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Potter Adds Valcom Inc. as New Division

Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC announced today that Valcom, Inc., an established leader in voice paging, intercom and mass notification communications systems, has become a new division within Potter. Potter’s strategic investment in Valcom will allow the business to expand its engineering, marketing, and sales initiatives to drive growth in new applications. With this acquisition, Potter now offers a portfolio that covers the broadest range of emergency communication systems …

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Potter Announces Integrated Voice Systems

Announcing the release of Potter's Integrated Voice System along with the IPA-4000V and AFC-1000V fire alarm control panels. These updated panels have all the functionality of the original IPA-4000 and AFC-1000 panels, and now include the ability to create and send out voice evacuation messages. The Integrated Voice System can be used to address multiple site requirements for the Potter AFC-1000V and IPA-4000V, with industry leading capacity including up to 104 programmable push …

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Air Leakage and Dry Pipe Systems

One of the keys to assessing the overall health of a dry or preaction system is to keep an eye on its leak rate. Excessive leak rates can put unnecessary strain on air compressors or nitrogen generators. For systems with air compressors, this can lead to an increase in corrosion since the more the air compressor runs, the more oxygenated air is introduced into the system. Increasing leak rates can also signal serious potential problems looming. Prior to the 2008 edition of NFPA 25, …

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Potter Peer to Peer Fire Alarm Systems Win Product of the Year

Potter Electric Signal Company is proud to announce a victory for its Peer to Peer Networking Cards at the Security Today 2021 New Product of the Year Awards. This is the third award for Potter’s networking cards in 2021. The NCE-1000 and NCF-1000 Peer-to-Peer Networking Cards allow for networking between fire alarm panels using ethernet cable and fiber optic cable (single mode or multi-mode) respectively.  Up to 200 panels can be networked together, and once the cards are …

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Potter Announces SignaLink™ Bridge Wireless Supervisory System

Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC of St. Louis, Missouri USA, announces the release of the SignaLink Bridge Wireless Supervisory System, which will now allow users the ability to use fully supervised wireless communication between dry contact devices. The SignaLink Bridge removes the need to hard wire dry contact devices to each other and operates on a 2.4 GHz frequency. Each SignaLink device has a maximum communication range of 800’ with a weather and UV resistant polycarbonate …

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MAD Security Network Penetration Testing

MAD Security conducted penetration testing for both the Nitrogen Generator and Fire Panel systems using the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-115, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), and Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) methodologies.  This technical testing effort was focused on assessing the security of these devices and their associated hardware by actively attacking and …

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Potter Receives Platinum Awards For Networking Cards

Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC is proud to announce Platinum-level wins at the 2021 Government Security and 2021 Campus Security awards for its Peer to Peer Networking Cards. This is the third award for Potter at the Government Security Govies since 2018, and its second at the Campus Security Secure Campus Awards, in the category of Fire & Life Safety. The NCE-1000 and NCF-1000 Peer-to-Peer Networking Cards allow for networking between fire alarm panels using ethernet cable and …

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