04/21/2022 Bell Test (Simplex 4100ES)

If this place looks somewhat familiar, it should. I helped inspect and test this school building last year. Unfortunately, of the numerous issues that were found last year, only two issues ended up getting fixed, and those were the display on the 4100ES on the first floor, and the 4603-9101 annunciator in the janitor's lounge. The outdoor horn/strobe you see at :26 is still non-functional, all of the device descriptions that were wrong last year are still incorrect, we still had trouble locating devices, some devices were still covered/bagged, and the pool area had some issues with pull stations. The third floor renovations are finally completed, so we were able to inspect those areas finally, and the first floor renovations are also complete so there were some changes there as well (moved/removed NAC boosters and devices). Note the signal seen at 4:25. It appears that it's a horn/strobe, but the cover was replaced with a remote strobe cover, probably because it was too loud for those working in that room. We'll be able to take care of everything except the device description changes, as that's on Simplex since the 4100ES is proprietary.

Anyway, this video is much longer than last year's, as I was assigned to check the first floor and it's rather large. I still had issues with locked doors (I didn't have a set of keys on me), but a lot of these classrooms have two doors and only one is used for entry, so most areas were still checked. I couldn't check all the office areas due to locked doors, but they only have remote strobes in them and because of windows in the doors, I could still see the strobes flashing.

All of that said, enjoy the video!