Certification of voice alarm control and indicating equipment (VACIE) and its components to EN 54-16 and EN 54-4

Is certification for voice alarm control and indicating equipment (VACIE) to EN 54-16 and EN 54-4 required in Europe? What are the components of VACIE and can these be certified individually?

The explanatory document at hand was produced in response to such questions and is directed towards manufacturers, planners, installers and operators that are concerned with VACIE in buildings.

The explanations are intended in particular as a source of information on why the use of individual components (such as amplifiers) to “upgrade” existing voice alarm control and indicating equipment from other manufacturers, and marketing of these components for this purpose, is not permissible in cases where the amplifiers concerned have been tested only as part of a “laboratory system”, and not as part of the VACIE in which their use is intended. Attention is also drawn to the legal risks of such an approach.

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