CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced that the CEM security management system has been selected to secure fashion department stores in New Zealand. The stores are part of New Zealand owned Farmers Trading Company, (or Farmers) and CEM system will be installed by reseller, Vitag Security Solutions.
Established in 1909, Farmers Trading Company has nearly 4000 staff and more than 65 stores across New Zealand. To secure and protect fashion department stores, Farmers required a quality IP security management system that could be installed at remote sites and with maximum efficiency to minimize the requirement for cabling and power supplies. Farmers also required the system to be linked with a company-owned office block in Wellington, where 23 office floors would be fitted with lift and door control.
CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced that the CEM security management system has been selected to secure fashion department stores in New Zealand. The stores are part of New Zealand owned Farmers Trading Company, (or Farmers) and CEM system will be installed by reseller, Vitag Security Solutions.
Established in 1909, Farmers Trading Company has nearly 4000 staff and more than 65 stores across New Zealand. To secure and protect fashion department stores, Farmers required a quality IP security management system that could be installed at remote sites and with maximum efficiency to minimize the requirement for cabling and power supplies. Farmers also required the system to be linked with a company-owned office block in Wellington, where 23 office floors would be fitted with lift and door control.
“The CEM system was selected to meet Farmers requirements as it has been installed at sites throughout the world where security really matters”, said Andrew Fulton, Business Development Director for CEM Systems. “As a new reseller, Vitag has been trained and accredited to install CEM products throughout New Zealand. We are delighted to be part of this security project.”
Farmers Trading Company required a flexible solution that could support multiple reader types based on the level of security required at each controlled door. To meet this requirement a selection of CEM IP card readers and CEM PoE two-door controllers were installed.
The CEM two-door controller utilizes CEM PoE technology to power readers and heavy-duty maglocks on two doors, using a single Ethernet network cable. This created sizable cost savings on the Farmers project as it eliminated the need to fit mains power supplies above each door. The CEM PoE solution is unique to the industry as it can deliver up to two Amps to power an entire door set, including access control readers, heavy duty maglocks and associated items, all over one CAT 5/6 Ethernet cable. As CEM was the first to introduce a PoE access control solution to the market in 2007, it is indeed leading the industry as the PoE solution of choice.
CEM IP card readers are also installed on critical doors throughout Farmers department stores. Readers feature LCD screens to provide staff with instant feedback on the system such as ‘Wrong Time Zone' and ‘Card Expiring' . With the added benefit of a keypad staff can also enter PIN codes for additional security. The reader offers the highest level of reliability as it features an internal database for offline card validation. This means that should communication be temporarily lost with the host server, staff can still validate cards using the card records stored in the reader's internal memory.
The CEM system offers Farmers Trading Company an integrated security management system with a host of security applications that enhance site operations such as the CEM Alarm Event Display (AED) application for central monitoring of the system. AED provides a dynamic graphical representation of transactions and events from the various department stores and when actually they occur in real-time. The application can be used to acknowledge alarms, generate detailed reports and trace card holder movements through the system as well as be used as a single user-friendly front end for the integration of video systems.
A major factor in Farmers decision to install the system was that their existing American Dynamics surveillance system could be easily integrated into CEM AED workstations”, said Ric Weede, Director, Vitag Security Solutions. “As an integrated real-time solution, Farmers will have a central view of what's going on during alarm activation with associated surveillance video linked to access control alarms.”