If I were being completely honest, when I entered the time synchronization industry, I thought it was a low-tech world where only a select few people in a facility even care how these systems function. While the latter is likely still true today, I have come to embrace the notion that advances in technology can greatly impact even something as routine as ensuring all your clocks tell the exact same time. Technological advances in an relatively mature industry like ours are typically manifested in one of three ways:
- Technology that enables tasks to be done faster
- Technology that enables devices to become smaller
- Technology that removes complexity
With our introduction of Smart-Sync™ with Bluetooth® low energy technology, Primex has just changed the game in time sync by taking “uncomplicated” to another level.
There are two prominent incumbent systems in market today. First are systems that leverage a transmitter that receives time from GPS or NTP (network time protocol) and then broadcasts the time out to the clocks. The second are those systems that leverage Wi-Fi to communicate with each device. Both systems have inherent challenges either with costly infrastructure or with the complexity and burden that comes with a system where hundreds of devices need to ride on your Wi-Fi network. Our new Bluetooth® solution removes everything that is challenging with previous systems and just makes time sync simple.
We recognize that while our existing solutions are extremely stable and reliable, each have their challenges and in the spirit of putting our consumers first, we continue to leverage technology to remove that complexity. By utilizing Bluetooth® low energy technology, our clocks are truly “plug and play” while at the same time, require less power meaning fewer batteries are needed to run them and even fewer battery changes are required over the course of their useful life.
At the end of the day, our new Smart-Sync™ system delivers the same solution of high quality, reliable synchronized clocks that Primex is known for, but the simplicity with which it accomplishes it changes everything!