Notice the fast paced whoop, I believe this is exclusive to international versions of the 4100U, also, I didnt know Simplex was sold in Korea.
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This doesn’t sound terribly fast paced to me. I feel like I’ve heard this whoop here in the states, generally after one or two actual voice instructions.
That whoop seems like either Simplex’s current slow whoop tone with the pitch upped or their older slow whoop tone with both the pitch & speed upped given the way it sounds. Shame that video starts after the message already played three times though, since it’d be interesting to hear what it sounds like (including if it’s in Korean).
They sell their systems all over the world just like Edwards & Honeywell do.
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Was reminded of this video that I once found with what sounds like the same kind of whoop: not only that but the message is in English, Spanish, & (seemingly) Japanese too! As the title says, this video was taken at the Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, which might imply that the first video in this topic was taken at a Disney property as well.
That one is just a case of the video being sped up for some reason during the upload process.
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It seems like the first video at least is sped-up at the very beginning, but other than that both videos otherwise seem to be at normal speed.
Here is the strobe that would flash alongside it https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ajrLbY0MfEs
Possibly. I see that Simplex apparently made the same mistake that Wheelock initially did though, where the flash duration is too long.
Are you referring to the LED Exceders? I believe the flash duration was compliant when the series was first released, but NFPA 72 was then updated to narrow the flash duration and make the LED Exceder noncompliant in the process, so I wouldn’t call that a mistake. Also, Korea is probably not subject to the same codes as the U.S.
Yes, I am, & considering they were retroactively unapproved, I’d ultimately call that a mistake (especially since even without the NFPA stepping in 0.02 seconds was still the standard).
These aren’t truly Simplex per say… they are OEMed by Dong Bang Electronics which is a Korean company that Tyco acquired.
It is rare to see “American” Simplex in Korea, which is why OP’s video is so interesting. It is much more common to see Tyco’s domestic MXK or D-MUX series panels in SK. Even if there is a Simplex panel driving the system, you’re generally not going to be seeing T-Bars or horn/speaker strobes used alongside it.
Oh, okay.
Well as of now we have no real proof that that video was actually taken in Korea, especially given the English signage that can be seen if you look closely: heck the video I found might actually imply that the first video was shot at a Disney resort in the US.
Update: this Simplex system is not in Korea, this hotel is actually in Palm Springs, California (however the poster is Korean, and only speaks Korean)
Here is very well what could be the actual Tyco/Johnson Controls Korea evac message, given the Tyco strobes and the call point/rectangular hydrant lamp in the 2nd vid
Maybe, I’m honestly not sure I can make it out though (not that I’d be able to understand it even if I could make it out anyway since it’s in Korean, heh). Unusual siren/wail tone that system uses (also odd how several other signals seem to be sounding at the same time).
Most voice evac systems in SK still have bells for some reason, though I believe they are supposed to mute themselves when the evac message actually plays… there are also strobed exit signs with their own voice evac to mark exits AND dedicated electronic sirens for agent discharge.
Makes for quite the party when everything is going off at once. Not sure about the low frequency sounds going off in the background though.
Source: I used to live in SK and brought back boxes of this stuff… you don’t need to be a distributor/licensed electrician to buy anything fire related, even including entire FACPs.
Huh…
Yeah, heh.
Oh? Huh…
Oh? Neat. Well, that’s kinda the case here too (good thing as well, since us enthusiasts would be out of luck if it wasn’t!).
I was mainly referring to buying new in the last part. The last time I was over there I walked into the local Siemens distributor and paid cash for various fire stuff
Oh, okay. You certainly were lucky then: the US has ADI Global, who even have physical locations, but you have to be a contractor, installer, or reseller to buy from them (which as an enthusiast, yes, I do feel is beyond-dumb: here is a literal life safety store, something that would be very unlikely to exist otherwise, & we can’t buy from it! (heck if anything you’d think they’d gladly accept & appreciate the added sales: yes, I do get their likely concerns with liability regarding the sale of such equipment to unlicensed individuals, but surely there would be a way of proving that you would only use it for non-life safety purposes (a signed waiver maybe?).