151430-L8 Emergency Communication System Operation
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2. Both fire and the emergency systems are active and the highest priority active emergency event is pro-
grammed to be of higher priority than the highest priority active fire event and the user has gained ECS Con-
trol.
3. Only fire system is active, the Emergency LOC Alarm priority is higher than the active fire system event and
the user has gained ECS Control.
• This will trigger the ECS system and enable mapping for 'Mic Triggered ECS Alarm' and 'General ECS
Alarm'.
11.7.4.1 Paging
If there are no active emergency or fire system events, the microphone at an LOC can be used for paging by
following these steps:
1. Push the PTT (push to talk) button on the microphone.
2. Use the Select Keys on the LOC to toggle the output areas to page to with the microphone (illuminates the
green LEDs).
Note: The Ready to Talk LED will illuminate after an output area has been activated.
3. Speak into the microphone.
4. Release PTT button when finished.
11.8 Recording Custom Messages
The ECS-Series VCM comes with 15 recordable message slots. Message 1-15 can be recorded from: the
microphone, Aux Input, or by using the Farenhyt ECS Message Management Software Tool. All messages can
be a maximum of one minute.