Silent Knight issue 2 2005

Useful Information for Farenhyt ESDs 2 2005 Farenhyt Distributor Takes Shape you haven heard by now 2004 Farenhyt Distributor was a huge success in beautiful St Petersburg November of last year Silent increased the quantity well as quality of the educa workshops offered pro a little extra noticed Also the fun went up at the social and everyone enjoyed year agenda is proving to even better than last year the lovely Marriott Harbor in Fort Lauderdale as a November 5 through will be a good time This year speaker is Emory Austin an engaging humorous speaker on the topic of cus service Also making a return visit are Personality Insights and Bob Langdon our own financial guru In addition we some educational workshop ses that will increase your knowledge of Knight products will hopefully a bit as well We including some business classes too because we you may not have much time to training with your busy schedules the entertainment front we really it up a notch At our Caribbean Reception on Saturday night we the sounds of a Caribbean trio on the drums to set the mood On Sunday night changed the format of our vendor night incorporate quality time with our suppliers added a fun Gaming Night complete Texas Hold em style poker and other fun for everyone to enjoy And finally the we celebrate the top distributors of 2005 be punctuated by a latin band complete dancers to entertain on Monday you can see we working hard to plan execute a conference worthy of your time you never attended Farenhyt conference this is a great year come and experience the education location and great and entertainment you veteran of these conferences you know that year just keeps getting better and this is no exception Look for the registration at your location soon and make your reservations as soon as you can look forward to seeing and talking with in Fort Lauderdale Information for Farenhyt ESDs 2 2005 Dave Desk the summer comes to a close final are being made for the Distributor Conference This marks the sixth annual confer and will be our most dynamic educational one to date Come and us for a look at Silent Knight products programs and mechanisms to help you grow your business We brought back Dr Robert Rohm who entertained us all year with his insights on our own personalities and we interact with one another We also have a wonder funny and inspiring keynote speaker in Ms Emory and have increased the breadth and depth of the workshops we offering not only do we want to tell you about what going on we like to know what going on with you Over the couple of years your input from the conference has programs such as the growth rebate program the program and the Honeywell Fire Systems Group which brings you application and design help this year we want to know more The insight you about your business and your marketplace gives us opportunity to expand our knowledge and service you better And Silent Knight staff isn the only ones In addition to the Sales team employees from marketing marketing communications and from both Silent Knight and Honeywell Fire will be on hand to listen and learn one caveat we can do it without you Your time precious and we making sure the value of this will outweigh the expense of being away from business and perhaps even family but please bring along for a few days By joining us you are helping define Farenhyt distributors as some of the best in the and ensuring that we both continue to be and grow We all truly appreciate what you everyday to make Silent Knight and the Farenhyt successful Please be sure to come to Fort in November and be a part of our mutual future DigiDocs Using XP Service Pack 2 By Shawn Burke XP Service Pack 2 SP2 has secu features that prevent Silent Knight CD ROM from loading properly the CD is inserted into the CD ROM of the computer the autorun feature of CD opens Internet Explorer with a black In the middle of this screen status bar appears showing 0 loading application appears to lockup The is a warning message that Window SP2 brings up behind the browser asking if you wish to run active from the CD ROM To eliminate this screen open up Internet Explorer follow the directions below This will tell browser to allow active content to run your CD ROM drive you want to allow any CD to run scripts ActiveX controls on your computer In Internet Explorer on the Tools menu Internet Options On the Advanced tab scroll down to the section of the list Select the Allow active content from to run on My Computer check box then click OK to Contact Us Silent Knight 7550 Meridian Circle Maple Grove MN 55369 cid 127 1 800 328 0103 Information for Farenhyt ESDs 2 2005 Knight Provides School District Lessons On Life and Low Life Costs Independent School District KISD in Killeen Texas responsible for educating more than 33,000 children and adults The safety of the students faculty and staff at elementary schools 11 middle schools 4 high schools 4 special campus schools is the primary concern and of the Facility Services Department headed Bob Carlisle Executive Director for Facilities of this responsibility was recently assigned by Bob to Robert Marsh a Facilities Planner for the Killeen Marsh was charged with managing the installation of fire alarms for 18 elementary schools were experiencing continuing and increasing false with our existing fire alarm systems which in an environment interrupts the entire instructional and completely unacceptable Marsh we were not having false fire alarms we having trouble alarms It was clear we needed a to improve these conditions and make our fire systems trust worthy 18 schools we started with averaged 80,000 sq ft A principle challenge was that we needed to accom the installation without disrupting classes teachers or But the project provided many other challenges well a fairly long time period Killeen contractor Services and Facility Planning CSFP under direction of Ward Hughling Coordinator for Construction looked at numerous major suppliers in the indus They also interviewed other school districts to see what were using and what their experiences had been like general they were looking for a history of reliability and operating costs But there were some other very spe parameters that helped them to narrow the field number one factor for the CSFP group after reliability low operating costs was finding a non proprietary This came at the request of the Director Maintenance Operations Max Cleaver He wanted equipment as this would lead to lower term maintenance costs over the life of the equipment if the district was not satisfied with the company inspections and repairs they would have the to contract with other fire alarm companies the flexibility to choose whom we work with and the to become more self sufficient stated Marsh one of the main reasons the CSFP group zeroed in Silent Knight and the Farenhyt IFP 1000 analog fire alarm panel Silent Knight Marsh continued can buy parts much from any of Silent Knight authorized distrib This type of flexibility leads to lower costs over the of the system because it allows the district to price shop several different sources It also provides us with multi locations nation wide to find parts needed in emergency Marsh sees the cycle cost of a system as important as the system initial cost which system is best for your application you factor in both upfront costs and the