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Potter Announces Integrated Voice Systems

Announcing the release of Potter's Integrated Voice System along with the IPA-4000V and AFC-1000V fire alarm control panels. These updated panels have all the functionality of the original IPA-4000 and AFC-1000 panels, and now include the ability to create and send out voice evacuation messages. The Integrated Voice System can be used to address multiple site requirements for the Potter AFC-1000V and IPA-4000V, with industry leading capacity including up to 104 programmable push …

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Air Leakage and Dry Pipe Systems

One of the keys to assessing the overall health of a dry or preaction fire sprinkler system is to keep an eye on its leak rate. Excessive leak rates can put unnecessary strain on air compressors or nitrogen generators used for supervisory air in these systems. For those systems with air compressors, this can lead to an increase in corrosion since the more the compressor runs, the more oxygenated air is introduced into the system. Leak rates that are shown to be increasing can also signal …

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Potter Peer to Peer Fire Alarm Systems Win Product of the Year

Potter Electric Signal Company is proud to announce a victory for its Peer to Peer Networking Cards at the Security Today 2021 New Product of the Year Awards. This is the third award for Potter’s networking cards in 2021. The NCE-1000 and NCF-1000 Peer-to-Peer Networking Cards allow for networking between fire alarm panels using ethernet cable and fiber optic cable (single mode or multi-mode) respectively.  Up to 200 panels can be networked together, and once the cards are …

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Potter Announces SignaLink™ Bridge Wireless Supervisory System

Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC of St. Louis, Missouri USA, announces the release of the SignaLink Bridge Wireless Supervisory System, which will now allow users the ability to use fully supervised wireless communication between dry contact devices. The SignaLink Bridge removes the need to hard wire dry contact devices to each other and operates on a 2.4 GHz frequency. Each SignaLink device has a maximum communication range of 800’ with a weather and UV resistant polycarbonate …

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MAD Security Network Penetration Testing

MAD Security conducted penetration testing for both the Nitrogen Generator and Fire Panel systems using the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-115, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), and Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) methodologies.  This technical testing effort was focused on assessing the security of these devices and their associated hardware by actively attacking and …

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