Linear PERS-2400 System

Of the systems we reviewed, the Linear PERS-2400 is clearly the easiest system to operate and best choice for elderly users. Linear Corporation is a 60 year old company. The inventor of the Personal Emergency Transmitter, Linear is a leading manufacturer of emergency reporting systems worldwide.

The Linear PERS-2400 is a high quality personal emergency reporting system. Linear has built a lot of capability into the PERS-2400. It is a flexible emergency, fire, and inactivity reporting package, but can also be custom programmed by the installer to work with and report several other functions. With 16 reporting zones, it can work with and report individual emergency alarms for up to 16 users. It can be configured to provide delayed alarm function, send silent alarms, and act as a speakerphone.

The uniquely-styled, ultra-compact console is distinguished by ease of operation for the user with a large, centrally located EMERGENCY button making it convenient to initiate a manual alarm. For visually impaired users, controls are indentified by braille characters. In addition to EMERGENCY, these controls include a CLEAR switch, which cancels any alarm or resets the system following completion of an alarm sequence, and a HOME switch, which resets the activity reporting timer (or disables the function when it is not required).

This review is reprinted from and is credited to The Consumer Advisory Council