ABB has released the Stanilite NexusRF Infinity, its latest offering in emergency lighting that lets customers set-up, maintain and control their entire emergency lighting installations digitally. It provides a real-time overview of all systems which in turn saves time, enables better maintenance and enhances building safety.

Developed by ABB’s Australian R&D team, the NexusRF Infinity builds on the solid foundation of the previous NexusRF system and incorporates digital enhancements to reduce all aspects of the product life cycle. It also gives users a digital overview through a mobile-optomised web interface which gives users instant information to assist resource planning and enhance building safety.

It also comes with dynamic mesh networking to ensure multiple potential communications paths that form automatically. This ensures automatic route optimisation to ensure trouble free operation.

The guiding design principals for NexusRF Infinity are to make it as simple as possible to use for both the installer and end user:

• Foolproof installation with tap and scan technology for mobile commissioning
• Commission during construction without power or backbone installation
• No more commissioning spreadsheets
• Backwards compatibility for existing Nexus RF installations
• Report distribution from mobile devices
• Integration with Building Management System (BMS)
• Flexibility and scalability
• 300% increase in router capacity
• Enhanced IT Security features including HTTPS (SSL) encryption and DHCP via Static IP Address
• 75% reduction of the commissioning time for installers and electrical contractors.

“By harnessing the power of mobile connectivity, Stanilite NexusRF Infinity unlocks and provides access to data and account management tools, allowing users to manage their emergency lighting system from anywhere, anytime while keeping a record of all activity safe due to the robust IT security enhancements,” ABB head of smart buildings Australia Adrien Fournier says.

“For customers, this can reduce operating costs dramatically and will be one of the key elements for building owners and facility managers to reduce the total cost of ownership of safety systems in the future.

“Another key element of Nexus RF Infinity is the new commissioning method and interface which bring 75% reduction of the commissioning time for installers and electrical contractors.”