At Turn-Key Technologies, our emphasis is directed towards Healthcare, Department of Defense, State and Local Government, and Manufacturing where time critical communications are essential. And our products are designed for just these areas. Our latest addition to our product line has been the TTI Guardian, a wireless duress and emergency notification system that incorporates personal duress alarms, mass notifications, acknowledged paging and man-down or no-movement alarms. The TTI Guardian has potential to drastically improve your working environment.
Let’s start off with an anecdote. Carl Jones works the night shift on a lightly-manned security detail at a local power plant. Just like every other night, Carl strolls down the desolate hallways on his 2 AM perimeter check. As he rounds a corner, he feels a sharp pain shoot up his arm. Carl quickly realizes he’s having a heart attack, but the excruciating pain causes him to collapse to the floor before he can call for help. Carl lies on floor unconscious for nearly 45 minutes before his co-workers realize something is wrong and find him.
Granted, this isn’t the most uplifting anecdote, but it sheds light on the dangers lone workers can encounter. However, we're working to improve the safety of lone workers with paging alarm systems.
The Guardian has a lone worker feature. When working by yourself, such as in Carl’s scenario, the Guardian allows you to activate a no-response feature. When activated, the no-response feature sends periodic alerts that require an acknowledgment from the worker. Once two consecutive alerts are missed, the Guardian sends out an alert to all other pagers on the network with information on who is not responding and where they are.
Safety is not just limited to lone workers, though. The Guardian’s system is being utilized in hospital paging systems, RFID systems, schools, courtrooms, detention centers, etc. Alerts and messages can be sent instantaneously across the network informing others of potential danger and the location of that danger. While stories such as Carl’s are frightening, it’s good to see people are taking the right steps towards taking care of one another.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Sleep Like A Baby With New Security Advancements
Feeling safe in your own home is something not to be toyed with. Many people these days are installing security systems in order to feel as safe as they possibly can. It doesn’t matter whether you live in a busy city area or in the mountains somewhere because break-ins can happen at anytime, anywhere. Taking the proper precautions in keeping you and your family safe is a crucial step in having a home and keeping it secure.
Home security systems have now gone wireless making it easier for the home owner to install it. They have exceptional range and some can communicate over hundreds of feet which is great for people who own large amounts of land. Not only do these security systems have a wide range signal but they can also infiltrate through walls and materials such as granite or marble. Older security systems would not have been able to take on such a task.
A per k to this new wave of security is that the wireless systems do not work on home phone lines, but actual cellular signals. This upgrade from traditional security systems is an advantage because if the phone lines are down, the wireless system can still send out signals. Also, wireless systems work on batteries rather than the power from your house, which allows them to stand the test of time even when your power is out. Investing in these new wireless safety devices is money well spent and will keep you and your family as safe as can be.
Home security systems have now gone wireless making it easier for the home owner to install it. They have exceptional range and some can communicate over hundreds of feet which is great for people who own large amounts of land. Not only do these security systems have a wide range signal but they can also infiltrate through walls and materials such as granite or marble. Older security systems would not have been able to take on such a task.
A per k to this new wave of security is that the wireless systems do not work on home phone lines, but actual cellular signals. This upgrade from traditional security systems is an advantage because if the phone lines are down, the wireless system can still send out signals. Also, wireless systems work on batteries rather than the power from your house, which allows them to stand the test of time even when your power is out. Investing in these new wireless safety devices is money well spent and will keep you and your family as safe as can be.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Benefits of RTLS in Hospitals
Hospitals might be the most chaotic buildings on earth. Some people are cut open. Others are sewn back up. Some breathe their first breath. Others breathe their last. And, all this can happen in the matter of a few minutes. Nurses and doctors bounce around those hallways like they’re stuck in a pinball machine. And, amidst all this chaos, they’re supposed to perform live-or-die tasks. While it seems like doctors will always be kicking water uphill against the downpour of life’s disasters, technology has been a friend. Turn-Key Technologies realizes that those individuals working in the healthcare field need all the help they can get. By implementing real time locating systems (RTLS), hospitals are operating at a much more efficient level.
A real time locating system is exactly what it sounds like. By using radio frequency, you’re able to locate anything emitting a signal in real time. You can have real time updates on which doctors are in surgery and which ones are in the coffee shop without having to page them. In addition to knowing the whereabouts of your own personnel, you can also locate any patient. Patients can wander or be placed in the wrong room from time to time, but now you know whenever someone is on the move. Furthermore, you can also know the exact location of any hospital equipment. Basically, the system acts like big brother—the eye in the sky. And, in a world that can produce unyielding chaos, it doesn’t hurt to have someone watching over you.
A real time locating system is exactly what it sounds like. By using radio frequency, you’re able to locate anything emitting a signal in real time. You can have real time updates on which doctors are in surgery and which ones are in the coffee shop without having to page them. In addition to knowing the whereabouts of your own personnel, you can also locate any patient. Patients can wander or be placed in the wrong room from time to time, but now you know whenever someone is on the move. Furthermore, you can also know the exact location of any hospital equipment. Basically, the system acts like big brother—the eye in the sky. And, in a world that can produce unyielding chaos, it doesn’t hurt to have someone watching over you.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Wireless LAN Basics
A wireless local area network, or Wireless LAN, is used to link devices like laptops and game systems via a wireless distribution method. It typically provides a connection to the Internet through an access point, giving users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network.
Wireless LAN as experienced an increased popularity in both the residential and commercial markets. Homeowners can use their laptop computers in any room of their house instead of just a plugged in location. Businesses like coffee shops and restaurants are offering wireless access to their customers so they can work or get online while in the location. And, large cities are turning their entire borough into a wirelessly accessed network so residents can access the web from the park or any location they choose.
Benefits of Wireless LAN include mobility, range of coverage, ease of use, straightforward installation, flexibility, simplicity, and low cost.
Turn-Key Technologies offers two options in wireless LAN, Aruba Networks and Meru Networks.
Check out the features and benefits of each below...
Thursday, May 6, 2010
School Safety
School safety has become a major concern over the years. Tragic events like Columbine and the 911 terrorist attacks demonstrate why our schools need to be prepared for emergency situations.
The National School Safety Center has a number of resources to help schools prepare themselves and develop a safety plan. One article that I found very informative is titled "Schools and Readiness". The article explains why schools need to be ready for an emergency and how they can go about developing a plan.
The relevance to Turn-Key Technologies comes in the way that the company can help schools prepare themselves. Turn-Key offers a number of wireless security solutions including the TTI Guardian, a wireless duress and emergency notification system that incorporates personal duress alarms, mass notifications, acknowledged paging and man-down or no-movement alarms. Schools using the TTI Guardian provide an extra layer of safety, which creates an unmeasurable amount of value to their education system.
The National School Safety Center has a number of resources to help schools prepare themselves and develop a safety plan. One article that I found very informative is titled "Schools and Readiness". The article explains why schools need to be ready for an emergency and how they can go about developing a plan.
The relevance to Turn-Key Technologies comes in the way that the company can help schools prepare themselves. Turn-Key offers a number of wireless security solutions including the TTI Guardian, a wireless duress and emergency notification system that incorporates personal duress alarms, mass notifications, acknowledged paging and man-down or no-movement alarms. Schools using the TTI Guardian provide an extra layer of safety, which creates an unmeasurable amount of value to their education system.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Emergency Situations Require Ekahau RTLS
When an emergency arises, knowing the whereabouts of the necessary equipment and people to save the situation is key to a successful outcome. The situation could be in a hospital emergency room where a resuscitation device is needed immediately or it could be at an information technology center where a system guru must be located to avoid a complete meltdown. Either way, proper technology to find the needed resource is as important as life or death.
This is where RFID and RTLS come into play. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) works hand in hand with a RTLS (Real Time Locating System) to track and identify objects, equipment or people, in real time location. The RFID is a tag applied to the object that has the capability of being tracked through radio waves. Once a tag is applied to an object, a RTLS is installed to collect information on the location of the RFID tags. For example, if a heart surgeon carrying a RFID tag needs to be located immediately, the RTLS can determine his or her whereabouts and report the location to the team trying to track him down.
Turn-Key Technologies has excelled in the industry by creating a Wi-Fi Based RFID/RTLS product called Ekahau RTLS. The product can operate on any Wi-Fi network with no readers, cables, choke-points, or exciters.
Check out the many additional benefits and advantages of Ekahau through the following link: RTLS
This is where RFID and RTLS come into play. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) works hand in hand with a RTLS (Real Time Locating System) to track and identify objects, equipment or people, in real time location. The RFID is a tag applied to the object that has the capability of being tracked through radio waves. Once a tag is applied to an object, a RTLS is installed to collect information on the location of the RFID tags. For example, if a heart surgeon carrying a RFID tag needs to be located immediately, the RTLS can determine his or her whereabouts and report the location to the team trying to track him down.
Turn-Key Technologies has excelled in the industry by creating a Wi-Fi Based RFID/RTLS product called Ekahau RTLS. The product can operate on any Wi-Fi network with no readers, cables, choke-points, or exciters.
Check out the many additional benefits and advantages of Ekahau through the following link: RTLS
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