Sonim Technologies, makers of rugged phones, announced the Sonim XP3340 SENTINEL mobile phone….
It is described as a lone worker safety solution that provides users with, it’s claimed, the longest GPS tracking time of any mobile phone. The product is said to be custom-designed for vertical markets such as security guards, facilities management staff and traffic wardens,in isolated and hazardous environments.
The following UK providers of monitoring services and lone worker solutions have partnered with California-based Sonim to provide the emergency response solution embedded within the new XP3340 SENTINEL: Peoplesafe, SitexOrbis, and Trackaphone.
“In the last 18 months, our customers put our previous lone worker product to the test in extreme environments and situations, and thousands of workers are now protected daily by Sonim and our partners”, said Sanjay Jhawar, VP/GM of Marketing and Applications of Sonim Technologies.
The Dutch branch of Securitas deployed 250 XP3 SENTINEL devices, Sonim’s first lone worker phone, in December 2010 – replacing a private mobile radio system. As a result, the company says that it has been able to decrease its corporate liability and reduce its costs for devices and network access. The much lower incidence of false alarms has allowed check-ins to be mandated every 15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes, doubling effective worker safety.
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Man-down
The Sonim XP3340 SENTINEL includes the configurable man-down accelerometer technology first seen in the Sonim XP3 SENTINEL. Configured over-the-air by the partner monitoring server to match the end user’s specific work scenario, the man-down sensor detects impact, free-fall, prolonged tilt and no-movement at various thresholds. On a single battery charge, the XP3340 lasts for a 16 hour shift, even with GPS tracking every two minutes, Bluetooth on and more than five hours of talk time according to the makers. GPS tracking alone can continue for up to 29 hours at two to three minute intervals, the longest for any mobile phone. Sonim says that its Rugged Performance Standards (RPS) go well beyond the military specification 810G for ruggedness. With the same engineering as the Sonim’s Guinness World Record breaking toughest phone, the handset is fully waterproof to 2m, dust-proof with its IP-68 rating, and can be dropped from 2 metres onto concrete. The two inch high-resolution display is protected by a 1.5 mm thick Corning Gorilla Glass lens for scratch and shock resistance.
The XP3340 features risk management buttons coloured red, amber and green and requiring no menu selections by the user. A typical configuration is as follows:
· Red Button: In emergencies, the user presses the dedicated red button on the side of the phone, even if the phone keypad is locked. The user‚Äôs GPS location is sent to the monitoring centre, where the position appears on a map with other relevant data. A speaker-phone call is automatically placed to the emergency monitoring center to summon assistance. After the call, GPS tracking will continue until the incident is resolved and the phone is remotely reset.
· Amber Alert Button: With the amber key, the lone worker can request enhanced monitoring if they are going into a risky situation. The monitoring service tracks the worker and reminds the user to use the keypad to acknowledge their safety.
· Green Button: The green key may be used to indicate that the user has started or ended their working shift, or to indicate the user is still safe.
