New from the communication product company Multitone Electronics plc is its EkoSecure product, pictured, for the campus or site wide protection of workers. EkoSecure builds upon the company’s EkoTek staff protection product, featuring a wider coverage area which is the makers say for outdoor and remote locations around any workplace.
Husam Al-karnaz, Solutions Architect at Multitone, said: “EkoSecure is a development of our highly successful EkoTek solution. It widens the coverage area using a mesh network of repeater units, which can be up to 60 metres apart, that extends the protection quickly and efficiently, reducing installation and operational costs.”
Using the mesh network system also adds redundancy mitigation, Husam added: “Using this approach, if there is any failure in the network it can be instantly compensated for, the alarm raised and assistance called for, when a worker is in trouble. Additionally, the handheld EkoSecure device uses a loud audio alarm to direct a response team directly to the incident, which is vital in large areas where pinpointing a precise location can be a challenge.”
EkoSecure pagers offer four types of alarm. Red Button is a single or double press of the button, a call for immediate assistance. Man down alarm is raised after a short period, If the user falls. Snatch alarm is in case the alarm is forcibly taken from the user. And for ‘deadman alarm, the user is polled at pre-defined intervals and prompted to respond.
Besides operating stand-alone, EkoSecure can work with Multitone’s EkoTek indoor staff protection products. The new EkoSecure pager can be used to roam within the EkoTek mesh network and uses the repeaters for alarms and location in the same way.
Husam added, “EkoSecure is the perfect extension of the EkoTek system, allowing a user to roam an entire site or campus buildings, safe in the knowledge they are protected wherever they are. This is particularly useful around a large site such as a hospital, prison or university, with a broad mixture of different buildings and large outdoor spaces, where it would be very easy to go unnoticed if there were a problem.”
Escalation
Once an alarm has been triggered, the alert can be escalated via a choice of communications platforms, including mobile devices, DECT/Wi-Fi enabled phones or by email/IM. This can also be automatically routed to devices at different times for immediate alerts. EkoSecure also logs all events for audit purposes. Husam added: “EkoSecure is a potentially life-saving solution which is perfect for lone worker protection, offering wide area coverage and reliability at a highly scalable and affordable price. It requires minimal training for use and can be installed rapidly, with additional capacity being simple to add, especially for customers that already use EkoTek for indoors emergency alerts.” Visit: www.multitone.com.
