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==History==

System Sensor was founded in 1984<ref>{{cite web |title=About System Sensor |url=http://www.systemsensor.com/html/about.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308105416/http://www.systemsensor.com/html/about.html |archive-date=March 8, 2010 |accessdate=24 October 2009}}</ref> to address the requirements of exclusive industry fire alarm products. Early products included the MASS and PA400 Series. The MASS was a multi-tone anddevice which came in remotedifferent hornvariants and horn strobe modelssuch as well as remotea horn/strobe models, and speaker strobes and remote speakers. The System Sensor PA400 iswas a mini horn, with an optional strobe attachment. On May 21, 1993, System Sensor filed a patent for a new strobe that was ADA compliant. It featured a clear lens and a reflector to distributeIn the light. Soon after1990’s, System Sensor updated the MASS with an ADA-complaint strobe. Around this time, System Sensor also had a line of smoke detectors, including the System Sensor 1400 2-wire Ionization detector and the 2400 2-wire Photoelectric detector. In 1997, the MASS was replaced with the SpectrAlert series, which included horn strobes, strobes, remote horns, chimes, chime strobes, speakers, and speaker strobes. A main feature of these wasIn the ability to sync using a System Sensor MDL sync module or the System Sensor sync protocol on a supported [[fire alarm control panel]]. There were multiple generations of the SpectrAlert. The first generation had a screw lock. The second generation, released in the early 2000s, replaced the screw lock with a clip lock. Approximately before 2006, the third generation was released with multi-candela strobes, and replaced the jumpers for the horn tone with [[DIP switch|DIP switches]]. Around the time of the 2nd and 3rd gen SpectrAlerts being distributed2000’s, System Sensor was acquired from Pitway by Honeywell. Around this time, System Sensor introduced the i3 line of smoke detectors, which came in 2 and 4 wire models. These devices have a feature which they will poll with the fire alarm panel when the sensor is dirty, causing a trouble condition on the panel. In 2006, the original SpectrAlert series were replaced with the SpectrAlert Advance. Its main features were an updated mounting plate wiring design, allowing for easier installation, more candela options, and an updated design. The Advance came in the same models as the original SpectrAlert, with the addition of mini horns, and Low-frequency sounders, which were released in 2014. In 2017, the System Sensor L-Series was released. New features included a new 3000 hertz tone, more candela options, lower power draw, and an updated design. The low frequency devices were released in 2018. The new low frequency devices had Temporal 4 for Carbon Monoxide (CO) operations. All SpectrAlert Advance products, expect for the outdoor models and mini horns, were discontinued by February 2020. OnIn October of 2023, System Sensor announced the release of a new LED L series that uses lower current draw. The original L Series Xenon is planned to be discontinued onIn November 15,Late 2023. {{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

== Products ==

=== Notification Appliances ===

'''MASS Series'''

[[File:System Sensor MASS ADA.jpg|none|thumb|An [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA]] compliant version of the MASS]]

The MASS was multi-tone and came in remote horn and horn strobe models as well as remote strobe models, and speaker strobes and remote speakers. In 1993, System Sensor filed a patent for a new strobe that was ADA compliant. It featured a clear lens and a reflector to distribute the light. Soon after, System Sensor updated the MASS with an ADA-complaint strobe. In 1997, the MASS was replaced by the SpectrAlert series.

'''PA400 Series'''

The System Sensor PA400 was a mini horn, with an optional strobe attachment.

'''SpectrAlert Series'''

[[File:System Sensor SpectrAlert Classic Horn Strobe.jpg|none|thumb|SpectrAlert Horn/Strobe]]

The SpectrAlert series was the successor to the MASS series. The SpectrAlert series included horn strobes, strobes, remote horns, chimes, chime strobes, speakers, and speaker strobes A main feature of these alarms was the ability to sync them using a System Sensor MDL sync module or the System Sensor sync protocol on a supported [[fire alarm control panel]]. There were multiple generations of the SpectrAlert. The first generation had a screw lock. The second generation, released in the early 2000s, replaced the screw lock with a clip lock. Approximately before 2006, the third generation was released with multi-candela strobes, and replaced the jumpers for the horn tone with [[DIP switch|DIP switches]]. In 2006, the original SpectrAlert series were replaced with the SpectrAlert Advance.

'''SpectrAlert Advance Series'''

[[File:System Sensor SpectrAlert Advance Ceiling Horn Strobe.jpg|none|thumb|SpectrAlert Advance Ceiling Horn/Strobe]]

The SpectrAlert Advance was introduced in 2006 to replace the Legacy SpectrAlerts. Its main features were an updated mounting plate wiring design, allowing for easier installation, more candela options, and an updated design. The Advance came in the same models as the original SpectrAlert, with the addition of mini horns, and Low-frequency sounders, which were released in 2014. In 2017, the L-Series war released to replace the SpectrAlert Advance Series. All SpectrAlert Advance products, expect for the outdoor models and mini horns, were discontinued by February 2020.

'''L-Series'''

[[File:System Sensor L-Series.jpg|none|thumb|L-Series Strobe]]

In 2017, the System Sensor L-Series was released, replacing the SpectrAlert Advance series. New features included a new 3000 hertz tone, more candela options, lower power draw, and an updated design. The low frequency devices were released in 2018. The new low frequency devices had Temporal 4 for Carbon Monoxide (CO) operations. In October of 2023, System Sensor announced the release of a new LED L series that uses lower current draw, which would replace the Xenon L-Series devices. The Xenon L-Series was discontinued in Late-2023.

'''L-Series LED'''

In October of 2023, System Sensor announced the release of a new LED L series that uses lower current draw to replace the Xenon L-Series devices.

=== Detection Devices ===

'''1400/2400 Series'''

In the 1990’s System Sensor introduced a line of smoke detectors including the System Sensor 1400 2-wire Ionization detector and the 2400 2-wire Photoelectric detector.

'''i3 Series'''

In the 2000’s, System Sensor introduced the i3 line of smoke detectors, which came in 2 and 4 wire models. These devices have a feature which they will poll with the fire alarm panel when the sensor is dirty, causing a trouble condition on the panel.

== See also ==