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Real-time dry system health, inside Inspect Point.
General Air Products' Digital Pressure Switch and Dry Ops™ feed dry and pre-action system health into Inspect Point, next to the inspection record.
General Air Products builds the fire protection air compressors that keep dry and pre-action sprinkler systems pressurized. Its Digital Pressure Switch, standard on every Advance Series compressor, captures pressure and operating data straight from the system and sends it to Dry Ops, General Air Products' dry system diagnostics platform. Through the two companies' partnership, those readings flow into Inspect Point, so the contractor who inspects and services the system sees its health next to the inspection record and gets the alert where the team already works.
How it works
The Digital Pressure Switch captures the data.
Mounted on the Advance Series compressor, it captures pressure and operating data straight from the dry or pre-action system.
Dry Ops builds the baseline and watches for drift.
Over the first two weeks after install it learns what normal looks like for that system (the baseline can be reset after maintenance), then tracks pressure, leak rate, cycles, and compressor run time against it. Readings are kept in the cloud for five years.
Inspect Point gets the alert to the people who service the system.
Email and in-app alerts, with alert history, reach the contractor inside Inspect Point, with a work order to follow.
What you see in Inspect Point
- Health status for every monitored dry and pre-action system, across every customer site and building
- Pressure trend, leak rate, cycles, and compressor run time, each compared against the system's own baseline
- Alerts with alert history, by email and in the app
- Exportable, customer-facing system reports
- Five years of cloud data retention
- Planned, subject to the scope of work (concept): an alert that becomes a deficiency on the building record, a proposal, and a scheduled visit inside Inspect Point
For General Air Products customers
The Digital Pressure Switch comes standard on every Advance Series fire protection air compressor, so the hardware is already in place when the compressor goes in. A DPS Retrofit Kit adds the switch to compressors already in the field. Activate the Dry Ops subscription to bring the system online. Inspect Point customers see the readings and alerts inside Inspect Point; ask your Inspect Point account manager or your General Air Products rep about getting connected.
Hardware
General Air Products Advance Series compressors and the Digital Pressure Switch are UL listed and NFPA 13 compliant.
Questions contractors ask
Do I need Inspect Point to use Dry Ops?
No. Dry Ops is General Air Products' platform and works with any Advance Series compressor that has an active subscription. Inspect Point customers get the same readings and alerts inside Inspect Point, next to the inspection record for that building.
What does the device measure?
The Digital Pressure Switch captures pressure and operating data on the compressor. From that data, Dry Ops tracks pressure trends, leak rate, cycles, and compressor run time against the baseline it set for that system.
What triggers an alert?
A reading that moves outside the baseline Dry Ops set for the system over its first two weeks after install. Examples from General Air Products' current platform include loss of power, a 10 percent rise in leak rate within 24 hours, and a sudden change in cycle count. Alerts go out by email and in the app, and Inspect Point customers get them inside Inspect Point.
Where does the data live, and for how long?
Readings are stored in the Dry Ops cloud with five-year data retention. The same readings and alerts flow into Inspect Point, and system reports are exportable and customer-facing.
When is it available?
It is rolling out with General Air Products. Ask your General Air Products rep or your Inspect Point account manager.
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