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Completed projectHotels and tourismDoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw

Calls from about 20 toilets in several buildings reach a single reception

A single LX nurse call system links about 20 accessible toilets, spread across several buildings of the complex, with the reception — no separate installation in each building and no cables between them.

  • approx. 20accessible toilets
  • 1system for all buildings
  • 1reception takes every call
Calls from about 20 toilets in several buildings reach a single reception
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01 / Investment context

What problem had to be solved?

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw is a hotel and conference complex made up of several buildings. About twenty toilets accessible to people with disabilities are spread across different parts of it. The reception, which is to take the calls, is in a different building from some of these rooms.

Accessible toilets are used by people who may need help: wheelchair users, people on crutches, older guests. A fall or a fainting spell in a closed room is particularly dangerous, because nobody outside can see it. The call must therefore reach the staff whichever building the toilet is in, and the staff must know at once where to go.

A separate system in each building would mean several places where calls have to be watched, and cables between buildings would mean installation work in an operating hotel.

The investor’s goal: A call from any toilet, in any building, reaches the reception as the one service point — without a separate system for each building.

What was designed?

The complex is covered by one LX-series system that links the distant points of the installation with the reception. For a similar site GORKE specifies an SOS button with a pull cord (SPX-PK1C) for each toilet: a call is sent by pressing the key or pulling the cord, which can be reached even by someone who has fallen. The button is battery-powered and surface-mounted, so no wall chasing is needed in finished interiors.

In such a set-up, an LX signal unit (BSX-400BP) above the toilet door shows in the corridor, with light and sound, where the call came from. At the reception the LX identification receiver (IDX-1001U/E) shows the transmitter’s label, for example “Bldg B, ground floor — WC”, and the member of staff who goes there can carry a pager (OBI-4LX). The LX link is two-way and works between storeys and buildings; if the range test reveals a weak spot, a range extender (RTX-100BP) carries the signal.

The call ends on the spot: the member of staff cancels it on the button itself in the toilet, once at the side of the person who called for help.

02 / Operating principle

From signal to action.

One LX system links about 20 accessible toilets in several buildings with the reception — no cables between buildings.

  1. 01 / Signal source

    SOS button With a cord, in every toilet

    A call by key or by a cord that can be reached from the floor.

  2. 02 / Transmission

    LX radio Link between buildings

    One system carries the call from every building to the reception.

  3. 03 / Notification

    Reception One service point for the complex

    The display shows the toilet’s label, e.g. “Bldg B, ground floor — WC”.

The reception knows which building to go to. A signal unit above the door marks the toilet in the corridor, and the call is cancelled only at the button in the toilet.

A simplified functional diagram.

03 / Installation components

Devices for a similar investment

The description of the installation names no models — this is GORKE’s choice for a similar site.

OBI-4LX

OBI-4LX

LX series pager

Pager for the member of staff who goes to the toilet when the reception cannot leave the desk. OLED display, Qi wireless charging.

Quantity: 1 per person on shift

RTX-100BP — LX range extender, 600 transmitters

RTX-100BP

LX range extender, 600 transmitters

LX range extender between buildings — if the range test reveals spots from which the signal does not reliably reach the reception.

Quantity: optional

Catalogue figures describe a device under stated conditions, usually in open terrain, and are not a guaranteed range in every installation. Device quantities in the examples are indicative.

04 / Value for the investor

What does this solution give you?

The reception knows where to go

The toilet’s label on the display and the light above the door lead staff to the right building and room, without checking one corridor after another.

One service point for the complex

Calls from all buildings reach the reception, so no building needs its own staff watching a separate system.

No cables between buildings

LX radio links the toilets with the reception, and battery-powered buttons and signal units are fitted in finished interiors without chasing walls.

05 / Before installation

What needs to be settled for a similar investment?

Before devices are chosen, what matters is the site’s conditions and how the system ties into the final installation.

Requirements to verify

  • A plan of the buildings showing the reception and every toilet — the display labels and the range-test points depend on it.
  • An LX range test from the farthest toilets to the reception; the range extender depends on its result.
  • Who answers a call when the reception cannot leave the desk — the number of pagers depends on it.
  • The signal unit version: battery-powered, or 12 V DC if there is power by the door.
  • The formal requirements for accessible toilets and the nurse call system are set by the site’s designer and the investor.

Source: the description of the installation under Custom projects.

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