The critical notification events displayed on InfoBoards are commonly be defined by your facility's emergency response plan. By default these events are preset by Primex and can be customized with a OneVue Notify Monitor subscription. A customization is defined as a change made to the Primex preset characters displayed by InfoBoards during a critical notification event.
InfoBoards store a critical notification profile that contains the five critical notification event types. When customized, InfoBoards download the OneVue critical notification profile that replaces the Primex preset profile. By default an InfoBoard connects to OneVue (over your facility's Ethernet network) to download setting changes every 5 minutes, which is set in its Config Change Interval setting.
Each InfoBoard stores a critical notification profile that contains the five critical notification event types. By default, these events are preset by Primex.
Primex default presets are shown below.
Event 1: Lockdown. Color: Red, Mode: Flashing, Scroll: 0 (none)
Event 2: Evacuate. Color: Blue, Mode: Flashing, Scroll: 0 (none)
Event 3: Weather. Color: Yellow, Mode: Flashing, Scroll: 2
Event 4: Lockout. Color: White, Mode: Constant, Scroll: 2
Event 5: All Clear. Color: Green, Mode: Constant, Display Duration: 5 minutes
Verify the main Transmitter's contact closure terminal block input configuration, which may either be wired to a Critical Notification Panel or third-party system. A customization to the events must represent the hardwired configuration between the Transmitter and its event input source.
All InfoBoards require an Ethernet connection.
Event number 5 (All Clear) must be hardwired to only activate the All Clear event. It can never be hardwired to activate any other type of event. Event number 5 has a unique setting to allow the event to be displayed for specified number of minutes and then ends automatically. If your emergency response plan identifies an All Clear event as a different term, the preset can be updated.
If events are activated from a Critical Notification Panel, the button label affixed to the panel must be updated. Primex provides an Avery 6871 PDF label template. Avery 6871 labels are required (not supplied).
Testing of the customization must be performed. Primex recommends testing during off hours and building occupants should be notified to avoid unnecessary occupant response.
This step is only required if events are activated from the 5-button critical notification panel.
During this step, you will download the template and print a customized button label for the panel.
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Download the Avery label template.
Go to OneVue Help > select OneVue Notify Critical Notifications > Product Manuals & Documentation > download the Critical Notification Panel Label Template (Avery 6871).
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From the template, enter each event's characters.
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Print the label. From the file, select Print > select Actual Size > select Landscape.
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Affix the customized label over the existing label.
This step is required for use with the critical notification panel or a third-party integration.
During this step you will update the OneVue critical notification profile that is downloaded to each InfoBoard.
Go to Admin > select Edit - your account name.
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From the Critical Notification Events section, update the event (characters) and additional settings if applicable.
Event (1 - 5): sets the characters displayed during the event.
Scroll Speed: sets the speed of the characters during the event, higher the number the faster the speed.
Color: sets the digit color during the event.
Mode sets if the digits are flashing or constant during the event.
Event 5 only (All Clear) Display Duration: sets the number of minutes the event is active. Once it ends, InfoBoards return to displaying synchronized time and non-critical events.
Event number 5 (All Clear) must be hardwired to only activate the All Clear event. It can never be hardwired to activate any other type of event. Event number 5 has a unique setting to allow the event to be displayed for specified number of minutes and then ends automatically. If your emergency response plan identifies an All Clear event as a different term, the preset can be updated.
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Select Save.
InfoBoards download the update (OneVue critical notification profile) during their next connection to OneVue. By default InfoBoards connect to OneVue every 5 minutes to download setting updates.
Testing must be performed from the event input source; either the Critical Notification Panel or a third-party system. It's very important the customized events are displayed on the facility's InfoBoards.
It's recommended to have a MiniBoard at the location of the Critical Notification Panel. It can serve as a testing device and also provide a visual confirmation of an activated Critical Notification Event.
From the Button Panel activate each event individually.
Verify the system InfoBoards display each event for the panel button activated.