As much as I’d love to, first and foremost it’s still a LONG way until it’s 100% finished, the cost of materials is very expensive right now, for both the combined frame structure parts and horns, cost is probably in the neighborhood of close to $8K. That’s also not counting a 7.5 Hp motor for the Blower which that’s about $1100, and then other things like a trailer, generator, and other small miscellaneous parts like the intake tube and the horn mounts. Secondly, when it’s finished, I will more then likely host an event out here in the desert for all who want to come and see it, touch it, and most importantly, hear it roar to life.
first comment here, but im very happy that the model 120 is still douing great and that you got a cabinet. just A W E S O M E . super happy to see it still is in good shape. edit : another comment got processed first, so this is the second comment
TSC stands for technical support center, every nuclear plant has one and during a station emergency it houses emergency response organization personnel (ERO). Chances are that number would route you to a supervisor or a manager in charge of the sirens. Back in the day they were likely landline activated from that facility
That makes sense. These were activated within each jurisdiction’s EOC, so more then likely it would route back there since the lines for both the telephone and activation/monitoring were in the same bundle, just 2 of the pairs were voice lines for the telephone, and the other 2 pairs were likely the data lines. There’s not much information I can find in regards to the manufacturer of the activation/monitoring equipment as Da-Tel Research went out of business about 1.5 decades ago from what it seems. I did find on Wayback archive their website, but can only find documentation about the NIC’s that were mounted in the rack on the door, something called a parallel to serial FS transmitter, serial to parallel FS receiver, and FSK receiver, which were the 3 NIC’s mounted on that rack. Can’t find any information about the actual center console encoder for activation, as well as the main PCB that the incoming line would connect to and then connect to the signal timer, although I do have documentation about each component and part numbers on a Da-Tel sheet, but it seems like it was something FSK based. The Tellabs equipment like the DST and Ledex Loopback were added on in 1994, which the incoming lines were re routed to go through those first before connecting to the main PCB, but I don’t know what those 2 things do either, but my guess they were RTU’s that allowed for further two-way functionality. The Whelen system on the other hand used the same lines, but of course used the standard Whelen 10 digit DTMF protocol transmitted from an E-2010 which would then go into a Modem NIC of some type mounted in a Teltrend/WesTell DAS-295 enclosure, which then a Cat 5 cable would then be terminated into the decoder PCB on the Whelen. And since Whelen’s have their two-way RTU’s already built onto the tone generator PCB, obviously they don’t need all the extra equipment like what the legacy system had. Although I do think the legacy system was one of the first two-way siren systems ever, not sure if it came before ACA CompuLert, but I’m pretty sure it did. On the Archived Da-Tel website, it said the NRC praised the setup for SONGS’s legacy system.
Yes, both were the same enclosure, just the Model 120’s had a different breaker, and the “Siren Control Panel” was configured slightly different like what I did to mine from how it was originally configured for the STL-10. The first 7 locations that went in that indirectly replaced STL-10’s, their cabinets were reconfigured like mine now. I still have to add a time delay to the one contactor, which is a struggle as I cannot find any 14 pin time delay relays that are “power off” delay types.
This has to be the coolest control setup anyone in the community has. Maximum respect my dude!
I hope You Bring it in Sirencon 2024
As much as I’d love to, first and foremost it’s still a LONG way until it’s 100% finished, the cost of materials is very expensive right now, for both the combined frame structure parts and horns, cost is probably in the neighborhood of close to $8K.
That’s also not counting a 7.5 Hp motor for the Blower which that’s about $1100, and then other things like a trailer, generator, and other small miscellaneous parts like the intake tube and the horn mounts.
Secondly, when it’s finished, I will more then likely host an event out here in the desert for all who want to come and see it, touch it, and most importantly, hear it roar to life.
first comment here, but im very happy that the model 120 is still douing great and that you got a cabinet. just A W E S O M E . super happy to see it still is in good shape.
edit : another comment got processed first, so this is the second comment
Awesome! can't wait to see your progress with the Model 120 and the cabinet!
I remember when you first got the cabinet! Looking forward to the future of it!
Very cool! Never knew that Harrington Signal Inc. made siren timers! And yes, you are correct, they make fire alarm equipment.
TSC stands for technical support center, every nuclear plant has one and during a station emergency it houses emergency response organization personnel (ERO). Chances are that number would route you to a supervisor or a manager in charge of the sirens. Back in the day they were likely landline activated from that facility
That makes sense. These were activated within each jurisdiction’s EOC, so more then likely it would route back there since the lines for both the telephone and activation/monitoring were in the same bundle, just 2 of the pairs were voice lines for the telephone, and the other 2 pairs were likely the data lines.
There’s not much information I can find in regards to the manufacturer of the activation/monitoring equipment as Da-Tel Research went out of business about 1.5 decades ago from what it seems.
I did find on Wayback archive their website, but can only find documentation about the NIC’s that were mounted in the rack on the door, something called a parallel to serial FS transmitter, serial to parallel FS receiver, and FSK receiver, which were the 3 NIC’s mounted on that rack.
Can’t find any information about the actual center console encoder for activation, as well as the main PCB that the incoming line would connect to and then connect to the signal timer, although I do have documentation about each component and part numbers on a Da-Tel sheet, but it seems like it was something FSK based.
The Tellabs equipment like the DST and Ledex Loopback were added on in 1994, which the incoming lines were re routed to go through those first before connecting to the main PCB, but I don’t know what those 2 things do either, but my guess they were RTU’s that allowed for further two-way functionality.
The Whelen system on the other hand used the same lines, but of course used the standard Whelen 10 digit DTMF protocol transmitted from an E-2010 which would then go into a Modem NIC of some type mounted in a Teltrend/WesTell DAS-295 enclosure, which then a Cat 5 cable would then be terminated into the decoder PCB on the Whelen. And since Whelen’s have their two-way RTU’s already built onto the tone generator PCB, obviously they don’t need all the extra equipment like what the legacy system had.
Although I do think the legacy system was one of the first two-way siren systems ever, not sure if it came before ACA CompuLert, but I’m pretty sure it did. On the Archived Da-Tel website, it said the NRC praised the setup for SONGS’s legacy system.
Excellent video!!!
LMAO no fuckin way you dragged the whole cabinet back Aaron! 😂😂
Thing was absolutely ridiculous. Popped almost all the tires on the wagon to make matters worse 😂
Aaron is your real name?????@@Duderocks5539
WHAT? YOU ARE BACK?
Awesome man
whats the port ratio for the model 120
Hope you get all the Model 120 parts.
I got a question, did the Model 120s have the same STL-10 cabinets?
Yes, both were the same enclosure, just the Model 120’s had a different breaker, and the “Siren Control Panel” was configured slightly different like what I did to mine from how it was originally configured for the STL-10.
The first 7 locations that went in that indirectly replaced STL-10’s, their cabinets were reconfigured like mine now. I still have to add a time delay to the one contactor, which is a struggle as I cannot find any 14 pin time delay relays that are “power off” delay types.
I apologize if this question has been answered before but are you planning to 3D print the horns of no??
He stated in the video he will have a small business somewhere make the horns and parts for him.
I'd like to know where exactly this control cabinet was.
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