Section 10: Emergency Communication System Operation; Overview; Loc Functionality; 1: Keys And Leds - Honeywell Farenhyt Series Manual

Section 10: Emergency Communication System Operation

10.1 Overview

The ECS Series control panels and accessories provides features to meet the requirements for a Mass Notification Systems as described in
NFPA 72 and is compliant with the UL 2572 standard. The ECS (Emergency Communication System) is integrated with the fire alarm and
voice evacuation functions of the control panel. In a networked panel system, only one panel can be chosen to be the voice evacuation/ECS
panel for the site.
There are two ways for activating ECS in the IFP-300ECS panel:
ECS Point Activations
events cause output areas to activate based on mapping that is programmed into the system at installation. This is very similar to the tradi-
tional mapping that the fire system has utilized to date.
Manual LOC Activations
speak through a microphone. These selections are not pre-determined and allow the user to make system functionality decisions when the
event is actually happening. This requires the activation of Manual ECS State which bypasses ECS Point Activations.

10.2 LOC Functionality

A Local Operating Console consists of either the ECS Series panel (ECS-VCM Voice Control Module or ECS-NVCM Network Voice Con-
trol Module and the Alarm Control Panel) or the ECS-LOC Local Operating Console (ECS-RVM Remote Voice Module and its associated
RA-2000). The ECS-LOC provides eight buttons for activating the ECS messages, a button to gain and request ECS Control, and a micro-
phone for live paging. There can be up to eight ECS-LOC devices in the system. In a networked panel system, all of the ECS-LOC consoles
must be connected through SBUS to the panel that includes the ECS-VCM or ECS-NVCM.
10.2.1 Keys and LEDs
This section outlines the functionality of the keys and LEDs on the ECS-VCM/ECS-NVCM and ECS-RVM expander modules.
ECS Control Key
Pressing the ECS Control Key will do one of two things:
1. Enter Message Mode of the LOC ECS interface (including trying to gain ECS Control if the user doesn't have it already).
2. Relinquish ECS Control if pressed while in Message Mode.
ECS Control LED
The ECS Control LED is used to indicate the status of ECS Control in the system. When the LED is on solid, the LOC has ECS Control
within the system. When the LED is blinking, another LOC has gained ECS Control in the system.
ECS Message Keys
ECS Message Keys are used in Message Mode to select which ECS Message is to be played. If pressed when the LOC does not have ECS
Control, the system will automatically try to gain ECS Control before allowing the ECS Event to be activated. See Section 10.2.2.
ECS Message LEDs
The red ECS Message LEDs indicate the active ECS Message and any previously active ECS messages. The green LEDs indicate the ECS
Message was selected in message mode and that the LOC has ECS control.
1. For ECS Point Activation, the red ECS Message LEDs will illuminate on each LOC to indicate which ECS messages have been
activated in automatic ECS state.
2. In Manual ECS State, the red ECS Message LEDs will indicate which ECS message has been activated at an LOC. See Section 10.2.3.
3. The green ECS Message LEDs will activate for the LOC that activated the ECS Message.
Select Keys
The Select Keys are used to toggle which output areas are active.
1. If Message Mode is active (see Section 10.2.5), the Select Keys will toggle which areas the active message is distributed to (also toggles
the red Select Key LED).
NOTE: For LOC activated emergency alarm events, if an area is programmed to be active through output mapping, that area is automatically
selected and cannot be deactivated using the Select Keys.
2. If Fire Page Mode is active (see Section 10.2.3), the Select Keys will toggle which areas the microphone audio is distributed to (also
toggles the green Select Key LED).
Select Key LEDs
The Select Key LEDs are used to indicate which output areas are active for a microphone page or system events.
1. Green LEDs: active areas for microphone paging.
NOTE: Select LEDs are only active when the microphone PTT (push-to-talk) is engaged. Blinking LEDs indicate one or more associated
network page destination panels are unable to page.
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ECS Point Activation involves using pre-determined ECS Alarm input points to activate ECS Alarm events. These
Manual LOC Activation involves using the ECS-LOC interface to activate ECS Events, choose output areas, and
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