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OCTOBER 2016 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
MAJOR NEW RANGE UNVEILED
Spectus has launched 40 new ancillaries, more than doubling
its existing offering and creating what the business describes
as the most extensive and versatile range of its kind.
From bay jacks to frame
packers, Georgian bars to
drip bars, couplers, lugs
and architraves, the new
Spectus ancillary range
gives fabricators and installers more choices and
opportunities to finish
every job the way it is
meant to be, in looks and
functionality.
The launch is the result
of significant investment by
Spectus into product development, including retooling
of common sections, and is
further endorsement of the
system supplier’s ongoing
commitment to giving its
customers the products they
need to gain a competitive
edge in the market.
“Fabricators and installers
want choices,” said Spectus
technical director Martin
Althorpe. “They want the
right ancillaries for every
job, they want them to fit
perfectly, to look right and
to be easy to work with, so
that is what we have given
them with this new extended range.
“Every new component,
just like the existing ones, is
designed to co-ordinate with
our main systems and every
PVCu item is available as
an exact match to our many
colour and foil options. So
when we say 40 new items,
add the colour options and
in fact there are hundreds.”
In the extended range,
fabricators and installer
can now find: seven new
bay pole assembly items
– including three different
external covers – a new section of ten finishers including four sizes of architrave,
seven new coupling items
and a host of other essential
bits and pieces.
Martin Althorpe concluded:
“Some system suppliers may
see ancillaries as an afterthought or a make-do-andmend but we do not. We
know that they are an essential ingredient to a fabricator
or installer finishing every
job to look and perform the
way it should.”
The entire new ancillaries
range is featured in a
new brochure, which also
includes a wallchart, available
from marketing@spectus.
co.uk or to download from
www.Spectus.co.uk
Door entry system offers freedom with security
Videx has launched a GSM
door entry system that uses
mobile technology to communicate and operate doors,
automatic gates, car parks
and remote site applications.
The GSM PRO intercoms are
available in kit form or as part
of the 4000 Series modular door
entry system for single call button
applications covering up to 50
apartments, all with the facility to
divert to three additional numbers if the first is busy or unanswered.
Steve Natton, special projects
manager at Videx UK, said: “We’re
excited to introduce our new
GSM system as it’s the next generation of Videx GSM that provides
users with much greater security and freedom. The intercom
enables people to answer calls to
their front door or gate from their
mobile phone or land line so they
never have to miss that important visitor and are made aware
of who has visited even when
they are not there. The systems
provide spoken call progress
‘the next generation
of Videx GSM that
provides users with
much greater security
and freedom’
information so that the visitor is
informed how the call is progressing. Four call progress LEDs also
offer the visitor a visual indication
of the call’s status.”
Programming is carried out
via SMS messaging or using the
micro USB connection and specially developed PC software. The
intercoms also include an exit
button input, auxiliary inputs and
outputs and a dry contact relay.
Kits are supplied with a surface
or flush housing, antenna and 2A
power supply unit.
Steve added: “An exciting new
feature to GSM PRO is the integrated proximity access control
(for up to 1,000 users). Administrators can remotely manage
their access control user fobs and
cards, eliminating the need for
the engineer to visit site to enrol,
modify or delete users.
“The reader is concealed behind the call button name plate
window meaning the door panel
is no larger than the previous
version that doesn’t carry this
feature and, importantly, is half
the length of previous proximity
access door panels. Programming
options are by text or via the PC
software and an optional desk
mount proximity reader is also
available to enrol large numbers
of users quickly. In addition to
the 1,000 user proximity access
control, there is also a 1,000 user
dial to open access control where
users can dial the intercom number to release a door or gate without being charged for the call.”
Other key features of the GSM
intercom include an event log
maintained within the entry
panel. This will log events such
as who is being called and when,
who’s opened the door or gate
and many other functions. The
operation voltage is also wider
than the previous version - it is
now 12-24V AC or DC and the
bespoke PC software within the
intercom includes many features
to simplify the installation and
programming process.
For more information about the
4000 Series GSM PRO, please
visit www.videxuk.com or
contact 0870 300 1240.