ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS SPECIFICATIONS

PREFACE

This specification is provided to allow the professional involved in specifying an Emergency Call System to generate an accurate document which will include all standard functions of the Sentry system, and add from the options sections, only those items which are to be required at each specific facility.

Standard and Option sections are provided for the Master Console, Room Equipment and Common Equipment. System Operation sections are provided for Standard, Option, and Check-In features. Cabling Requirements for the Sentry system are included in the Installation section. A section is also included for the coordination of installation of the Sentry system with other building systems that may be required.

                    2. The system will be installed by a factory-authorized vendor.

3. Location of the console equipment, alarm actuating devices and audible alarm signaling devices will be as shown on the plans.

4. Standard and optional equipment will be included in the system as noted in this specification.

B. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - MASTER CONSOLE - STANDARD

C. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - MASTER CONSOLE - OPTIONS

1. Provide a Host Master Console for interconnection to (1-4) Remote Master Console(s), each provided with video display and keypad as noted on building plans.

2. Provide (1-16) addressable LCD Display(s) for remote annunciation of emergency alarms. Locate as noted on building plans. The addressable displays will be preset to announce specific alarm events from specific building areas.

3. The Master Console will be equipped with a printer option for recording all emergency and check-in report activity with date and time of activation and reset.

4. The Master Console will be equipped with a 3 1/2" disk drive option for recording all emergency and check-in report activity with date and time of activation and reset. The file will be a standard comma separated text format (.csv) which can be opened by any common spreadsheet program to allow the operator to review files by date, apartment number, or type of alarm.

5. The Master Console will be equipped with a 3 1/2" disk drive option for providing names and phone numbers of the occupants at the origination point of alarm.

6. The Master Console will be equipped with a 3 1/2" disk drive option for providing additional Medical History information of the occupants at the origination point of alarm. This record may contain information up to 1000 characters in length.

7. The Master Console will be provided with (2-14) additional data lines, for a total capacity of (104-992) apartments.

8. The Remote Master Consoles will be provided with (2-14) additional data lines, for a total capacity of (104-992) apartments each, and a system capacity of (104-3968) apartments to be monitored on the Host Master Console.

9. The system will be capable of communicating to remote consoles via addressable radio modems, optical fiber, or hard wire with optical isolation.

10. The system will be equipped to electrically isolate each data line from the console by 1000 volts minimum.

11. The system will be equipped with a paging radio transmitter and provided with (##) alphanumeric pagers for remote annunciation of system alarms. The messages displayed on the pagers will provide the type and location of each emergency call.

12. The system will be equipped with a voice synthesizer for voice annunciation of system alarms. The voice will provide the type and location of each emergency call and will repeat the message twice.. The voice synthesizer will offer a dry contact closure for keying associated radio transmitters or paging systems.

13. The system will be provided with one, two-channel base station two-way radio and (##) handheld two-channel radios with charging stands.

14. The system will be equipped with a two-way voice intercom that can be initiated by an emergency call event, an intercom call button, or the console. The system setup will define which features will be activated.

15. Systems equipped with intercom will be capable of broadcasting public address "All-Call" voice messages to all apartments or apartment groups simultaneously. Public address groups can be arranged into (1-16) group(s) by data line grouping.

16. The Master Console will directly monitor and control up to 216 utility and special purpose inputs and/or outputs. An isolated interface will be available to provide complete electrical isolation when connected to other electrical devices. Each input will provide a unique alarm message and may be time of day disabled.

17. The Master Console will accept serial data from other equipment or systems and display and forward the information as a system alarm. Up to four other systems may be connected to the Master Console with optional Serial Input Cards.

D. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - ROOM EQUIPMENT - STANDARD APARTMENT HOST PANEL

1. Each apartment Host Panel will monitor and supervise all apartment devices and communicate to the Master Controller. A minimum of eight indications will communicate the following:

1. Emergency Call (medical panic)

2. Room smoke detector

3. Check-In Assurance

4. Intercom Call

5. Smoke detector trouble

6. Call switch trouble

7. Panel reset alert

8. Security

2. All Host Panels will incorporate a removable pigtail connector for all wiring. A panel mounted dipswitch will provide a means of setting a unique code for each apartment on a data line.

3. All emergency zone and check-in inputs will be memory retentive, and in the event of a Master Controller failure or reset will retain their active condition.

4. An LED will indicate when an emergency call has been received by the console. This LED is controlled only by the Master Controller.

5. An LED is provided to remind the resident of the check-in assurance period. This indicator will also show when the apartment is in the vacation mode.

6. The Host Panel is equipped with a self diagnostic routine. If the panel should fail to monitor and communicate, the Master Console will alarm a trouble signal for that panel. A green LED will flash every cycle when the panel is tested and properly responds to the Master Controller. The panel's microcomputer will incorporate a watchdog feature to force a reset, if data communication should fail for longer than 30 seconds. During this reset event, the red LED indicator will flash.

7. The Host Panel will be equipped with a voltage monitor and watchdog system to automatically force a reset in the event of power disturbance.

E. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - ROOM EQUIPMENT - OPTIONS

REMOTE CALL STATIONS

WIRELESS PENDANT

1. Provide wireless pendant receivers in each apartment as noted on the building plans. All wireless calls will be annunciated as an emergency call (medical panic) from the specific location. Wireless pendants will be activating only. Deactivation of an emergency condition will require operating the Host Panel reset button. The Check-in button may act as the reset button.

2. For each wireless pendant receiver provide (##) pushbutton pendant transmitters.

3. Wireless Remote Pendant Receivers will be no greater in size than to install into a single gang electrical junction box. Wireless components will have the capacity of more than 60,000 independent address codes. Receivers and transmitters will operate reliably when separated by unobstructed distances of up to 200 feet. All transmitters will be water resistant pendant type for wearing around the neck. Key ring or wrist strap pendant transmitters are available options.

INTERCOM

1. Provide an intercom panel in each apartment located as noted on the building plans. The Host Panel will connect to and control the operation of the intercom panel.

DOME / STROBE LIGHT

1. Provide (1-50) Utility Input Panels located as noted on the building plans. Each panel will provide 12 additional input points for utility functions, such as exit door alarms, equipment monitoring, etc. Activation of these inputs will be displayed as alarm events, each with a custom worded description of the alarm and its location.

2. Switches connected to a Utility Input Panel can be the normally closed or the normally open type. Normally open switches will be supervised.

3. Each utility panel input may be programmed with a time of day disable.

4. Provide emergency call stations located as noted on the building plans in common areas. This will be a Host Panel configured as a utility input panel providing an LED indicator to acknowledge the call alarm has been received at the Master Console. All call station inputs will be supervised and will indicate trouble at the console if disconnected. Utility Host Panels will provide annunciation by unique worded description of their location.

5. Provide remote call stations located as noted on the building plans for connection to a Utility Host Panel. Calls placed from this station will provide the same alarm indication as call placed from the utility Host.

6. Provide (1-12) Utility Output Panels located as noted on the building plans. Each panel will provide 8 dry contact closures from programmed inputs for external signaling from the system.

7. Provide Zone Dome Lights located as noted on the building plans utilizing a Utility Output Panel for control. Each Zone Dome Light will indicate an alarm from a specific group of inputs as programmed in the system at startup. (Note: This function cannot be utilized in a system with grouped smoke horn control).

H. SYSTEM OPERATION - STANDARD

1. The system will provide, at a centrally located attendant console, instantaneous alarm annunciation of any and all activations of emergency switches or smoke detectors located in individual apartments and common areas. The system will differentiate between alarm types.

2. The system will indicate all alarms; including those occurring simultaneously.

3. Alarm indication will be audible and visual and will be operator silenced by the pushing of a button on the console keypad or clearing the call from the initiating location.

4. Should a subsequent alarm actuation of a different location occur, the audio alarm will sound until silenced or until the emergency call is cleared by operating the call panel's reset button.

5. Visual alarm indication at the main console will be on a 600 x 480 VGA color video display. All displayed events will include the type of alarm and the location. Visual alarm indication will be extinguished only when the initiating emergency circuit is restored to normal condition.

6. System software will allow for the differentiation between the types of inputs, and the assignment of common area location descriptive data, to each appropriate input, for display during activation.

7. Each emergency call station, smoke detector, indicating panel, and power supply will be supervised. Trouble displays will be provided for each of these conditions.

8. The console will have the capacity to display an individual trouble indication of every individual device in the system with the location of the device. A single keystroke by the operator will acknowledge and silence the audible trouble indicator. The visual indication display of each active trouble condition will remain on the screen (active) until it has been returned to service.

9. Single keystrokes will allow the operator to switch between any of the following:

a. Check-in cancel screen

b. Help information screen

c. Time set screen

d. Intercom Call

e. Setup screen

f. Factory Diagnostics

10. With the exception of the factory diagnostics screen the system main screen which displays all alarm activity will automatically switch from any other screen function upon receiving an emergency level alarm.

11. All power supplies and batteries connected to the system will be supervised by the console. The Master Console will provide an alarm and display the particular power supply with trouble. The video screen will differentiate between power supply trouble and battery trouble.

12. The console will be equipped with diagnostic software to aid in the turn-on of a new system or to locate trouble on a data line.

I. SYSTEM OPERATION - OPTIONS

1. In systems with intercom, the voice channel will be capable of automatic connection when an emergency alarm is initiated.

1. At a predetermined time each morning, the system will automatically light all check-in button indicators in preparation for daily activation by tenants. Check-in can be accomplished by pressing the check-in button on the Host Panel, Remote Assurance Panel, or automatically when wired to a movement detector.

2. During the selected assurance period the system will continually monitor all apartment check-in buttons. At the end of the assurance period the system will automatically report all active check-in locations which have not reported in for the day. Subsequent printed reports will be available through manual request by the operator.

3. The daily check-in report will include: date and time of the report, check-in status of all apartments not checked-in when the report was printed, and the apartments that have been deleted from the list through the check-in cancel feature.

1. General Building Fire Alarm

A) All fire alarm zones to be monitored for annunciation by the Sentry Master Console will have a Form C, dry contact for connection to the Sentry system.

M. EQUIPMENT

Master Console Model 550, includes the following:

          Master Controller Model 510

Video Screen Model 512

Console Keypad Model 514

Console Alarm Panel Model 506

Master Console Options:

Dual Serial Interface Model 501

Quad Serial Interface Model 502

Isolated Quad Serial Interface Model 503

Console Auxiliary Interface Model 617

Event Recording Disk Drive Model 663

Medical History Database Model 665

Console Control I/O Terminal Board Model 825

Master Console Accessories:

Standby Power Supply Model 533

Intercom Master Station Model 570

Printer Model 516

Alphanumeric Paging Transmitter Model 652

Alphanumeric Pagers Model 657

Voice Synthesizer Model 644

25 watt Base Station Radio Model 647

Base Station Antenna and Cable Model 648

Portable 2-way Radio/Charger Model 645

Apartment Equipment

Host Panel with Assurance Model 527

Intercom Panel Option Model 523

Remote Emergency Call Station Model 541

Photoelectric Smoke Detector Model 560

Wireless Remote Pendant Model 546

Wireless Remote Receiver Model 547

Common Equipment

D.C. Power Supply Model 535

Terminal Board Model 588

Utility Input Panel (12 inputs) Model 610

Utility Output Panel (8 outputs) Model 612

Remote LCD Display Module Model 676