CohuHD video surveillance 3760HD Series with 30x optical zoom

Editor / Provider: CohuHD | Updated: 8/6/2013 | Article type: Security 50

CohuHD  announced a new video surveillance solution, CohuHD's 3760HD Series.

The 3760HD Series provides HD 720p30 video with 30x optical zoom, delivering full frame rate HD images over the entire zoom range. The 3720HD positioner camera offers three times the low light sensitivity of first generation Helios HD cameras. True day/night technology using a removable IR cut filter produces exceptional sensitivity down to 0.005 lux. The increased zoom magnification to 30x offers more than 1.5 times the previous 720p 18x technology, resulting in dramatically improved imaging performance that enables seeing and identifying objects at greater distances.

Advanced image processing capabilities compensate for vibration or movement of the camera using an advanced Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) algorithm. CohuHD's real-time Defog capability produces enhanced images in obscuring haze and foggy conditions commonly encountered in surveillance and traffic monitoring applications. The image processing algorithm measures fog thickness and enhances contrast to deliver an improved image.

Included as standard features, the 3760HD provides both an integrated faceplate wiper and IR illuminator system, increasing surveillance performance during low or no-light conditions and periods of rain or other particulates that may obscure visibility.

“We're very excited to broaden our Helios HD camera line with the release of the 3760HD Series,” said Tom Kampfer, President of CohuHD. “We're pleased to offer this feature-packed HD positioner camera, including 30x zoom, low light sensitivity, EIS, defog image enhancement and an IR illuminator, all at a compellingly affordable price point.”

The 3760HD Series positioner camera includes a variable high-speed pan and tilt drive with 360° continuous pan, +30 to -70° tilt and maximum positioning speeds of 60° per second. Providing multiple video stream capability, the 3760HD delivers two independently configured H.264 streams or an H.264 and an MJPEG stream. The 3760HD operates on 24Vac input.

The 3760HD provides a full function web server, allowing complete administrative and operator control capabilities. Administrative features include configuring network settings, assigning user passwords, setting video streaming properties, configuring camera imaging properties, defining presets and tours and assigning camera ID labels.

The 3760HD is designed to operate in harsh weather, with its IP66 enclosure protection. This minimizes the effects of water intrusion, pollutants and corrosives. The 3760HD will deliver years of clean, reliable images and is backed by a two-year limited warranty.

All Helios HD cameras provide integration with third party VMS, in compliance with industry interoperability standards for video streaming specifications, including ONVIF and NTCIP 1205.

Japanese Police Station enhances staff security with Qnap Security surveillance solution

Editor / Provider: Sponsored by Qnap Security | Updated: 8/5/2013 | Article type: Government & Public Services

Background
Japanese police station plays an important role in maintaining the security of the responsible districts. The core duty of the police officers is to regularly patrol around the beat to prevent crime and misdemeanor and so to safeguard people. Other duties include first aid service, emergency response, traffic directing, etc.

Challenges
While the police officers protect people, the police officers themselves, likewise, need protection too. When they are on duty, countless people come and go around the buildings. Besides, important documents that are stored inside the police stations need to be kept safe. Most important of all, for the police officers who take the night shifts, they need proper measures to protect their safety when not many colleagues stay in the station to take care of one another. To enhance the total security of the police station, the need of a well-rounded surveillance measure raised.

Solution
After a thorough comparison among numerous surveillance system brands, the Japanese police station chose QNAP Security as an ideal surveillance solution. A total of 200 units QNAP VioStor NVR VS-2004 Pro were deployed at 200 police stations around Tokyo and Osaka. Each police station installed one VS-2004 Pro and up to four AXIS P5514 IP cameras to monitor inside and outside surroundings.

The VS-2004 Pro delivers high quality performances that well support demands of the police stations. Powered by dual-core Intel Atom processor, the VS-2004 Pro offers the ability to record megapixel images from multiple IP cameras or video servers. The user-friendly administration interface eases the operations of the surveillance system and improves efficiency on system management. The USB one-touch-copy function is especially useful as the backup tasks can be done without computers required. Staff could just plug in an external USB drive to the front-panel USB port and tap on the "Copy" button to instantly back up data from the VS-2004 Pro. The backup master of the police station could easily and conveniently finish backup task when necessary. Last but not least, QNAP VioStor NVR supports video recording from numerous well-known IP camera brands that offers great flexibility in the IP camera selection.

"As Japan is a country where cost of workforce is relatively high, the efficiency of a surveillance system counts for an important value," said Peter Ho, the country sales manager of QNAP Security. "For the Japanese police station which requires surveillance deployment at multiple branches, QNAP VioStor NVR features reliable stability and ease of management that effectively help save remarkable cost of time and human resource."

Result
The unique features of QNAP VioStor NVR have brought out positive outcomes to the security of the Japanese police stations. The VS-2004 Pro provides video monitoring and recording to satisfy the needs of enhanced security measures. The police officers recognize the enhanced security and are relieved under the protection of QNAP VioStor NVR. Take the deployment of 200 units VS-2004 Pro as a whole, the easiness of system setup and routine management has carried out impressive value and cost-efficiency.

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VIVOTEK IP cams on guard at 50 toll stations in India

Editor / Provider: VIVOTEK | Updated: 8/5/2013 | Article type: Infrastructure

Background
A reliable surveillance system plays an important role in the management of toll station operations. Data such as traffic volume, fare collection and license plate numbers need to be clearly recorded for inspection when requested. Besides, whenever unexpected incidents occur, video footage can be the most valuable evidence to check. Late in 2012, International Road Dynamics (IRD), the world-leading traffic management solution integrator, conducted an Indian toll station project for which high-quality VIVOTEK products were chosen.

International Road Dynamics Inc. (IRD), which has operated internationally for more than 30 years, is a prestigious integrator in the field of ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems). The company's area of specialization includes advanced traffic control and toll management technologies. For this project, IRD sought high-quality cameras with great flexibility and interoperability with its software for securing the smooth operations of all toll stations included in the project. After consultation with EPhton Technologies, the SI partner of VIVOTEK's India distributor AUTOCOP, VIVOTEK's IP cameras, with their superior image quality, capacity to cope with challenging environmental conditions, advanced day-and-night functionality, and excellent compatibility with third-party software, were adopted.

Solution
For this project, 800 of VIVOTEK's IP cameras, including 700 IP8332, 50 FD8136 and 50 IP8331, were deployed to provide security at approximately 50 toll stations.

For surveillance of toll station access lanes, IP8332 and IP8331 bullet-style outdoor network cameras were installed. Both are designed with an IP66-rated housing and a weather-proof casing to shield them from harsh weather conditions and withstand dust. In order to adapt in real time to changing light conditions and secure superb image quality around the clock, the IP8331 is equipped with a dual-band lens and built-in IR illuminators with an effective range of up to 10 meters, while the IP8332 features a removable IR-cut filter as well as IR illuminators effective up to 15 meters, enabling the clear imaging of license plates and vehicles. Moreover, both cameras support tamper detection. Actions such as blockage, redirection, and spray-painting can be detected and timely alerts provided to administrators. As for monitoring of the toll booths themselves, VIVOTEK's FD8136, the world's smallest 1-megapixel network fixed dome camera, was chosen. With easy installation, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) support and real-time H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG Triple Codec compression technology, FD8136 is an ideal option for a wide range of indoor surveillance applications. Mounted inside a toll booth, the wide view angle of FD8136 can capture clear images of drivers in all sizes of vehicles. In addition, with selectable focal lengths, FD8136 provides flexible viewing angles, making the images of drivers and passengers be highlighted if needed.

Customer Feedback
Vishal Rajput, Head of India Operations at IRD Inc. said, “We tested VIVOTEK cameras and found them to be effective for us both technically and commercially. The results delivered in the field were also precisely as promised. The support from EPhoton Technologies on VIVOTEK has been excellent whenever we needed it. We are delighted to have VIVOTEK's products from EPhoton Tech as the default choice for surveillance solutions in all our upcoming projects for LPC, LPR, Booth Security and ALPR.”

LILIN ANPR technology adopted by Large-scale apartment complex in Malaysia

Editor / Provider: Sponsored by Merit LILIN | Updated: 8/5/2013 | Article type: Residential & Consumer

A large-scale government subsidized apartment complex in southern Malaysia recently deployed IP surveillance system along with the entire fences to prevent trespassing, identify license plate numbers, and perform event detection. The 5-story apartment complex is home to over 1,500 units of apartments divided into 2 separate land sites, including open-air parking areas, tennis courts, and fitness centers. Among other things, residents' safety is the apartment complex's responsibility; therefore, a well-thought-out surveillance system is an absolute must. In order to monitor the premises spread across 60 acres in real-time, the complex opted to deploy LILIN NVRs combined with CMX software (central video management software), IP-based cameras, failover device for backup redundancy, as well as ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) technology powered by LILIN.

A total of 176 IP-based surveillance cameras IPR7424 with IP66-rated weather-proof feature able to withstand a range of adverse outdoor conditions and IPD22220ES cameras suitable for indoor environments were installed along with the complex fences to better monitor sensitive areas around the facilities, to document incidents, and to validate access control. CMX 1072 NVRs combined with CMX software devices are distributed in several server control rooms at facilities. The cameras' network at guardhouses are connected to the ALPR software configuration dongle device on NVRs to capture license plate numbers and transmit images back to NVRs in central control room in identifying and screening each vehicle wishes to enter the property via ANPR software in live streaming mode. ANPR technology uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on images to read vehicle registration plates, and so far ANPR is available in North America, United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and most European countries. Also, failover device was installed in the server room for additional backup redundancy when encountering scheduled downtime or system failure.

LILIN's cameras were adopted for their capability to provide seamless monitoring in key locations, and the clear images delivered by the cameras and ANPR technology enable facility staff to make positive identifications and view critical information such as license plate number of a vehicle. CMX system has user-friendly interface makes it easy for admin operator to master system management. The new system acts as of a deterrent for external and internal theft to decrease incidents. The overall safety of the residents has been enhanced.

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Quick updates on Indian market

Editor / Provider: asmag.com | Updated: 8/2/2013 | Article type: Hot Topics

The a&s editorial team recently spoke with several Indian channel players to get the latest market dynamics. Key findings include sizzling demand, “new” brands and deeper localization.

Open Access
The depreciating Indian rupee (to US greenback) has resulted in higher costs and tougher profit-and-loss management for local solution providers to run their businesses, but thanks to ongoing and new projects and more cost-effective solutions and options, the market is continuing its growth momentum with strong demand for robust surveillance and security systems. Promising vertical segments include city surveillance, transportation/traffic infrastructure, energy/utilities, industrial, retail and SMBs, with average homeowners increasingly heeding their own properties.

While surveillance and monitoring have been the main driving force, the need of security has evolved to require better, easier, cheaper, mobile management which has in turn fueled the growth in time/attendance and access/identity management solutions, such as more advanced but affordable fingerprint scanners. For the residential sector, video door phones and video-enabled alarm systems are in great demand, with mobile and smartphone/tablet accessibility becoming a necessity.

Up-and-Coming Brands
The growth potential has attracted new players: IT systems integrators and software developers; the commonality among them and “traditional” security channel players is having sales/service centers nationwide. And this increased pressure on the existing players has pushed some to develop and promote their own-branded products and solutions, to better maintain or enhance profitability. Another noteworthy phenomenon is that Indian solution providers are expanding into neighboring countries Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, for their similarities in language, mentality and product/service requirements.

Go Deeper
For government projects, New Delhi is still inevitably the center of attention for global conglomerates, particularly for LG, Panasonic and Sony. Axis, Bosch, Honeywell, Tyco and UTC, on the other hand, are grooming the IT/telecom vertical with their main offices and key personnel in Bengaluru (better known as Bangalore), while Hikvision and Kaba concentrate on Mumbai and its surrounding region for the vibrant financial and commercial sectors.

Localization is now a whole new ball game. Take Tyco for example; it now has approximately 30 offices in Tier-2 and 3 cities throughout the country, to better promote, install and service made-in-India products/solutions. Hikvision's local joint venture and distributor is in similar markets, with increasingly fortified government ties.

Avigilon HD surveillance helps Michigan tourist restaurant improve security

Editor / Provider: Avigilon | Updated: 8/2/2013 | Article type: Commercial Markets

Opened by the Redamak family in the late 1940s and purchased by the Maroney's in 1975, Redamak's is known for its excellent food, family atmosphere, and exceptional service, feeding more than 400,000 customers its legendary hamburgers from March to November each year. Located in New Buffalo, Michigan, a popular tourist spot next to the I-94 Interstate Highway, Redamak's is a landmark destination for locals and travellers alike. But like all restaurants, Redamak's faces challenges ranging from theft to fraud to employee safety. To boost security, ensure health and safety compliance, and manage inventory and food quality, the diner upgraded to the Avigilon HD surveillance system for its improved image clarity, ease-of-use, and scalability.

After seeing an ad for Avigilon and visiting the website, Chuck Maroney, general manager at Redamak's, was immediately impressed. “I was intrigued by the difference in image clarity and pixel count compared to my old analog system,” said Maroney, who contacted Vermillion Systems, Inc, a local provider of surveillance system design, installation, and support recommended by Avigilon. “After an impressive presentation, we were quickly sold on the system's performance, reliability, and ease-of-use. We didn't even look at other systems.”

According to Greg Payne, head of project development at Vermillion Systems, the Avigilon HD surveillance system was the right choice for the restaurant because of its superior image quality and usability. “After personally meeting with Chuck several times and assessing his needs prior to the installation, we determined that the Avigilon high-definition surveillance system was the best fit,” said Payne. “The system delivers the peace of mind that the restaurant is well monitored both day and night, and is easy to manage – critical in such a fast-paced environment.” Vermillion Systems was not only instrumental in the planning and designing of the installation, but assisted Redamak's with the training and maintenance of the Avigilon system after the deployment.

Solution
“There is no comparison between our old analog system and the Avigilon HD surveillance system,” noted Maroney. “We had a small, ineffective monitor, fewer cameras, and an exterior camera that was connected through a transmitter, causing all sorts of reliability issues.” With Avigilon, the installation was seamless, training successful, and the 24x7 support from Vermillion exceptional. In addition, Redamak's has had no bandwidth issues since adding Avigilon to its network. “The Avigilon Control Center software continues to run smoothly.”

Managers view the system from their computers or the 50-inch monitor located in the main office, and can control access to their back door using Avigilon footage. “To improve employee safety and verify deliveries, we installed an Avigilon camera inside our back entrance and grant access after we've viewed footage of the individual in question,” explained Maroney. Redamak's stores 30 days of continuous video footage on an Avigilon HD NVR and several managers use ACC Mobile for remote monitoring from their Android phones.

Managing a popular restaurant and staff of 155 employees is time consuming, so finding a surveillance system that is easy to use and manage was key. “The Avigilon system is definitely easier to use than our previous system because we can search for footage and save to a thumb drive in minutes,” confirmed Maroney. “After switching to Avigilon, we realized how ineffective our old system really was. Our managers are thankful we made the upgrade.”

Benefit
The Avigilon HD surveillance system has improved safety at Redamak's, giving managers greater peace of mind that should an incident occur, it can be easily investigated and resolved. “We recently dealt with an incident in which two patrons left without paying and we caught their image on four different cameras,” explained Maroney. “We provided footage to the police who are currently investigating the crime.” And with immediate access to footage of the restaurant, Maroney can review allegations of sustained injuries, helping to avoid potential liability claims.

With greater coverage of the loading dock and parking lot, employees also feel safer when closing the restaurant late at night. “Our goal is to deliver the best food and service possible – the Avigilon system enables us to better ensure inventory and food quality control, and monitor employee performance to help us achieve our mission.”

The Avigilon HD surveillance system has also become a valuable tool to help Redamak's monitor for health and safety compliance – for both staff and delivery personnel. “A couple of years ago, a delivery person fell off the back of his truck and unfortunately, our old system was unable to capture a clear image of the incident,” Maroney shared. “With the upgrade, we added an extra Avigilon camera for greater coverage and improved image clarity, which we rely on to ensure safety procedure compliance.”

 

VIVOTEK redesigned user interface, features of iViewer app for iOS

Editor / Provider: VIVOTEK | Updated: 8/2/2013 | Article type: Security 50

VIVOTEK announced the completion of its iViewer app update for the iOS platform. Aimed at bringing a more intuitive and friendly user experience to its valued customers worldwide, VIVOTEK has redesigned the user interface and adjusted several features of the iViewer app, enhancing the viewing quality and enabling smoother video accessibility.

iViewer, designed for live streaming video from hundreds of cameras managed by VIVOTEK's professional central management software VAST, VMS ST7501 and NVR series, enables users to access surveillance camera video right on their iOS mobile device anytime, anywhere for highly flexible security administration. The new version of iViewer supports convenient features such as a favorites list, multi-channel live view and single channel playback, PTZ Control, vertical (portrait) or horizontal (landscape) mode rotation, PiP (Picture in Picture) control, snapshot and fisheye view dewarping.

Since the launch of the iViewer app, VIVOTEK has sought to continually improve the app's rich feature set and performance to realize the multifaceted benefits of the remote and real-time monitoring. In addition to the user interface, VIVOTEK has optimized the software, multi-layout decoding performance and upgraded the viewing resolution to support Retina display.

Steve Ma, Executive VP at VIVOTEK, stated, "In order to maximize the benefits and convenience to our valued customers, VIVOTEK is dedicated to continual development and optimization of our mobile applications. Today, we are pleased to announce the relaunch of our iViewer app for iOS user interface with several exciting new features enabling surveillance on the move to be more reliable and enjoyable."

VIVOTEK's new iViewer app is now available for download on the App Store. The same function update for the Android platform will be available in Q4 this year.

Nice contact center video recording to drive customer experience

Editor / Provider: Nice Systems | Updated: 8/1/2013 | Article type: Security 50

Nice Systems announced the launch of its Contact Center Video Recording solution, which helps organizations deliver an excellent customer experience by monitoring and enhancing the quality of service provided via video-enabled contact centers. The solution combines Nice's extensive real-time audio capture expertise with its experience in video surveillance for security.

This launch expands Nice's multi-channel offering for enterprises and addresses a growing market trend in video-based remote customer service. According to Gartner, real-time visual communications can provide a richer and more personalized experience in specific industries such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare. In these verticals, video-enabled contact centers allow organizations to extend their geographic reach and agent availability without having to add customer service personnel.

Nice video recording enables organizations to continuously monitor agent performance, provide additional coaching as needed, and maintain a single standard of performance across the operation. Quality monitoring is applied to both audio and visual recordings, enabling organizations to better understand not only what was said during a customer interaction, but also what was implied through the body language of the agent and the customer. These visual cues may help discern the customer's satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the interaction or transaction. The integration of audio and video recording within a single platform lowers the total cost of ownership and simplifies upgrades and training.

This solution is supported by Nice Interaction Management,and it provides the customer with the capabilities for quality monitoring, training and evaluation, based upon:

- Capturing and integrating both video and audio from a video conferencing call between a customer and agent
- Providing a playback experience which features enhancements for better evaluation such as:
- Side-by-side playback of agent and customer
- Simultaneous playback of audio, video and images of the agent's screen
- Isolation of the audio for playback and evaluation of either the agent or customer

“Companies are continuously enhancing their outreach to customers by seeking new channels through which they can better connect and personalize the customer experience,” said Yochai Rozenblat, President of the Nice Customer Interactions Group. “Nice video recording is an innovative response to this market need. It helps ensure that companies are delivering the best possible service multiple interaction channels by providing real-time audio and visual monitoring for quality and compliance purposes.”

VIVOTEK IP cameras to secure Moldavian city hall

Editor / Provider: VIVOTEK | Updated: 8/1/2013 | Article type: Government & Public Services

Chisinsu, with more than 700,000 inhabitants, is the largest city in Moldova and also the country's political, economic and cultural center. The very first record of Chisinsu dates back to the 15th century. It achieved city status in the early 19th century and became the capital when the Moldavian Soviet Socialistic Republic was established. With the city's long and fascinating past, there are many historical sites that attract tourists. Chisinsu City Hall, located in the central part of the city, is more than 110 years old, and acts as the hub of the capital city. Built in an Italian Gothic style, Chisinsu City Hall is itself one of the city's historical and architectural monuments. In view of the need to provide high-quality security for the historic building and grounds, as well as for VIP guests from all over the world, Chisinsu City Hall sought better surveillance solutions from Moldova Security, which is VIVOTEK's local distributor. With their high performance and superior video quality, VIVOTEK's cameras were chosen.

In this project, a few VIVOTEK IP camera models were installed, including the day/night bullet camera, dome camera and speed dome camera. All are equipped with a 2-megapixel CMOS sensor and removable IR-cut filter. With superior video technology, these cameras can not only deliver the superb image quality around the clock, but also optimize the bandwidth usage. Exceptional image quality is especially important for the Chisinsu City Hall, where accurate identification 24 hours a day is required.

Designed for outdoor surveillance, the bullet camera features several advanced features that ensure excellent monitoring performance, including an auto-iris lens, mounting bracket with cable management, tamper detection and weather-proof IP67-rated housing. The speed dome, another outdoor camera used for this project, is designed especially for monitoring wide-open indoor or outdoor spaces or situations where high precision is required. In addition to using a weather-proof housing, the speed dome can operate in a wide range of temperatures between -40°C and 55°C, ensuring normal operation even under extreme weather conditions. Since Moldova's average temperature in January is -4°C, the speed dome, with such strong weather-proofing features, turns out to be the most suitable choice. Moreover, because it is equipped with WDR technology, the speed dome provides clear images even under high-contrast or backlit lighting conditions. The dome camera, featuring superb megapixel image quality, provides wide coverage while delivering the finest details. With other advanced features such as 802.3af PoE, an SD/SDHC card slot, and real-time MPEG-4 and MJPEG compression technology, the three cameras are ideal cameras for enhancing security inside and outside of Chisinsu City Hall.

Sharon Lee, Director of VIVOTEK's Europe Business Division, stated: “It's our great pleasure to have been chosen by Chisinsu City Hall. Preservation of the historic building and surroundings should be emphasized and highly valued. A comprehensive security infrastructure with a high-quality and seamless surveillance system is pivotal to this preservation. VIVOTEK's cameras, with numerous advanced features, such as video cropping for bandwidth saving, tamper detection, removable IR-cut filter, and built-in IR illuminators, are the best choices for this project.”

ievo biometric readers installed at London footaball club

Editor / Provider: ievo | Updated: 8/1/2013 | Article type: Commercial Markets

Situation
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club was to construct an all-round state-of-the-art training academy, on a 77 acre site at Bulls Cross, Essex. This new facility would be where first, reserve sides and younger academy teams could train to the highest standards, in a well-equipped, comfortable and secure environment. Proposed facilities at the site comprised: 11 outdoor pitches, one fully covered training pitch, gymnasium and therapy pool.

Task
The club selected Classic Security Solutions (Classic) as their main contractor, responsible for sourcing an integrator who would be able to deliver an intelligent integrated system capable of managing and controlling security, access and building management solutions from multiple vendors as well as provision a future-proof and scalable solution, enabling further expansion and integration capabilities.

Key requirements of the integrated security system included:
- Site-wide intruder detection system to EN50131 grade 3
- Access control for 40+ doors
- Control and monitoring of entire site via graphical interfaces at multiple locations
- An IP based infrastructure to ensure the site was future proof and the contractor could minimise the number of ducts and cables
- Real-time asset tracking system to detect and instantly report unauthorised movement of high value items, (lawn mower tractors and grounds maintenance tools) preventing unauthorised movement, removal or theft from site
- For first team players, deliver a biometric access control solution which would work effectively with dirty hands and all-weather play
- Rather than use a standard access control card which would be difficult for reserve team and younger academy team players to carry, utilise a light-weight and non- intrusive wristband incorporating RFID access control technology
- Ability to create and print access cards away from the main security

Action
Classic Security Solutions won the security tender for this impressive build and selected the Inner Range's integrated hardware platform Concept 5000 and its integration software system Insight, as the main components to manage and the control security, access and building management systems, required to create an efficient and secure environment for the football club.

Inner Range's design input during the build, coupled with their intelligent systems enabled Classic to integrate the required 3rd party solutions so they could be managed and controlled from one system and deliver a robust, scalable and future proof solution.

Inner Range also provided integration to biometric readers from ievo and RFID solutions from Identec so that Classic could meet the clubs specific access-control requirements for players and academy training teams as well as implement a solution to protect against unauthorised movement or removal of high value assets belonging to the academy.

Result
Working with Inner Range resulted in Classic Security Solutions being able to:
- Design and implement a system, to EN50131 grade 3 standards, that is not only capable of integrating at both hardware and software level with multiple 3rd party systems, but also via logical programming of either software or hardware, automatically take decisions based on system status or information from other systems
- Provide a robust access control solution for all doors, with boundless provisioning (up to 50,000 doors)
- Using graphical interfaces at multiple locations, provide complete visibility and control of all security and building management systems technologies across the entire site
- Deliver an IP based solution to future proof the security project and minimise ducts and cables
- Install a biometric access control solution which means that first team players never have to carry an access-control card and the solution will provide access to authorised areas, even with dirty hands and in all weather conditions
- RFID access-control wristbands with the ability for authorised staff to automatically create access cards via a portable card maker
- Deploy effective asset tracking which protects all valuable assets against loss and theft by monitoring their location and movement in real-time