In my malls red robin they have Notifier NBG-12’s and wheelock ceiling mount speaker strobes.
In an elementary school near my middle school has an odd system. They have a 4100U system with the tbars with the push buttons, and 4098 smokes. For some reason they still have 1 or 2 of the old simplex 4030 horns, and 1960s simplex bells are scattered around the halls and the outside. The main alarms however are Simplex truealerts and some key stations. They also have one of those dictograph sirens lights outside by the schools roof.
Can you get a picture of the light?
I probably will next year. Here’s one…
What kind of alarm is that?
Is the Simplex 4100U supposed to use voice evac or horn/strobes?
The Simplex 4100U is capable of voice evacuation or conventional horn/strobes. That decision is dictated by the design and use of the building.
Does it require a special module to to voice evac
It’s a Dictograph siren/light box for a security system. I’ve also seen a bell box version.
All 4100 series panels, since it was first introduced, are build-to-order panels. The 4100 is not an off-the-shelf item. An order is placed to add the modules to the 4100 for the requirements of each installation.
Specifically for audio operation, an audio controller (analog or digital) is required. This module interfaces with the microphone and contains the recorded audio tones and voice messages. The audio controller has the circuitry to drive the amplifiers whether locally in the main panel or remote in transponders. One or more amplifiers are required to provide the audio power to operate the speakers.
If you had such an application, a 4100 or later panel could do both voice evac and regular horn strobe operation on one panel. But then again the same could be said for Notifier, Gamewell-FCI, and just about every other manufacturer.
Patrick
But I guess if you got really technical you could accomplish voice evac and horn strobe operation with virtually any panel with two or more NAC circuits.
Patrick
Why isn’t the 4100 an off-the-shelf irwm?
Did you see the original 4100? It’s (Insert word of choice ending with “Ing”) HUGE! It has to be custom ordered. Even the newer 4100ES And 4100U Are large panels.
What is the reason these panels are huge?
Idk ask simplex lol
That’s because they hold a gazillion electrical thingy ma bobbers
The 4100 in my school had a huge red box under it and I think it has the power supply and some relay because when I went with the admins to reset it it made a clicking noise.
I was just in Toronto the other day, at the Eaton Centre. I know the fire alarm system there is probably very huge. The alarms in the Eaton centre are just Speakers, with Simplex pull stations. The only panel I saw was a Simplex 4100 at one of the entrances, showing some sort of trouble condition. I do wonder though, how that fire alarm system works, Since every building around that area is connected by these underground paths. I wonder If they have them all tied together, or just all separate. The majority of the systems were just speakers/simplex pulls, but I did see some bell systems. I remember in the VIA rail PATH, I saw an older Edwards 270-SPO, and a Mirtone 6" bell combo.
There is a bowling alley place that I go to every now then, and it has these items:
Potter 10 or 12 Inch bells.
Notifier BNG-1 pulls ( older style )
Chemtronics heat detectors.
There was a pull station that I saw at the end of a hallway, and it appeared to be an FCI MS-6.