SFCD: Federal Commander Digital System - Federal Signal

Record Checkbox
Federal Commander Digital System
If the Record checkbox is checked, the Intercom Talk and Listen Chat session will be recorded
until the Intercom session is ended by pressing the End Call button. The Informer-IP individual
configuration settings determine if and when the Intercom Chat session can be recorded.
Recordings are stored in a wavefile in the AudioCapture subdirectory within the Commander
program directory.
Selecting an Informer Device
An Informer must be selected within the Device Listbox in the Graphical User Interface (GUI) to
begin a Call, Configure, or view the current status of the device. The devices can be selected by
clicking on the row in the list box containing the Informer or by clicking the Select All button. If the
row is double clicked, the Status Detail screen for the device will be displayed.
The devices that show in the listbox can be selected by the Show All Devices button and the
Show Call Requests button located on top of the listbox. The devices can be sorted within the
listbox by clicking on the top of each column to sort by Status, Unit ID, or Unit Name.
Talk Button
The Talk button initiates an Intercom Chat session and allows the EOC operator to send live
voice announcements using a PC microphone. One or more Informers must be selected to talk
to by clicking on the row in the list box containing the desired Informer. The Talk button will
change to a Listen button that can be pressed to allow the EOC operator to listen to the local
microphone in the Informer. Since only one Informer can be listed to at a time, listen will not be
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