Enhancing Public Safety and deterring crime with Blue Light towers
The Challenge
Emergency phone towers and call boxes are excellent choices for protecting and securing walkways, parking lots, college and commercial campus areas, and anywhere a freestanding emergency phone is required. These rugged and reliable advanced end points help provide an immediate connection to assistance, as well as supply location information to first responders who can more promptly reach the victim during an incident. However, they need to be installed great distances from more centralized locations, creating a number of issues related to connectivity, power, communication and more. In order to ensure that help is available when it is needed most, locations invest in cellular technology that will extend communication capabilities to the farthest corners.
Code Blue, the leading manufacturer of emergency communication solutions in the USA, needed reliable antenna solutions that can provide seamless connectivity to secure direct communication with first responders.
The Antennas
LPB-6-60
The LPB-6-60 antenna is a cost effective omni-directional panel mount antenna for 4G/3G/2G and 5G devices from 617-960/1710-6000MHz and is suitable for external or internal installa- tion.
The LPB-6-60 is supplied with integrated 5mm double shielded CS29 coaxial cable and is available with a wide variety of connectors fitted.
This antenna is an ideal solution for use in industrial and domestic environments with cellular modems/routers and Machine to Machine (M2M) wireless connectivity applications.
LGAM-7-27-S24-58
This high-performance antenna offers multiple antenna functions for applications where a cost-effective, efficient and robust antenna is essential.
The L[G]AM consists of 2×2 MiMo function for 2G/3G/4G/5G covering 698-3800MHz, 2×2 MiMo function for 2.4/5GHz WiFi and an optional active antenna for GPS/ GLONASS/Galileo/BeiDou with 26dB gain LNA for high-quality positioning and filtering.
The Client
Safety has always been the No. 1 priority for Code Blue Corporation. Located in Holland, Michigan, the industry pi- oneering manufacturer of emergency communication solutions provides assistance to people by handcrafting prod- ucts that are reliable and accessible. From their iconic blue light phone pedestals to the award-winning software, Code Blue helps people feel safe by offering durable and visible security solutions that provide help at the touch of a button®, while assisting first responders before, during and after an incident with a complete end-to-end system that utilizes alerting, managing, archiving and responding technology.
The Solution
Thanks to its wide frequency range and ability to support Band 71 and 5G, Panora- ma’s LPB-6-60 fitted nicely into Code Blue’s CB-1 Line of Help Point®, pedestals.
The CB 1-e is a sophisticated pedestal Help Point high lighted by a high intensity LED beacon/strobe light that provides exceptional visi bility and acts as a deterrent to po- tential crime. This blue light emergency tower provides direct communication with first responders and can extend security efforts to walkways, parking lots, open campus areas and more.
The LGAM-7-27 has also proved to be an excellent solution since it is a MiMo antenna and allows Code Blue to take advantage of GPS and WiFi as well as LTE in a small package that fits well onto a Nema box. The antenna is suitable for use on Code Blue Pole Mount and Wall Mount Units as well.