ANDON Cord · Wireless Replacement
The Wireless ANDON Cord: Press a Button Instead of Pulling a Rope.
The pull cord stops the line and lights a lamp. The Destec wireless button does the same job in one press — then routes the call to the right responder’s wrist and logs it. Pull-cord simplicity, with the routing and data a rope never had.
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Free 30-day pilot · no rope · no rewiring
Replace your pull cords with one press
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- IP65 · 2+ year battery · 300 ft
- Routes, escalates, logs
Trusted across 16,000+ establishments · 1,200+ customers · 10+ countries · since 2006
Wireless ANDON Cord
The ANDON Cord, Gone Wireless
The Toyota pull cord changed manufacturing: any operator could stop the line and call for help. But the cord has a ceiling. It lights a lamp and waits. It can’t tell you who should respond, it can’t escalate when nobody comes, and it leaves no record of what happened.
Destec replaces the rope with a wireless Smart Call button. One press opens a call instantly — no rope, no conduit, no $50,000 cable run that shuts down two bays. The buttons are industrial-grade, IP65-rated, and run two-plus years on a battery, with a range up to 300 feet on a typical floor. Each button is programmable with up to six alert types: material shortage, equipment malfunction, quality issue, supervisor assist, maintenance.
The difference isn’t the press. It’s everything after it. The cord broadcasts and hopes. The button routes the call to the right responder, starts the clock, escalates if no one accepts, and logs the whole thing in Bell Cloud.
How it works
One press. The right tech. Every call logged.
Press the button
A single press opens a call and starts the timer. RF or Wi-Fi, no wiring — plug-and-play, installs in hours, reconfigures when your line layout changes.
The system routes it
The call pages only the responders eligible for that call type in that area — material shortage to logistics, equipment to maintenance, quality to QA. No broadcast to everyone, no three techs showing up to the same machine.
It escalates and logs
If nobody accepts in the set time, level-2 responders get paged, then level-3. Every call — timestamp, type, machine, area, shift, responder, and time to resolve — lands in Bell Cloud as an audit-ready record.
Proof
Forvia cut machine downtime by 50%.
Forvia (formerly Faurecia) cut machine downtime by 50% using the same wireless ANDON mechanism with Smart Call and Bell Cloud. A single press triggers an instant alert across the entire system.
Trusted on Tier-1 automotive floors — Toyota, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, BorgWarner, ZF — and across 16,000+ establishments in 10+ countries, with 1,200+ customers since 2006.
The pull cord could only light a lamp. The button routes the call to a wrist — and proves how fast you answered.
- up to 50% faster response
- up to 80% less downtime
- 40–80 hrs saved / month
- 16,000+ establishments
Questions, answered
The wireless ANDON cord, explained.
Is this an actual andon cord?
No — it's the wireless replacement for it. Instead of pulling a rope, an operator presses an industrial wireless button. It does the same job — stop and call for help — and adds routing, escalation, and logging the cord never had.
Do I have to run new wiring to install it?
No. The buttons are wireless, RF or Wi-Fi, battery-powered for two-plus years, and plug-and-play. They install in hours, not days, and reconfigure as your line layout changes — no cable runs, no shut-down bays.
What if a call gets ignored?
It escalates automatically. If no one accepts within the set time, the system pages level-2 responders, then level-3. The call stays open until someone accepts it — nothing gets dropped.
Will it work if my Wi-Fi is unreliable?
Yes. Smart Call RF runs with no internet or Wi-Fi at all — zero network dependency — for shop floors and plants with weak coverage. Where you want mobile apps and QR triggers, Smart Call Anywhere adds the Wi-Fi and cloud layer.
Want the floor-TV display instead? See the ANDON board or the full ANDON system.
The free 30-day pilot
Run a free 30-day Proof of Concept on one line.
No cost, no fees. We put wireless Smart Call buttons on one line, you replace the broadcast-and-hope of the old cord with routed, logged calls for 30 days, and you decide with your own numbers.
24/7/365 US-based support · 1-year warranty on purchase, lifetime on lease
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Get the 1-page ANDON ROI sheet.
What a wireless ANDON button measures, what it costs you to wait, and how plants cut machine downtime up to 50% without rewiring. One page. No call required.
Start your free pilot
Start your free 30-day pilot.
Tell us about your line. We’ll reach out within 24 hours to put wireless buttons where your pull cords are — no cost, no commitment.
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