Have you ever taken a moment to realize just how important time is within your facility? Whether it’s a meeting, class, or appointment, being prompt and starting your events on schedule can positively impact you, your peers, and even future scheduled happenings.
One way to help ensure timeliness for everyone in your school, hospital, warehouse, or business is to utilize synchronized time solutions by Primex Sync™. A Primex Sync solution provides facilitywide clocks that exhibit the same, synchronous time on each and every clock — digital or analog. Plus, building maintenance staff can breathe easy, as every Primex Sync clock features automatic daylight saving time changes.
What are the Different Primex Sync Technologies?
Primex Sync offers wireless and wired synchronized time options that can outfit any size, age, or type of building. The four Primex Sync technologies are Radio 72 MHz, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® Low Energy, or Power over Ethernet. Each operates with distinct methods but delivers the same dependable, synchronous time throughout any facility.
Radio 72 MHz Frequency
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What is Radio 72 MHz Frequency Synchronized Time by Primex Sync?
The Radio 72 MHz Frequency solution utilizes an on-site radio transmitter to send a patented synchronized time signal to all clocks throughout a facility or multibuilding campus. This engineered solution involves an in-house Primex engineer who reviews building plans to guarantee your facility receives synchronized time.
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How Does the Primex Sync Radio 72 MHz Solution Work?
Within a Radio 72 MHz solution, wireless time signal is acquired through GPS or a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. The FCC-licensed 72 MHz transmitter then distributes that signal to every clock within your building or campus.
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What Facilities Are Best Suited for a Primex Sync Radio 72 MHz Solution?
72 MHz is a much lower frequency than other radio frequencies (FM radio utilizes ranges 88 MHz through 108 MHz, for example), which minimizes its risk of interference. That reduced risk, combined with its ability to penetrate solid building materials with a longer wavelength, makes Radio 72 MHz a perfect solution for large-sized buildings. Multibuilding healthcare systems and college campuses are also an ideal spot for a Radio 72 MHz solution, as a high-powered 72 MHz Transmitter can send signal to the furthest corners of sprawling campuses. Additionally, in case an emergency compromises Wi-Fi or other IT networks, the Primex Sync Radio 72 MHz solution continues to operate.
Wi-Fi
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What is Wi-Fi Synchronized Time by Primex Sync?
The Primex Sync Wi-Fi synchronized time solution leverages a facility’s existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide wireless synchronous time to clocks within the network.
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How Does the Primex Sync Wi-Fi Solution Work?
The Primex Sync Wi-Fi solution requires no new or special Wi-Fi networks. Time is acquired from an internal or external NTP source, and clocks connect to a facility’s existing Wi-Fi and receive time from the source. Clocks are equipped with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity using the newest and most secure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 encryption.
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What Facilities are Best Suited for a Primex Sync Wi-Fi Solution?
The Primex Sync Wi-Fi Clocks’ built-in Wi-Fi capability provides facilities with an immediate solution, as clocks are ready to connect to Wi-Fi and synchronize upon arrival without any additional equipment. The Primex Sync Wi-Fi solution provides extensive flexibility in clock location placement with the ability to expand by simply adding more clocks anywhere there is a Wi-Fi signal. The easy-to-install nature of these Wi-Fi clocks is beneficial for any facility — big or small — with a strong Wi-Fi network and desire for a “plug-and-play” synchronized clock system. Schools, hospitals, warehouses, and businesses all can utilize a Primex Sync Wi-Fi solution.
Bluetooth® Low Energy
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What is Bluetooth® Low Energy Synchronized Time by Primex Sync?
The Primex Sync Bluetooth® Low Energy solution is a wireless, easy-to-install, cloud-based synchronized time system that utilizes Bluetooth® to create a mesh network between all clocks.
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How Does the Primex Sync Bluetooth® Low Energy Solution Work?
A Primex Sync Bridge acquires a timestamp from an internal network or external NTP server and creates a low-energy Bluetooth® mesh network that sends synchronized time to each clock within a facility. Mesh networks are “self-healing,” meaning if one clock becomes unsynchronized, other clocks within the network remain synchronized, unlike a typical "daisy chain" system.
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What Facilities are Best Suited for a Primex Sync Bluetooth® Low Energy Solution?
A Bluetooth® Low Energy solution is ideal for single-building facilities under three stories tall that are looking for an easy-to-install synchronized time solution. This low-cost synchronized time option is mainly used in small elementary schools or stand-alone healthcare clinics.
Power over Ethernet
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What is Power over Ethernet Synchronized Time by Primex Sync?
Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a secure, wired synchronized time solution that leverages a building’s existing network to send synchronous time and power to every clock within a facility via wired network connection.
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How Does the Primex Sync PoE Solution Work?
Primex Sync clocks arrive fully preconfigured and ready to connect to your facility’s existing network to acquire both synchronized time and power. New or existing cables must run between a PoE switch and each clock within your building.
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What Facilities are Best Suited for a Primex Sync PoE Solution?
Due to the wired nature of this PoE solution, older buildings with existing cable runs are well suited for a Primex Sync PoE solution. New construction also could benefit from a PoE solution, as lines can be installed during building. Because the network provides both time signal and power, the PoE solution can be an exceptional option for facilities looking to eliminate the need for battery replacements or an additional power source. Buildings with heavy infrastructure or Wi-Fi constraints are also well suited for a PoE solution.
Is My Facility Ready for Synchronized Timekeeping?
Yes! No matter your facility, Primex Sync has the solution to optimize it with synchronized time. Also, remember that every Primex Sync technology works with our various analog or digital clocks to fit any interior décor.
Now’s the time to upgrade to a Primex Sync solution and get your facility up and running with synchronized time. Contact us today to speak to a dedicated Primex expert to find the right match for your needs.
