Minitor 5 Alarm Bell Activation

[KB3WIR]

Not quite sure where to put this one, so I put it here. Does anyone know how to do what I want to do? We have Minitor 5 pagers in our county. I was given an old fire alarm bell that I want to use to make a firehouse alert system that when the pager goes off, it sets the alarm off, and turns the gear room lights on at the same time. My question is, how would I be able to achieve this? My budget is $150 "which I figured is more than enough" to achieve what I want to do.

[kb3isq]

Go to eBay and search for minitor under consumer electronics

[SteveC0625]

Originally Posted by KB3WIR

Not quite sure where to put this one, so I put it here. Does anyone know how to do what I want to do? We have Minitor 5 pagers in our county. I was given an old fire alarm bell that I want to use to make a firehouse alert system that when the pager goes off, it sets the alarm off, and turns the gear room lights on at the same time. My question is, how would I be able to achieve this? My budget is $150 "which I figured is more than enough" to achieve what I want to do.

You really need a charger/amplifier for the Minitor V to do this.

In the manual for the charger/amp there is info on the relay contacts that are built into it for this exact purpose.

[ramal121]

Originally Posted by SteveC0625

You really need a charger/amplifier for the Minitor V to do this.

In the manual for the charger/amp there is info on the relay contacts that are built into it for this exact purpose.

Yes, but I guess it should be said. The charger's relay is quite wimpy and you don't want to run heavy loads through it. Fan it out to other relays and let them run the bells and lights. Easy enough to do.

[SteveC0625]

Originally Posted by ramal121

Yes, but I guess it should be said. The charger's relay is quite wimpy and you don't want to run heavy loads through it. Fan it out to other relays and let them run the bells and lights. Easy enough to do.

I suppose I should also mention that the charger/amp is absolutely required for this. The M5 on its own can not trigger relays, etc. The charger/amp has all that circuitry built in.