Approved for emergency communications on all vessels instead of expensive sound powered telephones.

The METS II combines the functionality of a generic digital shipboard telephone (for smaller systems) or Multicom shipboard telephone system (for larger systems) while adding Emergency Communications at only the stations and locations that are required. The METS II system utilizes a special Multicom METS telephone stations only in the required emergency locations. These special METS telephones have access to any shipboard telephone, but also have a private common talk line for emergencies.

A METS II system offers all the telephone communication features including paging and intercom capability required for ops normal usage. All METS emergency stations within the system have the ability to dial any phone on the vessel as well as a separate common talk line for emergency communication.

Wherever you would have placed a sound powered telephone in the past — you would instead utilize a METS Emergency Telephone. The other areas of the vessel, you would treat like a normal telephone system with either a feature telephone or a standard analog telephone. The system functions normally as an automatic dial telephone system for daily communication. If an emergency arises, the METS locations now act as your emergency telephone system, similar to the way the old sound powered telephones did.

Benefits

• Can be used as ships telephone system during ops normal.
• Can optionally directly connect to cellular or satellite.
• Because Multicom has specialized in marine electronics for over 15 years, you will be confident in our abilities to deliver a high quality dependable system that will meet all your requirements and will last for many years.

Features

• From 6 to 99 concurrent private talk paths (concurrent communications) depending upon requirements and METS automatic dial telephone capability within the METS system.
• 1 to 99 additional common-talk lines are accessible through programming on some METS I models. These are in addition to the already provided common talk line available at all METS stations.
• Emergency common talk line always available at E phones.
• Approved by U.S.C.G. for sound powered phone replacement.
• Much less expensive than sound powered telephones to purchase and maintain.
• Crystal clear communication - amplified for clarity.
• Integration to public address system or Multicom ICS system.

Modules

Base System Includes all vessel wide public address and general alarm features.

• Satellite / Cellular Module
  Direct communication to shore from your Emergency telephone through satellite, VHF or cellular connection. Communication to shore requires additional communication equipment such as transceiver or satellite dish system. Cellular interconnection may require that you sign up for cellular service through your chosen provider.
• Fire Panel
  (No Integration with METS II, but required on many vessels)

Options

• Standard Telephone Handset
  Available in black only, Phoneset microphone handsets with cradle for all ICS Systems. They are avialable with a push to talk switch on the handset, and a high clarity dynamic noise cancelling microphone for increased clarity. May be permanently attaqched or removable.
  
  PS = Standard Phoneset, PSR = Removable Phoneset, PSPTT = Push To Talk on Handset


• Headset and Microphone
  Full earmuff and boom microphone for completely handsfree use. Connection to ICS station with removeable jack.
  
  HS = Standard Headset, HR = Removeable Headset


• Weatherproof Housing
  For weatherdeck or highly corrosive areas of the vessel where you would want to protect the METS instrument.
  
  WPH = Weatherproof Housing


• Weatherproof Housing Heater
  For areas of the vessel where cold or freezing would make using the METS difficult or where it might damage the equipment due to weather extremes.
  
  WPHH = Weatherproof Housing Heater


• Rotating Beacon
  For visually alerting crew of an incoming call in high noise areas.
  
  RB = Rotating Beacon


• Klaxon or Sounder
  For audibly alerting crew of an incoming call in high noise areas.
  
  EK = Emergency Klaxon, ES = Emergency Sounder