Fire is among the most serious dangers we face. There are many different ways to prevent the fire occurring however if fire strikes you need to detect it quickly, here at the Protector Group we can help by giving you specialist information into what system you will need.

We have experience installing many different types of systems, ranging from small conventional detection, large open protocol analogue addressable detection, High sensitivity smoke detection and even gaseous extinguishing systems.

What Are Protocols?

When referring to electronic products, the term 'protocol' refers to the method that these products communicate with each other. People use 'language' to each other; electronic products have a simplified 'lanuguage'. This lanuguage is termed a 'protocol'. Protocols can be referred to as 'open', 'closed' and 'digital' and 'analogue'. It is important to know what each means when comparing different types of analogue fire dection systems.

Open Protocols

With analogue addressable fire-alarms systems, The Protector Group Systems are committed to open- protocol equipment, offering products from different fire manufacturers that communicate flawlessly with each other. This offers much greater flexibility and better value-for-money systems. Open-protocols allows independent companies to design despoke systems that can be accessed for service by any bona-fide fire-alarm maintainer. Generally speaking, open-protocol costs less to maintain, as competition is greater between open-protocol companies.

Closed Protocols

Closed-protocol equipment can limit the End Users choice of fire-alarm maintenance-company. In the main, access to closed-protocol equipment is only permissible to the manufacture's own engineers and closed-protocol equipment spares usually can be purchased only from that single manufacture. This is a hindrance to price-competition on spare parts and on service.