ISOSCAN II

Fibre Technologies (FTL) are pleased to introduce the next generation of Isoscan monitoring solutions, Isoscan II, designed to give data centre operators and building managers early warning of potential problems arising within their controlled environment.

The system comprises a hardware and software solution utilising small DIN mounted outstations and expanders installed in a convenient location within the customers’ premises, which are then connected to the clients existing infrastructure via simple cabled connections, this being any equipment that is to be monitored such as UPS, air conditioning units, generators etc. Connection between the outstation and monitoring software server is via Ethernet.

The system supports many industry standard protocols, including among others, volt free, ModBus and KNX/EIB.  Allowing easy connection and monitoring of virtually all available equipment.

FTL’s software component, Isoscan II, allows easy configuration of monitored points and handles the reporting of alerts via email or SMS to the required personnel, along with storage and reporting of archived events, all from a simple web browser based user interface.

For more information about our range of services please contact us 
either by telephone on 01344 75 22 22 or by email sales@ftlsecuresolutions.co.uk.

Preventing terminal closures effectively: Dallmeier presents semi-automated monitoring solution for the airport security area

By Zoe Deighton-Smythe | February 5, 2019

The problem is familiar to airport operators: Unauthorised individuals enter the security area every day, for example when passengers go back to the airside from the land side after passing through customs or wander between “clean” and “unclean” zones inside the security area. The task of detecting and intercepting these “strays” quickly and resolving the situation places enormous strain on personnel resources, and not infrequently is unsuccessful.

The consequence: The threat of partial or even complete terminal closures with the associated enormous costs is real. The video security equipment manufacturer Dallmeier now presents a system based on 3D real-time location tracking, innovative video technology and mobile response team control which enables reliable and significantly faster incident investigation while reducing overall costs by as much as 50%.

To achieve this, the Dallmeier solution combines the patented Panomera camera technology with 3D sensors and a software package that provides functions for detecting individuals, real-time positioning and automatic “wrong direction” detection. Now if one or more people in the monitored area are moving in the wrong direction, they are detected by 3D real-time positioning, “captured” as objects in the positioning system and can be tracked seamlessly from then on.

The response teams automatically receive an alert, a portrait photo of the intruder and an overview image updated once a second on their mobile devices. In the bottom half of the screen, real-time information about the person’s position and direction of movement is displayed on the building map. The control centre has the same map view and image information of the events and is thus able to coordinate the activities of the response team. At the same time, the team members can switch between recordings on their mobile devices with simple swiping gestures, so they always know exactly where the individuals they are looking for are located. In this way, the persons they are searching for can be found immediately and critical situations can be resolved much faster.

Besides considerably faster investigation of threat situations, the Dallmeier solution also offers financial advantages over conventional approaches: Whereas previously a dedicated 24/7 presence was needed for every security checkpoint or passageway throughout the airport, with the Dallmeier solution security for the corresponding areas can be automated. Since the control centre and response teams have a much better overview of the situation and cooperation is optimised, the teams only have to intervene when an alert is issued. This enables savings of up to 50% of total operating costs and the solution pays for itself very quickly.

New Entry Software Update

Entry v.3.0 SR1 has been developed to improve your user experience and is available to download now.

What is Entry?

Entry is our video and audio door entry system, that enables you to recognise a visitor calling at a main entrance before granting them access to your building. It works standalone, and alongside our access control system Net2, or as part of our access control and video management platform, Paxton10.

Read the announcement here.

Paxton Access Inc. has launched the latest addition to their line of wireless access control solutions, the PaxLock Pro – Mortise, a smart lockset designed for quick and easy installation to conveniently secure external facing doors.

Available in black or white fascia with an Eclipse or Galaxy handle, the PaxLock Pro – Mortise fits discreetly into a variety of environments. It is ideal for education and healthcare facilities, as well as commercial premises like corporate offices, warehouses, and retail outlets.

The robust unit has a UL 10C fire rating and is UL 294 rated for the reliability of construction, performance, and operation, ensuring it is built to last.

PaxLock Pro line

The universal design enables quick and simple installation for Paxton’s dealers. The sleek, compact appearance makes this product aesthetically pleasing in a variety of environments. The PaxLock Pro – Mortise is the perfect solution for a modern office space or apartment building.

The PaxLock Pro line is incredibly flexible for dealers and their customers, with the option to install in standalone mode, without a network, or with specific variants available as part of a Paxton10 or Net2 system.

The new unit has a stylish and contemporary design to suit modern interiors and will fit seamlessly into its surroundings. The PaxLock Pro – Mortise is efficient for daily use, it goes into sleep mode when not in use to preserve battery life. Users can monitor events and battery status online, with alerts via email and SMS for added convenience and to ensure doors are always secure.

Wired access control system

PaxLock Pro – Mortise offers the security and convenience of a wired access control system but with the additional flexibility of wireless, resulting in quick and simple installation for minimal disruption.

Samantha Cronin, Paxton’s Product Specialist, says, “When compared to a hard-wired solution, wireless door handles are a quick and cost-effective way to secure a door in a wide variety of building types. Building upon the knowledge gained from the past two generations of wireless door handles, the PaxLock Pro – Mortise offers the most comprehensive suite of certifications and features making the product suitable for more doors than ever.”

“For additional reporting features and centralised management, this can be used with either a networked Net2 or Paxton10 access control system. We always strive to meet our customers’ expectations and believe we have done that with this product.”

Until now, it has been difficult for remote sites and operations to protect their people and assets, especially where no power supply or fixed networks are available. Now, there’s a simple, practical, cost-effective solution to meet this challenge in the form of Hikvision’s solar-powered Security Camera Setup.

Protecting remote and rural sites

All kinds of remote and rural sites require constant security monitoring, ranging from farms and fisheries to forestry operations, oil and gas pipelines, and even national parks. The problem is that these kinds of sites are frequently ‘off-grid’, lacking the power and fixed network connectivity needed to deploy security monitoring cameras.

As an additional challenge, many sites have only temporary security requirements, making the cost of deploying ‘fixed’ cameras prohibitive. This is the case for open air music festivals, political rallies, and many other events. A range of other sites and operations also have short-term monitoring needs, ranging from construction sites to temporary road maintenance works.

Need for standalone solutions

The standalone solutions should be fast and simple to deploy and highly durable

Meeting security requirements at these kinds of remote and temporary sites requires a new kind of ‘standalone’ solution, one that can operate independently, without physical connections to either the energy grid or to a fixed network.

Additionally, the standalone solutions should be fast and simple to deploy, highly durable to withstand the most adverse weather conditions, and affordable enough to meet the needs of all kinds of remote sites and operations.

Solar-powered Security Camera Setup

To help remote operations to boost their security, Hikvision has created the solar-powered Security Camera Setup. This solution uses a 40-watt photovoltaic panel and a highly durable 20 Ah rechargeable Lithium battery to power a Hikvision EXIR Fixed Bullet Solar Power 4G Network Camera.

Because the solar-powered Security Camera Setup uses solar power and includes a micro SIM card for connectivity with the 4G network, there is no need for fixed power or network cables on site. Additionally, operators can monitor, review, and store footage remotely, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.

Boosting security quickly and easily

Using the Hikvision solution, remote sites and operations can boost their security quickly, easily, and at low cost. With no need for a fixed network or power supply, and simple installation that can be carried out by just one person, the solution can be rolled out in hours, with very little need for ongoing maintenance or support.

Key benefits of Hikvision’s solar-powered Security Camera Setup include:

• High-quality imaging for fast, effective incident responses

The Hikvision EXIR 4G Network Camera provided with the solar-powered Security Camera Setup offers high resolution imaging (1920 x 1080 pixels @ 30 fps). Additionally, the camera provides very clear images, even where strong back-light exists, thanks to Hikvision’s 120 dB true Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) technology.

The excellent quality and clarity of video imaging means that operators can quickly identify and react to security incidents at remote sites, thereby helping to reduce negative business impacts. 

• 24×7 security monitoring – in any weather

The product employs BMS (battery management system) in its 20Ah Lithium battery, which ensures the optimal use of the battery energy. With its smart power management features, the solar-powered Security Camera Setup provides up to 7 days of operation, during cloudy or rainy periods, when fully charged.

The Security Camera Setup’s 4G camera further adds a 32GB eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard) besides the SD card, this ensures continuous video recording, when there is an anomaly with the SD card or the network environment. Additionally, the self-sufficient unit is waterproof (accredited to the IP67 standard) and windproof (with a hurricane rating of 12).

All of these features mean that operators can continue monitoring and securing their remote sites without interruptions, even in the harshest and most challenging weather conditions.

• Rapid, simple, cost-effective installation

A single person can install the solution at remote sites, making the process fast, easy, and cost-effective

A single person can install the solution at remote sites, making the process fast, easy, and cost-effective, thanks to its lightweight design. The pole mounted unit weighs just 14 kg and there are no complex cables to connect, so as to further reduce deployment time and complexity.

This speed and ease of deployment significantly lowers barriers for remote sites and operations looking to boost their security. It is also a major reason why it is the ideal choice for temporary sites, such as construction sites and road maintenance sites.

Key features of the Hikvision solar-powered Security Camera Setup:

• High quality imaging with 2 MP (1920 x 1080 @ 30 fps) resolutions
• Clear imaging against strong back light with 120 dB true WDR technology
• Ah rechargeable lithium battery with 7-day operation even in cloudy and rainy weather
• 40-watt photovoltaic panel for standalone operation
• Support battery management features, including battery display
• Battery high/low temperature protection and charge/discharge protection, with low-battery sleep protection and remote wakeup features
• 4G Micro SIM card with LTE-TDD/LTE-FDD/WCDMA/GSM transmission capabilities
• Water and dust resistant camera (IP67 certified)

As the saying goes, ‘There is always room for improvement.’ This year, Dahua Technology, a video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, is once again utilising this ‘room’ by releasing the new upgrade of its intelligent server– the Dahua IVSS.

The Dahua Intelligent Video Surveillance Server, or simply IVSS, is positioned as a multiple intelligent algorithm server. With its strong computing power and flexibility, it offers multiple algorithm integration as well as innovative, efficient, and accurate AI functions.

Detection accuracy rate

The Dahua IVSS is equipped with general AI functions that benefit users with optimised monitoring capabilities. Aside from its face recognition’s blocklist alarm, VIP recognition, and stranger alarm, this series now features high frequency alarm –a newly added function that can recognise the frequency of targets in the monitored scene.

Dahua IVSS devices also support IVS based on the target type (human and vehicle), which filters out irrelevant targets such as leaves, animals, lights, etc. With its upgraded algorithm, it provides a higher detection accuracy rate and supports new functions such as loitering detection, parking detection, and crowd gathering estimation. What’s more, the video metadata function of this equipment supports a number of attributes for the human face, human body, motor vehicle, and non-motor vehicle.

Traditional intelligent algorithms

The Dahua IVSS can also extract metadata from normal video recordings stored in XVR or NVR devices

Besides its typical metadata search function, the Dahua IVSS can also extract metadata from normal video recordings stored in XVR or NVR devices, and subsequently, run AI search to quickly locate targets. Moreover, this upgraded series now offers video metadata Linkage that can trigger the alarm when the target’s metadata does not meet the preset conditions/rules.

For example, if wearing a face mask is set, as a rule, the alarm will be triggered when someone who is not wearing a face mask has been detected. Based on the metadata, the Dahua IVSS can also perform backend ANPR, which is a significant upgrade from the frontend ANPR usually done by cameras. In addition to basic AI, industrial AI functions are also featured in Dahua IVSS devices. It includes smart video compression that provides higher computing accuracy and can distinguish specific targets in the scene compared to traditional intelligent algorithms.

Detecting parking spaces

With a compression ratio of 78%-99%, this AI function significantly reduces bandwidth by up to 99% and relatively lessens upgrading costs. This series can also detect helmet wearing in a site through its helmet detection function, boasting an accuracy rate of over 95%. Its outdoor parking space detection function provides over 94% accuracy rate in detecting available parking spaces in an outdoor scenario.

Other industrial AI functions include fire detection, smoking detection, uniform detection, garbage overflow detection, and animal detection. Aside from Dahua’s own algorithm, it can also run third-party algorithm through the Dahua Open Platform (DHOP), solving more pain points of customers.

Scalable computing capability

The strong and scalable computing capability of the upgraded Dahua IVSS can utilise up to 16 AI chips

Moreover, the strong and scalable computing capability of the upgraded Dahua IVSS can utilise up to 16 AI chips. For storage and data security, this series allows access to up to 256 channels, provides up to 768Mbps storage bandwidth, and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10. Its decoding capacity is up to 24ch@1080P.

It offers max. 36 splits in one window, allows up to 4 HDMI output per device with different sources and supports mouse roaming between different scenes. Furthermore, the Dahua IVSS allows seamless AI upgrading of old systems, and is compliant with ONVIF/RTSP, making it compatible with third-party cameras. By providing AI computing to VMS through SDK, it also supports integration with third-party VMS.

Innovating intelligent products

The biggest room in the world is indeed the room for improvement. Thus, for many years, Dahua Technology has been continuously developing, improving, and innovating intelligent products like the Dahua IVSS.

In addition to its AI functions, the upgraded Dahua IVSS series also combines video management features with traditional video storage functions in one device, providing robust computing, superior storage, rich applications, and strong decoding capabilities. With its mission of ‘Enabling a safer society and smarter living’, Dahua Technology will continue to focus on ‘Innovation, Quality, and Service’ to serve its partners and customers around the world.

FTL Secure Solutions are working in partnership with *HES 

*’HES’ is Havering Council’s umbrella brand for providing professional services to the education sector

Dallmeier electronic, one of the manufacturers of video security technology, will present its portfolio of new products and customer solutions at the Russian security trade fair “Securika Moscow” (Moscow, Crocus Expo, Pavilion 2) from 13 to16 April 2021.

Unique camera technology

Dallmeier offers innovative video security solutions to its customers in an enormous range of industries. With the patented “Panomera®” multifocal sensor technology operators have the capability to capture large spatial relationships comprehensively and to zoom in on suspicious incidents while the system continues recording the entire scene. Thus, Panomera® allows optimal overview and high-resolution detail zooms even after the fact.

The great advantage is that the customer can define the minimum resolution density (DIN EN 62676-4) required for this individually as early as the planning stage. Consequently, stadium operators for example benefit from the fact that recordings of offences are incontestably usable in court.

Video analysis

The Panomera® S-Series enable intelligent AI-based video analyses for an enormous range of application areas

Apart from the outstanding cost-effectiveness of the solution, this was one of the crucial reasons why nine out of twelve host stadiums for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia decided for the patented Panomera® technology.

Besides this application, airport operators and logistics companies can rely on the unmatched image quality when investigating questions of liability, for example. At the same time, this minimum resolution density also serves as the basis for video analysis applications now and in the future.

Lower infrastructure cost and AI-based video analysis

The Panomera® S-Series is particularly notable for its peerless capture of long distances. The Panomera® W-Series helps the operator to create a seamless 180° or 360° view of a scene. Customers are thus able to reduce the number of cameras and the associated infrastructure many times over.

In combination with the installation of the latest generation of chips, which are already equipped with integrated neural networks, they enable intelligent AI-based video analyses for an enormous range of application areas. For example, they can be used to perform “crowd analyses” in high-traffic airport concourses, while on the perimeter AI-based object classification minimises the number of false alarms.

Mountera^® mounting system

Security managers have considerably more control over areas that are both large and heavily used

Besides its patented Panomera® technology, Dallmeier will also present its integrated Mountera® mounting system. Together with the Panomera® W-Series, the mounting system received the iF DESIGN AWARD in 2020.

Constructors and installers, for example, can carry out the entire installation with just one Allen key size. The Mountera® “Quick Lock” system enables rapid, one-man assembly and the same camera system can be used at different sites.

HEMISPHERE® ensures more control

With the open software platform HEMISPHERE® for Security and Business; customers can easily expand video systems with third-party installations such as fire alarm or access control systems.

Sophisticated system components such as 2D- and 3D-maps including “Active Elements” guarantee efficient processing of relevant incidents and alarms. So, security managers have considerably more control over areas that are both large and heavily used.

Have you found our website because you are looking online to find security companies in Reading to assist with your requirements? If so, then you have arrived at the right place and we can help you with your requirements. Whether you are looking to have state-of-art CCTV systems installed or you would like access control systems put in place, our team will be able to help. To-date, FTL Secure have worked with businesses, the public sector and homeowners to achieve the security they want. We offer fully bespoke solutions so we can deliver the security you require within your budget.

We are fully CRB checked for your peace of mind and we make it our responsibility to make sure that we are providing the best the market has to offer in terms of security systems. Once installed, we will be able to offer demonstrations on how to use your new system to make sure you get the most from it.

For more information about our security solutions, please contact us on 01344 752 222. Our team are here to help and we look forward to hearing from you. If you prefer, you can email us at sales@ftlsecuresolutions.co.uk.

If you need to keep track off the hours your employees work, it can be difficult to do this manually. It may be the case that you have a lot of temporary workers and you regularly need to fill out timesheets and try to remember what hours your temps worked, to ensure they are accurate. This can be highly challenged to do manually, which is why time and attendance systems can be a much more useful way to manage time.

Benefits to your business

Not only do time and attendance systems make life a bit easier for tracking purposes, it can give you the opportunity to allow your employees to work more flexibly. Most businesses don’t have the resources to manage time manually, which is why they tend to stick to standard hours. However, by implementing these systems, you be able to allow greater flexibility, which can help with attracting and retaining staff. These systems can be integrated with current HR and payroll systems, so there is no need for manual intervention.

Contact us to find out more

At FTL Secure Solutions, we can design and install your time and management systems to suit your needs. We can also offer ongoing support – both for small and large organisations. To find out more, contact us today on 01344 752 222.