What's New?: FLUX Gets Even More Sensitive

When a vehicle loop detector is billed as “ultra-sensitive”, you just know it’s going to be one sensitive loop detector. And if scores of romantic comedies starring the likes of Aaron Eckhart and Catherine Zeta Jones have taught us anything, it’s that sensitivity is a good thing (also, that scorned lovers will forgive all if the offending party just executes a well-times and dramatic speech, preferably at an airport).

Since, let’s face it, FLUX is an absolutely revolutionary vehicular access product, it has grown considerably in popularity since its release last year and is being used on more and more industrial sites - sites on which huge trucks with trailers of behemoth-like proportions constitute a large percentage of the daily traffic.  

So, being quite sensitive ourselves, we decided we didn’t even want to risk a boom going “boom” on top of any of these trailers as a result of them not being detected. And thus, the new FLUX firmware effectively doubles the detection sensitivity levels of previous versions, making for a markedly reliable detection product that will register metal objects at a level well above the ground. All newly manufactured units will come out of the box with the sensitivity level set to one setting below maximum (hint: that’s still high!).

To recap: The FLUX11 and FLUX OB loop detectors’ settings – easily configurable via a series of dipswitches – go from Low (or a “I’ll cry during The Notebook but nothing else” level of sensitivity) all the way to Super High (or a “I occasionally weep while watching wrestling on TV” level of sensitivity). The FLUX SA standalone loop detector can be set from Low to High.

The new firmware version numbers are as follows for the different models, and be downloaded from our website and bootloaded:

·         FLUX 11: v1.0.3

·         FLUX OB: v1.0.3

·         FLUX SA: v1.1.3

 

Make Your Property Virtually Impenetrable!

It’s a well-known fact that traffic barriers offer formidable vehicle access control, and for that reason they are favoured by property managers who need to control the traffic entering and leaving the premises.  For the longest time barriers have been used to guard the entrances and exits to shopping centres, office parks and secure housing estates and are usually activated by means of ticket readers, free-exit loops, pushbuttons or other access control devices (such as keypads). 

But how comprehensive are traffic barriers?  Certainly a determined car thief might hightail it straight through a boom pole, and there is always the possibility that a hoodlum on foot might circumvent the system.

The SECTOR high-volume traffic barrier has been designed specifically for sites with heavy traffic flow requiring an extremely high duty cycle, with recorded daily operations in excess of 3000.  Add to that a rapid raising and lowering speed, reliable battery backup and an intelligent controller chock a block with features and functionality, and you’ve got an access control system that won’t let you down. 

But, believe it or not, there are accessories that can make this already impressive system even more formidable, and even more effective.  We’re talking about things like...

CLAWS

There is a certain comic book character that has steel claws extending from his knuckles, which he uses as weapons, but even he would think twice about taking on these CENTURIONs.  CLAWS – our very own range of roadway spikes - can be interfaced seamlessly with the SECTOR, or be used in a stand-alone configuration – but either way, criminals and tailgaters won’t be going anywhere while they’re raised.  A lowering boom pole provides the CLAWS with the only motivation they need to stand at the ready, the mighty stainless steel maw eagerly awaiting the first vehicle that dares not stop when it’s meant to.

TRAPEX

As we mentioned in the introduction, pedestrian access control has been a thorn in the collective side of property owners and building managers since time immemorial.  Yes, vehicle barriers do provide an effective means of controlling vehicular traffic, but a criminal on foot is able to do equally as much damage and arguably more, since he can do said damage without attracting too much attention.

TRAPEX is a barrier fence that literally covers all bases.  Robust and exceptionally easy to install, TRAPEX forms a comprehensive barrier and prevents pedestrians from circumventing the access control system.  Not only will would-be intruders not be able to use the barrier as their own personal limbo pole and gain access by entering underneath the boom, but the vertical poles extend above the boom pole, making it impossible to traverse.

BREAKAWAY COUPLING

Let’s consider for one moment – and we can’t stress enough how unlikely this is – that a particularly determined criminal has made it far enough to break your boom pole before being stopped dead in his tracks by the CLAWS’s powerful bite.  Normally, the damage would be considerable and the barrier would be out of commission for quite some time, but fitting a SECTOR breakaway coupling allows the pole to hinge away from the housing when hit, thereby deflecting the impact and saving you loads of time and money.

So there you have it, three things you can add to your SECTOR to make sure that access is truly controlled.