Senstar introduces the UltraLink Rugged Controller

Senstar, manufacturer of perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS), is pleased to announce the UltraLink Rugged Controller, a ruggedized, embedded controller for unmanned sites that enables remote management of Senstar security sensors and allows local control of security functions.

Stewart Dewar, Senstar’s PM said, “The UltraLink Rugged Controller provides organizations with multiple unmanned sites a simplified means for alarm reporting and remote maintenance in a single device that does not need to be installed in an environmentally-controlled location.” The UltraLink Rugged Controller connects to a site’s Senstar sensors and I/O devices and provides a standard Ethernet/IP-based interface for communication with the Security Management System (SMS) using the facility’s own WAN/SCADA network. This provides a common network access point from which all configuration and calibration can be done, and event log data can be viewed. Maintenance visits to sites are reduced, as is the need to access individual sensors when site visits are required.

The Controller can be programmed to activate video recording and deterrence devices (lights, sirens, etc.) in response to sensor alarms or diagnostic events. Alarm response actions will occur even if network connection to the central SMS is temporarily lost.