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LonWorks Technology Gives Fireworks Company
More Bang for Its Buck

The Customer and Integrator Sonning Fireworks Sonning, England The Challenge Sonning Fireworks, a small fireworks staging company, wanted to design an advanced firing system that was expandable, safe, and cost-effective. The Solution The company developed a portable firing system called LONFire that uses Echelon's LonWorks control networking technology to create innovative, synchronized fireworks displays. LONFire connects the explosives to a LonWorks based remote control system that has automatic diagnostic and timing features.

Key Benefits

• Automatic system diagnosis ensures safe, trouble-free shows that are synchronized to music.
• LONFire's capacity is virtually limitless, thanks to the expandability of LonWorks systems.
• LONFire was developed at nearly half the cost of a proprietary system.

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