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Commander® On-Premises Siren Control and Monitoring System
System Control
- Integration with Giant Voice systems for wide-area public alerts
- Supports both PC and server-based deployments
- Scalable architecture controlling hundreds of sirens
- Centralized control of municipal, county, and state siren systems
User Access & Interface
- Customizable user interface tailored to your operational needs
- Optional CommanderAssist custom user interface
- Optional CommanderOne app and web-based control for remote access
- Up to 50 HotKeys
Communication Compatibility
- Supports analog, digital (P25/Tetra), IP, cellular, satellite, and landline communication protocols
- Modbus® compatible for industrial integration
- Dual Network Operation
Security
- Secure communications with 128-bit and AES-256 encryption
- Time-based encryption for enhanced data protection
Features
Commander® Siren Control and Monitoring System offers secure activation and status monitoring for a wide range of alert and notification systems. From Giant Voice, mechanical, or intelligent siren systems, Commander is engineered to control, monitor, and integrate your entire warning infrastructure.
The intuitive activation interface allows administrators to configure up to 50 programmable on-screen HotKeys as well as hundreds of additional templates. Each HotKey or template can trigger specific sirens, zones, or the entire system, and can be customized to send simultaneous text or email messages via Federal Signal CommanderOne®— ensuring comprehensive and coordinated alerts.
Now integrated with Commander, CommanderIP is a next-generation communications service designed to manage all IP communications for our devices, including the UltraVoice®, Informer and DCFC Series sirens. CommanderIP provides a unified interface that combines siren control and IP communications, supporting truly simultaneous communication paths. Additionally, the CommanderIP service offers backward compatibility with older sirens that previously utilized the SmartMsg™ communications platform.
Further extend Commander’s functionality with CommanderOne for automatic weather activation, lightning alerting, email and SMS alerting and CommanderAssist® for customized interfaces to make emergency notification simple.
Software Requirements
| Recommended | Notes | |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Professional | Server Operating System Recommended |
| Software | Microsoft .NET Framework 4 | |
| CPU/Speed | Intel Xeon (for Server OS) or Intel i5 3.3 GHz or higher | |
| Memory (RAM) | 16 GB or higher | |
| Hard Drive | 20 GB or higher | Solid State (SSD) Recommended. |
| Optical Drive | DVD+RW, DVD-RW drive | For software installation/optional backup. |
| Network Adapter | 100/1000 Mb Network Interface Card | |
| Video/Monitor | HD 1920x1080 | A widescreen HD monitor/video card is recommended for CommanderAssist applications. |
| Sound Card | Simple Stereo Sound Card | Required for local servers initiating text-to-speech audio to convert text to speech for radio devices. |
| I/O | RS-232 Serial Port | Required for local server to SS2000 interface to radio or direct serial interface to digital radios. Not required for 100% IP-based siren systems. |
| I/O | Two PCIe Slots | Required for optional GPS time synchronization card and/or optional I/O card. |
| I/O | Four (4) USB 3.0 ports | For use with externally powered speakers, mouse, and keyboard. |
| Power | AC Surge Suppression Device or Uninterruptible Power Supply | UPS recommended |
CommanderOne Prerequisites:
- Commander version 15.9.0.15 or higher.
- Internet access at all Central Control Units.
- Static Address assigned to on-premise Commander.
- Required network ports: 80, 443 outbound to commanderone.net.
SKU Specifications
| SKU | Description |
|---|---|
| SFCD-IP | Commander P25 License Key |
| SFCD-A | CommanderAssist |
| SFCD-512 | Commander Premise 512 RTU |
| SFCD-255 | Commander Premise 255 RTU |
| SFCD-25 | Commander Premise 25 RTU |
| SFCD-10 | Commander Premise 10 RTU |
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