External protection against lightning using a lightning rod must be checked every year and after each lightning strike to ensure that it is functioning properly. NFC 17-102 – September 2011, (art. 8.2).
Upkeep and maintenance of your lightning protection installation are also necessary to preserve your manufacturer and installer warranties.
To ensure complete security, you must be able to be certain of its effectiveness at all times.
The system Contact@ir® is an exclusive solution offered by LPS France® to meet normative requirements, preserve your guarantees and ensure your safety throughout the lifespan of your lightning protection installation.
Why use Contact@ir® MD?
Contact@ir® MD allows you to check the proper functioning of your product remotely.
If one of your products is struck by lightning, you receive an alert immediately.
The level of intensity of the lightning strike is indicated to you on a scale of 1 to 3. It is thus possible to know the type of verification necessary to carry out. Your products equipped with a transmitter Contact@ir® MD communicate constantly via local mobile network.
The data collected by Contact@ir® MD are continuously transmitted to the server on which they are recorded and dated without intervention on your part.
The data can be viewed remotely on your tablet or smartphone in the LPS Manager application. At any time and from anywhere, you can check the status of all your installations.
The transmitter Contact@ir® MD connects to your product Contact@ir® Ready .
Contact@ir® MD can be placed on the product Contact@ir® Ready during assembly or at any time during the life of the installation.
What information will I get with Contact@ir® MD ?
In the LPS Manager application you will obtain the following information:
Identification :
- The serial number of the Compt@ir® or Paraton@ir®,
- The type and color of Paraton@ir®,
- The serial number of the transmitter,
- Any notes previously entered.
Diagnostic :
- Quality of communication,
- Product integrity,
- How the product works.
History:
- History of lightning strike,
- Chronology of previous diagnostics by product,
- Results of these diagnostics,
- Notes from previous users.
All information collected by Contact@ir® MD continuously are automatically transmitted to the server, dated, recorded and historicized.
They are necessary for the establishment of documents related to the execution, verification and maintenance of your installation. These documents are required by standard NFC 17-102 (art. 8.1 to 8.7).
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What should I do if I receive a lightning alert?
Contact@ir® MD transmits a real-time alert when a lightning strike strikes the protection installation.
The NFC 17-102 standard requires a verification of your lightning protection installation each time the protected structure is struck by lightning (art. 8.2). This provision aims to ensure the effectiveness of your protection installation without interruption.
This is why the simple fact of receiving a lightning alert should lead you to check the integrity and proper functioning of your product on our servers.
Contact@ir® MD also allows you to know the intensity level of the lightning strike captured by your product on a scale of 1 to 3. This feature, like the entire system Contact@ir® , is an exclusive LPS France® .
The intensity of the lightning strike captured by your product and the result of its diagnosis help determine whether a visual, normal or complete verification of the installation is necessary (see standard NFC 17-102, art. 8.2 to 8.6), as well as the degree of urgency of the intervention.
To interpret this data correctly, we recommend that you contact an authorized agent LPS France® who will be able to take the preventive measures essential to maintaining your protection and preserving your guarantees. Thanks to Contact@ir® MD, you save time and avoid unnecessary expenses while ensuring the efficiency of your installation through more targeted interventions.
What other requirements Contact@ir® MD does he respond?
According to the NFC 17-102 standard (art. 8.2) your lightning protection installation must also be checked:
– Periodically in order to be able to anticipate and prevent the natural wear and tear of your installation,
– Each time the protected structure is modified or repaired.
With Contact@ir® MD logging lightning alerts helps prevent damage linked to wear and tear on the installation and you can carry out a diagnosis quickly wherever you are. If the diagnosis reveals critical information, your installation must be subject to a visual, normal or complete verification depending on the case (see standard NFC 17-102, art. 8.5 and 8.6).
This verification is a necessary condition for preserving your guarantees. By using an Authorized Agent LPS France® you are sure that the verification procedure is followed and that the appropriate measures are taken.