New to Fire Alarms

Hello everyone,

My son has a strong interest in fire alarms.

He has several pull stations and horn/strobe alarms that we’ve wired up, and they work great.

Recently, he got two speaker/strobe alarms that seem to require a control panel or audio source to generate the alarm sound.

The models we have are System Sensor SpectrAlert Advance speaker/strobes.

Could anyone provide some guidance on what type of control panel, audio module, or other accessories would be needed to make these alarms work?

Much appreciated!

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Well, you would need a voice panel, but those are very expensive, but what should work (for non-life safety purposes mind you) is an MP3 board that some members of the community actually use (mainly because they’re cheap & they work). Here’s a different version of the one that I use (its 20 inputs help ensure that you always have plenty of inputs for plenty of messages. You will however need a pretty beefy power supply to power it with as I’ve discovered (as well as a mini SD card & an adapter for it):
FN-BC20 20-Channel Stereo MP3 Sound Board with 2x25W Amp & Enclosure