The Need
Our Customer wanted a reliable communication system so that events leading to emergencies can be monitored and responded at schools, or buildings in an effectively and efficiently.
Impacts Delivered
- Instant communication of events throughout the buildings using multiple communication technologies.
- Mobile apps helped the staff members to receive instant updates on the situation and has walkie talkie type voice communication facility.
- Provided accurate location of the person in the floor plan of the school for emergency responders to reach the event location.
- Flexibility to customize to generate different audio and visual alerts
Our Solution
Cloud application
- Customized the cloud application to manage provisioning of multiple Gateways and associated Hubs and badges.
- The application coordinates the communication between Gateways, mobile apps, desktop apps and web applications.
- Web application supports various functions like administer schools, alert classifications, user management, firmware upgrade etc. Also supports viewing the status and statistics of the systems. Web UI can used for viewing, generation, escalation and closing of alerts.
Desktop app
- The windows application is a client application which runs on a Windows desktop.
- The application is used for getting notifications during alerts. User can view the alert details from the notification received. It is a C# application using WPF framework.
- The Mac OS desktop application has the similar functionalities of windows application. It is developed using cross platform electron.js and angular frameworks.
iOS & Android mobile apps
- Alerts staff members on new events as they happen.
- Staff members can also generate alerts, escalate and close alerts.
- Walkie-talkie based emergency communication from mobile and web, between responder and crisis management team
Tools & Technologies
- C# application using WPF framework
- ZigBee based large mesh network
- Android and iOS for mobile Apps
ZigBee mesh Hubs deployed throughout the building for coverage and location identification
