Visual Console for eSeries (eVC) is a graphical user interface for emergency notification, public address and intercom applications. Facility floor plans along with icons representing operations and stations are displayed on a PC screen. Users select stations and zones and activate operations by clicking corresponding icons. Operations include: background music, routine and emergency intercom calls; Privacy; DND; live pages; message waiting; volume control; and emergency announcements including audio, coded and scrolling messages, strobe and siren activation, SMS, email and PC pop-up message notification. Integration with video provides the ability to view live streams from IP Cameras in conjunction with intercom operation.