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Overview
Commander® On-Premises Siren Control and Monitoring System provides secure activation and real-time status monitoring for a broad range of alerting infrastructures. Designed to control, monitor and integrate warning systems including Giant Voice, mechanical and intelligent sirens, the platform enables centralized management of municipal, county and state siren networks and can scale to control hundreds of sirens.

Key System Features

• Integration with Giant Voice systems for wide-area public alerts
• Supports PC and server-based deployments
• Scalable architecture capable of controlling hundreds of sirens
• Centralized control for municipal, county and state siren systems

User Access & Interface

• Customizable user interface adapted to operational procedures
• Optional CommanderAssist custom operator interface
• Optional CommanderOne app and web-based control for remote access
• Configurable: up to 50 on-screen programmable HotKeys and hundreds of additional templates

Communication Compatibility

• Supports analog, digital (P25/Tetra), IP, cellular, satellite and landline protocols
• Modbus® compatible for industrial integration
• Dual-network operation and multiple simultaneous communication paths via CommanderIP service

Security

• Secure communications with 128-bit and AES-256 encryption
• Time-based encryption supported for enhanced protection

Software Requirements (summary presented as table rows)
Operating System: Windows 10 Professional; Windows 11; Windows Server 2022; Windows Server 2019
Notes: 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 Drive (SSD) recommended
Optical Drive: DVD+RW, DVD-RW (for software installation/optional backup)
Network Adapter: 100/1000 Mb Network Interface Card
Video/Monitor: HD 1920x1080 — widescreen HD recommended for CommanderAssist applications
Sound Card: Simple stereo sound card (required for local servers initiating text-to-speech audio to radios)
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 fully IP-based siren systems)
I/O: Two PCIe slots (for optional GPS time synchronization card and/or optional I/O card)
I/O: Four (4) USB 3.0 ports (for externally powered speakers, mouse, keyboard)
Power: AC surge suppression device or uninterruptible power supply (UPS) recommended

CommanderOne / Integration Notes
CommanderOne prerequisites: Commander version 15.9.0.15 or higher; Internet access at all Central Control Units; static address assigned to on-premises Commander; required outbound network ports to CommanderOne service: 80 and 443.

Additional Extendable Features

• CommanderIP: next-generation IP communications management supporting UltraVoice®, Informer and DCFC Series sirens and backward compatibility with SmartMsg™-based devices
• CommanderOne support for automatic weather activation, lightning alerting, email and SMS alerting
• CommanderAssist® support for customized operator interfaces

Product Documentation (available types)

• Product literature
• Manuals

Technical specifications

• Product name: Commander® On-Premises Siren Control and Monitoring System
• Model / commercial designation: Commander®
• Manufacturer / Brand: Federal Signal
• Supported communication protocols: analog, P25/Tetra digital, IP, cellular, satellite, landline, Modbus®
• Encryption: 128-bit and AES-256; time-based encryption supported
• Operator interface: customizable UI, optional CommanderAssist, up to 50 HotKeys plus hundreds of templates
• Scalability: supports centralized control of municipal/county/state systems and hundreds of sirens
• Software requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework 4; Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2019/2022 recommended
• Hardware requirements (typical): Intel i5 3.3 GHz or Intel Xeon for server, 16 GB+ RAM, 20 GB+ HDD (SSD recommended), 100/1000 Mb NIC, HD 1920x1080 monitor, stereo sound card
• I/O: RS-232 serial port; two PCIe slots; four USB 3.0 ports
• Power: AC surge suppression device or UPS recommended
• CommanderOne prerequisites: Commander v15.9.0.15+, Internet access at central units, static address for on-premises Commander, outbound ports 80 and 443 to CommanderOne service
• Available SKUs / options (examples): 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)