FiftyTwoDegrees is the first phase of a new technology complex (on the 52nd degree of latitude, hence the name) in the Dutch city of Nijmegen.
The 86m tall building houses a number of high-technology businesses in a range of offices and laboratories spanning some 17 floors and an area of 43,000 m2.
The recently completed building is being protected by Advanced Electronics Ltd’s Mx-4000 fire alarm control panels interfaced to more than 500 devices, which were installed by their local partner Hertek.
The Mx-4000 panels have cause and effect programmability and I/O capability. This was used to good effect in the new building to provide an interface to other systems including elevator fire control and smoke dampers.
The Mx-4000 panels are throughout the building and inter-connected using Ad-NeT+, Advanced’s fault tolerant network. Ad-NeT+ is capable of withstanding a single fault between nodes without loss of communications to any single panel. Up to 200 panels (nodes) can be connected on the network with a total loop length of 20Km, using standard two-core fire resistant cable. The network in FiftyTwoDegrees allows the status of all 500 devices to be interrogated on any of the fire panels.
Advanced Electronics Ltd makres a range of intelligent control and indicating panels, software and peripherals for fire detection, smoke control and the emergency lighting market. Advanced Electronics also manufacture the LifeLine family of DDA-compliant fire safety products for the deaf and hearing impaired. For further details or company information contact:
Paul Duffy, Advanced Electronics Ltd, 34 Moorland Way, Nelson Park, Cramlington, Northumberland NE23 1WE
Tel: +44 (0) 1670 707 111, fax: +44 (0) 1670 707 222
E-mail: [email protected]
