joey Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Hello all I'm hoping that someone can help me with a an inquiry I received recently from a school that I do work for. They want an emergency alert system that they can activate when an emergency situation arises, for example an unidentified person on site or a bomb alert etc. They are requesting four different sounds to activate or speakers to alert of the situation. Has anyone carried out an install like this? The school has an existing end of class sounder system which activates sounders through out the building however this new system seems to be too sophisticated to add on to it. Thanks Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 2 tones would be easy, 4 more complex. I'd probably look to go down a pa route and feed tones into the amp. Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 as jimmy says you need a pa system,the inout re play unit will do what you want via inputs and will also replace the class changes sounders too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secureiam Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Nexus/Sonos Voice sounders from klaxon signals can give mutipul tones and warning messages if remember correctly may want to check with them as to what they have to offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 the problem with tones and 4 different ones they will have to be very distinctive staff will forget them kids will think its class change or fire alarm and will bolt the second they go off,better to go the spoken route ie staff announcement code 100,200 etc and up sell the benefits of a pa system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secureiam Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Theres 64 tones on the nexus and certainly some are similar but theres more than 4 distinct sounds (you can try the sounds on there website sample files) and if you can have it so it plays a voice message in between so it is very clear what its for, how it compares to the pa well that's another issue. You can even record your own, don't think you can with the sonos range though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Tones for new staff etc would be difficult to remember Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Thank you guys for all your input, I have some leads now that I can work on. The Nexus sounders look like what I need, what control unit can I use with these & also how to activate & reset after each emergency situation? Can I install 4 push buttons or hold up buttons to activate each channel? I'll also research into The Public Address system as that would seem to be a viable option too. Thanks Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Thank you guys for all your input, I have some leads now that I can work on. The Nexus sounders look like what I need, what control unit can I use with these & also how to activate & reset after each emergency situation? Can I install 4 push buttons or hold up buttons to activate each channel? I'll also research into The Public Address system as that would seem to be a viable option too. Thanks Joey depends on the existing system,are they using the fire alarm sounders for class change(quite common method) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 How about a pa with voice box for prompts and tone for evacuate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 How about a pa with voice box for prompts and tone for evacuate or just a stand alone pa and leave the fire alarm to do its job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luggsey Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Text pagers for the teachers? Mucho cheaper.... Quote ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life is like a box of chocolates, some bugger always gets the nice ones! My Amateur Radio Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Text pagers for the teachers? Mucho cheaper.... for every member of staff? if the current sounders for class change are independent the wiring could be reused for speakers saving a great deal on install costs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Is the school flood wired for networking? Thinking true ip solution here not just sharing wires... Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Is the school flood wired for networking? Thinking true ip solution here not just sharing wires... doesnt sound like it,a school wanting a bomb warning tone is taking safeguarding to a new level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Doable but have you tried getting anything done with authority it depts Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Doable but have you tried getting anything done with authority it depts its all academy now with the ofsted stasi,imo of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Still IT is run from the kremlin Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Still IT is run from the kremlin never seen it on rt.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 You don't watch it enough then. Give the app a try you can then 'catch up' while your at work. Hiel lenin im too busy brother jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 or just a stand alone pa and leave the fire alarm to do its job Yes absolutely, amazes me that schools use the fire alarm tone for breaks , Muppets , or whoever rigged it up that way Surely it doesn't conform to BS if they can do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 why wouldnt it al? ie what reg does it break? Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Yes absolutely, amazes me that schools use the fire alarm tone for breaks , Muppets , or whoever rigged it up that way Surely it doesn't conform to BS if they can do that most do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I don't know what regs it breaks but why would you confuse the fire tones with break tones unless tones are selectable ? On a fire system , hadn't seen that normally fixed once fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I don't know what regs it breaks but why would you confuse the fire tones with break tones unless tones are selectable ? On a fire system , hadn't seen that normally fixed once fitted like the weekly test,times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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