Good ol' Prickster...

On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 5:53 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> 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
> .
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> On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 5:16 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 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?
>> >
>>
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