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How do I build an electronic siren control cabinet?
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:32 pm
by Alburnett2T22
In the future, I most likely will start a company that will manufacture sirens, and I need to know how to build a control cabinet like the Federal Signal SiraTone / MC Cabinet or the Whelen cabinets. So I'm saying I need to build cabinet that would have buttons that would play a specific tone, and have an AUX or some sound jack. The most thing I need to know how to build is the sound buttons (Signals / tones interface), What parts do I need to build that, and what do I need to use?
I would like to have the software information too, because I need to have the software to build one.
Re: How do I build an electronic siren control cabinet?
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 5:13 pm
by Chem_Boffin_6589
There's no real way to do what you plan to do. Granted, you can build a cabinet with an amplifier with an AUX jack port in it, but the buttons would have to be put under software control. Programs like Flowol 4 will do that for you if you can find a supported physical interface which you can plug input devices (like a Flowgo and others. They may be hard to find though), like a push button you can set to trigger a tone.
If you think about your idea, it sounds just like ATI's siren control cabinet since they say it can play any tone you want. Really, it's a beefed up MP3 player, which is sort of what you want I presume.
Re: How do I build an electronic siren control cabinet?
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 6:46 pm
by Alburnett2T22
Chem_Boffin_6589 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2017 5:13 pm
There's no real way to do what you plan to do. Granted, you can build a cabinet with an amplifier with an AUX jack port in it, but the buttons would have to be put under software control. Programs like Flowol 4 will do that for you if you can find a supported physical interface which you can plug input devices (like a Flowgo and others. They may be hard to find though), like a push button you can set to trigger a tone.
If you think about your idea, it sounds just like ATI's siren control cabinet since they say it can play any tone you want. Really, it's a beefed up MP3 player, which is sort of what you want I presume.
I would like to know about the softwares too.
Re: How do I build an electronic siren control cabinet?
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 6:53 pm
by Chem_Boffin_6589
Alburnett2T22 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2017 6:46 pm
I would like to know about the softwares too.
Flowol 4, which is the program that will do the job you want to do (it is also the program I am most familiar with) is a flowchart building program that can be used for practical purposes as well as educational purposes. It works in tandem with the FlowGo input/output panel and others like it that and it enables Flowol to receive input signals from switches etc.
Search it up, there's more about it on the interwebs!
Re: How do I build an electronic siren control cabinet?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 3:07 pm
by Grasshopper
I suggest go to school for EET and Software Development. You should be able to learn everything you need to know.