GAI-Tronics Sonic Alarm Sonic Alarm System Software Programming and User Manual - Manual (Page 101)

Pub. 42004-410A
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Page/Party
®
Products
A family of products designed and manufactured by GAI-Tronics Corporation. Often
a Page/Party
® system is connected to the Sonic RTU and acts as the public address
system for broadcasting alarms and pages.
Page/Party
®
Speaker
Amplifier
Station
A device that amplifies audio broadcast in a Page/Party ® system. A station contains a
distributed amplifier.
Pending Play
Queue A pending play queue is a stack of messages, which are waiting to be broadcast. The
messages are arranged in order by their priority level (with highest priority being
played first); messages of equal priority are arranged by “first in, first serve.”
RTU Acronym for remote terminal unit. A device that that can receive inputs from initiating
devices and provide output control to indicating appliances. The RTU may also
control an Audio Messenger Interface that plays pre-recorded messages over a
loudspeaker system. The RTU is controlled from the system’s control computer
running the Sonic Server application.
Splash Tone A splash tone is a pre-announcement tone used as an attention-getting signal
preceding a broadcast message. Upon hearing the splash tone, personnel should stop
work and listen to the message.
Sonic Console A software application used to program the system. The system administrator defines
the system hardware and operation by setting data values on easy-to-use graphical
screens. Upon completion of the system configuration process, the Sonic Console
program creates a single file which contains all the operational data. This file then
loaded into the Sonic Server program which runs the system.
Sonic Server A software program running on the system control computer. It processes and controls
all system functionality, such as alarm activation, prioritization, system status, and
audio routing. The configuration data file created by Sonic Console is loaded into the
Server Program. During system startup, the Server initializes and automatically reads
the configuration file and sets the system to operate these parameters.
System
Administrator A System Administrator is an individual chartered with the responsibility to set or
maintain a Sonic System’s software configuration.
Telephone
Interface A device that allows someone using a regular analog telephone line to access the
system to perform a one –way voice page.
Time-out The cancellation of a particular operational mode due to the expiration of a specified
period of time.