®
ICM
TxR Unit ICM TxR
Base Station Incident
Command Module and
PC Software
OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
THIS MANUAL MUST BE CAREFULLY READ AND FOLLOWED BY ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE
OR WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INSTALLING OR USING THIS EQUIPMENT. This
equipment will perform as designed only if installed and used according to the instructions. OTHERWISE IT COULD FAIL TO PERFORM AS DESIGNED, AND PERSONS WHO RELY
ON THE AIR MASK COULD SUSTAIN SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH.
The warranties made by MSA with respect to the product are voided if the product is
not installed, used and serviced in accordance with the instructions in this manual.
Please protect yourself and your employees by following the instructions. Please read
and observe the WARNINGS and CAUTIONS inside. For any additional information relative to use or repair, write or call 1-800-MSA-2222 during regular working hours.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi-
tal device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio fr
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by tur
interfer
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a cir
•
er is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Modifications not expressly approved by MSA could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment
ning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
ence by one or more of the following measures:
equency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
ferent from that to which the receiv-
cuit dif
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DESCRIPTION AND REQUIREMENTS
Description of ICM TxR Unit and Base
Station Interface...............................................................2
PC System Requirements..................................................3
Installing the Software........................................................5
Installing the Hardware ......................................................5
Using the ICM TxR Accountability Software .....................7
Starting the MSA ICM TxR Accountability Software .........7
Configuring the SCBA Monitoring Settings .......................7
Monitoring SCBA Using the Base Station .........................9
Getting Started...................................................................9
Using Teams.....................................................................10
SCBA Statistics Display ...................................................10
ICM TXR BASE STATION INCIDENT COMMAND
MODULE (BASE STATION):
This device contains FCC ID:RPN-10069330. This device
has been designed to operate with the antennas listed in
this manual. These antennas have a maximum gain of
3dBi. Antennas not included in this list, or those having a
gain greater than 3dBi, are strictly prohibited for use with
this device. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms.
The external antennas used for this mobile transmitter
must provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from
all persons and must not be co-located or operating in
conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
ICM TXR UNIT
Antenna care
Use only the supplied integral antenna. Unauthorized
antenna modifications, or attachments, could damage the
ICM TxR Unit and may violate U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) r
internal antenna used for this portable transmitter must
not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any
other antenna or transmitter.
RF Exposure
Tests for SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) are conducted
using standard operating positions specified by the FCC
with the ICM TxR Unit transmitting at its highest certified
power level in all tested frequency bands. Although the
SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the
actual SAR level of the ICM TxR Unit during operation
may be well below the maximum value. The ICM TxR Unit
is designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to
use only the power required to reach the network. In general, the closer the ICM TxR Unit is to a wireless base station antenna, the lower the power output. Before an ICM
TxR Unit is available for sale to the pr
be tested and certified by the FCC to ensure that it does
not exceed the limit established by the government
adopted requirement for safe exposure. The tests are performed in positions and locations (e.g., at the ear) as
egulations. The
ofessional, it must
The Evacuation Command...............................................11
PAR Timer ........................................................................12
Loss of Radio Communication.........................................12
Using Multiple Base Stations...........................................12
Incident Report Generation..............................................13
Accountability of Firefighters without Telemetry..............17
ID Tag Writer Function......................................................19
Caring for the Base Station..............................................21
Warranty ...........................................................................25
Quick Reference for the ICM TxR System.......................25
For the Firefighter.............................................................25
For the Incident Commander...........................................25
required by the FCC for each model. While there may be
differences between the SAR levels of various ICM TxR
Units and at various positions, they all meet the government requirement for safe exposure.
HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION FCC
Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals
The wireless ICM TxR Unit is a radio transmitter and
receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed
the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF)
energy set by the Federal Communications Commission
of the U.S. Government. These limits are part of comprehensive guidelines and established permitted levels of RF
energy for the general population. The guidelines are
based on the safety standards previously set by both U.S.
and international standards bodies:
This EUT (Equipment Under Test) has been shown to be
capable of compliance for localized SAR uncontr
environment/general population exposure limits specified
in ANSI/IEEE Std. C95.1-1992 and has been tested in
accordance with the measurement procedures specified in
FCC/OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C (2001) and IEEE Std.
1528-2003 December 2003.
The highest SAR values for the ICM TxR Unit worn on the
body is outlined below:
SAR (1g) = 0.072 W/Kg device with zero Inches (cm) distance
The standards include a substantial safety margin
designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of
age and health. The exposure standard for the wireless
ICM TxR Unit employs a unit of measur
the SAR (Specific Absorption Rate). In the U.S. and
Canada, the SAR limit for ICM TxR Unit used by the public is 1.6 watts/kg (W/kg) averaged over one gram of tis
sue. The standard incorporates a substantial margin of
safety to give additional protection for the public and to
account for any variations within the population.
ement known as
olled
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DESCRIPTION AND REQUIREMENTS
INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from RF
signals. However, certain electronic equipment may not
be shielded against the RF signals from the ICM TxR Unit.
acemakers
P
onsult a physician or the pacemaker manufacturer with
C
ny questions regarding the effect of RF signals on a spe-
a
cific pacemaker. When using a pacemaker, verify that the
device is being used in accordance with the safety
requirements associated with the pacemaker, which might
include the following:
• Always keep the device more than 7 inches (20 cm)
from the pacemaker when the device is turned on.
• Do not carry the device in a breast pocket.
• If any interference is suspected to be taking place, turn
the ICM TxR Unit off immediately.
Hearing aids
Some digital wireless devices may interfere with select
hearing aids. In the event of such interference, consult the
service provider or contact the manufacturer of the hearing aid to discuss alternatives.
Other medical devices
If the user of the ICM TxR Unit is using any other personal
medical device, consult the manufacturer of the device to
determine if the device is adequately shielded from external RF energy. A physician may be able to assist in
obtaining this information.
When an SCBA is pressurized, the ICM TxR Unit is automatically activated. It then waits to receive a signal from
the base station to begin the log-on process. After all of
the initial information has been obtained by the base station from the ICM TxR Unit, the PC software will serve as
a communication link to the firefighter.
D Tags are used with the ICM TxR Units to assign names
I
nd teams to the SCBA. By utilizing ID tags, each fire-
a
ighter can be identified on the PC software screen by
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name and team assignment.
PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Operating System: Windows XP Service Pack 1 or higher
or Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 3 or higher.
Minimum Hardware Requirements:
1 GHz Pentium III processor or equivalent / 256 MB RAM
/ USB 1.1 / 16 MB graphic card (resolution 1024x768
pixel, 256 colors) / 200 MB free disk space.
Optimum Hardware Requirements (Preferred):
1.8 GHz Pentium IV processor or greater / 512 MB RAM /
32 MB AGP graphic card (resolution 1024x768 pixel or
greater, 16.7 Mio colors, 2 RGB or DVI) / 1.5 GB free disk
space.
Remote PC speakers may be required to ensure that the
incident commander is able to hear audible warnings from
the PC.
Health care facilities
Turn the ICM TxR Unit off in health care facilities if any
regulations are posted in these areas prohibiting the use
of such electronic devices. Hospitals or health care facilities may use equipment that could be sensitive to external
RF energy.
The base station is not intrinsically safe. DO NOT use
in hazardous atmosphere environments. Failure to follow this warning can r
or death.
DESCRIPTION OF ICM TXR UNIT AND BASE STATION
INTERFACE
The ICM TxR Unit on the SCBA is designed to communicate with the base station and PC. This system pr
the ability to monitor firefighters from a remote location.
esult in serious personal injur
y
ovides
Follow the PC or notebook computer manufacturer’s
recommendations for exposure to environmental conditions to prevent damage to the system. Failure to do
so may cause system failure and the loss of monitor
ing capability on the PC.
This PC softwar
and tested carefully and conscientiously. Because of
the great variety of hardware and software that exists,
it is not possible to check all applications.
e for the ICM TxR Unit was prepared
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INSTALLATION
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
1. Insert the MSA ICM TxR Accountability software into
the CD drive.
2. The program will begin to install automatically upon
insertion of the CD. If the program does not launch
utomatically, Locate the CD drive (Commonly D:
a
rive) and open the file titled “setup.exe”.
D
. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the
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software installation process.
Note: The software can only be installed by the PC
administrator or by a person that has full read/write
access to the PC. Users of the software must be at least
a “main user” registered with the PC. “Guest” users will
not be able to access the MSA ICM TxR Accountability
software.
INSTALLING THE HARDWARE
Installation of this device requires professional installation. Base station antenna attachment should only
be performed after proper instruction. DO NOT operate the system without the antenna properly attached
to the base station.
se only antennas provided by MSA for use with this
U
ase station. Failure to do so will be in violation of the
b
CC approval of this device. Antenna: P/N 10072527;
F
Magnetic Base: P/N 10072528
3. Connect the USB cable to the port on the left side of
the base station and to an empty USB port on the PC.
Note: Windows may prompt for driver installation when
the base station is first connected to the USB port on the
PC. If this occurs simply follow the steps on the screen.
The drivers are located on the MSA ICM TxR
Accountability software CD.
Note: If the message below appears while installing the
drivers, click “Continue Anyway”. This only indicates that
the drivers used in the MSA Accountability Software are
not registered with Microsoft.
A broken or defective antenna must be replaced by
Note:
a professional installer only.
1. Connect power cord to the left side of the base station and plug it into a DC (12-24 V) vehicle power outlet. (An AC power adapter (P/N 10047342) is also
available. This adapter is designed to connect to a
standard 120V outlet.).
2. Connect the antenna to the base station by thr
the TNC fitting on to the jack on the right side of the
base station.
Note: The base of the antenna has a magnetic platform.
ecommended that it be placed in an area that is
It is r
above the base station and is free from obstruction, such
as the roof of a vehicle.
eading
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this base station. Failure to do so will be in violation
of the FCC approval of this device.
4. The base station has two (2) holes in the housing that
can be used to mount the base station to a wall or
table top.
The base station is not waterproof. Do not mount
base station to exterior of vehicle.
ovided by MSA for use with
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USING THE ICM TXR ACCOUNTABILITY SOFTWARE
Using the ICM TxR Accountability Software
Starting the MSA ICM TxR Accountability Software
1. Locate the icon on the desktop titled “MSA ICM
TxR Accountability”, and open the software program. The program can also be found under Start /
rogram Files / MSA / MSA ICM TxR Accountability.
P
. The software will open to the main screen of the
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ccountability software.
a
Note: Users of the software must be at least a “main
user” registered with the PC. “Guest” users will not be
able to access the MSA ICM TxR Accountability software.
If the icon or the program cannot be located, contact the
PC Administrator.
Configuring the SCBA Monitoring Settings
1. In the menus on the main screen, click SYSTEM, SETTINGS, SETTING SCBA MONITORING
2. The settings window will appear.
been chosen to remain consistent with that of the
heads up display to build consistency within the fire
scene.
• New Person – BLUE
• Cylinder Pressure above 50% - GREEN
• Cylinder Pressure between 25% and 50% ELLOW
Y
Cylinder Pressure below 25% - RED
•
.
g
Allow single evacuation”permits a single fire-
“
fighter to be sent an evacuation command.
3. The default settings are shown in the image above.
“Team strength” refers to the number of firefighters
a.
allowed in a single team. The default is 6 firefight
ers per team.
“Pressure Unit” refers to the unit by which cylinder
b.
pressur
“Icon” allows the selection of the helmet icon that
c.
will appear to r
tored. The default is the “traditional helmet”.
d. The
the PAR (Personnel Accountability Report) reminder
will be displayed during an incident. The default is
15 minutes.
“Remaining time alert” determines the set point
e.
for the r
default is 10 minutes.
“Color” r
f.
fighter. By default, the following color scheme has
e will be displayed. The default is PSI.
epresent each fir
“PAR timer” setting is the time interval in which
emaining time alert pop-up window. The
efers to the cylinder pr
efighter being moni-
essure for each fire-
4. Under the “Alarms” tab, the alarms that will be displayed during an SCBA monitoring session can be
changed. The default settings are shown above.
“Motion Alarm” will alert when the PASS alarm is
a.
activated by a firefighter due to lack of motion. The
default sound will be that of the ICM TxR Unit’s
PASS alarm.
“Temperature alert” refers to the thermal alarm
b.
activated by a firefighter’s ICM Unit. A pop up
warning window can be enabled or disabled by
checking the box next to “Temperature alert”. A
thermometer icon will be displayed in the SCBA
-
statistics window in the event of a thermal alar
any firefighter regardless of this box being checked.
“Low battery alert” will alert when a firefighter’s
c.
ICM TxR Unit has a low battery condition. A pop
up warning window can be enabled or disabled by
checking the box next to “Low battery alert”. A
battery icon will be displayed in the SCBA statistics
window in the event of a low battery alarm for any
firefighter regardless of this box being checked.
“Pressure alarm” will alert when a firefighter has
d.
reached approximately 25% of full cylinder pressure.
The default sound is that of the Audi-Larm™ Audible
Alarm ringing.
“Manual alarm” will alert when the PASS alarm has
e.
been activated manually by a firefighter. The default
sound will be that of the ICM TxR Unit’s PASS
alarm.
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f. “Loss of radio link” will alert when a firefighter’s
ICM TxR Unit has lost radio communication with the
base station. This will occur when the device is out
of range or in an area of poor radio communication.
A pop up warning window can be enabled or disabled by checking the box next to “Loss of radio
ink”. A red X over an antenna icon will be displayed
l
n the SCBA statistics window and next to the fire-
i
ighter’s helmet icon if the ICM TxR Unit loses com-
f
munication with the base station regardless of this
box being checked.
g.
“Supply voltage alert” will alert when the power
supply to the base station has been disconnected
during a monitoring session.
“PAR alert” will alert when the specified PAR time
h.
has been reached during a monitoring session.
“Remaining time alert” will alert when a firefight-
i.
er’s ICM TxR Unit has calculated the remaining time
specified in the white textbox of this window. A
pop up warning window can be enabled or disabled
by checking the box next to “Remaining time alert”.
The time remaining calculated by the ICM TxR Unit
is always displayed in the SCBA statistics window
regardless of this box being checked.
By default, the ICM TxR Unit calculates the remaining
time based on the time to reach 0 PSI. In the ICM Tx
Data Program software, ICM TxR Units can be configured to calculate remaining time based on the time to
reach the low pressure alarm point. Before monitoring
SCBA using this software, be sure of the time remaining calculation that the ICM TxR Unit is using.
a. To review/edit all of the cylinder types available,
double click the open file folder icon in the upper
left portion of this window.
b. To search for a specific type of cylinder, single click
the open file folder . The data fields will highlight
in yellow. Search criteria can be entered at this
time. Click the open file folder icon again after
search text has been entered and all cylinder types
available that meet the search criteria will be displayed.
For example: To search for only 4500 psi cylinders:
1. Click the open file folder icon ONCE.
2. Type 4500 in the “Initial Pressure Field”.
3. Click the open file folder icon ONCE more.
4. A list off all 4500 psi cylinders available for selection
will be displayed.
The sounds associated with each of these alarms
Note:
can be changed under this menu. To assign a new sound
to any of the alarms shown, select an appropriate .wav
file. The .wav file must be renamed to match the alarm
file name specified as the default shown above. For
example, to replace the alarm sound for the motion alarm,
rename the desired .wav file to Sound1.wav before selecting. To replace other sound files, simply rename the
desired .wav file so that it matches the default name
shown for that alarm.
5. Under the “Default cylinder pr
cylinder types and estimated service times can be
edited. These default cylinder types ar
firefighter’s without ICM TxR Units are being accounted for using this PC software. Refer to the
Accountability of Firefighters without Telemetry section
of this manual for additional infor
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essure” tab, the default
e for use when
mation.
Standar
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d cylinder options provided with the software:
c. Select a cylinder pressure rating and breathing rate
for use in estimating service time remaining for firefighters without ICM TxR Units.
“Initial Pressure” describes the maximum working
d.
e of the cylinder.
essur
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“Decrease per minute” describes the rate of pres-
e.
sure decrease per minute that the PC will simulate
efighter without and ICM TxR Unit. The
for a fir
default rates are based on either the NFPA breathing rate (100 LPM) or the NIOSH br
LPM).
f.
“Pressure for 0 minute” describes the pressure
that will be considered to be the end of service for a
efighter without an ICM TxR Unit.
fir
g. To make a particular cylinder type and breathing
eathing rate (40
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rate the default for firefighters without an ICM TxR
Unit, check the box labeled “standard”.
6. After making settings changes, the SAVE icon in
the upper left hand corner
exiting the settings window.
Note: If the save icon is not clicked before closing
the settings window, the changes will not take effect.
7. Close the settings window, the program will then
return to the main screen.
MONITORING SCBA USING THE BASE STATION
Getting Started
1. To begin monitoring SCBAs using the base station
software, click INCIDENT, SCBA MONITORING, SCBA
MONITORING in the main screen of the base station
software.
2. The SCBA monitoring window will appear.
3. Check the status of the base station.
a. The LED labeled “PC Link” will should begin to
alternate from RED to GREEN for approximately 20
seconds. When the “PC Link” LED stops flashing
and remains GREEN, the base station is ready to
begin logging firefighters on to the system.
b. The LED labeled “Power” should be GREEN. If the
“PC Link” light is not GREEN, verify that the base
station is connected pr
4. As firefighters pressurize their SCBA and the ICM TxR
Units are turned on, helmet icons (blue by default) will
appear in the “holding bin” frame of the SCBA monitoring window. The “holding bin” is the white ar
the upper left portion of the window. When the icon
first appears, it displays “Activated” under the helmet
icon. When the firefighter is fully logged on to the system, the helmet icon will change to the color corresponding to the cur
the colors indicating cylinder pressure will correspond
with the colors displayed in the NightFighter HeadsUp Display System receiver.
must be clicked before
operly.
ea in
ent cylinder pressure. By default,
r
Helmet icon in the “holding bin”
5. The full logon process for a given unit is less than 1
minute.
a.
During the log-on process, the PC acquires data
such as name ID, Team assignment, pressure type,
and current pressure from the ICM TxR Unit.
b. During the log-on process the helmet icon may
jump from the “holding bin” into a team automatically if a team ID was assigned to the ICM TxR Unit
using an ID Tag.
c. Refer to the ID Tag Writer Function of this manual
for additional information on team assignments.
6. When the helmet icon changes from blue to a color
corresponding to the cylinder pressure (RED, YELLOW, GREEN by default), the ICM TxR Unit has fully
logged on to the base station. The pressure reading is
the last piece of information that the base station
reads from the ICM TxR Unit before the log on
process is complete. To confirm that a particular unit
has completely logged on to the base station, verify
that the antenna icon in the lower right corner of the
SCBA statistics frame is present.
On the ICM TxR Unit, an antenna icon will be present in
the upper right cor
Note: If the ICM TxR Unit is turned off
before the full log in processes is completed, the cor
remain in the “holding bin” until the SCBA
monitoring window has been closed. For
example, if an ICM TxR Unit is turned on
and has begun to log on to the base station, if this ICM TxR Unit is then turned of
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remain in the “holding bin” even though the ICM TxR Unit
has been turned off. If that ICM TxR Unit is then turned
on again, a new helmet icon will appear and the unit will
begin the log on process again. In this case, even if the
ICM TxR Unit completes the log in process, a “ghost” helmet icon for that unit may remain in the “holding bin” until
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ocess has been completed, a “ghost” icon will
ner of the LCD display
esponding helmet icon will
.
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