Industrial Man Down

SENTRY 101
WIRELESS PERSONAL DURESS SYSTEMS

Fully supervised for transmitter readiness
Repeaters provide expansive coverage
Reliable 900 MHz Spread Spectrum technology
Detect alarms from doors or equipment
Output to telephone, pager, radio
Optional man-down detection

The Sentry 101 duress system is an affordable solution for providing rock solid state-of-the-art detection of
duress (panic) alarms with optional man-down detection. In the event of an alarm, the master receiver will beep to alert staff and display the number of the pendant that is in alarm. The beeper is silenced by pressing a button on the front of the master receiver . The master receiver has a rechargeable backup battery which will operate the unit for about 8 hours in the event of a power failure. LED lamps on the front of the unit will light and flash if AC power fails or the backup battery is running low. The Sentry 101 system is completely wireless - there is no interconnect wiring to install. The master receiver and repeaters have only a small wall transformer to be plugged into a nearby outlet. As an option, the Sentry 101 can call remote telephone numbers, pagers or 2-way radios.

Pendants

The FA205 pendant is available with a single button or double button and with a belt clip. It may be ordered with a neck lanyard as model FA203. The FA205 and FA203 can both can be ordered with the man-down option. The FA223 is available with a belt clip, neck lanyard or optional wrist band and is water resistant to a depth of 1 meter . The Sentry 101 system supports up to 16 pendants or transmitters. Pendants have an approximate true-line-of-site range of ½ mile but this will be diminished by buildings, walls, foors, trees or other obstructions. Inside buildings, range is typically hundreds of feet depending on the nature of the structure. Range is extended by installing wireless repeaters.

Man-Down

The man-down option for the FA203 and FA205 pendants will detect the tilt of the pendant beyond 60 degrees. When the pendant is so tilted, it will beep for approximately 30 seconds. If the pendant has not been righted in that time period, it will send a duress alarm. The beeper reminds the wearer that an alarm is about to occur to avoid false alarms for simple activities like tying one's shoelaces. The man-down option is not available for the FA223.

Remote Reporting

Alarms can be announced to telephones, pagers (both subscription and on-site systems) and hand held radios. Up to 4 telephones can receive a pre-recorded voice message. Instead of one or more voice message calls, we may substitute calling typical subscription type numeric pagers. A more powerful on-site paging system will display an alpha-numeric alarm message on any number of pagers. Hand held radios can receive a prerecorded voice message describing the alarm.

Supervision

The Sentry 101 pendants are supervised for both low battery and operational readiness. The system will
detect a low battery condition from any pendant or transmitter and report it. This will occur approximately 2 weeks prior to the end of the battery life. Batteries are commonly available and can be replaced by the user . Battery life is 1 to 2 years. Each pendant and transmitter report to the master receiver with a check-in signal every 60 seconds. If a transmitter fails to report to the master receiver within a 4 hour window, a supervisory alarm is created. If special circumstances warrant, the check-in window can be set from 1 to 99 hours. This must be done by CARECALLER prior to shipping the system.

Repeaters

As mentioned previously, the range for pendantsindoors will be in the hundreds of feet depending onthe composition of the building structure. If necessary, range is extended with the use of wireless repeaters. Repeaters intercept the alarm transmission and then re-transmit with 30 times more
power. True-line-of-site range for a repeater is about 2 miles. Like pendants, this range is reduced by
obstructions. Multiple repeaters can be installed creating a wireless network capable of dependable alarm reporting for very large areas covering many acres or several miles. Repeaters require no wiring with only a small 110vac transformer to be plugged into the nearest outlet. Each repeater has its own backup battery power supply. They may be installed outdoors and it should be noted that cold climates will require an optional heater package. 900 MHz Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum This is simply a fancy term which means it doesn't get any more reliable than this. Spread spectrum technology was developed by the military to prevent jamming and interference to radio communications. The alarm signals are spread out over a wide radio spectrum randomly hopping from channel to channel. If there is interference from equipment, CB radios or other sources, the system can still deliver. When lives hang in the balance, we should expect nothing less.

Upgrades

All Sentry 101 pendants and wireless repeaters will function with CARECALLER’s powerful PC based flagship software. This system is capable of providing the location of pendants as well as the ID of each individual pendant. Thousands of wireless devices may be incorporated.

Other Transmitters

In addition to pendants, we can report alarm conditions or change-of-state on/off status from equipment, doors, gas detectors or other devices. For example, we may want to know when pressure or temperature exceed normal boundaries. Also, wireless smoke detectors can be incorporated.