System, converter and method for wide area distribution of supervised emergency audio
A wide area fire safety and detection system is disclosed. The system includes a control node configured to execute a first detection routine, wherein the control node has a network interface, and an amplifier having an audio output, wherein the amplifier is configured to communicate the audio output to a plurality of fire safety nodes. The system further includes a remote node in communication with the control node, wherein the remote node has a network interface configured for communication with at least the network interface of the control node, and an audio converter configured to receive the audio output and generated a converted audio output, wherein the converted out is compatible with a microphone input.
1. A wide area fire safety and detection system comprising:
a control node configured to execute a first detection routine, wherein
the control node comprises:
a network interface; and
an amplifier having an audio output, wherein the amplifier is configured to communicate the audio output to a plurality of fire safety nodes;
a remote node in communication with the control node, wherein the
remote node comprises:
a network interface configured for communication with at least the network interface of the control node;
an audio converter configured to receive the audio output and generate a converted audio output, wherein the converted output is compatible with a microphone input.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fire safety nodes are selected from the group consisting of: microphones, fire detectors, fire alarms and fire indicators.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the amplifier includes a first amp configured to generate a first audio output and a second amplifier configured to generate a second audio output.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the audio converter is configured to receive the first and second audio outputs to generate the converted audio output.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the amplifier is selected from the group consisting of: a 30-Watt amplifier, a 40-Watt amplifier and a 180-Watt amplifier.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network interfaces are configured to communicate status information related to the audio converter between the remote node and the control node.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the audio converter is configured to convert the audio output from a first output format to a second output format.
8. An audio converter comprising:
a first audio input configured to receive a first audio output from a first amplifier;
a second audio input configured to receive a second audio output from a second amplifier;
an audio converter module configured to convert the first audio output from a first audio format to a second audio format and configured to convert the second audio output from a third audio format to the second audio format; and
an audio output configured to communicate a third audio output in the second audio format to a microphone input.
9. A method of audio communication comprising:
receiving a first audio input provided by a first audio output of a first amplifier;
receiving a second audio input provided by a second audio output of a second amplifier;
converting the first audio output from a first audio format to a second audio format; and
converting the second audio output from a third audio format to the second audio format; and
communicating a third audio output in the second audio format to a microphone input.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising: communicating control information via a network communication module.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the control information includes information selected from the groups consisting of: alarm information, status information, and maintenance information.