A Vocia Control Event allows contact closure based control for a Vocia World. Control Input Events can be driven at a hardware level by external equipment to the Control Input connections available on the VI-6, VI-8, VO-4, VO-4e, GPIO-1 and LSI-16e devices. TTL, High Range, High Range Monitored and Contact Closure are valid ways of asserting the inputs.
The VI-6, VI-8, VO-4, VO-4e, GPIO-1 support non Emergency Control Input Events. The GPIO-1, VI-8 and LSI-16e support Vocia Emergency Control Input Events.
Software based Control Input Events can be configured using a Scheduler/ VTP Input which can be enabled or disabled by using a Control Handle Control Event.
The Manage Control Handles button is used to set up any required Control Handles. Control Handles can also be configured by selecting the World in the main layout, via the Tools menu, World Control Handles. These inputs can then be associated in the Vocia software to the hardware using the respective VI-6, VI-8, VO-4, VO-4e or GPIO-1 Properties / Control Dialog.
Non- Emergency Control Input Events :
The following Control Input connections are available on the VI-6, VI-8, VO-4, VO-4e, GPIO-1.
Control Handle - Control handles can be configured to operate from physical VI-6, VO-4, VO-4e and GPIO-1 Inputs and be associated with Control outputs on other devices (local World only). They can also be configured as part of a scheduled or VTP command if an MS-1 is available in the Vocia World.
Page Code - A Pre-Recorded page code played by an MS-1(e) Input
User Input - Activate or deactivate a Vocia User Audio Input
System Mute - Activate or deactivate System Mute
Zone State - Set the Background Source, Volume, Zone Mute, BGM Mute, Page Inhibit and Allow Page Inhibit states for up to 10 Zones
The Control Handle, System Mute and User Input Control Events are driven directly by the state of the Control Input (i.e. level triggered). The Page Code and Zone State Control Event types will cause a one-time action to occur, and will not lock the state of the Control Event to the state of the Control Input (i.e. edge triggered). These one-time Control Inputs should be connected to a momentary type input source.
Emergency Control Input Events include:
The following Emergency Control Input connections are available on the GPIO-1, VI-8 and LSI-16e.
Emergency Fault - Monitors fault relays on external devices.
Emergency Zone Alarm - Enables a Emergency Zone and Emergency Message to be selected.
Emergency Zone Reset -Allows an Alarm reset of the specified Emergency Zone.
The Emergency Fault Control Events are driven directly by the state of the Control Input (i.e. level triggered). The Zone Alarm and Zone Reset Input is edge triggered so will action on a low to high or high to low transition (software selectable).
A Control Handle event used to trigger single or multiple Control Output contact closures via the network on a VI-6, VO-4, VO-4e or GPIO-1 device.
The Manage Control Handles button is used to set up any required Control Handles. The World Control handle Configuration dialog can also be opened by selecting the World from the Main layout via the Tools menu > World Control Handles. In the Control Handle Configuration Dialog any Control Handles configured with a Input Source type of Control Input will be able to be assigned.
The Page Code Control Input Event requires an MS-1(e) to be present in the World. This function allows a Pre-Recorded Page Code to be assigned to a Control Input. The Assigned Value will be one Recorded Page that has been configured in the World Properties > Page Code dialog.
The User Input Control Event allows a User Audio Input to be assigned to a Control Input. A User Input must be assigned on a VI-6 channel in order to be selected. The Assigned Value drop down menu allows the selection of an Input Channel, Priority, Background Effect and Zone. User Audio Input's assigned to two Control Inputs will function in a logical OR fashion so if any one input is active then it will be active.
For User Input Control Events which are at the same priority and sent to the same Zone, the latter will preempt the former, and when the latter is deactivated, the former will NOT recover automatically, even its Control Input is still activated. The Control Input will need to be triggered again to re-activate the former User Input Control Event.
For User Input Control Events which are at different priorities and sent to the same Zone, the latter with higher priority will preempt the former with lower priority, and when the latter is deactivated, the former will recover automatically, as long as its Control Input is still activated.
Input Channel - Any VI-6 Input configured as a User Audio Input in the VI-6 General settings will be available in this list.
Priority - The spin control box allows selection of a vital Recorded Announcement component. Setting these Priority Levels correctly is essential for proper playback of Recorded Announcements in the context of other events generated in a Vocia system. An paging event with a higher level of priority will have precedence over Page Codes and Scheduler driven events of a lower priority, causing the lower-priority message to cease if the two are occurring at the same time. If two Recorded Announcements have the same priority level and attempt to access the same Zone at the same time, the first message to arrive will take precedence. After it is completed, the second message will be called. Note that Emergency Page Codes and Emergency Messages will always be at a higher Priority Level than Recorded Announcements.
The Background Effect setting offers three selections: Duck, Mute, and Vox.
Duck causes any background source that is playing in the Zone to be ducked by the User Audio Input. Ducker settings are configured in the output section of each output Device.
Mute causes the background source to go silent when a User Audio Input Event is sent to a Zone.
Vox acts as a signal-activated ducker and causes the Background Music source to duck when an audio signal is detected by the system.
System Mute will enable muting of all audio (paging and background) in all Zones in the World in which it is activated in, except for any Emergency Paging and Emergency Messaging. One System Mute Control Input can be configured per device with up to two System Mute control inputs configured in a World to enable redundant operation. In redundant operation both System Mute Control Inputs must be wired to the same physical source.
The Control Input assigned as a System Mute will be responsible for placing and keeping the system in the System Mute state.
When a System Mute is active the Vocia Software, all WR-1 remote's and all Paging Stations will indicate a ‘System Mute Active’ message, This message can be customized in the World Properties > Options dialog. The only way to clear the System Mute is by clearing the input state on the respective Control Input.
Interworld Pages can still be performed from a World in System Mute as long as the destination World is also not in System Mute.
For the Zone State Control Event, the assigned value field will display a drop down Zone State panel that contains all the Zones configured in the current World, plus the relevant Zone settings.
The Background Source, Volume Level, Zone Mute, BGM Mute, Page Inhibit and Allow Page Inhibit state for the selected Zones can be specified and up to 10 Zones selected.
If the selected Zones don’t have any common Background Sources changing the Background Source will not be possible.
Zones – Configured Zones will be listed. Up to 10 Zones can be chosen as part of the Zone State
Background Source – When enabled a list of background sources will be available via the dropdown menu. The selection choices will depend on the selected Zones and background sources assigned to those Zones
Volume Level % - When enabled a volume level can be specified. This can be from 0 to 100%
Zone Mute - When enabled the Mute State of the Zone can be specified
BGM Mute – When enabled the background music mute State of the Zone can be specified
Page Inhibit - When enabled the Page Inhibit State of the Zone can be specified
Allow Page Inhibit from WR-1 - When enabled the Allow Page Inhibit control will be displayed on any WR-1’s assigned to the respective Zones
The GPIO-1 and LSI-16e Control Input Event has three additional event categories that can be used for controlling the Emergency System. These are Emergency Fault, Emergency Zone Alarm and Emergency Zone Reset inputs. Note that VI-6, VO-4 and VO-4e devices are not able to control the Emergency system and Emergency Zone states.
The Emergency Fault option allows the GPIO-1 to report on PSU, Ethernet, Protection and Transmission Path faults. External equipment reports the state of the Input to the GPIO-1 input.
An Emergency Zone and Emergency Message are able to be specified (Emergency Zones and Messages are added in the World properties dialogue).
Allows an Alarm reset of the specified Emergency Zone.
Zone Assignment to Emergency Messages is performed in the Emergency Messages section of the World Properties dialog window. Emergency Messages can be imported using the Audio File Manager.