UPDATE on ANSI/UL 2572

MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS

SUPDET
February 2013

Larry Shudak
Principal Engineer
Life Safety and Security
UL LLC

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ANSI/UL 2572
Published October 2011 (First
Ed).
Equipment Standard
Conjunction with NFPA 72
Individual products used in
combination with other
appliances to form MNS
ANSI consensus process

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InBuilding

MNS

Wide
Area

Distributed
Recipient

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Specific areas addressed include:

Construction
Product marking
Installation wiring diagram/instructions
Testing related to assessing the risk of fire and shock hazards
- Leakage Current Measurements
- Communication Circuit Overvoltage

Testing related to assessing reliability and performance

- Code driven: Variable Voltage and Ambients/Humidity NFPA 72 2010 10.14.1
- Industry driven: Electrical Transients; Endurance/Overload; Component Temps

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Operational Performance
Based upon NFPA 72
- NFPA 72 2010 24.4.1.5.6

Manual controls shall be arranged to provide visible indication at that

location.
Complement NFPA 72
- NFPA 72 2010 24.4.3.4.11.1

Communication links shall minimize the potential for interference from

jamming, spoofing, hacking, eavesdropping or other malicious acts.

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Operational Performance
Security and Data Protection
- Communication security, levels 0 3
- Stored Data security, levels 0 2
- Access control security, levels 0 3
- Physical security, levels 0 3
- Audit control, levels 0 3

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Coordinating with in-building fire alarm signals:

Priorities

Conflicting/overlapping signals

Interfaces

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Interfaces:
Communicate trouble conditions
Communicate respective system active conditions
Control commands and information
Electrical isolation, where required
Standardized ratings and operation
Classified by one or more technical configurations (TC)

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TC1 and 2 - Analog Audio and Standardized Control Interface

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TC3 Proprietary Interface

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TC 4 Isolation Interface

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High Power Speaker Arrays

Control and separate subsystems
Outdoor Environmental Testing
Directivity
Intelligibility
Audibility

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Distributed Recipient Mass Notification Systems (DRMNS)

Control equipment
Types
Premise Based
DRMNS-Hybrid-Premise-Based

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Distributed Recipient Mass Notification Systems (DRMNS)
Modality Types
E-mail
PC Pop-Up
Web Server Delivering Content
Instant Message Clients
Phones
Pagers
Hand-Held Radios
Social Network
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Future Effective Date of April 10, 2015
- Latest date for equipment to transition from previously
published requirements to the First Edition of UL 2572
- Subject 2572, Outline of Investigation for Control and
Communication Units for Mass Notification Systems
Published October 8, 2009.
- Listings found under category PGWM, Mass
Notification Systems Control and Communication
Equipment.
- Certification Directory shows which edition of the
published requirements the product complies.
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Next Steps:
- Review ANSI/UL 2572 with respect to NFPA 72
2013.
- Reassess developing Standard for service
performance of DRMNS provider.
- CAN/ULC-S576, Mass Notification Systems

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