Fire alarm tape ‘Cartrette’

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  @grayholiday · 2 years ago

  I know puppets aren't appropriate for EVERY video, but thank you so much for including them this time.

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  @AttilaTheHun333333 · 2 years ago

  "This is a drill" made my whole day.

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  @pubsub9832 · 2 years ago

  The drill bit may be my favorite of all time. You are truly never lacking Mat!

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  @ltsradio · 2 years ago

  Congrats on being the proud owner of two Simplex 2001-6046 tape players.<br>These were used in the 2001, 2100, and early 2120 series fire alarm control panels<br>They were later replaced by a digital version that was a plug and play replacement<br>for the cassette version you have now.<br>To power up the player use pins P1-15 (+24) and P1-13 (0v)<br>The audio will play on the internal speaker if the test switch <br>is selected to the test position. <br>If in the normal position, the audio will output on pin P1-7(350mv ac) <br>and Pin P1-1 (0v)<br>P.S&gt; The newer digital version had the exact same messages as well.<br>Let me know if you want the full pinout to remote control the units by the<br>16 pin P1 connector.<br>Simplex Tech since Aug 1982.

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  @Gappasaurus · 2 years ago

  Was really hoping the actual emergency announcement would say “This is NOT a drill”, and was looking forward to all the things the puppet would point to as NOT being drills 😆

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  @macgybel7951 · 2 years ago

  Best recording of a cordless drill ever!

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• AL

  @Alan_Mac · 2 years ago (edited)

  Weird format, bit of DIY jiggerypokery, muppets and a big dad joke? &nbsp;Top Techmoan in other words.

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  @100SteveB · 2 years ago

  I was so relieved when i realised it was from the US. I say that because one of my first jobs after leaving school here in the UK was working for a company that supplied security equipment to the trade. And one of my least favourite parts of that job was me recording messages onto tape - we used 8 track tapes over here. The tapes were used in auto-diallers which were used with fire and burglar alarm systems.I must have recorded hundreds of them. This was back in the 80&apos;s, just before alarm monitoring companies became more popular for security alarm companies. So the tapes i recorded dialled the emergency services direct. The same tape could then also dial private numbers as needed - to let keyholders know of a problem etc. We supplied equipment to the trade nationwide, so my voice would have been heard by 999 operators all over the country whenever one of these auto-diallers was triggered. That was nearly 40 years ago now, so hopefully none survive now!

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  @martinlunsford1077 · 6 months ago

  I have heard the &quot;Attention, Attention, Attention&quot; announcement about 10,000 times. I was hired by Simplex in 1988 and I still work for them (it&apos;s now JCI). The Simplex 2001 fire alarm control panel was an engineering marvel for its time.

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  @voltare2amstereo · 2 years ago

  waited for a &quot;this is not a drill&quot; with a hammer or something but it wasnt to be

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  @sausage5849 · 2 years ago

  Cool to see the Mattpets make an appearance again!

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  @rogerlundstrom6926 · 2 years ago

  I can hear the salespitch now.. &quot;... and in case of a fire, this tape.. will melt... &quot;

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