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ID2net provides robust distributed fire protection system
Released 4 April 2003

NOTIFIER's new Intelligent Digital Delivery Network, ID2net, sets new industry standards for response speed, reliability, robustness and flexibility. It is designed for medium to very large buildings or multiple building campuses such as sports arenas, hospitals, military establishments, high rise buildings and shopping centres where thousands of detectors and I/O modules controlled by multiple fire panels are typically required to protect life and property throughout all areas. ID2net operates independently of the connected fire panels, which, not burdened with additional networking overheads, are 100% dedicated to their primary task of advanced fire alarm detection and processing.
 
ID2net uses ARCnet-based multiple token-passing collision-free software to provide a robust peer to peer system with capacity of up to 100 nodes, managing up to 32 networked ID3000 eight-loop fire alarm panels giving 50,688 addressable points and 8160 network zones. Internodal distances are up to 1700m over Standard or Enhanced copper cables as defined in BS5839-1 2002 or typically up to 5000m over fibre optic media.

The ultra high speed of the ID2net, where the response time to an alarm is approximately 0.5 second across a network of 32 panels, means that a very large network has the feel of one single fire panel. Complex CBE (Control by Event rules) for each fire panel can travel across the network at speeds so fast that they allow multiple decisions by multiple panels to be made instantaneously, opening up tremendous possibilities for sophisticated multi-level responses in varied real world applications that would previously have been impossible. 

ID2net provides automatic network redundancy, improving the system reliability and increasing the levels of protection. In the event of multiple network faults as with open or short circuits between nodes, "mini networks" are established and continue to operate. 

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For further information:

NOTIFIER contact:	
David Spencer
Marketing Communications Manager
NOTIFIER Fire Systems
Charles Avenue
Burgess Hill
RH15 9UF
Tel: + 44 (0)1444 230300
fax: + 44 (0)1444 230888
david.spencer@notifier.ltd.uk
www.notifier.ltd.uk

Agency contact:		
Nigel May	
Parkfield
Parkfield House
Damerham
Hants
SP6 3HQ
tel: + 44 (0)1725 518321
fax: + 44 (0)1725 518378
nigel.may@parkfield.co.uk
www.parkfield.co.uk
       
      NOTIFIER Fire Systems is one of the foremost manufacturers and suppliers of equipment for fire detection systems, offering sophisticated, advanced technology fire detection systems and providing the full package of compatible products to the installer.  The company is the world's leading manufacturer of analogue addressable control equipment. 
      
      NOTIFIER Fire Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honeywell Corporation, a Fortune 50 Company.