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Strobes/Visual Indicators
When strobes and visual indicators are connected to InformaCast, the critical communication platform from Singlewire Software, the strobes you’ve chosen flash as part of an alert, in one area or across the building. At the same moment, InformaCast sends the alert to phones, computers, overhead speakers, digital signs, and other devices, so people learn what’s happening and what to do.
Strobes and visual indicators are essential in loud spaces and for people who can’t hear an alarm. But a light can’t share details. When it flashes, people may not know whether it’s a fire, a lockdown, or severe weather, or whether to stay put or leave. InformaCast from Singlewire Software adds the details a light can’t share.
InformaCast sends messages that tell people what a flashing strobe means
When an alert starts from an InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge, a panic button, a sensor, or Visitor Aware, InformaCast activates the strobes you’ve chosen for that alert. That can be every strobe in the building or only those in one area, and depending on the model, strobes can flash different colors for different types of alerts.
At the same moment, InformaCast sends the alert to phones, computers, overhead speakers, digital signs, and other devices. Those messages tell people what’s happening, where, and what to do.
The strobes stop when InformaCast sends the all-clear
When the situation is resolved, InformaCast sends an all-clear and the strobes stop, so everyone knows it’s safe to carry on.
Using InformaCast for shift-change strobes helps people notice an urgent alert right away
Your strobes and InformaCast work together on ordinary days, too. A light can signal a shift change or a break in areas too loud for announcements. Because people see the lights for routine signals, they notice right away when one means something more.
Strobes and visual indicators signal that something is happening. Connected to InformaCast, people also learn what it is and what to do.
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Frequently asked questions
Strobes are essential in loud spaces and for people who can’t hear an alarm, but a light can’t share details. Connected to InformaCast from Singlewire Software, a critical communication platform for mass notification and emergency response, strobes flash as part of an alert while phones, computers, overhead speakers, digital signs, and other devices tell people what’s happening, where, and what to do.
Depending on the model, yes. Strobes can flash different colors for different types of alerts. InformaCast can also activate every strobe in the building or only those in one area.
When the situation is resolved, InformaCast sends an all-clear and the strobes stop, so everyone knows it’s safe to carry on.
Yes. A light can signal a shift change or a break in areas too loud for announcements, so people notice right away when one means something more.
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