Pathfinder® Siren and Light Controller

SIMPLIFYING LIGHTS AND SIREN ACTIVATION

Safety is Always Our Focus.

When your officers are in pursuit, every second counts. There’s no time for distraction. By reducing the steps in lights and siren activation, the Pathfinder® siren and light controller frees officers to fully focus on the task at hand. Keep safety at the forefront with the only fully automated system combining lights, siren, and Rumbler® control. See our emergency light controller in action!

See the Siren and Light Controller in Action!

Watch the videos below to discover the various features of the siren and light controller designed for law enforcement.

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Perimeter Breach Warning

For patrol officers who remain in the field to create incident and end-of-shift reports, PBW enhances officer safety by increasing situational awareness around their vehicle.

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Rumbler and Dual-Tone

Pathfinder comes through with built-in Rumbler traffic clearing capability or Dual-Tone integration.

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Voice Messages

Select from Pathfinder’s standard pre-recorded messages or optional customer messages to broadcast alerts.

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OBD Integration

Pathfinder works with your police car’s OBD system, allowing officers to focus on the task at hand.

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Power Distribution & Expansion Modules

Simplify installation and offer a wide range of vehicle enhancements and control with the Pathfinder power distribution or expansion modules.

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Public Address

Unlike standard siren systems, Pathfinder projects a full, clear public address that is easy to understand.

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Risk Reduction: Siren Power & Warning Distance

Seconds count on every response. The faster surrounding drivers can detect, recognize, and respond to your siren, the safer the outcome for you and the community you protect.

Watch how a 400-watt siren can add seconds of reaction time to turn a close call into a controlled response.

 

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Emergency Vehicle Lights and Sirens

We offer a variety of Pathfinder controllers to meet your fleet’s needs. Each police siren and light controller features programmable pushbuttons and over 100 labels for control head customization. For convenient visual reference, each controller emulates the SignalMaster™ directional pattern operation. Choose between our PF200 and PF400 models.

PF400 Data Sheet PF200 Data Sheet

Seamless OBD Integration to Keep the Focus on Emergency Response

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High Beams: Activation

Changing warning lights to floodlights is as easy as activating the vehicle’s high beams, keeping officer’s eyes on the road.

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Illumination

Floodlights quickly illuminate the emergency scene for officer safety.

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Brake Activation

Officer applies the brake to active additional brake light modules while maintaining warning light flash patterns.

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Horn Activation

Demand attention through traffic – simply tap the horn to increase speed of light flash patterns and change siren tones.

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Closed Door: Full Warning

When officer is in the vehicle with the doors closed, the warning lights are fully activated.

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Open Door: End Cap Shutoff

When officer opens the vehicle’s driver or passenger door, Pathfinder automatically deactivates alley lights for an unobstructed view and actives running board lights to illuminate officer’s path.

Clearing the Path

Rumbler® and Multi-Tone Capability for Maximum Response Where It’s Needed Most

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Rumbler

Rumbler low frequencies deliver up to 10 dB more sound pressure inside civilian vehicles near your emergency vehicle — getting attention and clearing traffic more effectively than a standard siren tone.

Multitone

Provides a 50% increase in audible warning distance vs. a single-speaker/single-tone system. Multi-tone creates the perception of a multi-vehicle, emergency response ideal for highway patrol.

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Software

Seamless Network Configuration, Effortless Installation

Convergence Network Configuration Software

Federal Signal’s Convergence Network Configuration Software makes it easy to customize the police siren and light controller to the specific needs of your fleet – and access the controller’s any custom features and benefits. Simply connect a USB to a computer and download the functions of the programmed software to the siren.

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Easy to Install Siren and Light Controller

Using a dedicated vehicle cable, the Pathfinder siren and light controller works with the existing vehicle CAN bus system to seamlessly integrate with the vehicle, allowing light and siren control with vehicle events. Using the FS vehicle integration also eliminates the need to separately wire features to significantly reduce installation time and cost.

Pathfinder ProTips

With Pathfinder’s OBD integration, you can reduce the steps in lights and siren activation, allowing officers to focus on the task at hand fully.

Siren Tones and Voice Messages

All Clear  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Canine Emergency  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Curfew  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Do not Interfere with Vehicular Traffic  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Emergency Evacuation  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Hot Zone  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Hurricane Warning  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Leave Vicinity  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Mayday  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Merge Left  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Merge Right  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
National Security Warning  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
No Loitering  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Police Canine  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Police Canine Release  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Police Canine Search  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Police Emergency  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Provincial Police Canine Release  –  English  |  French Canadian
Provincial Police Canine Search  –  English  |  French Canadian
Pull to the Right  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Pull to the Right of the White Line  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Remain in Vehicle  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Severe Weather  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Sheriff Canine  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Sheriff Canine Release  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Sheriff Canine Search  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Slow Down  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
State Police Canine Release  –  English  |  Spanish
State Police Canine Search   –  English  |  Spanish
Stay on Sidewalk  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Street Closed  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Ticketed or Towed  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Tornado Warning  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Turn off Vehicle  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Winter Weather  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish
Yield to Right  –  English  |  French Canadian  |  Spanish

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