I was just looking around on the website and I noticed that the SXL-EX now appears in the legacy section in the “phasing out” category. This was their last conventional panel. I think that, over the next few years, we will see the demise of new conventional panels. It appears that Siemens now expects customers to replace SXL-EX systems with their 50 point addressable panel- possibly using monitor modules to reuse the old conventional devices.
What are your thoughts? Is this a good thing? Is addressable the future for even small buildings with 50 point panels?
Wait really? Huh. I didn’t think they were selling it anymore though.
Pretty sure that’s already happened given how many manufacturers have completely abandoned the conventional side of the industry.
Maybe. I for one still think there’s some place for conventional systems: sure not really in the case of large buildings that need & benefit from addressable systems, but in smaller places conventional systems should suffice & work well.
Even with Kidde, their VS systems are pretty much all addressable. You basically install boards on the loop that are conventional zones (like the RZI-16 or CT1 for contact devices only). That’s the way conventional systems are now if we replace them.
Yeah: like I said above conventional systems are nearly dead as a whole (though as I also said I do hope they’ll still be around in some capacity since not every single structure needs a full-blown addressable system).
Interesting, not sure I’ve ever heard of that. Monitor modules are an option too.