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INOVONICS’ RADIUS LOCATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEM WINS SECURITY PRODUCTS’ 2011 NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:52:57 +0000

Mobile duress system beats the competition in the mass notification category with its ability to pinpoint alarm devices

LOUISVILLE, Colo., Aug. 26, 2011 - Inovonics (http://www.inovonics.com), the industry leader in high performance wireless sensor networks for commercial and life safety applications, today announced that its innovative location and situational awareness system, Radius, was awarded Security Products magazine's 2011 "New Product of the Year" award in the mass notification category. This year, the third year of the contest, 86 product submissions were received. Awards were distributed among 15 different product categories.

"It's an honor to receive the Product of the Year Award for Radius," said Mark Jarman, president of Inovonics. "This award is a testament to our commitment to providing the most effective and reliable end-to-end IP-enabled wireless system in the security market today. At Inovonics, we strive not only to protect an organization's physical structure, but ensure the safety of its most critical assets - human lives."

Radius monitors any of Inovonics' security sensors or end devices and interfaces to fire, access control and environmental monitoring systems, providing instant notification to mass communication alert devices. When a security or life threatening event occurs, the alert is automatically transmitted to Radius. Once the signal is received, the system processes and locates the position of the event and alerts the appropriate authorities. Radius can work alone or be integrated with other safety/security systems. The key features and benefits of Radius include:

§ Location: Radius allows for mobile duress applications by accurately determining where an alarm is coming from within a building or campus setting. It allows users to locate employees, faculty, or students immediately when they signal for help.
§ Monitoring: Radius works with the complete line of Inovonics end devices, including pendant transmitters, universal transmitters, and motion detectors. It also supports integration with Inovonics' extensive list of system partners who provide fire extinguisher monitoring, wireless perimeter beams, fence tilt sensors, man hole cover monitoring, water sensors, and a host of many other types of solutions. Radius also can alert users even when people are not present, such as after-hours. The sooner users are notified of an issue, the faster they can take action.
§ Notification: Radius coordinates event monitoring and mass notification. It communicates information from in-building systems and routes them to alert devices, such as pagers, emails and mobile phones using text messaging or voice mail. Radius also packages multiple in-building systems into a single notification solution allowing for more efficient and quicker responses.

In addition to being honored during the Security Products Virtual Event, an online physical security conference, all of the winners - including Inovonics - will be presented with their awards at ASIS 2011 in Orlando, FL, September 19-21, 2011. Inovonics' Radius will be featured in its booth #3801 at ASIS.

About Inovonics Wireless Corporation
Inovonics is the industry leader in high performance wireless sensor networks for commercial and life safety applications. Founded in 1986, the company pioneered and patented the use of 900 MHz wireless technology to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and flexible solutions for critical wireless applications. A leader in security and senior care markets, and the standard for multi-family submetering solutions, the Inovonics family of transmitters, receivers and control modules provides the wireless backbone for many of the world's most widely used wireless systems. Renowned for exceptional performance and reliability, more than 6.5 million Inovonics wireless systems have been deployed in the most challenging of commercial environments, where structural limitations and multiple wireless networks can prove disruptive to lower quality systems. Working with leading OEMs and service provider partners, Inovonics provides network design and system engineering support to continuously advance the use of wireless technologies for corporate, industrial, government and educational applications. For more information contact Inovonics at (www.inovonics.com), or call 800-782-2709.

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Inovonics Announces GE Security Panel Direct Interface

Fri, 14 May 2010 19:15:16 +0000

LOUISVILLE, Colo., May 13, 2010- Inovonics, (www.inovonics.com) the leader in commercial grade wireless security products, today announced the availability of the EN7286NX serial receiver interface, enabling up to 192 points of its EchoStream network to communicate directly with GE NetworX control panels.

The interface is compatible with the NX-4, NX-6, NX-8 and NX-8E panels and enables individual wireless point annunciation, assigning each device its own zone and enabling users to identify exactly where an alarm notification is originating. Before the EN7286NX was added to Inovonics' network, add-on receivers were utilized to integrate wireless points to security panels, often times requiring the grouping of several wireless end-points into a single zone.

"It's easier than ever now to add Inovonics commercial wireless to the GE control panels" said Mark Jarman, Inovonics president. "Our add-on receivers have always offered installers the ability to enhance any system with wireless capabilities, but the direct panel interface allows installers to take full advantage of their preferred panel and the Inovonics wireless network at the same time."

An additional benefit to the installer is transparency from the panel programming perspective. The manner in which transmitters/zones are programmed at the panel isn't altered from traditional wired installations.

"Wireless systems have always been easy, labor-saving installations," said Jarman. "As installations get more and more demanding, wireless companies need to continue to innovate to keep up with the scale of complexity-this panel interface is in line with that philosophy."

The EN7286NX also marks the final piece dealers have been asking for to complete an Inovonics system from the distributor. "Today a dealer can walk into their local distributor to get the GE panel, the interface, and all the wireless points and walk out with a complete system that is Inovonics ready."

For more information about the EN7286NX serial receiver interface, visit (www.inovonics.com/geinterface.aspx) or join the conversation at (www.facebook.com/inovonicswireless).

About Inovonics Wireless Corporation
Inovonics, the global leader in commercial grade wireless sensor networks, offers products and systems for security, life safety, senior care, submetering, and other sensor and control applications. They are a leading provider of wireless physical security applications designed specifically to protect the financial, retail, healthcare, government, multifamily, multi-tenant, and commercial facility industries, all delivered on the scalable EchoStream Commercial Mesh Network. Since 1986, Inovonics has specialized in developing, manufacturing, and marketing wireless products, resulting in a growing installed base of over five million radio frequency (RF) devices worldwide. Colorado-based Inovonics distributes products through an extensive network of distributors, resellers, integrators and private-label companies. For additional information, visit (www.inovonics.com).

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Inovonics Announces GE Security Panel Direct Interface

Thu, 13 May 2010 19:47:20 +0000

For more information about the EN7286NX serial receiver interface, visit (www.inovonics.com/geinterface.aspx) or join the conversation at (www.facebook.com/inovonicswireless).

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Catapult PR-IR
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