Global intelligent fire systems leader Advanced has recently launched a new device that makes its market-leading networking more flexible and configurable than ever.
The PENN (Peripheral Expansion Network Node) is a new card and network node that allows Advanced's range of peripheral input and output cards to be placed anywhere on the network, and up to 1.5km from the nearest fire panel or next PENN node.
Up to 32 peripheral cards – covering everything from input, interface and i/o cards to relay, sounder, LED and switch cards – can be attached to a PENN, and 199 PENNs can be added to a network. This means over 6,000 peripheral cards can be placed almost anywhere around the network.
The PENN adds to the flexibility of Advanced's fire panel offering. Previously, peripheral cards had to be connected to a fire panel's P-BUS (they still can be) and limited to 10m from the panel.
Aston Bowles, head of marketing at Advanced, said: "Advanced's ease-of-use and the power and resilience of its networking are already well understood and admired. The PENN provides our customers with more freedom, even simpler installation, and configuration that improves performance and reduces installation costs”.
"Freeing the peripheral cards from the panel is a good idea, but the creative ways our customers are using the PENN and peripheral cards to solve installation and configuration challenges is genuinely surprising, and we're seeing it used on all manner and sizes of projects."
The PENN is currently compatible with Advanced'sMxPro multiprotocol panels and Axis EN fire systems.
For more details please contact Reji Mathew, India Business Manager who is based in Bengaluru on M: +91 98802 80326, E-mail: rmathew@advancedco.comand also visit www.advancedco.com or http://halma.in/companies/advanced/
About Advanced:
Advanced is a world leader in the development and manufacture of intelligent fire systems. The legendary performance, quality and ease-of-use of its products sees them used in prestigious and challenging locations all over the world, from single panel installations to large multi-site networks. Advanced's products include complete fire detection systems, multi-protocol fire panels, extinguishing control and fire paging systems. The company is a subsidiary of Halma plc.
About Halma:
Halma, the leading safety, health and environmental technology group is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has around 5800 employees in nearly 50 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as energy, manufacturing, healthcare, water and waste treatment, construction and transport. Halma has an office in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Vadodara and Thanjavur.
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