Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, launches Simplex Incident Manager, a complete web-based fire alarm management workstation for campuses and large facilities.
This next-generation workstation from Johnson Controls includes an advanced interface and feature set that enhances the fire alarm management experience, helping facility teams keep their buildings protected around the clock.
Simplex Incident Manager
Simplex Incident Manager gives facility teams the power to monitor and manage their fire alarm systems across multiple buildings from a central workstation. The web-based solution allows users to control and supervise up to 687 fire alarm control units and 250,000 devices from any HTML-5-capable device.
The web-based solution allows users to control and supervise up to 687 fire alarm control units
Its scalability and power make it an ideal fire alarm system monitoring and control solution for standalone buildings or multi-site, networked facilities such as universities, hospitals, airports, high-rises, sports arenas and data centers.
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“From budget crunches to labor gaps, building owners, facility managers and maintenance teams are increasingly challenged to do more with less. We built Simplex Incident Manager so teams have the confidence and resources to respond more efficiently to alarms and maintenance needs in campuses and large facilities,” said Martin Schulte-Frankenfeld, senior director of product management, Johnson Controls.
“The system also aids in emergency response by pinpointing the exact location of a fire alarm event. Operators can share precise event locations with emergency personnel so they can lead a coordinated and effective response.”
offering a centralized dashboard
Simplex Incident Manager offers a centralized dashboard and an intuitive, color-coded building map designed to help teams act quickly and confidently when incidents occur. For example, a campus facility operator receives an alert on the Simplex Incident Manager dashboard saying there is an issue with a device in the data center.
The operator then navigates the digital floor plan to the precise location of the alert and clicks on the corresponding device. The diagnostic information reveals the smoke detector is dirty, so the operator alerts the maintenance team to clean and test the detector. To streamline recordkeeping, Simplex Incident Manager then digitally stores the troubleshooting notes and operational, testing and diagnostic reports.
modern authentication practices
In addition to physical safety, Johnson Controls designed the Simplex Incident Manager with cybersecurity in mind. The software is developed in accordance with the ISA/IEC 62443 software development process, uses modern authentication practices and has advanced security profiles to help system administrators restrict access to only authorized users.
Simplex Incident Manager helps maintenance teams of all sizes resolve fire alarm issues and events quickly so facility downtime can be reduced and operations can stay profitable.
