In the April issue of SDM Magazine, read the latest article in the State of the Market series, with this month's focus on access control. Learn how to build skills and knowledge of the security industry. Also, read about the sustainability that growing popular within the industry. Test your knowledge of intrusion sensors in this month's 5-Minute Tech Quiz and read up on the latest news and technology in the security industry.
Cloud-based services, integration with the hot video market, IT- and legacy-friendly options and more are expected to give integrators reason to celebrate in the 2014 access control market.
Someone once suggested that to get an invitation to a party you really wanted to attend you should offer to contribute something to the party. If the video market’s predicted strong year in 2014 is the kind of “party” access control is hoping to attend, then the market has tapped into that principle, contributing a strong argument for security systems that integrate both video and access control.
The days of trading RMR rooted in wired platforms and associated equipment are over. Significant premiums may be offered by sellers for current technology platforms and to companies that focus on the evolution of their technology offerings.
The life safety industries have been fortunate over the last 20 years in that monitoring services associated with recurring monthly revenues (RMR) have been reliant on hardwired systems whose signals were transported to monitoring centers via the telephone landlines.
IP cameras have proven valuable to end users, who get the benefit of high resolution and a number of other features. For installers, they’ve also been valuable, as more and more end users either want new IP camera installations or want to migrate their existing analog cameras to IP and take advantage of the benefits.
For many integrators, door and lock hardware is a mysterious thing best left to the locksmith professionals — but that can leave money and opportunity on the table.
The access control card is the common thread to all of building integration, and the reason security systems integrators can be involved with energy management and gain expertise in these systems and applications.
Expanding your service offering to include commercial energy management is no small undertaking. While it may seem the two industries are very similar, with inputs, outputs, control points and data gathering, that is where the similarities end.
Just when it seemed like everything that could be done with intrusion sensors had already been done, along came a host of new ideas for how to improve on motion detectors, contacts and other devices.
Within this great industry that we have come to love, we understand there is tradition and a certain way things have been done for years, and we respect that. But in a world where the 800-pound gorillas are beginning to dominate and in an era where your potential customers have been programmed to tune out more than 90 percent of any marketing effort put in front of them, don’t you think it’s about time to start doing things differently?
After determining that the switch only closes a circuit, and that the fireplace is in no way connected to AC power, a simple paper clip provided the closure needed to turn on the warmth. Later I replaced the defective switch and now I have my alternate heat pump rocking when needed.
When United Technologies Corp. (UTC), Hartford, Conn., (parent company of Casi-Rusco) announced that it would “end-of-life” its Secure Perfect and Picture Perfect solutions, it sent integrators — and other manufacturers such as AMAG Technology (AMAG), Torrance, Calif. — searching for a solution to provide to end users.
In the ensuing silence, you may miss an opportunity to be the customer’s go-to home technology professional and fail to earn some potential revenue. Therefore, it may be time to catch up on those other residential topics that sometimes elude home systems professionals.
Cable companies began bundling services for their customers at least a decade ago with TV, Internet and phone services to make their customers stickier
Technology is ready for cable and telephone companies to offer more services to their customers now, because it is a panel that transmits signals that allows them to offer their intelligent home services — with security being one of the signals on that panel.
If I were a security technician, salesperson or project manager — or an executive responsible for the training of these individuals — I would be energized about the opportunities for industry education taking place this spring and summer.
The defendant alarm company had a clause in its contract giving “either party” the right to have “an action or dispute” resolved by binding arbitration before an arbitrator instead of a judge in court. The plaintiff filed an action in small claims court for damages for breach of contract, breach of warranty and fraud. The defendant alarm company made a motion to dismiss the action and to compel arbitration.
ONVIF announced the final release of Profile C, which extends the functionality of ONVIF’s global interface specification
April 24, 2014
Profile C also can be combined with ONVIF Profile S for video and audio streaming so users can group related access and video devices, sharing the same device management features such as network configuration and system settings.
DMP made some significant improvements to its Virtual Keypad 3.5.0 App. The mobile application now supports user code management and panel access. Master level users can add, edit and delete users of XT and XTL series control panels operating with Version 117 or higher software.
Illinois Bill Allowing Fire Departments to Do Monitoring Moves to Executive Committee
April 24, 2014
Dealers can purchase the devices directly from Nationwide Digital, and the dealers themselves come up with a pricing structure that suits their company. Nationwide Digital plans to start offering marketing and sales materials for dealers targeted to the end user very soon.
The hosted model of the system is intended to eliminate the need to commission and maintain servers or other IT infrastructure
April 24, 2014
The system was designed to simplify the deployment and maintenance of mobile LPR systems, primarily for municipal and university parking authorities, as well as police departments with LPR-enabled vehicles.
Milestone Systems, an open platform company in IP video management, is tightening relations with Pelco by Schneider Electric
April 24, 2014
Pelco IP cameras and Milestone Systems IP video management software (VMS). Milestone Systems will provide deeper integration support for Pelco’s IP-based cameras in the award-winning XProtect®-family of open platform VMS. This closer relationship will enable partners and customers to explore the advanced capacities of Pelco’s cameras and Milestone’s VMS.
UCC currently serves 209,000 customer accounts through its relationships with more than 500 dealers across the United States.
April 24, 2014
“It took a total of three years, including one to implement and troubleshoot the system so it ran smoothly once we went live,” said UCC’s CEO, Don Munford. “The extra time we put into making sure we have the right system in place is a service we always provide with pride to our dealers.”