An emergency notification server for automatically notify and manage all kinds of events has been launched in the UK by Castel.
Smart Tamat can interface with devices such as landlines, digital phones (DECT), mobile phones and computers, and can notify in multiple formats including text, voice, email and maps. It acts as the heart of an alarm notification system, mass notification system, nurse call system, lone worker monitoring or a lockdown system, interfacing between a whole range of event and alarm inputs using cause and effect programming to output notifications. It can extract information from IP enabled devices, serial communications, fire alarms and contacts from intruder alarms.
The server can help provide messages to emergency personnel and first responders, besides being of use to institutions such as schools, universities and hospitals for complying with response protocols. The makers describe Smart Tamat as a two-way communications hub: not only does it output relevant notifications to the appropriate people, it handles responses from recipients and then provides any subsequent notifications depending on those responses.
The product can also be used for day-to-day, non-emergency notifications, for applications such as visitor information or guest information in hotels. It is compatible with Castel’s IP SIP (Session Initiating Protocol) Xellip intercom and has been integrated with major VoIP (Voice over IP) telephony enterprise software such as Mitel, Avaya and Alcatel.
The product monitors system health, isolates and solves any network issues and ensures that all protocols are followed. While new to the UK, it has been installed in Asia, Africa and Europe. In France alone there are more than 3,500 reference sites, including central monitoring of hydraulics at a power company, server room temperature and other sensor monitoring at a multi-national food manufacturer, and lone worker monitoring with DECT phones interface for employee safety at a luxury goods company.
Atmane Bensghir, Castel’s Business Development Manager for UK and Ireland, said: “Smart Tamat provides unparalleled visibility of data and events on a network, with user-friendly and easily accessible technology. It’s a multi-faceted and highly adaptable notifications tool and can be compared to the flexibility and adaptability of a Swiss Army penknife.”
