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Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:41 pm
by gman 1
I like how they take the same sirens and just re brand them for firehouses.
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:44 pm
by shodowhater
Calling Dennis Clark, calling Dennis Clark...
I'm sure there's some difference. Notice how they cut off at the 4-cell.
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:48 pm
by gman 1
The firehouse and the omni alert are what I'm comparing here. They both do that
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:30 pm
by Brendan Ahern
From what I can tell from the cut sheets, the difference is in the activation systems. The sirens themselves are the same, up to 4 cells, no voice. The Omni Alert is available with a UHF or VHF radio activation system. Either one way or 2 way activation. So you can use DTMF, Two-tone sequencial. Or 2 way, either 2 way DTMF or FSK. These are also available for the firehouse sirens, but you can also add Plectron or trunking system activation. So far that is the only main difference I see.
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:24 pm
by DJ2226
shodowhater wrote:Notice how they cut off at the 4-cell.
They run on Type I panels, so they are restricted to four drivers like the Vortex R4 and OmniAlert OA4.
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:55 pm
by gman 1
Just like the omni alert. They are in a way re-branding their own product
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:10 pm
by DJ2226
Brendan Ahern wrote:From what I can tell from the cut sheets, the difference is in the activation systems. The sirens themselves are the same, up to 4 cells, no voice. The Omni Alert is available with a UHF or VHF radio activation system. Either one way or 2 way activation. So you can use DTMF, Two-tone sequencial. Or 2 way, either 2 way DTMF or FSK. These are also available for the firehouse sirens, but you can also add Plectron or trunking system activation. So far that is the only main difference I see.
gman 1 wrote:Just like the omni alert. They are in a way re-branding their own product
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:02 pm
by dclarkct
shodowhater wrote:Calling Dennis Clark, calling Dennis Clark...
I'm sure there's some difference. Notice how they cut off at the 4-cell.
The Omni Alert Sirens are tone only and come with no options (other than radio of course).
The Fire House is the Omni Alert with the addition of the Auxiliary control board. This adds wired inputs for contact closures to activate the tones.
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 8:46 pm
by shodowhater
dclarkct wrote:shodowhater wrote:Calling Dennis Clark, calling Dennis Clark...
I'm sure there's some difference. Notice how they cut off at the 4-cell.
The Omni Alert Sirens are tone only and come with no options (other than radio of course).
The Fire House is the Omni Alert with the addition of the Auxiliary control board. This adds wired inputs for contact closures to activate the tones.
Ahhhhh okay, got it. Thanks.
Re: Whelen Firehouse series sirens
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 12:42 am
by MARSsirenfan
So i know Whelens can be tripped in multiple ways, but can they be tripped by pagers/motorola scanners? I would imagine the firehouse series would be able to be, and also I love the rebranding of the Omni alert 1-4's xD