All kinds of alarms

We at Zonith have yet to disvover an alarm source we can not handle. The alarm listeners below are just examples of what we can do. Please contact us for more information.

How does it work?

Alarm Listeners are software programs that acs as ‘translators’ between an alarm source and the ZONITH Alarm Control System. They simply transform the ‘language’ of the different alarm sources to a language the ZONITH Alarm Control System can use.

This secures that ZONITH Alarm Control System stays a solid standard product, no matter what alarm systems it may be dealing with. It does not have to be modified - it just needs the right listener.

Safe and Reliable Alarm Handling

Listeners have a safety purpose as well. If the ZONITH Alarm Control System is off-line - it is the listeners which collect the alarms and transmit them to the ZONITH Alarm Control System as soon as it is online again. In this way the listeners and the ZONITH Alarm Control System is watching out for each other.

These listeners 'reads' the TETRA, MOTOTRBO, MPT1327 and GSM text messaging formats, SDS and SMS. They can receive all kinds of alarms over wireless networks - like emergency alerts from the radios.

The SDS Listener is used in the paper plant, Skärblacka, where some technical installations are very remote. The Remote Telemetry and Control Unit enables monitoring and control of these installations and raises alarms by SDS if necessary.

A very common and easy way to retrieve alarm information from existing alarm sources is to "tap" information from a printer or RS232 ASCII string output. The ACSII String listener can extract the alarm identifier, time stamping, priority and alarm text from most printer and RS232 outputs.

OPC is a process control communication standard. OPC is widely used by large manufacturers for communication between controls, process monitoring and alarms. The OPC listener can listen to thousands of alarms and controls in the OPC system. All you have to do is select the alarms, which you need the ZONITH Alarm Control System to handle.

This listener is used in the Swedish paper plant, Skârblacka, a large production plant with many alarms.

This listener connects Zonith's wireless panic button alarm system to the ZONITH Alarm Control System adding a wide array of functionality. If the panic buttons are to be consciously triggered by employees in trouble, this combination creates an extremely stable and reliable panic alarm system.

Because of the panic button functionality this alarm listener is used in Zonith's Unemployment Center solutions.

SMTP

An SMTP listener ‘listens’ to local SMTP-servers (e-mail server). It receives mails from a pro-duction system or panic button, and alarms are raised when an e-mail contains an alarm text. The ZONITH Alarm Control System then alerts relevant personnel on their radio terminals. This listener is still functional even if the internet is down because the e-mail is read on the way out.

This listener is an important part of Zonith’s Unemployment Center solutions as back-up for SDS. Panic buttons send mails to the SMTP-listener with the location of the alarm. Approximately a second after the panic-button is pressed the guards receive the alarm text on their radio terminals.

POP3 Listener

The POP3 Listener is used, when it is not possible to use the SMTP Listener. It searches a POP3-inbox at a regular interval for alarm texts. If an alarm is detected, the listener notifies the ZONITH Alarm Control System. 

The POP3 listener is being used in wind mills with great succes.

The I/O-listener is mostly used as 'translator' between a Remote Telemetry and Control Unit and the ZONITH Alarm Control System. This listener is used if the Remote Telemetry and Control Unit and the ZONITH Alarm Control System is connected by hard wire.

This solution is used on oil platforms in the off-shore business.

The Database Listener listens to or monitors databases. Whenever a new row of data becomes available in the database, this listener extracts the alarm to the ZONITH Alarm Control System.

The Database Listener can be used with all databases supporting a JDBC driver, and is currently used in a Power Plant solution, where technical alarms are raised in case of malfunctions.

Easy to use genereic DOS command-line client program and alarm listener. This multi-purpose listener can  be used in any alarm source that is LAN connected to the ZONITH Alarm Control System and has the ability to execute a command when an alarm arises, like "c:\sendalarm.bat /Fire Alarm Room 123"