GAI-Tronics 10961-001 AMI Centra-Page Interface - Manual (Page 14)

Pub. 42004-371B
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Operation
General
The Model 10959-006 AMI has an on-board MP3 player that generates pre-recorded tones and speech
messages. It stores these sound and its configuration files on a SmartMedia
® card. It also contains a
telephone interface PCBA that connects to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
The Model 10961-001 AMI Centra-Page Interface is designed to allow the capabilities of the AMI to a be
used by Centra-Page system. The AMI Centra-Page Interface contains two boards: the 69407-002 I/O
controller and the 69542-001 AMI Centra-Page Interface PCBAs. The interface connects the alarm, page,
and party audio between the AMI and the Centra-Page system. In addition, the panel and remote switches
connect to the AMI Centra-Page Interface communicating their state to the AMI.
Alarms and Paging
Five alarms can be activated from the push buttons on the front panel of the AMI Centra-Page Interface or
from remote switches (momentary/N.O). The alarms can be cleared or reset using the push button on the
front panel. For convenience, a remote switch can be connected to control each alarm. Use terminal
block TB11 on the Centra-Page central cabinet’s rear panel to connect the remote switches.
Each alarm plays a different tone and each has a different priority level assigned to it. Alarm 1 has the
highest priority and Alarm 5 the lowest. If an alarm tone is playing and a higher priority alarm is
activated, the higher priority will override the lower priority alarm. Pot 15 on the 69542-001 PCBA
adjusts the alarm audio level.
If an alarm is playing and someone makes a page from a Centra-Page station the alarm will be reduced by
-7 dB and the page will play over top of the alarm. If the alarm is still active when the page is complete,
the alarm level will return to its normal level.