Level 2 specification
NR/L2/TEL/30121
Specification for the Maintenance of Recorded Announcement Equipment (formerly NR/WI/TEL/30121)
Issue 2, March 2009
Maintenance specification for station recorded (automatic) announcement equipment: maintainer duties in public areas and a yearly service covering test announcements, panel buttons and LEDs, microphone priority, cabling, fans and filters, cleaning and logging.
Clause map — what each clause deals with
| 1 | Purpose | Sets out a routine inspection regime for telecoms maintainers looking after recorded announcement equipment, aiming to catch wear and defects before they cause service failures |
| 2 | Scope | Covers anyone maintaining recorded announcement equipment used by Network Rail or the Station Facilities Operator (SFO) |
| 3 | Definitions (in addition to those defined in NR/L2/TEL/31002) | Short list of abbreviations (LED, SFO); other terms come from the parent telecoms maintenance standard NR/L2/TEL/31002 |
| 4 | Responsibilities | Maintainer must avoid disturbing safety-related or in-use equipment without user agreement, protect the public in station areas, avoid peak hours, and report defects via fault control |
| Appendix A | Maintenance of Recorded Announcement Equipment | Yearly Service A: test sample train announcements (warning passengers it is a test), panel buttons and LEDs, microphone priority where fitted, cabling, fans and filters, clean, then label and log |