Design and Construction Handbook - Los Angeles World Airports

Guide Specification
1. The ACS microprocessor controlled multiple microphone station inputs and multiple
output zones.
2. All microphone input stations shall be assignable to any combination of the output zones.
3. Assignments must be readily changeable by qualified authorized personnel through the
use of the system control computer.
4. Message types shall have the following priority:
PAGING SYSTEMS
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a. Description: Priority:
b. Fire Marshalls Microphone 1
Dispatch Center Emergency
All Call (Airport-wide)
c. Emergency Pre-Recorded Message -Fire 2
Emergency Pre-Recorded Message
Evacuation (Bomb Threat/Earthquake)
d. Gate – Direct 3
Podium/Supervisor – Direct
Local Multi-Zoned Group (Flight Calls)
Local Multi-Zoned Pre-Recorded (Area
Specific Advisories)
Local Multi-Zoned Group Pre-Recorded
(Tenant/Airport Specific Advisories)
e. Remote Zoned (Communications Center 4
Operators)
Terminal Zone Group - Prerecorded
D. Use of the Fire Marshall’s microphone or Dispatch Center Emergency ‘All Call’ (Airport-wide)
shall override all other messaging, including supervisory microphones.
1. Only one emergency announcement may be made at a time, regardless of zone
assignments, and an emergency announcement or message shall interrupt and prevent any
other use of the system.
E. A multi-local or local announcement shall not prevent a terminal announcement from playing,
but it shall interrupt and override the terminal announcement in the zones that have been
assigned to multi-local or local zone’s use.
F. System shall be capable of making at least 8 local announcements simultaneously, as long as
there is no zone overlap.
G. ACS shall be capable of recording at least 8 terminal announcements simultaneously, but shall
only play 1 terminal announcement in each zone at a time.
Communication Systems