March 8, 2012
Potter Electric Signal Co. of St. Louis has expanded its PFC Series line of IP-based addressable fire alarm panels to include advanced technology, such as system-wide synchronization, Ethernet connection and E-mail communication capability.
February 27, 2012
Fike of Blue Springs, Mo., announces the addition of a new Remote Power Supply (RPS) to complement its existing line of fire alarm and detection and control solutions.
December 29, 2011
Silent Knight by Honeywell of Northford, Conn., has upgraded the IntelliKnight 5600, a 25-point fire alarm control panel, to simplify installation and operation.
November 28, 2011
Silent Knight by Honeywell of Northford, Conn., introduces the Farenhyt IFP-NET-3, a fire alarm monitoring system designed to simplify the management and maintenance of multiple fire alarms and speed response to emergency events.
October 17, 2011
Honeywell Fire Systems of Northford, Conn., releases the IPGSM-DP fire alarm communicator that offers a choice of either IP or GSM (global system for mobile communications) cellular as its primary communications pathway.
July 15, 2011
Voltage drop is critical to the proper operation of devices attached to a fire alarm system. Nowhere is this as true as with notification appliance circuits (NACs) that connect to a fire alarm control panel. Seven steps show how to do the calculations.
May 11, 2011
Potter Electric Signal Co. of St. Louis releases the PFC Series, IP-based addressable fire panels with a full complement of modules, detectors, notification devices and voice evacuation systems.
May 4, 2011
An installing security contractor advises Sony Pictures Studios to implement a wireless solution to replace the hugely inefficient hardwired heat detection in its famed sound stages. Success and first-class customer service fosters a lasting relationship ...
May 4, 2011
Edwards of Bradenton, Fla., a unit of UTC Fire & Security, introduces the Vigilant VM Series life safety control panels for mid- to large-sized applications.
May 3, 2011
NAPCO Security Technologies of Amityville, N.Y., introduces the Gemini commercial fire/burglary combination panel, which supports analog, addressable, commercial wireless and conventional 12V devices and is scalable from 32 to 255 points.
April 6, 2011
The upgraded MS-9200UDLS and MS-9050UD fire alarm control panels by Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell of Northford, Conn., are designed with installer-requested features to reduce installation/maintenance time.
March 17, 2011
Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell announces its addressable and conventional fire alarm control panels have achieved Int'l Building Code (IBC) seismic certification ...
June 1, 2010
Veteran installers will undoubtedly remember when fire alarm panels worked almost exclusively by relay technology. As technicians, we encounter relays every day in the field on alarm panel motherboards, smoke detectors, addressable heat sensors and a host of other devices.
May 19, 2010
Northford, Conn.-based Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell releases the Relay Option Module Enclosure (ROME), designed to enable the control of building systems such as fans, dampers and elevators during emergencies.
May 12, 2010
Hochiki America Corp., of Buena Park, Calif., releases the FireNET Plus, a UL 894-Listed analog addressable control panel.
February 2, 2010
St. Louis-based Potter Electric Signal Co. has designed six- and 10-amp power supplies with built-in sync generation for Potter/Amseco, System Sensor, Gentex and Wheelock notification appliances. The product includes patent-pending Quadrasync technology, which allows the user to synchronize any input type with multiple output circuits of different sync protocols and all of the strobes will flash together.
December 30, 2009
The Minnesota Humane Society has received a fire alarm and installation donation from Silent Knight and Mankato, Minn.-based security and life safety integrator Spectrum Systems to help protect animals at its regional pet center.
December 21, 2009
Amityville, N.Y.-based NAPCO Security Technologies Inc. debuts its new commercial platform, including GEM-C commercial burglary and combination burglary/fire and Firewolf 24V addressable systems.
December 1, 2009
The FPD-7024 fire panel from Bosch Security Systems of Fairport, N.Y., along with many other impressive features, is IP network compatible with the addition of the DX4020 network module.
October 5, 2009
NOTIFIER of Northford, Conn., releases its high-speed NOTI-FIRE-NET fire alarm network, which operates nearly 40 times faster than its standard network platform while supporting twice as many nodes, according to the company.