Putting safety first
"In today’s safety-conscious world, systems that can control and monitor site security are increasingly in demand. Transmitton’s integrated safety-management (ISM) system is a modular, open, fault-tolerant distributed system, which is said to be simple to use with flexible, mixed communications."
"Proprietary sub-systems for fire security and voice alarm can be combined with inputs from more site-specific sources to provide a single unified system. Designed for a long field life, the system provides a clear development upgrade path. Operator workstations offer user-friendly data presentation for safety-management staff."
"At the heart of the ISM system is the Cromos suite of real-time control software, which allows operations staff to monitor and manage site security through workstations. Benefits are said to include: upgradeable sub-systems with the minimum of re-engineering and reconfiguration costs; easy diagnosis and repair of sub-system problems virtually independently of the command-centre operation; site safety functions designed to continue in the unlikely event of a total computer system failure; and a modular design making the ISM system easy to use."
