EVERY
DAY, THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DEPENDS ON EST
FOR THE SAFE PASSAGE OF PEOPLE
The
state-of-the-art expansion of Dubai International airport
required a state-of-the-art EST life safety system.
With over 125 years' experience in the industry, EST
International is continually looking for new ways to
protect your terminal by pioneering (and rigorously
testing) new technologies like intelligent detectors,
peer to peer life safety and integrated systems. Our
EST3 system integrates building systems (security, life
safety, access control) into one convenient control
panel.
INTELLIGENT
DIGITAL MULTISENSOR DETECTION TECHNOLOGY
EST Signature Series detectors offer
true multisensor technology and exquisite reliability
that virtually does away with false alarms. They accomplish
this by means of an on-board microprocessor that constantly
monitors the state of its sensors. Using a sophisticated
algorithm, the microprocessor effectively distinguishes
between a legitimate change of state and a non-threatening
situation that would otherwise lead to a false alarm.
What's more, true multisensor technology means that
a single device can perform optimally under a wider
range of conditions than any single-sensor detector.
MICROPROCESSOR
TECHNOLOGY
EST’s
new multisensor design operates completely different
than any other detector ever offered to the industry.
The measurements from all sensing elements are integrated
and looked at simultaneously.The on-board microprocessor
enables the sensors in the Signature detectors to work
in unison providing remarkable synergy. Each sensor’s
output is processed through an algorithm and “weighted”
with respect to its environment and time. Digital filters
provide environmental compensation for each of the detection
elements independent of each other. Combining the detection
technologies of photoelectric, ionization, and heat
(4D – time being the fourth dimension) gives our
multisensor technology unprecedented response to all
fires.
DISTRIBUTED
INTELLIGENCE
All Signature Series devices make full
use of their on-board microprocessors. Alarm decisions
are made at the device, thus reserving precious processing
power at the control panel for other functions. This
strategy, known as Distributed Intelligence, means that
high communication speeds are unnecessary because the
data reaches the control panel already processed. And
lower communications speeds means that shielded wiring
is unnecessary:
Signature Series devices can use existing
wiring in most retrofit applications, yet at the same
time deliver response times superior to conventional
devices!
ELECTRONIC
SYSTEM MAPPING & ELECTRONIC ADDRESSING
Dip
switches and dials are also a thing of the past where
Signature devices are installed. Because they are electronically
addressed, the Signature loop controller automatically
maps each device's location. And that means the system
always knows what's out there and device-polling resumes
automatically at power up, regardless of the changes
that have taken place.
SYNERGY
By combining a number of common elements,
EST brings Fire, Security, Emergency Evacuation, Access
Control, and CCTV together into one cohesive system.
With the EST3 control panel and the Fireworks color
graphics event monitoring and management package providing
the backbone, the Synergy Enabled™ life safety
system meets all legislated requirements - namely, that
life safety takes precedence among the activities orchestrated
by the control panel.
After
all, only a truly integrated fire and security system
can assure that high volume card access activity will
not affect the priority and network response speed of
fire reporting - a characteristic mandated by codes
and standards.
TRUE SYSTEM INTEGRATION
True integration permits systems to interact easily,
unlocking exit doors during a fire, for example. With
the EST3, a simple program rule to unlock the doors
replaces additional conduit, wiring and interposing
relays. Want to disarm security partitions automatically
when an authorized cardholder enters the building? EST3
Synergy Enabled™ integration and another system
rule easily solves the problem.
So
what does all this mean? It means that for the first
time, security and card access functions will benefit
from the survivability and the reliability mandated
by the fire codes and life safety standards. It means
that costs will be reduced because system resources
will now be shared. It means that installation will
be vastly more efficient. No more layering of system
upon system and no more finger pointing. No more patch-work
protocols or gateways that shoehorn one system into
another. Just the simple elegance of a single system
unencumbered by needless redundancy - a truly integrated
system with sole-source system-wide responsibility.
