International. Ajax Systems introduced its latest OS Malevich 2.12 update that offers enhanced features such as the fire alarm system. It has also added a more flexible configuration of notifications about entry/exit delays and has incorporated the function called Tinkerbell.
What is the TinkerBell?
The TinkerBell function allows you to use an Ajax siren with an opening sensor similar to a trade bell. It notifies store employees that a customer has entered through the door or, in a private home, that someone has entered through the back door.
The warning sound of the siren is short and different from that of the alarm; its volume is adjusted in the app. There are 4 red flags to choose from, allowing you to hear which door has been opened. After you enable the TinkerBell feature, the blue bell icon appears in the Ajax app, indicating the status of the feature. You can temporarily disable it with a tap.
Other new features delivered with OS Malevich 2.12 include:
Improved Ajax Cloud notifications
Notifications about the loss of connection to the Ajax Cloud server become more informative. Now, in a hub's service settings, you can select specific communication channels to report on in the event of a lost or disabled connection. You can set the delay for such notification for periods of up to 30 minutes. This functionality not only improves the control of the communication of the security system for users, but can also generate an alarm confirmation for an alarm receiving center.
Revised Night Mode notifications
This year, the company received several requests from Ajax users on Facebook and on the Trustpilot review platform about siren alerts in Night Mode. Users didn't like the siren waking their kids up when Night Mode was activated.
Now, in the siren settings, alerts about night mode activation and delays are separated: individually for input and output. You can also set the volume of these alerts. No more annoying beeps at night.
Fire alerts in a multi-apartment building
At the request of Norwegian partner Elotec, with whom the company carried out a project last year to protect the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bergen, the Ajax team continues to improve the interconnected alarm of FireProtect detectors. This feature saves lives by notifying everyone in the building through the buzzers built into the fire detectors when at least one of them has detected a fire. This allows people to be evacuated even before the fire spreads quickly throughout the building.
Thanks to the update, in case of false alarm a user will now be able to silence only the detectors of the same group: the user's apartment, without this affecting the detectors installed in other apartments. The user evaluates the falsity of a fire alarm only in his apartment, and if there is a danger to other residents, then the interconnection of alarms will notify them of it. If a false alarm triggers an alarm interconnect in all apartments, only the system administrator can mute it.
How to get the update
All Ajax hubs will receive OS Malevich 2.12 in four weeks. The update is installed automatically when the Ajax security system is disarmed and the hub is connected to an external power.
