Emergency Broadcasting Mode - Honeywell X-618 Operation Manual

Emergency Broadcasting Mode

The equipment will automatically stop all the normal public broadcast and enter automatic
emergency broadcasting mode when DCS receive a fire linkage signal. The "Emergency" button
will flicker in red. The fire linkage signal may come from:
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DCS dry contact input interface
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The fire alarm system interface module that connect with the RS-485 of DCS
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NRI which received by DCS through the Internet
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Other DCS devices which enter manual or automatic emergency broadcasting mode.
Press "Emergency" button to enter the manual emergency broadcasting mode, the device will not
respond fire linkage signal. Manually operation has a higher priority. Press "Emergency" button
again and device will automatically get into emergency broadcasting mode according the inputted
fire signal.
Press the "Emergency" button of DCS panel or the NPM can get DCS into manual emergency
broadcasting mode. The "Emergency" button of DCS has the highest priority, and the priority of
NPM can be set through the software. After pressing many "Emergency" buttons at the same time,
only the device with a higher priority can cancel the manual emergency broadcasting.
Please refer to the previous description for the operation of manual emergency broadcasting.
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