Differences between the Cerberus Pyrotronics XL3, IXL, INS-2, MXL, MXL-IQ and Gamewell IdentiFire Flex 500, INS-2

[firefreak57]

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Chris+s,

I know about the Wheelock-Siemens lawsuit but chose to leave that out because its effects came into play well after the Cerberus Pyrotronics-Gamewell split and the Siemens takeover. They mainly use the Z-Series signals as well as Wheelock’s full bell and speaker/strobe line.

I knew about the larger cabinets for the MXL, but I was in information overload when I started really digging into the nuances of the HUGE MXL platform. I didn’t know about the extra 120 decide capabilities of the MXL-IQ though.

The Cerberus Pyrotronics INS-2 seems to be extremely rare. I didn’t even know it existed until I came across references made to it in the IXL data sheet. Can you (or anyone) vouch for this assumption?

The Z series is no longer manufactured by Wheelock or rebranded by Siemens. Initially after the successful launch of the Exceder in early 2010 and the Exceder LED in 2012/2013, Wheelock made a deal with Siemens to keep manufacturing Z-series devices for them; however, sometime after the Exceder launch, all of the Legacy Devices (A series, N series, Z series, MT series (although the MT-24MCW might still be made) and the 31T-115 series) were immediately discontinued. The only devices of all these still made is the MT (maybe) and the RSS. Other than that, I’m pretty sure Wheelock is pretty much all Exceders at this point, which kind of stinks.