Safety & Security
Innovation of multi-sensor alarms continues with new product range
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nnovation continues for Aico, the European Market Leader in Home Life Safety, as they launch two new products, the Ei660i
and Ei660iRF multi-sensor fire alarms. Tese brand-new additions to Aico’s 600 Series, boast all of the benefits of their award-winning multi-sensor fire alarm in a self-contained battery-powered unit.
With Aico striving to deliver products that align with their customers’ requirements, the Ei660i and Ei660iRF were developed to fulfil the need of a battery-powered multi-sensor fire alarm within their product range.
Te products are a complementary addition to the multi-sensors within Aico’s mains-powered 3000 Series, and include the same technologically advanced heat and optical smoke sensors to offer total fire protection, with an increased resistance to false alarms.
Michael Wright, Product Development Manager at Aico comments: “Our new Ei660i and Ei660iRF models continue our innovation of multi-sensor alarms across our product range. Te lithium battery-powered alarms complement our existing 3000 Series mains-powered multi- sensor alarms and provide users with improved
Te new products have a range of additional benefits, including built-in dust compensation technology. Te unique self-monitoring dust compensation mechanism allows the alarm to tolerate up to twice as much dust contamination than a conventional optical alarm. Te optical sensor chamber continually self-monitors minute changes in dust levels, automatically recalibrating the alarm’s trigger point when necessary to reduce false alarms.
Both the Ei660i and Ei660iRF also include Aico’s award-winning AudioLINK+ technology, making it simple to get real-time data directly from the alarm head via a mobile app, reporting on information such as activations, sensor status and record of testing. To find out more about the Ei660i and Ei660iRF, please visit the website.
fire response and reduced risk of false alarms. We’re delighted to be able to launch the products as part of our new 600 Series and provide users with our proven and award-winning multi-sensor technology across both mains and battery- powered alarm series.”
Te Ei660i is a stand-alone device, while the Ei660iRF includes built-in RadioLINK+ technology, offering wireless interconnection with compatible Aico alarms via radio frequency.
Residential living: GSM technology powers highly customised, secure and effective door entry
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he Great Northern Tower is an impressive 72-metre (236 ſt) high-rise tower block tailor made for residential living. With 25
floors, it’s home to 287 self-contained apartments in the heart of Manchester. An effective door entry system plays a critical role in convenient, secure and flexible access control as well as the safety and wellbeing of residents. Te tower block has a concierge service too that also requires specific authorisation for entry into and exit out of the building. Te building was completed in 2007 and fitted
with a door entry system that, 15 years later, was hugely outdated and causing issues for entry into the tower block by residents, visitors and for concierge use too. Te existing system was very complicated,
and visitors had to look up a flat number on the system and then get a three-digit code to dial. Tis oſten led to people, from visiting friends and family to tradespeople and delivery drivers, dialling the wrong apartments and calling the wrong people. Tere also needed to be a specific concierge function on the system that could alert the main reception desk of a tradesperson coming to visit, or a parcel being delivered, for a resident who wasn’t home. Replacing the system with a bespoke solution but retaining the existing access control fob reader
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aspect, all fitted within a glass wall, was highly complex. Installer Access Ability UK Ltd opted to fit a Videx 4G GSM system that was highly customised, integrated perfectly with the existing fob reader but solved the key entry challenges residents and the concierge team were facing. Barry Kimber, a director at Access Ability UK
Ltd, said: “By installing a GSM intercom system with a VX2200 panel it meant residents could receive notification of someone at the entrance straight to their phone, whether they were home or not. For example, they could be on holiday or
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at work but receive a call to say a delivery had arrived, grant entry to the courier driver who can leave the parcel with concierge for safe keeping until the resident returns.” “Te GSM powered intercom system also
enables the concierge team to authorise entry for visitors to deliver parcels or fix appliances for example, when the resident is away. Conveniently, the intercom is very easy to adapt and modify and the concierge team can programme the system both locally and remotely when flat residence changes as people move into and out of the tower block.” Alongside the GSM technology, Videx also
supplied a highly customised entry panel that was not only specifically manufactured for Te Great Northern Tower, to sit within a very difficult- to-navigate glass wall, and feature the existing third-party access control reader, but also carried bespoke engraving too. For example, the block numbers are clearly identified as well as the concierge service button. Te Videx 4G GSM system is extremely
flexible and provides the utmost convenience and security to users. Programming can be done via apps, text messages and PC soſtware both local and remotely.
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