https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/18848-new-illinois-law-requires-panic-buttons-for-hotel-casino-staff-working-alone#:~:text=New%20Illinois%20law%20requires%20panic%20buttons%20for%20hotel%2C%20casino%20staff%20working%20alone,-September%206%2C%202019&text=Springfield%2C%20IL%20%E2%80%94%20Beginning%20July%201,device%20that%20alerts%20security%20staff .
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 5:16 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > I found some regulations that talk about needing to identify the > transponder location in the hotel. Our state code I don't think > addresses how accurate it needs to be. We're not providing the system, > but the hotel owner came to us saying that the guy who is selling him > the system wanted to add 90 WIFI devices in the hotel. So that leads us > to the 1 per room idea. The actual system integrator is supposed to be > calling us. I'm thinking we'll probably give him his own SSID/Vlan for > his devices. > > > On 1/19/2021 5:04 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > > I would guess that you have one per room so you can tell where the > > panic is happening. > > I would not use wifi for it if I wanted it to work every time. Be > > better to be UHF I would think. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke > > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 3:39 PM > > To: Animal Farm > > Subject: [AFMUG] Hotel Panic Button Regulations > > > > We're in Illinois, and provide Internet/WIFI to a hotel. We're being > > told by the hotel owner that there is a new regulation (we don't know if > > it's state or federal) that there needs to be a panic button in every > > room. > > > > The guy selling them the system says that it is all WIFI based. 1 > > device per room > > > > It is supposedly only for staff use > > > > So they're wanting to add a mess of devices to the WIFI in the hotel. > > Not really a big deal, there's more than enough capacity. > > > > But A number of things are not making sense with this: > > > > Why would a Panic button be WIFI based and not 400khz to a local > > receiver? > > > > If it's only for staff, why is there a need for one in each room and not > > just a panic button carried on their person? > > > > I know others on this list service/manage hotels. Have you heard > > anything about this? > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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