Cooper Lightng & Safety
Wheatley Hall Road
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN2 4NB
News Release
Contact:
Rick Bauling, RJB Communications
+44(0)1234 782255
rbauling@rjbcoms.com
New Automatic System from Cooper Lighting and Safety
Makes the Testing of Emergency Lighting Quick and Easy
DONCASTER, UK, October 2010 – Cooper Lighting and Safety, a business unit of Cooper Safety, has
introduced a completely new version of its Easicheck automatic test system for emergency lighting.
Featuring innovations such as spur wiring capability, a touch-screen user interface and web access to
historical test data, Easicheck 2 has been designed to make the testing of emergency lighting as
straightforward and as cost-effective as possible for the building manager.
The new system provides continuous monitoring of lamp, battery and control-gear functionality, together
with programmable test regimes to comply with prevailing regulatory requirements. Using simple
twisted-pair wiring, Easicheck 2 offers a high-integrity solution for the automatic testing of up to 200
emergency luminaires in either a loop configuration or a loop with spurs.
An auto-learn facility automatically scans the data loop and gives each luminaire an address number
corresponding to its position on the loop. If more luminaires are added at a later date, the system can
either be instructed to allocate the next available address without altering any existing addresses or to
carry out a new auto-learn sequence to re-establish consecutive addressing on the loop.
The 120 x 90mm touch screen includes a QWERTY keyboard facility for data entry, and the system can
be programmed with up to 16 independent test groups to accommodate different test regimes or test
times in different parts of a building.
For large installations, up to 63 Easicheck 2 panels can be networked together via twisted-pair, TCP/IP
or fibre-optic links, enabling a maximum of 12,600 emergency luminaires to be monitored.
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As well as being compatible with a wide range of Cooper’s own emergency luminaires, Easicheck 2 can
also be used in conjunction with other manufacturers’ products when modified and CE-marked by
Cooper. The system is suitable for use with tungsten, fluorescent and LED luminaires.
For further information, visit www.cooper-ls.com.
Contact details for publication
www.cooper-ls.com
info@cooper-ls.com
Tel: +44 (0)1302 303200
About Cooper Lighting and Safety
Based in Doncaster, Cooper Lighting and Safety Ltd is responsible for three separate brands: Crompton
Lighting, Menvier and JSB. Crompton Lighting is well known in the commercial lighting sector, while
Menvier and JSB are market leaders in emergency lighting as well as having a strong position in the
market for fire-detection equipment. Cooper Lighting and Safety Ltd is one of the operating companies
of Cooper Safety.
About Cooper Safety
Cooper Safety is a leading manufacturer of emergency lighting, security, fire detection and notification
systems also offering lighting fixtures, and electrical installation materials.
Our well-known brands and products can be found in a whole variety of industrial, commercial, and
domestic settings providing protection to both life and property by offering fire and security detection,
and escape route illumination in the event of an emergency. Under normal conditions our products offer
professional lighting solutions and high specification installation materials.
Headquartered in Royal Leamington Spa, England, Cooper Safety comprises 11 different operating
companies located in the UK, mainland Europe and North America. Together these businesses utilise in
excess of 1 million square feet of modern manufacturing and warehousing space, and currently employ
over 2000 people. Cooper Safety is a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd., a USA based Fortune 500
company.
About Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global manufacturer with 2009 revenues of $5.1 billion.
Founded in 1833, Cooper's sustained level of success is attributable to a constant focus on
innovation, evolving business practices while maintaining the highest ethical standards, and meeting
customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions with leading market share positions
and world-class products and brands including: Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; CrouseHinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle
and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely
positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to
improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient
products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2009, sixty-one percent of total sales were to
customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and thirty-nine percent of total sales were to
customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries as of 2009.
For more information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.
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