CDMX loudspeaker tests will begin

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On the first Monday of each month, at noon, sound tests will be performed on all loudspeakers distributed in the streets of Mexico City. The first will take place on August 6th.

According to the Command, Control, Computer, Communications and Citizen Contact Center (C5), the purpose is to verify and ensure the proper operation of the speaker system . in the video surveillance cameras of Mexico. "

The capital's government has informed that the tests can be identified because the speakers will indicate, by the voice of a person, that it is a" test " The tests do not provide for the sound of the seismic alert, so if that is understood, it means that he is shaking and that the security protocols and the Civil protection should be applied.

Repair On July 19 of this year, an earthquake of 5.9 degrees of intensity was recorded, with an epicenter in Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, although all Mexico City speakers did not emit seismic warning.

C5, out of the 12,000 354 speakers, a thousand 481 failed.He said that after a series of revisions of the aircraft, he has It was found that 757 was not working due to obsolescence, and that they had to be changed in their entirety; the rest of the speakers are already being repaired and will be ready for the audio test on August 6.

After the July 19 earthquake, C5 owner Idris Rodríguez said that it will take about two to three weeks to repair the loudspeakers, approximately

"What we need to do is corroborate why it did not happen [a sonar] where the error was; if any of the fuse systems was blown, there was a power problem, s & rsquo; There was a link problem, if the amplifier went out, if the speaker had failed, if there was a problem of vandalism in the camera or

The owner of the C5 said that CCTV camera maintenance, which also houses the speakers, is done twice a year, "but there are cameras, that the components are no longer serviceable because the cameras are not there anymore. age is already that of cameras installed since March 2009, I speak of more than 9 years, and components that do not exist t more on the market, so we need to do a complete renovation of the technology, "he warned.