Here in the sales office, we were very impressed by the technical office’s tree and thought we’d get into the festive spirit ourselves. By one-upping them!

Using a 2N Netspeaker we hooked up our doorbell so that whenever someone presses it, Jingle Bells plays! Along with a blue strobe light being activated.

This is, of course, far from the limit of what a NetSpeaker can do. If you want to know more about it, feel free to give our friendly (and very festive) sales team a call!

Merry Christmas from the ProVu sales team!

Here in the ProVu technical office things are starting to get festive.

Our trusty old Christmas tree has gone up.

With so much in the news this year about the boom we are going to see in IoT & M2M, we thought we’d better smart-enable our Christmas tree to keep up with the times.

I’d been testing the 2n Smartcom Pro recently, so I used that:

This allows me to convert non-IP devices (and our old Christmas tree is definitely not an IP device) into IP-enabled devices I can access over my network.

To actually control the tree’s lights, I used a Zigbee power switch since the Smartcom Pro has a Zigbee interface (amongst others):

This set up allows me to use “AT” style commands over a telnet connection from any computer on our network to the Smartcom to turn the Christmas tree lights off and on. That works OK but is rather cumbersome so to finish this off I wrote a quick Python script which connects to the Smartcom and allows me to type in simple commands to control our tree.

Here is a short video of it in action:

What’s the point you might ask? Well there isn’t a great deal of point to this other than a bit of fun. However, one of the biggest causes of fires around Christmas time is tree lights being left on unattended (so I’m lead to believe) so ensuring these are automatically turned off when everyone has left the office is a good idea!

Cheers,
Paul.

2N have a new development in their IP69 testing process, ensuring that your door entry intercoms can withstand an even wider range of situations!

* No goldfish were harmed in the testing of this intercom – in fact, they reported feeling very secure with their new intercom, and would recommend it for fishtanks big or small!

We have now added the 2N range of GSM Gateways to our Voice Gateway portfolio. These are designed to reduce company calling costs to mobile networks, this is achieved by routing calls according to time, pre code or free GSM minutes. The gateways are available for for both analogue, ISDN and IP communications ensuring that whatever type of service your customers are using their will be a 2N Gateway that can help them reduce costs.

The following variants are in stock and ready to order on ProSys:
2N EasyGate
2N VoiceBlue Next
2N BRI Lite

Should you have a query just give the Sales Team a call on 01484 840048.

The ProVu Team

The NetSpeaker from 2N is a cost effective IP audio solution and is ideal for food and retail chains with many locations. The system allows them to centrally store all their audio media, background music, Internet radio, adverts and safety notices plus do live announcements.They can then stream this content to any or all locations that can be set up in regional zones. The big incentive for these companies is that it massively reduces their costs for back ground music and radio etc as they only need to buy one stream as an input to the 2N system. They can also generate revenues by selling advertising to their suppliers which in some cases means the system will pay for it self within 12 months.

ProVu also stock the SIP Speaker from 2N, read more about it here

At the end of 2013 2N launched a range of new Visual Alerting IP intercoms. These are available in both the IP Force and IP Uni ranges.

These models include three simple icons with LED lights which signal the status of the IP intercom.

Orange = ringing | Blue = in call | Green = door released

The intercoms are ideal for installation in hospitals and other public buildings as they help to support the needs of people with hearing difficulties or impaired orientation ability.

Read more about the new range from 2N: Visual signalling of IP intercom status

These units are available to buy in the UK from ProVu. Please note we are a trade only distributor and work via a network of resellers and installers.

To help you select the right 2N IP Force or IP Vario model for your specific application, we have put together feature comparison guides which outline the features on each door entry intercom:

• 2N® Helios IP Force – Model selector
• 2N® Helios IP Vario – Model selector

Are you looking for a range of beautifully engineered IP door intercoms interop tested to work with many leading platforms? If the answer is YES then look no further than the Helios IP range from 2N.

*Interoperability Accreditations*
2N Helios IP’s interface has approved compatibility with many leading platforms, including Broadsoft, Avaya, Cisco, 3CX & MS Lync.

See here for a full list of 2N Helios IP interoperability featuring approved platforms, end points and soft phones.

The next job is to select which Helios model is best suited for your project. Choose from the following:

All trade pricing can be found on ProSys.