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SYSTEM DESIGN GUIDE
Site Survey
This Site Survey Check List will help to determine the paging system
equipment needed for installations. Photocopy this page and bring it with
you when you visit installation sites.You may need several copies of this chart for
each installation.
Section I – SYSTEM NEEDS concerns the requirements of the entire installation.
Section II – SPECIFIC AREA NEEDS
concerns specific areas within the installation.
I. SYSTEM NEEDS
Note: Installations that contain areas with different style environments or sound
levels may require Section II to be filled out separately for each area.
Be sure to make enough photocopies of this page for this purpose.
a. What Type of Telephone Port Will Be Available for Connection
to the Paging System? (see page 76)
❑
Loop Start
❑
Ground Start
❑
Page Port
❑
Analog Station Port
❑
Other: ____________________
b. How Many MIC Inputs Needed? _______ (see page 66)
c. How Many AUX Inputs Needed? ______ (see page 66)
d. Is Zone Paging Required?
❑
Ye s❑No (see pages 31-35)
If yes, how many zones: _________________
e. Is Talk Back Required?
❑
Ye s❑No (see page 50)
If yes, in individual zones?
❑
Ye s❑No (see pages 32-33)
If yes, system-wide (no zones)?
❑
Ye s❑No (see page 50)
f. Is Group Paging Required?
❑
Ye s❑No (see pages 31-35)
g.
Are Time Tones Needed to Signal Shift Changes?
❑
Ye s ❑No (see page 31-33, 51)
h. How Can Headend Equipment Be Mounted?
❑
Rack ❑Wall ❑Shelf
i. System Features Needed
❑
Aphex™Aural Exciter
❑
Variable Loudness Contour Control
❑
Automatic Level Control (ALC)❑Graphic Equalizer
❑
Bass & Treble Controls
❑
Variable Mute
❑
Automatic Mute
❑
Manual Mute
❑
MOH Output
❑
Night Ringer
j.
Any Technology Preference?
❑
None ❑70V Central Amplifier ❑Self-Amplified 24V Equipment
II. SPECIFIC AREA NEEDS
a. Area Name/Description: _________________________
b. Area Dimensions:
Length __________________ ft. Width ___________________ ft.
Square Footage ___________ sq. ft. Ceiling Height ____________ ft.
c. Ambient Noise Level: ____________ dB
(to estimate, see chart on page 77)
d. Will There Be Large Changes in Ambient Noise Levels in
the Area?
❑
Ye s ❑No (see page 38, 49)
If yes, note range: ____________ dB to ____________ dB
e. Environment:
❑
Office/Professional/Retail Store
❑
Factory/Industrial
❑
Institutional/Remote Public Area ❑Warehouse
❑
Aisles created by high storage racks❑Hallways
❑
Cafeteria/Break Room
❑
Auditorium
❑
Loading Docks/Outdoor Areas
❑
Other: ___________________
f. Where Will the Speakers Be Placed?
❑
Indoors ❑Outdoors
g. How Can the Speakers Be Mounted?
❑
Suspended/Drop Ceiling*
❑
Wall**
❑
Beams, Columns, Other Structures
❑
Ground
* Make note of any changes in surfaces or positions for actual speaker mounting.
** Make note of any changes in wall angles, surfaces, or height.
h. Are Volume Controls Mounted on Each Speaker Needed?
❑
Ye s ❑No
i. Are Wall-Mounted Attenuators Needed for Area’s
Volume Control?
❑
Ye s ❑No (see page 20, 27)
j. Is Feedback Elimination Equipment Needed?
❑
Ye s ❑No
(see page 51)
k. Is Background Music Needed?
❑
Ye s ❑No
If yes, BGM source: (see pages 53-55)
❑
Tuner
❑
Tape Player/Tuners
• Antenna Available for tuners?
❑
Ye s ❑No
❑
CD Player
❑
Other: ___________________
Designing a system and determining an installation’s requirements are
quite simple. After you set up your first system, the steps will appear
logical and soon the process will become routine.
Before you begin designing or quoting a job, you will need some basic
information regarding the site and the end-user’s needs. Use the Site
Survey Check List below to ensure that you collect all the information
you will need to complete the design of the paging system.When you
have completed the check list, create a bill of material for the
equipment you need for the installation’s sound system. Refer to the
Easy Design
™
Guide (pages 5-9), page 67 for 70V systems, or page
69 for 24V systems.
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You will need to bring the following tools with you when you visit the
installation site:
• measuring wheel/tape measure • sound pressure meter
• calculator • Bogen Products catalog
• Photocopies of Site Survey Check List (this page)
Obtain a copy of the floor plan, or create sketches of any areas that
may require special design considerations (high shelving, speaker
mounting locations, exposed beams, amplifier location, etc.).
A successful paging system depends on more than just understanding
the physical requirements of the installation site, it also depends on
knowing which special paging features the user will benefit from and
use on a daily basis.These include zone paging, tone controls, night
ringer, feedback elimination, ambient noise sensors, multiple inputs, etc.
Site Survey Check List