Cygnus celebrates second anniversary for SmartNet at The Fire Safety Event

The Fire Safety Event is the UK’s largest trade show dedicated to fire and life safety and takes place at the NEC in Birmingham from 8-10 April. On Stand G20 in Hall 4, Cygnus will celebrate its two-year anniversary of obtaining EN 54 certification, which marked a pivotal moment for the company, duly establishing SmartNet as the world’s first EN 54 certified, 100% wireless fire detection and alarm system.

“Over the past two years, SmartNet has been widely adopted across various sectors, from commercial and industrial properties through to high-rise buildings and public institutions,” commented Stephen Marsh, head of sales at Cygnus. “Our SmartNet range has continued to develop over the last year. We’ve introduced a comprehensive accessories range for the system including Cygnus ALERT, a remote monitoring and notification platform, the new Cygnus Mesh Analyser, the Portable Programming Unit and the Site Survey Kit. We’re looking forward to welcoming visitors to our stand and celebrating two years of SmartNet.”  

SmartNet is a BS 5839-1 compliant system and up to 20 times faster to install than wired systems, with minimal disruption for the host organisation. The SmartNet network is built on a combination of radio devices, operating on a patented self-forming, self-healing wireless mesh network with multipath network redundancy using innovative channel hopping technology and delivering a reliable and robust solution.

Scalable solution

SmartNet-Pro offers a scalable solution with the capability for each panel to connect 511 devices and up to 96 zones, with networking of up to five panels available via a software release code, duly providing a combined solution of over 2,500 devices.

While SmartNet-Pro caters to the larger scales of application, SmartNet-100 provides all the key benefits of SmartNet-Pro in a more cost-effective solution, which is designed to support a maximum of 100 devices. SmartNet-100 is best suited for small to medium-sized applications where the scalability of the SmartNet-Pro isn’t required.

Accessories range

The Cygnus team will be on hand at the NEC to talk through the Cygnus Accessories range, which includes:

Cygnus ALERT

The perfect remote notification and monitoring complement to Cygnus’ SmartNet range of fire detection and alarm systems. Using Cygnus ALERT, installers and site administrators can receive event, fault or mesh information in real-time, enabling swift responses to on-site situations. Cygnus ALERT presents easy user management to view and notify across multiple sites, as well as a variety of environments

Cygnus Configuration Software Tool and Mesh Analyser

Simplifies system set-up and provides complete system visibility, including radio communication paths, signal integrity and diagnostics and ‘cause and effect’ functionality, which can be set up through the configurator. It delivers a more efficient installation and commissioning process, ensuring that installers and end users have a robust and stable network from the outset

Portable Programming Unit

Helps with the planning and deployment of the SmartNet system, allowing installers to deliver firmware and configuration updates to devices wirelessly while they’re on-site, in turn making the process faster and more efficient for areas that are hard to access

Site Survey Kit

Allows installers to deploy three bespoke detectors that replicate the mesh network to ensure the suitability of the system for the environment

*Further information is available online at www.cygnus-systems.com

Stand G20 Hall 4