Honeywell Life Safety (HLS) a business unit of Honeywell India recently launched the Notifier Digital Voice Command (DVC) version 4, which is a system that works like the heart of an integrated, full-featured Audio Command Center.

The new version will now support additional amplifiers of the Digital Audio Loop (DAL) devices such as DAA2, DAX and BDA besides DAA, which earlier was the only amplifier supporting DVC. It will also support 33 multi-remote microphones, which is a winner feature in the new version of DVC. The earlier version of DVC supported only one remote microphone.

To summarise, the new Notifier DVC version 4 has the following main features.

• More competitive digital audio offering
• Enhanced flexibility with more amplifier sizes
• Multiple configuration options
• Smaller audio zones with the right size amplifier
• More effective bulk audio solution
• Increased audio power in less cabinet space, and
• More options for MNS/ECS

DVC combines the capabilities of a powerful digital audio processor, an event-driven audio message generator, and a router. Designed for use with Digital Audio Loop (DAL) amplifiers, each DVC supports a dedicated audio network with up to eight channels of audio, five channels of firefighter telephone communications, and control and supervision for up to 32 DAL devices. DVCs are available in versions supporting wire, multi-mode fiber, or single-mode fiber media. Larger audio systems incorporating hundreds of amplifiers can be created by networking additional DVC unit s via NOTI.FIRE.NET™

Notifier is a world leading manufacturer of commercial fire alarm systems and technology.