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Wire an Intercom to a Blue Light Tower
Wire an Intercom to a Blue Light Tower

Wire your TD52 or TD53 into a bluelight emergency phone tower

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The TD52 and TD53 can be used as an emergency phone on blue light poles or wall-mounted emergency stations. These poles and wall mounts generally include strobe lights, which should activate during a call.


Installation

This guide includes wiring instructions for a GC31-E cellular gateway and a context camera. In this setup, the GC31-E bridges the LAN, intercom, and context camera. If the LAN fails, the gateway automatically switches to LTE, ensuring continued operation.

TD53

Deployment with GC31-E

  1. Wire the control leads for the blue light strobe into Output 2 (on the back of the intercom).

    Note: Output 2 is automatically configured to trigger during a call when the intercom is configured as an emergency phone. See Configure your Intercom as an Emergency Phone for more information.

  2. Wire Ethernet from the intercom Ethernet port to one of the two GC31-E LAN ports.

  3. Wire Ethernet from the camera into the unused GC31-E LAN ports.

  4. Wire the WAN port of the GC31-E into the network.

Deployment without GC31-E

  1. Wire the control leads for the blue light strobe into Output 2 (on the back of the intercom).

    Note: Output 2 is automatically configured to trigger during a call when the intercom is configured as an emergency phone. See Configure your Intercom as an Emergency Phone for more information.

  2. Wire Ethernet from the intercom Ethernet port into the network.

  3. Wire Ethernet from the camera into the network.

TD52

Deployment with GC31-E

  1. Wire the control leads for the blue light strobe into Output 1 (on the back of the intercom).

    Note: Output 1 is automatically configured to trigger during a call when the intercom is configured as an emergency phone. See Configure your Intercom as an Emergency Phone for more information.

  2. Wire Ethernet from the intercom Ethernet port to one of the two GC31-E LAN ports.

  3. Wire Ethernet from the camera into the unused GC31-E LAN ports.

  4. Wire the WAN port of the GC31-E into the network.

Deployment without GC31-E

  1. Wire the control leads for the blue light strobe into Output 1 (on the back of the intercom).

    Note: Output 1 is automatically configured to trigger during a call when the intercom is configured as an emergency phone. See Configure your Intercom as an Emergency Phone for more information.

  2. Wire Ethernet from the intercom Ethernet port into the network.

  3. Wire Ethernet from the camera into the network.


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