected Call playing but partially connected 8 Touch to send the call to the queue Optional When being sent a message prompt will appear on top of the page The call sent to t...

Page 22: ...ired groups 2 Touch to enter the Source page Fig 19 Source page 3 Select the required source type local network audio on the Source page 4 Select one message group and the corresponding text phrases The audio name will be added onto the playlist 5 Select another message group and the corresponding text phrases Optional The audio name will be added onto the playlist ...

Page 23: ... the call parameters 6 Touch to configure the call parameters Optional 7 Touch to prelisten to the selected source on the local speaker Touch it again to stop it Optional 8 Touch to start the call and touch it again to stop it 9 Touch to send the call to the queue Optional ...

Page 24: ...age 1 Navigate to the Group page and select one or more of the required groups 2 Touch to quickly start a MIC announcement The connection parameters used for the quick announcement are those set on the Mic Line In Call page OR Fig 22 Navigate to Source page 3 Touch to enter the Source page ...

Page 25: ...e by touching the Mic or Line In tab Fig 24 Mic Line IN Call page 6 Touch to configure the call parameters Optional 7 Touch to start the call and touch it again to stop it When playing from Line In connect the external audio input device e g mobile phone or PC to the ETCS and touch the play button on the Mic Line In Call page and the input device ...

Page 26: ...hange to the editing mode Then you can modify the scheduled call settings or delete the call Only scheduled calls configured on the ETCS interface can be modified and deleted while those configured on D1 Designer cannot Time the start time of scheduled calls Name the name of the scheduled call Fig 25 Schedule page Repeat the scheduled calls activated for any weekday Without any weekday selected th...

Page 27: ... the newly added item The newly scheduled call will automatically turn on Add a scheduled call from a manual call 1 Navigate to the Group page 2 Select the required Group and then touch 3 Select the source type from the source list 4 Select the required audio 5 Touch More in the operation region and select Add Schedule Call 6 Set the parameters for the scheduled call 7 Touch OK to copy it to the s...

Page 28: ...d on the system device it will appear on this page Fig 27 Page Drop down page playback queue Indicates a call is playing Stops a call from broadcasting and removes it from the playback queue Clears the playback queue Alarm calls with a priority level from 1 to 20 on the playback queue are highlighted in red and appear at the top of the queue To access details about the broadcast on the playback qu...

Page 29: ...rror type shown on the Error list appears based on the configuration file which may be configured to display local errors of the device and errors of the network connected equipment or just local errors of the device Acknowledge at the bottom of the Error list can stop an error alert Fig 29 Drop down page Error list ...

Page 30: ...he Recent list except for emergency calls with a priority level from 1 to 20 This list only shows broadcasts activated by current user and excludes broadcasts activated by other users quickly moves each broadcast on the list back to the playback queue Mic Line In calls on the Recent list is not available for playback Fig 30 Drop down page Recent list ...

Page 31: ... Call Station ETCS FB 798685 GB0 03 20 31 3 6 Advanced operations Besides starting a predefined call manual call and scheduled call the ETCS also provides other advanced operations via the More page Fig 31 More page ...

Page 32: ... FB 798685 GB0 03 20 3 6 1 Settings The Settings page displays relevant information about the system Items with to the right of them on this page can be modified or have further information Fig 32 Settings page Fig 33 Local Storage page ...

Page 33: ...the time of the device Settings are lost if the internal battery fails or is removed Language The device s language settings can be altered at any time The following languages are supported English German French Dutch Danish Swedish Norwegian Polish Romanian Turkish Russian Ukrainian simplified Chinese Backlight The screen brightness of the device DKM plus The number of the DKM plus available and ...

Page 34: ...isplay two colors green and yellow yellow and red green and yellow as well as green and yellow This test will automatically and end after 30 seconds or can be end early by touching the screen Then the Hardware Test page appears again Touch Start Test to start the test for the main network and backup network port The ETCS starts testing the main network port and then the backup network port Testing...

Page 35: ...le cannot be activated during a recording Start a recording 1 Navigate to the More page then select Recordings 2 Touch the start button to start a recording and a pause button will appear Touch it again to pause the recording To resume recording touch the start button again 3 Touch Prelisten optional 4 Touch OK to save the recording and name it A file name must not contain any of the following mar...

Page 36: ...elow This operating function is only visible to the relevant user This operation is only visible for the root and poweruser Fig 37 Node page Local Volume Under Local Volume the volume levels of Input Output and Miscellaneous can be adjusted Fig 38 Local volume page for volume adjustment For a network devices DOM the volume levels of configured DAL input and output configured amplifiers miscellaneo...

Page 37: ...VA Broadcast Besides PA broadcasts VA broadcasts on the ETCS are also supported Corresponding user authentication is required for VA broadcasts The user name and password are the same as that used for PA broadcasts Werkseitiges Passwort 123456 Fig 39 VA Login page ...

Page 38: ...hey type of VA announcement being played in a zone Red An evacuation announcement is being played Orange A warning announcement is being played Grey No VA announcement is being played When two different calls are being played in one area the area displays the higher of the two statuses If an area is configured for several areas its area status is set according to the following priorities Live Evac...

Page 39: ... the call or navigate to the Queue list to end and delete the call The status is displayed in grey Start stop an Evac or Alert call Navigate to More page then select VA Broadcast Input the username and password to login VA Select one or more groups from the Group list Touch Evac or Alert to send a call and the call will be sent to the Queue list The status is displayed in red or orange Navigate to...

Page 40: ...kup Ethernet cannot detect network device XXX SC VA Storage error XXX SC CPU overloaded Network errors XXX SC Connection Error XXX DS Y Connection Error XXX AC Main Power Supply failure XXX DC Aux Power Supply failure XXX PA 1 PA1 2 Power Supply failure XXX PA 2 PA3 4 Power Supply failure XXX LR C T High impedance XXX LR C T Low impedance XXX LR C T Short circuit XXX LR C T Open circuit XXX LR C T...

Page 41: ...error Local audio file format cannot be recognized by the ETCS Upload the audio file again 4 4 Disk Space Speicherinhalte Space Remark Audio 4 GB approx 21 hours VA Audio 1 GB approx 5 hours Recording 500 MB approx 2 5 hours VA Recording 500 MB approx 2 5 hours Logs 400 MB Info 200 MB debug 200 MB 5 Installation The ETCS should be installed in a room with a suitable climate as a table console inst...

Page 42: ...tem overview Illustrated below is a network diagram for the ETCS Fig 42 System overview The ETCS uses addresses from the same address range as the DOM and the SCU for detection This limits the maximum number of DOM and SCU units in a system to one device per ETCS At present an ETCS cannot be managed over Protocol 10 and it is therefore not compatible with SCU 8 Requirements The following technical...

Page 43: ...ier call station Fig 43 Overview of the network topology Operators are strongly advised to check the following points concerning ETCS devices 1 Ensure no router is connected to an external network When connecting a new device to the network ensure that the devices communicate solely via a known validated router on the local network LAN 2 Only connect a laptop when necessary such as to update firmw...

Page 44: ... If the original seal is damaged or removed the device should be taken out of service Fig 44 Damaged original ETCS seal 9 3 Protection against USB surge If USB sticks are used for audio files ensure that only trustworthy USB sticks are used Unknown or untrustworthy USB sticks can be used to damage the network or the ETCS through a USB surge Even known USB sticks can be used to tamper with the ETCS...

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