BEA G3 Automatic Door Sensor
Nov. 11, 2010 — Doppler radar works for weather forecasters and for airport traffic controllers, so why not for your co-op or condo's front door? Heck, why not echo-location and sonar while we're at it? OK, maybe that's overkill. But BEA, a maker of automatic doors and sensor equipment, offers not only Doppler but also infrared and microwave technology in its new G3 senor line. That's a lot of technology just to open and close doors, but that's because it can also help save on energy costs. Step right this way....
The G3, which comes in your choice of a black, white, silver or bronze cover, uses these combined technologies to create what it catchily calls "Intelli-Tracking." This combo allows it to automatic adapt to weather conditions to increase reliability and to operate in conditions including very reflective floors and in lighting storms, which can over-trigger certain types of light-sensitive sensors. One way it does this is with the ingenious use of a "normal / high" switch for the infrared setting. Sometimes simple is best, no? But sometimes you need complicated, too. That's where the "one-way evening mode" comes in, which allows you to control automatic response to either two-way or one-way commuter traffic. All in all, this high-tech sensor helps keep the door from opening when unnecessary, thus avoiding loss of heat, a/c and energy in general
The G3 (at left) has both presence detection and motion detection, with its microwave antenna adjustable for either a wide or a narrow pattern of detection. Likewise, infrared pattern can be adjusted to offer two "curtains" of 24 spots (wide pattern) or two curtains of 12 spots (narrow pattern).
Options include a handheld remote control and a 12-function "programmable logic module." Wow. We have smart phones, smart cars … who knew we'd reach a point where we have smart doors? Better hope they don't get together with the phones and the cars to take over.
BEA Inc. • 100 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, Penn. 15275 • (412) 249-4100 • toll-free (800) 523-2462 • info@beainc.com
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