Getting started

The 

BlackBerry AtHoc

 management system uses the 

IIM

 add-on module interface with Giant Voice (GV) outdoor warning devices to enable wide area Mass Notification System (MNS) broadcasts. Giant Voice features can broadcast critical information using voice messages, wave files, musical tones, or text-to-speech (TTS) conversion. This guide describes the 

AtHoc

 interoperability using the 

AtHoc

 

IP Integration Module (IIM)

 utilizing the OASIS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.2 standard. This ability via non-IP means, will combine the 

AtHoc

 network-centric enterprise alerting capabilities with 

SiRcom

 Giant Voice notification systems, while integrating over non IP interfaces.

After the 

BlackBerry AtHoc

 management system is integrated with the 

SiRcom

 Giant Voice System, operators can disseminate emergency alerts to the siren system from the 

BlackBerry AtHoc

 management console. Alert messages can be delivered using key functions programmed in the 

SiRcom

 Giant Voice hardware or software, text-to-speech or pre-recorded audio files to dynamically selected targets. Targeting choices are All Poles simultaneously, individual Zones of poles, and Poles.

 The 

BlackBerry AtHoc

 integration with 

SiRcom

 voice notification systems provides the following capabilities: