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12.0 Cables 96
12.1 Maximum Recommended Cable Lengths ...................................................................... 96
12.1.1 How to Calculate the Maximum Recommended Length ................................................ 97
12.2 Fiber Optic Cables .......................................................................................................... 98
12.3 Typical Optical Power Budget ........................................................................................ 99
12.3.1 Connecting Fiber Optic Cables ....................................................................................... 99
12.4 Ground Fault Reporting .................................................................................................. 100
12.5 Ground Fault Detection .................................................................................................. 101
13.0 Addressable Loop Interference on Phone Handset Lines 102
13.1 Use the Quad Loop Adder .............................................................................................. 102
13.2 Avoid Sources of Electrical Interference ......................................................................... 102
13.3 Use the TNC-5000 Telephone Bus Terminals ................................................................ 102
13.4 Use Shielded Wiring ....................................................................................................... 103
13.5 Keep Modules Close to the Handsets ............................................................................ 105
13.6 Large Systems and Retrofits .......................................................................................... 105
14.0 Mass Notification System Introduction 106
14.1 Virtual Zones .................................................................................................................. 106
14.1.1 Conflicts with virtual zones ............................................................................................. 107
14.2 Setting priorities for zones and switches ........................................................................ 107
15.0 Autonomous Control Unit and Local Operating Consoles 109
15.1 ACU and MMX-LOC Configuration ................................................................................. 109
15.2 Setting priorities for zones and switches ........................................................................ 109
15.3 Broadcast Priority ........................................................................................................... 109
15.4 ACU Operation ............................................................................................................... 111
15.5 LOC Operation ............................................................................................................... 111
16.0 Digital Messages 113
16.1 Creating a Digital Message ............................................................................................ 113
16.2 Clips and Nested Loops ................................................................................................. 116
16.3 Nested Loop Example .................................................................................................... 118
16.3.1 Procedure for creating a nested loop ............................................................................. 118
16.4 Configuring MMX to use your new composition ............................................................. 119
16.5 Correlating Digital Messages to a Zone or Switch .......................................................... 119