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For example, there is a user-selectable delay of two, 10 or 30 seconds. When the door is opened, the count will be incremented. However, if this delay is being used, the system will not count any additional door swings until this delay has passed. The two second delay is primarily used with doors that swing back and forth or "bounce" before coming to rest. This allows the system to ignore these "false triggers" for greater accuracy. The 10 and 30 second delay is used to help count "buying parties." For example, if a husband and wife or a family enter an establishment, they will usually hold the door open for each other. Therefore, the count is only incremented by one. However, in the event that one of the individuals in the family comes into the establishment a few seconds later than the others, the system will not count this person if he enters within the delay period. Additionally, there is a buzzer that sounds when the door is opened. This buzzer can be turn on or off. The EPC-MAG1 runs on a standard 9V battery and has no on/off switch so that it cannot be tampered with. The system can be connected to one or two doors, so that it accommodates the standard side-by-side double-swinging doors that are common in retail establishments and public buildings. When the EPC-MAG1 might best suit your needs: If your establishment doesn’t have many unrelated parties entering on the same door swing, then this device may suit your needs. For example, the EPC-MAG1 would work well in a small gift shop. Further, the device may work well in environments such as furniture stores. Many times furniture stores do not typically have many unrelated pedestrians entering on the same door swing. A husband and wife or an entire family is known in the retail industry as a “buying party." Most of the time, a manager or owner will want to count a buying party once, and not count each member of the buying party. Since a husband and wife or a family will usually enter on the same door swing, the EPC-MAG1 will only increment the count by one. This is why the EPC-MAG1 can be very useful in environments interested in counting buying parties, and not individuals. Further, if the buying party enters on two door swings, the user-defined delay described above will allow the EPC-MAG1 to still only count the buying party once. When the EPC-MAG1 might not best suit your needs: Because the EPC-MAG1 counts the number of times that the door(s) swings open, this device is only suited for certain types of establishments. If you have an establishment that needs to count every pedestrian that passes through the entrance (such as night clubs and bars for occupancy totals for fire codes), then the EPC-MAG1 may not best suit your needs, due to the fact that multiple individuals can enter on a single door swing. Another example where the EPC-MAG1 may not best suit your needs is if it is common for more than one unrelated pedestrian to enter while the door is opened (for example, one individual holding the door open for another). An example of this may be a convenience store during a busy time. If any of these scenarios apply, then one of our infrared pedestrian counters might better suit your needs. Further, the EPC-MAG1 keeps a single running traffic total. It does not connect to a PC. If you feel as though you can benefit from advanced options such as analyzing the traffic by hour, day or other time interval, transmitting to a PC (and therefore to a network, if needed), wireless connection options, manager pager options or CRM options (some of these may be future options), then one of our other traffic counter models might better suit your needs. The EPC-MAG1 will only work with entrances that have doors that swing open and closed. Therefore, if you have an entrance that has no door, such as those found in mall environments, then the EPC-MAG1 will not suit your needs. Further, if you have an entrance where a door is propped open all day, then the EPC-MAG1 will not suit your needs. In these situations, it is best to use one of our electronic pedestrian counters with infrared beams.
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