After the recently launched Cygnus wireless fire alarm, Bull Products has now introduced a combined first aid alert and call point alarm module for the product.
The Cygnus first aid alert and call point alarm uses a single battery pack to work wirelessly across the Cygnus wireless system with a category one radio frequency.
The Cygnus system, now fully CE certified, can link together no less than 480 units in 15 zones around the construction site with each then having the capacity to accommodate 32 units. So when a first aid alert is raised, each first aid device will beep intermittently every eight seconds, and a message is sent to the control panel to alert the first aider and can also trigger a paging system if required. The paging system is wired to the control panel which has a designated output and transmits alert messages to handheld devices carried by first aiders.
Similarly, the call point function which is used to raise an alarm, activates all other devices around the building site, these devices normally in prominent places such as main escape routes and fire points. It also has a sounder with an output of 120db and a beacon is incorporated on the face of the alarm for visual alert in excessively noisy areas where ear defenders are worn. The new combined Cygnus first aid alert and call point alarm is rated IP65 and thus suitable for external use, the makers say.
Intended for use on construction sites, the Cygnus system has been designed for use in dense concrete and steel structured buildings and areas where many other radio frequencies are in operation, and so particular attention has been given to connection range. Where there are multiple sites within range of each other, the system has been designed to operate on different site addresses, to keep each system separate and free from interference.
This first aid alert and call point alarm adds to other units in the Cygnus range such as smoke and heat detectors which operate across the system in a similar way.
An optional control panel provides an event log function which records any events such as an alarm activation, low battery warning, and signal faults, all of which can be viewed if necessary in the history folder held on the panel. The system also has the ability to test all units and has an evacuate function which will act as a call point to the rest of the alarm units.
Each unit can provide the panel with information at regular intervals. This explicit information confirms the unit is still present and what the battery status of each device is. Known as the ‘heart beat’ this message is monitored by the control panel where fitted and if the ‘heart beat’ is not heard for several intervals, the control panel logs a full status for that unit.
Bull Products offers a one-year guarantee on all Cygnus devices and provides technical, on-site and after-sales service support plus its standard maintenance contracts.
More on the new Cygnus combined first aid alert and call point alarm is available from Bull Products on 0844 669 1111, by emailing [email protected] or by visiting the company’s website at www.bullproducts.co.uk.
