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13.7 Programming Talking Sounder Options
The 6100 supports Protec loop driven talking sounder products. Certain aspects of talking sounder operation
can be adjusted using the commissioning software,
Message Synchronisation Time
The repeated annunciation of speech messages is automatically synchronised by the 6100. The default
synchronisation time is 20 seconds, which is sufficient to reproduce the longest audio message currently
supported by Protec talking devices. If required, the synchronisation time may be adjusted between 1 and
120 seconds.
Male and Female Voice
Standard Protec talking devices contain both male and female versions of each message. The default voice
is female, selecting the Male voice option switches all messages to male.
Spoken Test Message
If the Spoken test message box is checked all talking sounders will output the test message when the 6100
is in walk test mode.
Activation Type
Talking sounders can be programmed to behave as talking devices, standard electronic sounders or
electronic bells. Only one of these options can be chosen.
For talking sounder operation the Spoken messages option must be selected.
For standard sounder operation the Electronic sounds option must be selected ( in which case they follow
the C ( continuous ), W ( warble ) and P ( pulsing ) output tones, like standard sounders ).
For electronic bell sounds the Bell sounds option must be selected. Electronic bells follow the
C ( continuous ) and P ( pulsing ) options in the matrix.
13.8 Programming the Pulsing Alarm Timeout and Tone
An option is included in the 6100 for pulsing output groups to timeout to an alternate tone. Only pulsing, non
talking outputs groups are affected by this feature.
The ‘pulsing to new tone’ timeout time begins when the output group changes from OFF to pulsing, and can
be setup between 5 seconds and 10 minutes, in 5 second steps. Setting the time to 0 disables the feature.
The following options are available for the pulsing sounder to timeout tone. Off, Continuous, Pulsing and
Warble.
13.9 Programming the System Pulsing Alarm Times
The timings for pulsing outputs are fully synchronised by the 6100. The pulse on and off times are defaulted
to 1 second, but may be adjusted between 0.5 and 127 seconds, in 0.5 second steps. See Figure 13.2.
Figure 13.2. Pulsing alarm setup options
Setup of pulsing alarm timeout options
Setup of system pulsing times
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