Specifications

9261-7974 Issue 06
ESFIRECODER - Emergency Services Firecoder
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SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION
This technical manual describing the installation and operation of the ESFIRECODER Emergency
Services Firecoder and variants of.
1.1 OVERVIEW
The ESFIRECODER has been designed to meet the requirements for Emergency Service station
ends, both Whole time and Retained. The hardware has evolved through 3 generations to the present
platform. The software protocols used for communications are the Home Office protocol GD92
version GD-92/1003A/2.2 and the Home Office specification MG4 for alerting. The protocol is a
“closed loop” system, thus ensuring message delivery. In addition to system messages, the unit can
deliver “unsolicited” messages to a GD92 Network Manager. This gives the system a degree of self-
monitoring, essential for an Emergency service. Remote diagnostics/configuration are inherent within
the unit.
The ESFIRECODER has Home Office accreditation
The equipment can deliver solutions pertinent to a particular authority by programming the unit to
perform the functions required.
The unit is a self contained programmable GD92/MG4 system complete with:
• Router
• Peripheral Agents
• Printer agents
• Communication Agents (LAN/Wan, PSTN, Tetra, etc)
• Wide area agents
• Alerter agent
• File Transfer support using GD92 bearers
The system will accept messages from a control centre and deliver the appropriate message to:
• Alerters
• Printers
• Public address systems
• Message boards
• Peripheral devices
Delivering to the originator acknowledgements of success or failure.
Complimentary to the ESFIRECODER are the Multitone Central Communications Processor (CCP)
and the Multitone Network Manager (NSM), both units generally residing in the control centre.