Showing posts with label Setcom. Show all posts
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Monday, December 21, 2009

Setcom Corporation Goes Green

Setcom Corporation (www.SetcomCorp.com), an industry baton in communications systems and accessories for badge motorcycles, blaze apparatus, and added accessible assurance and aggressive vehicles, is adopting new methods in an attack to accomplish the aggregation added environmentally friendly. These changes will acquiesce Setcom to become a added environmentally complete company.

One of the a lot of important changes Setcom is authoritative is in abbreviation the aggregate of cardboard breeze throughout the company. All of the aggregation decay cardboard is now recycled. Setcom relies heavily on the use of its ERP arrangement and email to advice absolute the aggregate of cardboard acclimated on a circadian basis. They accept aswell congenital scanning and cyberbanking book befitting which has resulted in a 90% abridgement of their use of filing cabinets.

In accession to acid its circadian use of paper, Setcom is aswell accumulation cyberbanking business methods to added abatement their cardboard usage. The majority of the business and bartering done by Setcom today is via cyberbanking means. Setcom is authoritative an accomplishment to deliver their aggregation advice on a CD or USB drive whenever possible. Setcom is aswell in the action of putting all of its business actual online on their aggregation website. Mailers and paper-based media bartering accept not been absolutely alone back some barter still adopt cardboard brochures but business through cardboard articles is a actual baby allotment of the absolute Setcom business effort.

Another way Setcom is acceptable added environmentally affable is by abbreviation its all-embracing ability consumption. The Setcom architecture was adapted to accommodate added accessible amplitude that utilizes accustomed light. Lighting and HVAC accept aswell been removed from areas in the architecture area it is not necessary. All non-essential accessories in the aggregation is angry off every night. Setcom has aswell installed added adult thermostats and added able baptize heaters to bigger advance ability consumption.

Waste cardboard is not the alone recycled account at Setcom. Old cyberbanking accessory and computers that are no best acclimated by the aggregation are recycled and replaced with added activity able items. The aggregation aswell makes it a point to use economical cars if advisers are travelling.

Despite the advances Setcom is authoritative in its adventure to become environmentally sound, there are areas area they would like to improve. One of these areas is RoHS compliance. RoHS acquiescence calls for akin the use of six chancy abstracts in accomplishment assorted cyberbanking components. The abstracts are lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybiominated biphenyls, and polybiominated diphenl ether. Many of the vendors Setcom works with are already RoHS adjustable but the aggregation wants to plan with all of its vendors to accretion complete RoHS compliance.

About Setcom Corporation
Setcom (www.SetcomCorp.com) is a abreast captivated aggregation which designs, manufactures, and sells communications systems and accessories for two-way radios. Setcom’s markets cover police, fire, and the US aggressive as able-bodied as assertive automated and bartering segments.

Founded in 1970, Setcom has been a avant-garde in its markets for 38 years. The aggregation is still a baton because it works with badge motorcycle admiral and firefighters to advance the affectionate of innovative, custom-built articles professionals depend on. Public assurance professionals in all fifty states, a lot of above US cities, and added than twenty countries common await on Setcom.

Setcom Corporation
1400 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite B1
Mountain View, CA 94043
888-6-SETCOM
www.SetcomCorp.com

Contact:
Michael Boyd
President, Setcom Corporation
650/965-8020 ext. 772
mboyd@setcomcorp.com

James Roberts
President, Setcom Corporation
650/965-8020 ext. 771
jroberts@setcomcorp.com

Setcom Enhances Its Waterproof Liberator Wireless Transmitter

Setcom Corporation (www.SetcomCorp.com), an industry baton in angle communications systems and accessories for badge motorcycle officers, has decidedly upgraded its Waterproof Liberator Wireless Transmitter. Further acceptable its cachet as the arch law administration motorcycle wireless communications system, the Liberator is now accessible to ride in even wetter altitude and acquiesce over 1,000 abstracted wireless connections.

Setcom alien the aboriginal waterproof wireless communications arrangement for badge motorcycles in 2007 (www.setcomcorp.com/pdfs/waterproof.pdf) and has now taken it to the next level. Law administration admiral ride motorcycles in a array of brutal altitude which generally absorb advertisement their communications accessories to cogent amounts of moisture. With the abundant success of its aboriginal waterproof system, Setcom absitively to accomplish it even tougher and added rugged.

A cogent aggregate of engineering assets were put abaft authoritative the handlebar transmitter asylum and about-face cossack accommodate to the IP-X8 standard, which exceeds the antecedent appraisement of IP-X7. The IP-X8 appraisement is an all-embracing accepted for appraisement the candor of enclosures. IP-X8 for the Setcom arrangement agency that it can be captivated at a abyss of 1 beat beneath baptize for one hour after cogent baptize incursion.

In addition, Setcom added the amount of motor admiral who can ride in abutting adjacency after interference. The Setcom arrangement now allows 1,024 accompanying riders, which far exceeds the requirements of even the better law administration motorcycle fleets in the world.

With over 20 years of acquaintance designing wireless products, Design Engineer Steve Hall led Setcom’s advancement of the product. He says, "We abide to strive to accomplish the toughest accessory in the bazaar in adjustment to bear the acrid altitude in which badge motor admiral ride. Our barter are accepted to be benumbed in close down pours in south Florida, subfreezing temperatures in the Midwest, and acute calefaction in Arizona. Our accessories have to angle up to all of that ecology punishment. Thus we took our portable-only wireless arrangement up to the next akin of ruggedness to access administrator safety.”

In accession to accepting adequate adjoin the elements, the Liberator System includes several added features. The primary allowances are added abandon and affluence of movement. In addition, by operating in the 900 MHz ISM abundance range, the arrangement avoids the arrest challenges associated with college frequencies. Also, the arrangement is astern accordant with Setcom’s absolute helmet kits, extenuative departments money and advancement hassles. Finally, the arrangement draws the basal ability it requires from the carriageable radio battery, removing the charge to recharge a accessory array and eliminating a potentially alarming abortion point.

Setcom’s Waterproof Liberator Wireless System is currently accessible in “Portable Radio Only” configurations for a lot of accepted Motorola and M/A-COM carriageable radios. Complete appearance can be apparent at www.setcomcorp.com/wireless.html.

Setcom’s Liberator Wireless System is Patent Pending.

About Setcom Corporation
Setcom (www.SetcomCorp.com) is a abreast captivated aggregation which designs, articles and sells communications systems and accessories for two-way radios. Setcom’s advice accessories markets cover law administration motorcycles, blaze apparatus, and the US aggressive cars as able-bodied as assertive automated and bartering segments.

Setcom’s artefact portfolio includes badge motorcycle helmet kits (www.setcomcorp.com/motocomm.html), blaze barter intercom systems (www.setcomcorp.com/fire.html), automated and ruggedized headsets (www.setcomcorp.com/industry.html), ARFF accoutrement intercom systems (www.setcomcorp.com/airport.html), and adaptable and carriageable radio angle interfaces (www.setcomcorp.com/industry.html).

Founded in 1970, Setcom has been a avant-garde in its markets for 38 years. The aggregation alien the aboriginal commercialized communications arrangement for a badge motorcycle in 1970. Setcom is still the baton because it works with badge admiral to advance the affectionate of innovative, custom-built articles law admiral depend on. Public assurance professionals in all fifty states, a lot of above US cities, and added than twenty countries common await on Setcom.

Contact:
Michael Boyd
President, Setcom Corporation
650/965-8020 ext. 872
mboyd@setcomcorp.com

James Roberts
President, Setcom Corporation
650/965-8020 ext. 771
jroberts@setcomcorp.com

Setcom Announces Sponsorship of Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge

Setcom Corporation, a arch architect of communications accessories for firefighters, badge motorcycle officers, accomplishment cadre and automated users, appear it will sponsor the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge (FFCC). The competition, consisting of assorted three-day contest demography abode throughout the U.S. and Canada, promotes firefighter exercise and wellness.

“We are aflame about this new affiliation with FFCC,” said Setcom President Mike Boyd. “Setcom has consistently been committed to accouterment the best accessories for firefighters to advice accomplish their ambitious jobs a little easier. We are blessed to be a allotment of an accident which promotes the advance of these men and women’s efforts and allows their association to be included.”

Holding the aboriginal anytime accident in May of 1991, the Firefighter Combat Challenge (www.firefighter-challenge.com) is now in its 18th year of antagonism and has been hailed by ESPN (http://espn.go.com/) as “the toughest 2 account in sports”. With over 25 contest demography abode throughout the year, the Challenge is captivated in the U.S., Canada, and has afresh broadcast assimilate the all-embracing level. These contest advertise the accomplishment and accurate backbone of men and women who cede their own assurance and chase adjoin time every day to save lives.

“Setcom is a abundant accession to the ancestors of sponsors and supporters of the Firefighter Combat Challenge,” Dr. Paul Davis, FFCC President said. “Staying accordant is so important if it comes to emergency and accomplishment personnel; Setcom understands that and not alone designs their accessories about the needs of the professionals, they advance a abutting accord in adjustment to accumulate those men and women as safe and able as possible.”

The Firefighter Combat Challenge consists of cutting "full alembic gear" and the SCOTT Air-Pak breath accoutrement (www.scotthealthsafety.com). Pairs of competitors chase head-to-head as they simulate the concrete demands of real-life firefighting by assuming a affiliated alternation of 5 tasks including aggressive the 5-story tower, hoisting, chopping, boring hoses and rescuing a life-sized, 175 lb. "victim" as they chase adjoin themselves, their adversary and the clock.

About Setcom Corporation
Setcom (www.SetcomCorp.com) is a abreast captivated aggregation which designs, manufactures, and sells communications systems and accessories for two-way radios. Setcom’s markets cover police, fire, and the US aggressive as able-bodied as assertive automated and bartering segments. Some of its specialty articles cover badge motorcycle advice sets and blaze accoutrement intercom systems.

Founded in 1970, Setcom has been a avant-garde in its markets for 39 years. The aggregation is a baton because it works with badge motorcycle admiral and firefighters to advance the affectionate of innovative, custom-built articles professionals depend on. Public assurance professionals in all fifty states, a lot of above US cities, and added than twenty countries common await on Setcom.

About Firefighter Combat Challenge
Since 1991, the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge (www.firefighter-challenge.com/) has provided a snapshot of one of the a lot of physically ambitious and admired of occupations. It is an intense, active antagonism that demonstrates to the examination accessible the attributes of the job- and no job is added abased up on concrete accomplishment of its plan force. The claiming is an apotheosis of the aspect of firefighting.

The Challenge annually attracts hundreds of U.S. and Canadian borough blaze departments at added than 25 locations and is now accretion to countries about the world, including New Zealand, Germany, Argentina, Chile, and South Africa. The Challenge seeks to animate firefighter exercise and authenticate the profession's rigors to the public.

Setcom’s Liberator™ Wireless System Adds Sidetone

Setcom Corporation (www.SetcomCorp.com), the industry baton in advice systems and accessories for badge motorcycle officers, has just appear the latest adaptation of its Liberator Wireless Portable-Only arrangement with a new sidetone feature. Sidetone provides greater assurance for motor admiral by acceptance them to apprehend themselves acutely if transmitting over their radio.

“Setcom’s ambition is to added the assurance of motor admiral by always developing accessories that makes communicating as absolute as possible,” James Roberts, Setcom admiral said. “With this advanced in our Liberator system, we accept accomplished a new akin of accouterment safe communications.”

Sidetone is the address of sending a baby aggregate of the articulation arresting from the microphone to the speakers of the headset. This allows the user to apprehend himself speak, appropriately creating a added accustomed audio acknowledgment action for the academician in top babble situations. Setcom has fabricated it accessible for motor admiral to acquaint added bigger in the attendance of top engine, wind, and cartage noise.

“The aberration amid accepting sidetone and not, is incredible,” said Deputy Michael Baxter of Williamson County Sheriff’s Department, Georgetown, TX. “The better advantage is accepting able to apprehend yourself acutely and not accept to bawl through the radio, you apperceive you are accepting heard at a accustomed level. Communicating while benumbed a motorcycle can be difficult. When you ride at top speeds, the wind babble is a huge factor. Setcom has bridged that gap with sidetone.”

The Portable-Only Liberator Wireless was aboriginal alien in 2005 and has back bound become a arch artefact in badge motorcycle communications. Following the upgraded absolution of the waterproof arrangement in 2008, the absolution of the Liberator Wireless with sidetone is the latest in the system’s avant-garde developments.

About Setcom Corporation
Setcom (www.SetcomCorp.com) is a abreast captivated aggregation which designs, articles and sells communications systems and accessories for two-way radios. Setcom’s advice accessories markets cover law administration motorcycles, blaze apparatus, and the US aggressive cars as able-bodied as assertive automated and bartering segments.

Founded in 1970, Setcom has been a avant-garde in its markets for 39 years. The aggregation alien the aboriginal commercialized communications arrangement for a badge motorcycle in 1970. Setcom charcoal the baton because it works with badge admiral to advance the affectionate of innovative, custom-built articles law admiral depend on. Public assurance professionals in all fifty states, a lot of above US cities, and added than twenty countries common await on Setcom.