Software tracks and categorizes alarm conditions.
Press Release Summary:
Alarm Receiver collects alarm data, formats it, and stores it in Microsoft® SQL Server 2000 database where it can be viewed, sorted, and filtered to provide facility managers with actionable information. Managers can sort alarms based on type of alarm, location, equipment, and other user-specified characteristics. Alarm Receiver runs on single desktop or network server. It uses ODC-compliant protocol to export information to 3rd-party software.
Original Press Release:
Novar Controls Alarm Receiver Increases Tracking, Categorizing of Alarms
Copley, Ohio - December 4, 2003 - Novar Controls Corporation announced today the release of its new Alarm Receiver software application. Designed to enhance the value of building management systems, Alarm Receiver collects alarm data, formats it, and stores the records in a Microsoft® SQL Server 2000 database where it can be viewed, sorted, and filtered to provide facility managers with actionable information suited to the manager's particular needs.
Facility managers usually deal with large volumes of data, and alarming conditions represent critical information that demands action. These situations are really opportunities to reduce costs resulting from improper equipment operation and save money. Alarm Receiver allows facility managers to sort alarms by user-specified priorities based on type of alarm, location, equipment, and other characteristics. These priorities enable the managers to focus their limited resources on the right problems, in the correct order, and at the right time.
Alarm Receiver can be run on a single desktop or a network server to allow multiple users to access the software and the resulting database. It uses Open Database Connectivity-compliant protocol to export the information to third-party software packages such as Microsoft Excel®, Microsoft Access®, Crystal Reports or others where it can be used to create valuable reports to provide facility managers with the information they need to control their bottom line.
Novar Controls Corporation is an operating company within the Intelligent Building Systems (IBS) sector of Novar plc, a global business with sales of approximately $2.5 billion. Novar IBS supplies around $1 billion of products and services to building operators, contractors, developers, and consumers worldwide. Employing approximately 6,500 people and operating in more than 30 countries worldwide, it is one of the largest businesses in its field. Novar IBS provides a wide range of high quality, high technology solutions for fire detection and alarm, access control, security, energy management, and building controls, as well as leading solutions for electrical and data connectivity.
For more information or product literature, call 1.800.348.1235, e-mail info@novarcontrols.com or visit novarcontrols.com.
