Integrated IP intruder alarm solutions

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Integrated IP intruder alarm solutions

This site is all about saving money. Sometimes you do have to spend a little to save a lot;  This is defiantly the case when dealing with intruder alarms on multiple sites.

A facility Manager’s utopia?

So how can IP and integrated security help here? Facility mangers will be very familiar with the pitfalls of dealing with multiple sites looked after by several different alarm companies.

Integrate , make things simple !

The hassle of dealing with different service departments and invoices can often be confusing. |Facility managers need one one point of contact in order to control their costs.

Monitoring

Another issue is monitoring. Your sites may use dualcom, Redcare, Redcare Gsm or digicom. For those people who have limited knowledge of how all these different technologies work can be a costly minefield.

So what is the solution ?  It’s quite simple, standardize.

Standardize

How does it work? You need to consider an IP communication platform to signal alarms to the central station and a central PC within your own organisation for administration of codes and fault monitoring.

Upgrade to integrated security.

Firstly you will need to change the control panel on  all your sites. This is going to cost money but some alarm companies may do this for a very good price in order to secure your long term business.  Secondly by using an IP platform such as Emizon you will find some very good savings to be made on your annual monitoring costs. Typically £150 per site per annum.

Networked

The alarm panels will also report to your server and can be networked so that you the facility manager will know what is happening with each panel.  This takes the need away to rely on a service engineers report and invariably the charges that will accompany this call out. The software is simple to master and gives back control to the end user.

So by integrating all your sites together,  long term savings will be inevitable.

Please feel free to contact us for more detail.

10 reasons to use an integrated CCTV system

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1. By integrating old analogue cameras and new IP cameras together with a digital recording solutions, you can start to progress towards a full IP security solution but still maintain existing legacy equipment on your site.

2. You can access your cameras from local PCs on your LAN

3. You can access your cameras from a remote location via the Internet.

4. You can record digital images and benefit from all the flexibility that provides.

5. You can have cameras added to the system in places that have previously been impossible using traditional analogue CCTV.

6. You do not need to provide mains power at the camera position, as you can use power over Ethernet instead.

7. IP  cameras can be adjusted through the network , such things as focus and iris settings can be changed without having to get to the camera.

8. IP cameras  often prove cheaper to install because install times are cut because we are able to use the existing network.

9. IP CCTV is future proofed so when the existing analogue cameras that have been integrated together with your new IP cameras begin to fail, they can be replaced with the IP version.

10. As time goes on IP cameras will become cheaper than analogue making on going growth and maintenance more cost efficient.

What is an integrated security system?

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Integration

An integrated system is generally one that will link together two or more different types of security on your site. These will generally be:

  • CCTV
  • REMOTE MONITORING
  • ACCESS CONTROL
  • INTRUDER ALARM
  • GATES AND BARRIERS
  • INTERCOM ENTRY SYSTEMS
  • NUMBERPLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS ..ANPR
  • FIRE ALARMS
  • TIME AND ATTENDANCE
  • PAYROLL

Benefits

Obviously once integrated, all the above systems together can give your organisation huge benefits. The information at your finger tips can help with many issues ranging from increased security, cost savings through staff streamlining and health and safety.

Many large organisations have compatible systems in many different locations linked together on networks across the world.

The scale of these systems is highly flexible however and they are designed so no job is either too big or too small.

Staff Watch

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Are your staff safe at work ?

As an employer you have a duty of care to ensure your staff are always safe. This is about to become more simple with the use of networked CCTV using  IP cameras.

Man down alarm

Important changes are happening within the work place that mean loan workers have a right to protection, up until now this involved expensive solutions that made protecting staff difficult and in some cases two people just to do one job was often the only solution.

Monitor Staff

Now however we can use modified legacy CCTV cameras or new IP cameras to to literally constantly watch your staff in lone worker situations. A simple network point in the lone worker area can now be used to connect an IP camera onto a company network to observe a working situation and with specialised intervention from companies such as Sitexorbis using mobile phone technology a solution is now available.

Staff monitoring , How does it work ?

If you have a man down , It’s a double barrelled solution.We can use the camera analytics to monitor both a fall and a motionless person and raise an alarm. We can use two way audio to speak to him if he is conscious and organise an appropriate response. If we are unable to rouse him then obviously an emergency response is required.

Allow the employee to raise the alarm

We also need to give the employee himself the ability to raise an alarm and this can be done by using his mobile phone. By using a  pre-programmed key on his mobile phone keypad he will be patched directly to a central station who can listen in and the co-ordinate a response dependent on what they can hear, ultimately someone will almost certainly be able to use the IP camera to remotely access the pictures from the scene this gives your lone worker a much better chance of survival in the case of an accident.

Summary

Health and safety is always a primary concern for all responsible employers.We can make it easy   to fulfill your responsibilities and in some cases even reduce overall costs by allowing lone working rather than having to put two men on every job.

IP security

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IP security products.


Why are IP cameras the way forward?

Well basically its simple. IP cameras are easier to install, They always have been but until now the cost of these cameras has been somewhat prohibitive.

Although for a long time manufacturers have used the ease of install as a good reason to charge more for their product this excuse is now wearing a little thin. So many IP cameras are now being produced that the cost has been driven down in a ferocious manner. It is common knowledge inside the industry that an IP camera is as cheap to produce now as an analogue camera.

When will more IP cameras be sold than analogue?

Our prediction is about 18 months from now will see the first measurable swing towards IP cameras as the dominant selling security product in the CCTV market place.

What does this mean to the end user.

Well more competition means better IP cameras with more features. HD over the network, something many thought would be impossible not long ago, it could soon become the norm.

IP camera seller

We aim to become the largest seller of IP security products on the Internet. We aim to offer the best prices and greatest exposure to your products by becoming the first choice website for anyone looking for IP security products.

For more detail on IP Camera availability or selling your cameras through our site.  IP cameras