By enabling multiple buildings and scores of panels to be controlled from a central graphic command center, the TrueSite system can provide an outstanding life-safety information management solution in commercial facilities, hospitals, colleges, hotels, airports and other similarly challenging locations.
SimplexGrinnell is highlighting the TrueSite Workstation as part of its “History of Forward Thinking” theme at this week’s NFPA World Safety Conference & Exposition in Boston.
UL-listed and FM-approved, the TrueSite system can help accelerate emergency response and control training costs with its intuitive graphical user interface and custom, event-specific operator instructions. The quick access to information and customizable menus can improve operational efficiency, and the forward/backward compatibility built into the TrueSite technology for the Simplex product line protects customer investments in life-safety systems infrastructure.
“In today’s complex multi-building, high-rise and campus environments, life safety is a top-of-mind concern,” says John Haynes, Director of Product Line Marketing. “The protection of people, property and assets can hinge on the ability to quickly respond to an emergency and effectively manage system information from a single location. The TrueSite system meets these challenges with power, flexibility, survivability and ease of use.”
Exceptional Power for Centralized Life-Safety Management
The TrueSite workstation, a PC-based graphical command center that runs on Microsoft Windows XP, can seamlessly accept and process information from literally thousands of detectors, notification appliances and other network devices. The system’s power is evident in its ability to:
- Monitor and control up to 50,000 fire alarm devices
- Support four network loops and as many as 396 panels
- Monitor any control panel using agency-listed digital alarm communicators
- Hold a history log containing 500,000 events
The TrueSite system’s other key features and benefits include:
Seamless integration: Using its Digital Alarm Communication Receiver (DACR) interface, the TrueSite system can accept alarm information from virtually any control panel. This enables TrueSite to tie together, in an integrated solution, control panels from other vendors as well panels in remote locations that cannot be networked.
Accelerated emergency response: In an emergency, the TrueSite workstation receives incoming data from system devices and then automatically provides operators with color-coded action messages, detailed, easy-to-read site and floor plans, and step-by-step instructions on how to respond to the specific condition. In addition, the TrueSite technology supports dual-screen monitoring and dockable windows. These features allow simultaneous display of graphical and textual alarm data, giving system operators added ability to quickly assess and control what’s happening with the network.
Survivability: Unlike some other systems, the TrueSite workstation operates as an actual node on the network. This architecture has the advantage of providing true peer-to-peer linkage with all panels on the network, thereby fortifying the TrueSite system’s ability to continue operations even if a catastrophic event cripples other parts of the network.
High-resolution color graphics: The TrueSite workstation can import graphic building site plans and graphically display fire, emergency, supervisory and trouble conditions occurring along the network. Pan and zoom technology makes it easy to zero in on a specific point of interest, helping to meet unique customer applications and fulfill market-specific requirements.
About SimplexGrinnell
SimplexGrinnell, a business of Tyco Fire & Security, provides a comprehensive array of fire alarm, fire sprinkler, fire suppression, integrated security and sound and healthcare communications systems and services. With two million customers, 150 local offices, and over 200 years of history in the fire business, SimplexGrinnell is the leader in fire and life safety. For additional information, visit
www.simplexgrinnell.com.
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