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FUTURE OF SECURITY INTEGRATION l Case Study: Rondo Building Services l Special Report: Hikvision’s 2020 Trends l Case Study: Leighton Christian School

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EDGE ANALYTICS FINDS SECURITY ELECTRONICS

LECTRONIC security solutions and edge analytics have an immutable symbiosis – that’s important because edge analytics is considered one of the major technological trends of the next 5 years. When you delve into edge analytics, it’s impossible not to feel a sort of deja-vu and that’s because the security industry has been doing a loose form of edge analytics for a long time.

What this means is that edge analytics is a potential business opportunity for integrators, as well as an operational efficiency target for security and facilities managers. And there’s something else here, too. A hint of the technological changes in the future, when sensors deliver event data to clever edge devices that might take on some of the roles handled by solid state controllers and third-party servers in modern cloud applications.

Edge analytics is all about the way sensor data might be collected and analysed in the future by deep learning algorithms that live on sensors in real time, with only events correlating to thresholds activating notifications, being stored, or directed to management systems. In terms of topography, edge sensors gather data and edge devices crunch the data before handing it to edge gateways if required. The thinking behind this will be very familiar to electronic security people – it’s all about avoiding choking up networks with raw data that’s pouring in for centralised processing.

In electronic security applications, thresholds are built into sensor circuitry, video motion detection algorithms and door states. In the future sensors will have more powerful processors, giving them greater capacity to inform users. They’ll also have more ways to communicate.

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In the future sensors will have more powerful processors, giving them greater capacity to crunch data.

They’ll also have more ways to communicate.

There’s a broader truth here and it’s that there are many kinds of sensors monitoring building systems, life safety systems, manufacturing systems, roadway traffic flow, bridge vibration sensors, industrial processes and plenty more.

In an edge analytics environment, all these sensors – reimagined smarter, faster, stronger – feed breaches of threshold events via edge devices into a management system, locally or via cloud, from which managers can derive unprecedented situational awareness. Part of the driving force of edge analytics is that about 75 per cent of the data it gathers is never used – that means it’s either clogging comms paths, or it’s not delivering raw data trends that might assist business management. This capacity to uncover unlaying trends applies to security sensors and cameras, too.

They have the ability to detect and log data about every event that ever happens in their field of view. The learning potential is considerable.

Edge analytics offers a number of other benefits. For a start, larger networks of sensors won’t impose an enormous bandwidth strain on networks – they’ll communicate when they need to, only what they need to, and never all at once. This means sensor networks can scale up mightily. Another benefit is that analysis at the edge is fast – there’s no need to transmit data into a queue for processing – the job is done on the spot.

Another benefit is that an edge sensor network with remote/onboard power and multiple comms options is robust. If a single sensor is impacted, the rest will continue to function.

And given many sensors are hidden from view, the potential for attempted attacks is reduced. Further, should the network fail, processing of events will continue at the edge, with events stored remotely for re-transmission once communications are restored.

Another future advantage of edge analytics is that as device costs plunge and the efficiency of circuits and batteries is enhanced, smart sensors are likely to cost little more than standard devices, while delivering vastly improved performance. You can see this trend already in the AI functionality of entry level CCTV cameras that offer object detection and reasonably reliable face recognition.

A future in which edge analytics plays a central role might impact on our controllers, too. Currently most are solid state with IP connectivity. There’s a good reason for this. Solid state is highly dependable and has the ability to manage operations in the absence of communications with centralised workstations. There are other things controllers are very good at – managing remote wiring, centralising comms, switching, power, automation and plenty more.

Conversely, edge devices run a complete edge intelligence OS, yet can be battery powered, or linked to remote power and battery supported.

They might communicate via cloud or access the network through an edge gateway. Will solid state controllers continue to be used, will edge devices crunching remote data using full operating systems take over some or all of their role, or will we see hybrid controllers empowered with onboard edge devices? All these futures are possible. n

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Independent Locksmiths & Security has installed a secCloud access control solution for Rondo Building Services. The cloud-based management system has allowed Rondo to create an enterprise access control solution, despite the use of disparate hardware across its sites.

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NEWS IN BRIEF MARCH 2020

COMPILED BY JOHN ADAMS

SECURITAS’ ACQUISITION OF FREDON SECURITY FINALISED n AUSTRALIA’S Fredon Security has been acquired

by Securitas with the sale finalised on January 9, 2020.

Fredon Security was founded in 2012 as a division of the Australian-owned Fredon Group, specialising in high-end electronic security solutions including

system design, engineering, installation, commissioning and maintenance.

Approximately 110 employees located across Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney will join Securitas along with Fredon Security MD, Danny Berkovic.

Danny Berkovic, managing director, Fredon Security.

INNER RANGE APPOINTS BRAD SHEEN BDM FOR NSW/ACT n Inner Range said the company is thrilled to welcome Brad Sheen as its first dedicated NSW/ ACT business development manager. Born and bred in New South Wales, Sheen is an avid motorbike rider and brings with him over 10 years of experience in the security industry, 7 of which have revolved around security manufacturing.

With a vast network and having experienced a

“I am excited to join the Securitas family who have shown demonstrable leadership in the global security market and identified electronic security as a key focus area for future growth in Australia,” Berkovic said. “Joining Securitas will provide excellent opportunities for our clients and team of outstanding professionals. I look forward to the journey in the years to come with a continued focus on our clients’ success and new opportunities.

“It is with great pride I hand over the ownership of Fredon Security to Securitas and I am convinced we have found a good new home for our clients and employees.

We look forward to a strong future and cooperation with Securitas with an enhanced service offering to Fredon

Group’s clients.”

The sale will see Fredon Security transition and rebrand to Securitas by 2022, during which time Fredon Group will continue to support Fredon Security.

Fredon will continue to provide multi-services offering of electrical, HVAC, technology, asset services, mining and industrial, infrastructure and security services.

“We are pleased to welcome the Fredon Security team onboard for an exciting journey together with Securitas,” said GertErik Engelien, country president, Securitas Vlado Damjanovski Australia.

“Our ambition is to be the leading protective service provider in Australia – the acquisition of Fredon Security puts us in a position of strength

in delivering quality electronic security services to our clients and we will continue growing the business together with Danny Berkovic, who will continue to lead the team and Securitas Electronic Security.

“In combination with our recent investments and growth into our guarding, alarm monitoring and remote video solutions services we are in a strong position to build long-term client partnerships and offer our clients integrated security solutions based on their individual needs and risks.”

Stockholm Sweden-based Securitas employs 370,000 people in 59 markets including North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

ENERGY WINS REDCLIFFE RAIL LINE PATH CCTV AND SMART LIGHTING CONTRACT

variety of roles in sales, distribution and technical specialism Sheen says he’s keen to hit the ground running and make it easier for new and existing customers to learn more about what Inner Range has to offer.

“Brad has spent the last week at head office Melbourne getting to know the team and undergoing training with local sales gurus,” said Inner Range’s Russell Blake.

Brad Sheen (left) and Russell Blake

n GNB Energy has been awarded a tender by Moreton Bay Regional Council to construct a solution including CCTV, smart lighting and support infrastructure along the Redcliffe Peninsula rail line pathway.

The 12.6km pathway stretches from Petrie Station to Kippa-Ring Station. The pathway CCTV system will be integrated

into Moreton Bay Regional Council’s security control room, which incorporates more than 800 fixed and PTZ CCTV cameras.

The path runs alongside the $A300 million Redcliffe Peninsula line, which is part of the QR Citytrain suburban network and has 6 stations: Kallangur, Murrumba Downs, Mango Hill, Mango Hill East (previously called Kinsellas

Road), Rothwell and KippaRing.

The value of the contract has not been released.

THE PATHWAY CCTV SYSTEM WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO MORETON BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL’S SECURITY CONTROL ROOM...

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CAIRNS CONVENTION CENTRE EXPANSION SEEKS ACCESS CONTROL, INTERCOMS, CCTV n LENDLEASE released a tender last month seeking access control, intercoms and CCTV as part of a $A176 million redevelopment of Cairns Convention Centre by Cox Architecture. The expansion includes 10,500m2 of new facilities at the Wharf Street end of the Centre including a 450-seat flat floor plenary space, 3 meeting rooms, exhibition space, banquet facility and associated patron facilities, and operational spaces that will enable concurrent

COX ARCHITECTURE’S ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR THE CENTRE WAS CELEBRATED FOR ITS SUSTAINABILITY ADVANCEMENTS.

conventions to occur with-in the centre. There will be new entry, a large-scale green wall and a rooftop banqueting space with capacity for 410 people. There will be space for 30 exhibitors’ booths and 3 meeting rooms covering 420 square metres.

Cox Architecture’s original design for the centre was celebrated for its sustainability advancements, including its concertina roof, which funnels tropical downpours into a 115,000-litre tank used to water the surrounding garden, a solar hot water system and extensive use of sensor-controlled sun louvres. The green wall will build on the centre’s sustainability credentials

GLOBAL SECURITY INTEGRATION ACQUISITION TREND BUILDING

n ADT Commercial has announced the acquisition of Alliant Integrators, based in Louisville, Kentucky, growing its geographic footprint and strengthening its capacity to serve mid-market, national and large-scale commercial customers.

The buy is part of a global acquisition trend in security integration that extends to Australia, with Securitas’ recent purchase here of Fredon Security and Convergint’s acquisition of Integrators Australia and now

and provide microclimate benefits and tropical aesthetic.

The first phase of convention centre works will include lift

upgrades, with the centre remaining remain open until May 2020. The centre will then close until October to allow for the replacement of the

roof, air conditioning and amenities upgrades, and general refurbishment work. The fully revamped centre is scheduled to open in early 2022.

GALLAGHER AUSTRALIA TEAM EXPANDS AGAIN n GALLAGHER Australia welcomed Matt Brodie and Ashley Gardiner to its rapidly expanding team in January.

Brodie brings over 8 years of experience with Gallagher to his new role as technical business development manager for Queensland. He’ll be supporting channel partners with expert knowledge and experience from working on large security projects in Hong Kong and South East Asia.

Brodie’s most recent roles with Gallagher have included technical account manager and business development manager roles within the Asia team.

“Working for a company that stays at the very front of technology changes in the market is exciting,” he says.

Meanwhile, Gardiner joins Gallagher as technical account manager based in Victoria, where he’ll be working with channel partners to provide

technical support and specification requirements.

He brings experience from 20 years in the security industry, working in various departments across many major projects.

“It’s an exciting opportunity to join the team at Gallagher,” says Gardiner. “I’m looking forward to assisting our channel partners to grow their businesses and providing technical support.”

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“A wide range of commercial clients in education, healthcare and at industrial facilities trust Alliant’s team of talented and tenured professionals for their requirements.

“Alliant is a significant and welcome addition to ADT Commercial and will deepen our ability to be the one ideal fire, life safety and security systems integrator in the Kentucky and Southern Indiana areas,” said ADT Commercial executive vice president Dan Bresingham.

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CRK DISTRIBUTING DAHUA, EXPANDING INTO INTRUSION, ACCESS CONTROL, AUTOMATION n C.R. Kennedy has taken on distribution of Dahua’s full range of electronic security products and will expand distribution into intrusion, intercom, access control, automation, as well as strengthening its CCTV offering.

According to Douglas Kennedy, CRK made the decision to distribute Dahua based on the breadth and depth of its product range.

“Dahua’s range is unbeatable,” Kennedy said. “From analogue solutions for historical sites through to video intercoms, cameras, access control, alarms and more, with new AI features constantly being rolled out. After seeing

Dahua’s latest products while attending the CPSE show, we knew we needed to partner with them.

“Dahua products allow us to support our customers going after major projects, and with great pricing and online ordering we can support their run-rate business. We will supply Dahua’s full range and with an office in every major city with sales and support staff we will offer the best service. That’s our goal – to have the best service and support for Dahua in Australia – and we won’t be beaten on price.”

At the heart of the evolution of the CRK business is an expansion not only within CCTV

but into alarms, access control, intercoms, automation and more.

“These days customers expect complete solutions to their security challenges,” Kennedy said.

“That means intrusion, access control, CCTV and home automation.

For a supplier to remain relevant they must offer and support all these market segments.”

As part of the move, CRK has beefed up the team to expand experience inside and outside video surveillance.

“Darren Banks has joined us to head up our Sydney team, and we have new staff joining across the country right now, so we are definitely in an

CONVERGINT ACQUIRES CERBERUS TECHNOLOGIES, PERTH n CONVERGINT Technologies has acquired Perth-based security integrator, Cerberus Technologies.

“On behalf Convergint’s entire Oceania team, I am delighted to share that we have completed the acquisition of Cerberus Technologies, based in Perth,” said Dean Monaghan, managing Dean Monaghan, managing director, Convergint Technologies.

director, Convergint Technologies Australia.

“We extend a very warm welcome to Cerberus founders Dan and Scott, as well as to their Western Australian colleagues, clients, and vendor partners.

“Our relationship with Cerberus is a longstanding one, and we have enjoined healthy

competition and alliances with them over the years. We are thrilled to receive their regional and vertical market expertise, and we look forward to utilizing their skills to meet our goal of being our customers’ best service provider.”

Cerberus Technologies was established in 2004 as Cerberus Security Services and offers analytics, biometrics, CCTV, security and access control, integrated solutions, cyber security, communications, consulting and maintenance, as well as solutions for bespoke applications.

WE EXTEND A VERY WARM WELCOME TO CERBERUS FOUNDERS DAN AND SCOTT, AS WELL AS TO THEIR WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUES, CLIENTS, AND VENDOR PARTNERS.

expansion phase now,” Kennedy said.

According to Kennedy, the CRK team is seeing strong growth.

“We’ve had great success with large projects, including casinos, airports and more,” he said. “But we are hungry – we want to become the go-to

supplier for major projects.

Financing support, special pricing as well as project management experience, these are the things we can offer to clients with large project tenders. We also offer free express shipping with tracking and online ordering is available.”

GALLAGHER WELCOMES BILL HAIDON TO ITS AUSTRALIAN TEAM

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n GLOBAL security manufacturer Gallagher’s fast-growing Australian team is expanding once again, welcoming Bill Haidon as business manager – key accounts and high security. In this newly created position, Haidon will assist Phil Marr and the high security team with growing sales for Gallagher’s Type 1A solution. Haidon brings extensive experience in the security industry to

his new role, particularly in national government and high security.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Bill to Gallagher,” said Craig Schutte, general manager Australia and Asia Pacific.

“With his wealth of knowledge of Australia’s high security sector, he will be a valuable addition to our team.”

Haidon started his role on 4 February. Based in ACT, he’ll be working with customers across Australia.

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$A3.86 BILLION IRON BRIDGE MAGNETITE PROJECT SEEKS CCTV SYSTEM n A VIDEO surveillance system is being sought for the $A3.86 billion Iron Bridge Magnetite Project currently being developed in Western Australia. IB Operations is seeking supply, configuration and testing of a CCTV system; testing and integration of overall CCTV with PCS system, development of an HMI screen, software programming (as required);

MANDATORY PRE-QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, AND SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS.

with all accessories supplied and integrated as required).

Mandatory pre-qualification requirements must be met, and supply and installation must be in accordance with Australian Standards.

The Iron Bridge Magnetite Project, including this package 662NSP0036 CCTV system is subject to internal approvals. The procurement process or scope, may change at the IB Operations’ election, including to accommodate project budget and time requirements.

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The CCTV system tender closed on February 21, 2020.

TAMWORTH REGIONAL COUNCIL PLANS EXPANSION OF SAFE CITY CCTV SYSTEM n TAMWORTH Regional Council will use a grant from the federal government to install almost $A1 million worth of CCTV cameras across the region, including the Tamworth CBD, crime hotspots, and Manilla and Barraba. Mayor Col Murray said the 80 new cameras would include fixed and mobile units.

Tamworth Regional Council’s existing system comprises existing Milestone XProtect Corporate VMS, Axis cameras, Pelco cameras

and Dell servers and components, with a combination of both remote and centralised recording devices.

The current network infrastructure consists of a fibre backbone with a mixture of microwave and short-range wireless technologies. In order to fully utilise the return on investment for the network expansion, TRC plans to utilise the network for the following services: • Live view of streams provided from cameras to the Milestone platform

• Ability to playback and export footage from a centralised location • Capacity to upgrade cameras as new technology comes along.

The key objectives of the tender process are to identify and select a vendor/s who can provide all or part of the tender requirements, including supply, install and maintain associated CCTV hardware that integrates with the existing network; (Milestone, Axis, Pelco, Dell) with the highest quality network performance.

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SEADAN & SPRINT INTERCOM TO FLY 2 CUSTOMERS TO ITALY n SEADAN Security and Sprint Intercom have launched a competition which will see 2 lucky customers travel to Italy this September on the trip of a lifetime.

“Seadan and Sprint are changing the way they demonstrate their products to their customers by taking them to see the machines that do all the hard work – in Italy,” said Stan Asenberger.

“Be one of the lucky winners to experience guided tours of the Elvox factory at Marostica, the historic cities of Milan and Venice as well as getting up close and personal with the ultimate in eye candy at the Lamborghini factory in Bologna.

“To be in the chance to win, simply purchase a product (or products) from the extensive range of innovative Elvox intercom

or CCTV products from any one of the 9 National Seadan or Sprint Intercom stores and send through an image of the installed Elvox product/s to marketing@ seadan.com.

“The team at Seadan & Sprint is so excited about the full range of Elvox equipment that they’d also like to share the images with the industry on their social media channels, so make sure you mount the equipment nice and straight and that there are no loose wires out and about.

“The 2 images/jobs which attract the most amount of likes and shares across the assorted Seadan social media channels up until the deadline of Tuesday 30th of June will be the lucky winners of this exclusive competition,” said Asenberger.

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BT SECURITY SYSTEMS WINS CAMPBELLTOWN CCTV UPGRADE

CRK APPOINTS DARREN BANKS NSW STATE MANAGER

n BT Security Systems has won a CCTV and security network maintenance, upgrade and expansion contract with Campbelltown City Council.

Council went to tender late last year seeking a suitably experienced and licenced contractor to provide installation and maintenance services of the CCTV and security network, software, hardware and associated equipment.

BT Security Systems established its security integration business in

n DARREN Banks has been appointed NSW state manager for C.R.Kennedy Surveillance.

Banks joined the security industry 1992 after leaving the Australian Defence Force and has had numerous roles in the industry over the last 28 years.

For 10 years Banks was the face of Johnson Controls, formally Tyco Security Products, promoting and selling the numerous product ranges across brands like DSC, Kantech, Software House, American Dynamics, and ExacqVision.

“I am a very strong believer that you need to seek first to understand before being understood, which means that in our roles we need to listen to the customers wants, needs and desires, to ensure we can offer a solution that’s right for them rather than simply offering the solution that’s easiest to supply,”

1995 and it has a proven track record of delivering large scale, high end security solutions across the construction industry, health, transport and retail sectors as well as smaller commercial projects and developments.

The company’s core offering is built around access control, CCTV, duress alarms, intruder alarms, perimeter detection, RTLS, intercom, systems integration, network design and unified solutions. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

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Banks said.

Douglas Kennedy said CRK was delighted to welcome Banks to the team.

“Darren’s long experience in the electronic security industry makes him a perfect fit for CRK as the business continues to evolve,” Kennedy said.

DARREN’S LONG EXPERIENCE IN THE ELECTRONIC SECURITY INDUSTRY MAKES HIM A PERFECT FIT FOR CRK AS THE BUSINESS CONTINUES TO EVOLVE

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REACH FOR THE SKY Independent Locksmiths & Security has installed a secCloud access control solution for Rondo Building Services. The cloud-based management system has allowed Rondo to create an enterprise access control solution, despite the use of disparate hardware across its sites.

ondo Building Services is a leading manufacturer and supplier of wall and ceiling systems and complementary accessories to the building industry. The company has multiple sites in Australia, as well as facilities in Malaysia.

The Rondo IT team in Sydney was frustrated by having to use different access control and security systems across company sites. When staff travelled to interstate distribution warehouses, they needed a different swipe card for each site. Remote access to the sites from their IT department was also difficult due to the different systems. The process of onboarding and offboarding employees for example, was too slow because the systems were different, and they didn’t have a single log on.

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The objective of the secCloud installation was to establish one integrated security solution across all sites so the team could gain situational awareness of the business from one location.

The completed system needed to deliver a single access control card that allowed the Rondo team to access all sites. The single cloud-based platform would enable them to onboard and offboard employees quickly which would ensure a tighter level of security. They wanted to remotely arm alarms, open boom gates and view CCTV footage and they needed to have a separate network to their corporate LAN to run the security system.

“Our secCloud managed security system was rolled out to Rondo’s Distribution Warehouses in Victoria first, then Queensland and South Australia,” says SecCloud’s Ryan McGovern. “For the Western Australia installation our electronics technician, Jamie Ripley, flew to Perth with Andrew Paton, Rondo’s general manager of ICT Services, to manage the project. We then moved on to their offshore sites in Auckland, New Zealand, while our first installation in Asia was completed at the Rondo Metal Products Sdn.Bhd in Malaysia.

“To bring each distribution warehouse online, we first pre-engineered the solution in our Sydney workshop, then shipped the hardware interstate for installation and commissioning. This involved working with incumbent contractors at some sites. Once the system hardware and 4G modem were installed we connected the hardware through the 4G modem into our hosted security server, secCloud. This would then be ready to centrally operate from Rondo’s Sydney head office.

“In the final stage, we brought Rondo’s huge Sydney head office online,” McGovern explains.

“CCTV cameras were installed to cover the warehouse interior so security of stock could be managed, and exterior CCTV needed to cover the carpark and boom gate entry points.”

According to McGovern, the process of installing the solution involved multiple integrations to maximise system functionality.

“As part of this process we integrated the system with C-Bus lighting for extended building automation,” McGovern explains. “Now when staff need to disarm an area, for example the front gate at 4am, they badge the front gate and carpark lights automatically come on. If they then badge the front door at Rondo the door opens, the alarm turns off and the lights turn on.

“Meanwhile, at the boom gate, we integrated the Dallas Delta intercom system into Rondo’s VoIP telephone system. Now, when a truck driver presses the intercom at the boom gate, it rings through to the dispatch office who use their phone to open the boom gate. If staff have

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RONDO CAN NOW USE ONE PLATFORM TO CONTROL ITS SECURITY ACROSS MULTIPLE SITES INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS.

log-in to the system in Sydney’s Head Office and be able to view CCTV footage in Perth, NZ, even Malaysia to work out what is happening on site. We continue to provide preventative maintenance to Rondo to maintain the CCTV cameras, alarm and access control systems in optimum health.

Access control, intruder detection and building automation are the core elements of this integrated security system. secCloud is a hosted security solution that frees Rondo from the hassle of managing software and servers.

“Built on enterprise grade hardware, secCloud is modular in design and infinitely scalable,” McGovern said. “The smart controllers communicate over an encrypted network and the database is backed up so Rondo can rest assured its privacy and data is safe. secCloud enables you to manage the security of your building and the safety of your people from anywhere at any time.

“We believe secCloud is at the forefront of technological changes in the security industry. By harnessing the internet of things where devices can connect to form ever expanding networks, you can control multiple buildings from your mobile phone, tablet or laptop using secCloud.” n

to leave the dispatch office, they forward the desk phone to their mobile and open the boom gate away from their desk.

“We faced a particular challenge in Sydney when we couldn’t get cable out to a boom gate that Rondo needed to control remotely. The solution was to use a point-to-point link from the boom gate back to the security local area network. Effectively this was running the system over an internet protocol link.”

According to McGovern, the secCloud managed security system delivered a network that connects all of the Rondo sites to secCloud’s hosted server over 4G and remains separate from Rondo’s corporate LAN. “Rondo can now use one platform to control its security across multiple sites interstate and overseas,” McGovern said. “They can run audit trail reports to see who had attended sites and when.

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SECTECH ROADSHOW REVS UP! SecTech Roadshow 2020 is a touring tradeshow that covers 5 Australian state capitals over 2 weeks every year in May, and is projected to draw 2500 high-quality attendees in 2020 after a brilliant turnout in 2019.

ECTECH 2020 roadies now include Digifort, SCSI, Avigilon, Hills, ICT, Nedap, BGWT, dormakaba, LSC, Mobotix, Pelco, Salto, UNV, VSP, Tiandy, Video Alarm Technologies, ASSA ABLOY and CS Technologies – along with principal sponsor Dahua, Happy Hour sponsor CSD and lanyard sponsor Video Security Products.

Exhibitors are a select group of cutting-edge electronic security manufacturers and suppliers and the event is driven by the marketing reach of SEN and the pulling power of the group. The SecTech Roadshow model is now in its 6th year and the combination of new technology and relaxed local venues has proved a real winner with roadies and visitors alike.

Roadies just signed up include ICT, a world leading manufacturer of unified and intelligent electronic access control and security solutions that enable organizations to protect people, operations and information. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, ICT has a global presence and an international reach, with offices located in Denver, Toronto, Amersham (UK), and Melbourne.

Also joining us again in 2020 is Hills, the largest locally-owned distributor in the Australian electronic security industry. A recent restructure has moulded the business into security, IT and technical services built around 2 divisions – Hills Distribution, providing integrated security technology solutions and technical

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services, and Hills Health, which provides nurse call solutions, patient engagement systems and Wi-Fi networks in Australian hospitals.

SCSI has also joined SecTech Roadshow 2020.

Since its initial development of the Guardcell Wireless Alarm Interface, to the success of the acclaimed 4G DirectWireless Network, SCSI has grown over the years to become the leading provider of 4G & M2M communication solutions to the Australian Security Industry.

And Avigilon will tour with SecTech Roadshow again in 2020. Avigilon is a Motorola Solutions company that designs, develops and manufactures advanced AI, video analytics, network video management software and hardware, surveillance cameras, and access control solutions.

We’re also welcoming SecTech newbies in 2020, including CS Technologies, an Australian-owned manufacturer of intelligent access control hardware and management software that’s been securing Aussie sites of all types and sizes for over 30 years. CS Technologies is committed to enhancing customer value by delivering the most advanced features, modular and flexible design, cost effective and easiest to use access control and security system on the market.

Another newcomer this year will be Digifort, which will be showcasing its award-winning VMS and latest version 7.3. The company will highlight an assortment of enterprising features from its video management platforms including licence plate recognition (LPR), facial recognition, advanced video analytics. Digifort has emerged as one of the most preferred smart solutions around the globe, according to the company.

The Digifort software platform covers the needs of surveillance and intelligence in video monitoring by providing solutions that cover 8 camera systems through to major projects with multiple locations managed from one central point with more than 30,000 active channels.

Meanwhile, CSD has signed up with SecTech Roadshow 2020 as Happy Hour sponsor. With 8 branches across Australia, CSD has partnered with the world’s leading security brands to offer customers the best solutions for any projects that involve access control, CCTV, alarms or monitoring. CSD’s primary partners include Inner Range, Hikvision, Mobotix, Paradox, HID and FSH and the company supplies products from over 30 other manufacturers to fulfil total project requirements.

SecTech 2020 hits the Perth Convention Centre on May 7, Adelaide Showgrounds on May 12, Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on May 14, Melbourne’s MCEC on May 19 and RICC in Brisbane on May 21. Call Monique Keatinge on 61 2 9280 4425 to book your space in the SecTech Road Train – space is limited – make sure you don’t miss out! n

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WONDAI GETS SMART DATAWAVE Internet will soon complete the Safer Communities CCTV solution for the Queensland town of Wondai.

Fred Law (Wondai Lions), senior constable Sue Stevens, Cr Ros Heit, Luke Radunz (DataWave) and Daniel Taylor (DataWave).

ondai Lions Club, supported by CCTV Consulting Services’ Doug Grant, successfully applied for a $A217,000 grant from Round 3 of the Federal Government’s Safer Communities Fund, which is funded by proceeds from crime.

Wondai-based business DataWave Internet has undertaken the installation and there will be 33 cameras in about 20 locations throughout Wondai, with footage streamed to Wondai Police Station for monitoring and storage. System capabilities include LPR, which will be used to spot stolen cars reported around Wondai and neighbouring towns.

The Wondai CCTV solution is Hikvision and hardware includes PTZ and fixed cameras, with the added security of integrated ANPR enterprise connectivity with surrounding communities that also have this technology installed to track vehicle registration. Facial recognition technology

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with cameras located at appropriate sites will enable Wondai police to gather information from individuals who are causing problems in the town.

According to Doug Grant of CCTV Consulting Services, Ness and Hikvision have added value to the system design and have been there when support was required. Grant said many of the council buildings have been used as transmission points with high bandwidth links incorporated.

Prior to installation, there was extensive liaising between CCTV Consulting Services, the Lions Club and Wondai Police on sourcing the best supplier and planning the optimal location for the cameras.

According to Grant, right from the beginning Wondai’s CCTV solution was a collaborative effort.

“This project has taken over 2 years of funding applications by The Lions Club and CCTV Consulting Services, before we succeeded with Round 3 of Safer Communities,” Grant said. “Local Police and Council have assisted greatly in making the job much easier.”

Fred Law, from the Wondai Lions Club, said he was pleased the club was able to help with bringing this latest crime prevention measure to Wondai while local councillor Ros Heit said the community hoped the system would deter wrongdoers from committing crimes.

“I’m really excited about this new security system which will help residents feel and be a lot safer,” councillor Heit said.

“And I’m pleased Luke Radunz from DataWave is installing this security system - Luke is Wondai-born and bred and has a good understanding of the town and also of the technology needed to create a great security system to deter and help police apprehend wrongdoers.”

Police are also happy with the system.

“This is a fantastic initiative and great result for all involved in this project,” officer-in-charge of Wondai Police, Sergeant Brad Fewtrell, said.

“This system will afford greater community confidence in allowing the police to not only utilise the system in reactive policing strategies but also as a crime prevention measure.” n

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HIKVISION’S 2020 TRENDS Hikvision says 2020 will see cutting edge tech such as multi-dimensional perception, multi-intelligence, systems integration, proactive systems, UHD, cloud, pressure on cyber security and a trend towards fewer, smarter cameras.

IKVISION’S engineering team has compiled a list of technological trends it believes will gather momentum over the next 12 months. It’s an interesting list notwithstanding the fact it offers a glimpse into the technological directions of the world’s largest CCTV manufacturer.

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1. Multi-Dimensional Perception For security cameras, image capturing simulates our sense of sight, extending the power of people’s eyes.

But what if security cameras could use other kinds of senses, like hearing, smelling, or even detection beyond visual range, to identify and respond to incidents?

For example, video cameras integrated with centimetre and millimetre wave radars are becoming popular in object detection. With deep integration of radar and video, a multi-dimensional camera extends perception beyond visual range to improve the detection of objects and movement tracking – up to a distance of 100m and in any weather.

Another approach is integrated automobile horndetection camera. Equipped with sonar arrays, this camera can precisely detect and locate the source of a vehicle’s horn, while identifying the vehicle and generating photos and videos of the event as evidence. This ability can help reduce noise pollution on roadways and in communities with rules against the unnecessary use of horns.

More sensors, like smoke detection, heat detection, or even pressure detection, can be embedded in cameras to precisely monitor and report events or incidents. The multi-dimensional perception trend will powerfully shape security systems and endow them with more capabilities to create safety in the near future.

2. Multi-Intelligence Cameras Artificial intelligence applications have been slowly emerging in the security industry for many years already, but most AI-powered security cameras can only run a single algorithm because of the limitation of computing power, which means they can incorporate only one intelligent function at a time, counting people or counting cars, for example.

Now the computing power of security cameras has been enhanced greatly with the increased performance of AI chips. Multi-intelligence technology will be the trend for the next generation of AI-empowered cameras as several intelligent tasks will be accomplished by one camera.

Take road intersections as an example. In many cities multiple cameras are installed at intersections to detect traffic flow, to identify violations, to detect vehicle types and license plate numbers, protect sidewalks, and so on. But now, with multiintelligence cameras, 2 or 3 cameras will be enough for an intersection. Since fewer cameras will be required for one application scenario, the cost of equipment, installation, and maintenance and management will all be reduced.

3. Proactive, Integrated Security Systems Merely reactive CCTV systems will no longer meet the demands of security operations teams as they are often looking for new opportunities to enhance their operational efficiency. Many customers are now asking for proactive and comprehensive security systems that combine CCTV monitoring, alarm systems, access control, and even fire protection.

With the development of AI technology, monitoring processes of CCTV systems are becoming more automated by analyzing live and recorded video to detect, classify, and track predefined objects. These processes can be especially effective in proactively identifying events as they happen and extracting information instantly from recorded video.

Meanwhile, proactive and intelligent video analysis enables deployment of valuable comprehensive security systems and improves

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Trends may easily lose colours and critical details in ultra-low light environments. Low light imaging technologies have become more and more popular in the security industry, enhancing the visibility of objects for identifying details at any time and in any condition.

Another important innovation is thermal imaging, which can detect the heat information of any object with a temperature above absolute zero. Taking advantage of heat zone imaging, thermal imaging technology allows cameras to see in low-visibility conditions, such as fog, smog, rain, and snow – even at night. And thermal cameras have huge potentials in various applications, like perimeter defense, fire detection and temperature measurement.

6. Moving to the Cloud More security devices, including cameras, are being connected over the Internet, making them parts of the IoT world. Thus, moving to the cloud has been a focus for the security industry – especially for video surveillance operations.

Among security operations, video surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) has been a major trend in the security industry as it is an ideal choice for small and medium-sized businesses to move their video-based security systems to the cloud. It is a technology to host the hardware and software of security operations in the cloud, so that users can access their IP cameras and IoT devices and check video footage or alarm linkage from anywhere.

Since no on-site server installation and system configuration is needed, it is often more convenient than traditional video surveillance solutions. On the cloud, users can distribute costs over a contract term and pay for exactly and only the services that are used.

Security system integrators are also taking hold of VSaaS as it is a good chance to strengthen their business models. With VSaaS, system integrators are able to provide services for their clients using the cloud – such as system checks and remote maintenance – and consistently scale their business with efficiency.

the return on investment for integration of CCTV and non-CCTV systems. For example, now, when a camera detects an incident, an output will trigger the alarm system automatically, telling security personnel to check the surveillance camera live feed. Conversely, when alarm, access control or fire protection systems report an incident, the CCTV system will be activated to verify what actually happened.

4. Ultra-High Definition People want to see more and see with more clarity – pursuing ever higher image resolution has been a key driving force in the development of security industry technology. After the HD era, the Ultra High Definition (UHD) era will be the next step. UHD used to mean expensive but now UHD is benefiting from improvements in transmission and encoding technologies. It is becoming more and more costeffective for large-scale use in the security industry, from entry levels to the top.

With greater bandwidth and lower latency transmission technology, the smooth transmission of UHD is becoming possible, and widespread adoption of 4K and 8K resolution cameras will meet real opportunities.

Furthermore, continuously optimized encoding technology – which is vastly decreasing the bitrate of video – is another stimulus for UHD applications in the security industry. As the bitrate of recorded footage is greatly reduced, bandwidth and storage costs are reduced as well.

5. Visibility, Any Time and Any Condition Most security incidents happen at night, but images and footage from conventional security cameras

PROACTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SYSTEMS WILL BE THE DIRECTION FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS TO INCREASE THEIR EFFICIENCY AND VALUE.

7. Higher Demands on Cybersecurity With millions of security devices being connected in IoT, security systems are evolving from single and isolated to open and connected. To help minimize the risk of security breaches, a multilayered approach – including network, application, and device layering – that addresses a full range of cybersecurity threats concurrently will be demanded and expected by security organizations and IT departments. Security manufacturers will also have to cover the security of their products throughout the whole lifecycle.

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Leighton Christian School

LEIGHTON SEES THE LIGHT Securatech has installed a Salto access control system for Leighton Christian School in Tasmania. The system protects 2 campuses, as well as 560 students and 130 staff.

AME as many schools Leighland Christian School in Tasmania had been using a legacy master key system to control access across its 2 campuses. With an eye to the future, the school decided it needed a more accountable and flexible access control system, covering all doors and entrances at its Ulverstone campus.

In the event of an emergency or lockdown situation, the well-being of staff, children, and visitors is paramount, and Leighland Christian School was committed to improving the management of these risks. Staff were also frustrated by the time it took to obtain keys to areas of work, and the security of the premises was compromised every time a key was lost or borrowed.

With its security supplier Securatech, the school specified SALTO access control for enhancing the risk management of the school sites. Using battery-operated stand-alone electronic locks, SALTO’s SVN data-on-card system dispenses with the need for conventional keys.

Instead, programmable RFID contactless credentials (such as cards and fobs) allow or restrict access to different parts of the school.

“I’ve seen a number of locking solutions over the years, but they didn’t have the flexibility I was looking for, nor the centralized control,” said David Grey, business manager for Leighland Christian School.

“SALTO was fit-for-purpose and surprisingly costeffective. The wireless technology gives you the ability to retrofit hardware to doors and can also accommodate any extra doors as our requirements grow.”

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SALTO XS4 online and offline electronic locks, GEO cylinder locks, XS4 Locker locks, and control units have now been installed on both Leighton campuses, controlling 190 doors around the school in administration areas, offices, classrooms, common areas and storerooms. Access points were also added to 4 automatic doors, an external gate and the building lift. The school employs SALTO SVN-Flex, a feature that enables SALTO locks and cylinders to directly update cards at the door, reducing the cost and operational inconvenience of installing and using dedicated update points.

“If someone is doing a relief lesson in an area they don’t normally work in, it’s a very simple change at the front desk,” Grey said. “They don’t have to walk 150m to the office to get another key – we can re-programme over the phone and it’s done. If an access fob is lost, it can be instantly deleted from the system without the need for rekeying or changing locks; saving time and money.”

Another powerful feature for the school was the ability to lockdown immediately from a central control point. The lockdown can be activated through ProAccess Space software or via a physical emergency lockdown button located in the admin area. Leighland also plans to put in place an emergency evacuation button to allow free movement through the building when needed.

“SALTO is an excellent choice for schools with the long-term vision to better manage their environment,” said Kaleb Lehman, director of Securatech. “With the support of David Grey and fantastic input from Karl Slater at LSC - their technical support is outstanding - we worked hard to ensure the project was well planned and met the school’s requirements.”

The biggest challenge for the installation was managing the transition from traditional to electronic keys during the initial roll out when both systems were in use. Securatech planned this carefully by pre-loading all staff and access points into SALTO’s ProAccess Space software, as well as issuing out credentials in advance.

“We introduced the badge-in/badge-out roll call readers to the entry of the school to provide updates to every door while the hardware was going in. This allowed us to add doors as they were needed without disrupting users,” Lehman said.

Leighland’s second campus in Burnie should be completed by the end of the year, enabling staff to use a single access credential across both campuses.

Safety and wellbeing are emotive topics for everyone in education, and the introduction of SALTO has shifted attitudes towards security in the school.

“SALTO creates a culture of trust.” said Grey. “We want to be a modern school that has confidence in its community and provides everyone with the access they need. Above all, we want parents to come into the school and see we provide a safe environment for their children. With SALTO, secure, flexible and reliable access control is a systemized outcome – it’s the way we do business now.” n

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FUTURE OF SECURITY INTEGRATION What is the future of security integration in a rapidly changing electronic security space? And how can integrators shape their businesses to ensure they retain expertise and growth? he security integration business has reached the point where monitoring rebates are concluded, technology is increasingly networked, and solutions have lateral scope. As the industry changes, what will security installation and integration look like – what will its core strengths need to be? What will its marketplace be? What will its business model be?

According to Danny Berkovic of Securitas, while security integration is undergoing change much remains the same – especially at an operational level.

“Monitoring rebates were a financial incentive, but their termination does not remove the need for remote services,” Berkovic says. “Companies such as Securitas are transforming their monitoring business to include remote services such as remote video verification, remote access control, remote guarding, remote site administration/maintenance.

In my opinion the change is already here.

“The future will require a broader view on protective services than just electronics installation and integration. To fully protect a site, clients will want a combination of electronic installation, service, maintenance, integration and remote services via IP. Some will go as far as

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integrating this technology with guarding services and credential management to provide a full endto-end capability.

“The security integration business model is more likely to include a monthly fee for service that allows a client to scale their requirements during periods of increased or decreased levels of threat.”

According to Berkovic, lateral expansion will be part of this future – this means a security business model that offers retail analytics, process control automation, automation for efficiency, as well as data and cloud management.

“Security integrators now require an ability to action the results of any recommendations from the intelligent systems,” he explains. “Electronic security will increasingly be viewed as a piece of a puzzle – not as a standalone solution. The better integrated the pieces, the more efficient the solution becomes. This will extend beyond protective services and into business and facilities operations.”

When it comes to the biggest drivers of change, Berkovic says this varies from sector to sector.

“In the retail sector, cost is a huge factor and

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THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CYBER RISK IN BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONAL IT NETWORKS AND THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR LICENCING IN IT – WHICH MAKES LITTLE SENSE.

short-term ROI is a massive incentive,” he says.

“In data centres it is integrated cyber and physical security. Commercial buildings are increasingly focussed on operational efficiency and end user experience. It is important to understand the nuances of each market segment.”

A particular challenge for security integrators is competition on price – how hard is this making life for installation and integration businesses and does Berkovic think it leads to best results for end users in terms of getting the best performing solutions?

“The integration market has always been very price competitive and this hasn’t changed,” Berkovic says. “However, sophisticated buyers are learning from experience that lower cost in the short term is often not associated with whole-of-life savings. Projects using good integrators and quality technologies have stood the test of time better than solutions engineered for lowest cost.”

What skillsets will the technician of the future need to develop in order to stay at the forefront of the electronic security business, according to Berkovic?

“Networking and IP, software, client focus, time

and quality management and integration of safety into all aspects of work,” he says.

A particular issue at present is security licensing, which often seems not to apply to IT integration business and Berkovic agrees this issue needs addressing.

“Security licencing is lagging the realities of the market,” he explains. “There is a significant cyber risk in both industrial and operational IT networks and there is no requirement for licencing in IT – which makes little sense. National licencing is also a great way to introduce significant efficiencies into the Australian industry.”

Acquisitions – the industry has seen some wellknown security integrators acquired in the last 18 months – does Berkovic think this trend is just beginning? Does it bring opportunity for smaller businesses?

“Fredon Security has recently been acquired by Securitas, so I have a view on this,” says Berkovic.

“The ability to bring world class integrated solutions – with a complete focus on protective services – is exciting and matches what our clients are asking for. I think smaller businesses will continue to thrive but will likely need to be increasingly specialised in markets or technologies.”

What’s the biggest threat facing security installation and integration businesses right now?

“The biggest challenge will be recognising that installations and integrations are only a part of an overall security solution – and developing electronic solutions that not only integrate with other technologies – but also other security services – will be key,” Berkovic explains.

“Any electronics integrators who cannot demonstrate a good understanding of cyber threats and how to address them then it will struggle to retain their clients as that threat profile continues to increase.”

“Conversely, the biggest business opportunities of the future for security installers and integrators revolve around taking advantage of solutions offered by IP – take video monitoring, facial recognition, secure cloud services – and use these to increase safety rather than viewing them in isolation.”

What would a possible integrated security solution of the future look like in terms of infrastructure and levels of integration, functionality, and the nature of its management system?

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an IP-centric security solution,” Berkovic says.

“Redundancy will be designed into the solution using both onsite and offsite technologies. It will include sensors that are not currently considered part of a security solution and these will help predict events before they happen. The data will also be used by other disciplines such as marketing and facilities.

“Separation between access control, video, alarms and intercoms will reduce and instead these will be viewed as sensors used to feed data to analytic engines who will make recommendations on actions required. Analytics will reduce the need for an onsite security operations centre - instead events will be verified and then notified directly to appropriate staff. Physical access control systems will merge with IT and provide a more holistic view of where people are and what they should be doing.”

Wade Anderson of Bravis Security agrees the security integration business has changed.

“Over the last 15-20 years the enterprise space has been much the same with hardware/controllers in a location with security cabling going to each device and door,” he explains. “There is now a significant change in that model. In access control for instance, controllers are either a network device connecting into an IT subsystem or going the way of wireless locks and controllers.

“The change from traditional electronic to IT is vast, and if integrators don’t stay up to speed with those changes, they will find it very difficult to remain competitive. The integrated security solution of the future is going to be cloud-based with minimal hardware and servers with the entire security solution integrated in one seamless platform.

“Consumers needs are changing as rapidly as technology – they have realised the data being gathered via cameras/sensors is extremely valuable for business management when used correctly. The analytics and AI space is changing from retrospective grudge security purchasing

into an enormously valuable data-gathering tool.

The cloud is making this function much more accessible, cost effective and easier to use and decipher.”

While technology is changing, would you say the operational needs of customers are changing and if so, what are the biggest drivers of change?

“Consumers are so much more aware of what is available, and their needs are changing from the traditional security purchaser to needing tools/solutions that are giving them operational benefits,” Anderson says. “For example, 15 years ago, a store owner may have had a CCTV camera for security purposes only. Nowadays that same store owner is able to use a camera for security, but more importantly, has the ability to derive analytics and statistics of who their shoppers are; male/female, young/old, how long they’ve been in the store and heat map where shoppers are spending their time within the store.

“This information makes a new AI capable camera far more valuable than a traditional security camera. Quite frankly, it’s a very exciting time to be in this industry. If you are able to stay ahead of this curve, there are tremendous opportunities available. The skillsets needed to stay at the forefront of the electronic security business are all about networking, VLANS and everything IT. Failure to adapt may curtail many integrators’ ability to win jobs.”

According to Anderson price competition is making the market tough and he says with quality DIY solutions coming through things may get tougher still.

“It is a very challenging time for a lot of integrators, especially in that residential/small business sector - margins are shrinking and with so many competitors it is a real tough fight,” he explains. “I think the biggest challenge may come from good quality and low-cost DIY/wireless systems starting to enter the market. The DIY market has always been around but there has always been a huge gap in quality between what integrators sold and what you could pick up at Bunnings.

“That is changing in a big way. A lot of the DIY products hitting the market now are real alternatives for the residential and small business market. And the biggest benefit for the consumer is not having to fork out on labour costs. In a traditional security install an integrators labour cost is anywhere between 35-50 per cent of the total price and that is the part that consumers are battling to swallow.”

Anderson also sees more acquisitions over the next few years.

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Ximen Yan, Uniview We spoke with Uniview’s Ximen Yan recently about the technology directions of the company and where it sees the business in Australia and around the world.

Q: The electronic security market is changing very quickly – the capacity of large integrated solutions to be managed more effectively, the implementation of IVA, the broadening of the sorts of functionality required.

Are you seeing those sorts of changes elsewhere in the world? How do you see the global market?

A: We see opportunity in the market at the moment – an opportunity to grow.

We have seen over the last few years virtually the entire CCTV supply chain transfer to China – maybe it’s 90 per cent of all CCTV cameras. We think only Hanwha uses its own chipset now.

This suggests that whatever growth takes place in the market in the future is really an opportunity for Chinese manufacturers.

Q: Do you think Chinese manufacturers can have a similar impact when it comes to management software?

A: Not for management software – not yet - but definitely for hardware. When it comes to AI software, then yes, Chinese manufacturers can have a significant impact on the market in the future.

Q: What are Uniview’s plans for growth over the next couple of years?

A: Over the last year we have invested more into markets that are important for us, including Australia. We have

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added human resources for service and support of our technology, and for market development.

Q: Do you want more distributors in the ANZ market?

A: We will grow our distributor numbers but very slowly and not by much. We don’t want too many distributors of Uniview products. More important than distributor numbers is the relationship between Uniview and the installer or system integrator – this relationship is very important to us. We need to let integrators know the technical capabilities of our solutions so they can communicate these to their end user customers.

Q: What differentiates Uniview from the other Chinese manufacturers?

A: We focus on total solutions not only on single products. That’s something we want to pass on to integrators in the Australian market - our experience supporting large integrated solutions in the China domestic market. The China market is more complex than any other globally – it’s a huge market, with many large installations across verticals like education, healthcare, transport and safe city applications.

We’ve been involved in many large integrations here in China and we’ve learned valuable lessons and we want to transfer that experience to Australia.

We think any experience we have here in the China market can be helpful for the global market - we want to take our experience and strength to more and more countries – that’s our strategy.

Q: Uniview is very strong on the IP

side, with many different types of cameras, video access control systems, high end servers, access gateways, NVRs, mobile NVRs and more. But what’s cutting edge at Uniview – what technologies are your engineers working on right now?

A: At the moment our engineering teams are focusing on areas like LPR, face detection and other artificial intelligence functionalities. As you saw in our showroom, when it comes to these technologies, we are ready – AI is a key area of focus for us over the next year and into the future. We are also in the process of positioning our entire product line from the high end to the entry level at almost the same cost as existing analogue products with all our cameras empowered by AI. Q: How important is AI to the future of video surveillance?

A: We believe AI will be more and more popular – it’s already very popular in China. It’s a basic request in China for almost every application, though it’s not so popular yet in some other countries. We believe it will become more commonly requested in markets like Australia over the next 2-3 years. The reason for the growing appeal is that the latest AI does not require a CPU or GPU but can run on an AI camera chipset.

This advance means that AI is now entry level.

In the past some of the smart functions of AI were not accessible – not because they had no use but because the technology of that time returned too many false triggers. But the technology is getting better and better and we think it belongs in every camera – that’s a development that is very important for us.

Q: What about IoT, 5G and cloud – what are Uniview’s plans for those key technological developments?

A: Certainly, another important strategy for us is to expand IoT product lines while employing a universal operating system in our products. We think that CCTV cameras are the most complex devices in the IoT ecosystem – most IoT devices are much simpler than cameras – and we will be investing in this area of development in the future.

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It will be the same or similar for other regions and countries – perhaps China is moving into some new technologies faster than other countries, but I think that the requirement for security and efficiency of any country and any organisation is very similar. In future other countries will keep up in terms of adopting new technology.

Q: What do you think are the greatest threats facing the global video surveillance market at the moment?

Privacy fears? Downward pressure on price? Slow AI take up? Slow internet bandwidth? Something else?

A: Generally speaking, the video surveillance market is still at the stage of rapid growth and change. It’s difficult to predict what factors will be the biggest threats to current growth of the market.

In other words, we are still optimistic about the market development in the next 5-10 year. It’s a long process from video surveillance to AI. In this process, there will be more opportunities for product manufacturers. Therefore, instead of worrying about what threats will restrict the development of the video surveillance market, it is better to focus on how to continuously improve our competitiveness in this fast-growing and changing market.

Q: Which low end camera type do you sell most of – and which high end camera is most popular?

A: For UNV’s entry level products, definitely, 5MP, 8MP turret (IPC3615LR3PF28-D, IPC3618LR3-DPF28-F) and Wi-Fi products in the easy series are the most popular models in the Australian market.

Our 8MP camera has 120 dB WDR, along with some entry level intelligent function. The competitive price guarantees that it is very cost effective.

For Wi-Fi products, the special design has been applied to realize the wide range Wi-Fi signal transmission, which is stronger than the similar product in the market.

When it comes to the high-end products, our LPR camera (IPC262EBR9DUPZIT) gains more and more market share in the entrance and exit scenario.

The algorithm is specially designed for Australian plate license, helping the recognition accuracy reach 95 per cent and above.

Meanwhile, Prime-IV series cameras utilize an AI chip and algorithm that can filter out nuisance targets like leaves, animals, rain, birds to get precise

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For these reasons, Uniview builds and continuously strengthens our own manufacturing system.

Certainly, the production scale of the factory is rapidly increasing, with more than tens of million products’ production capacity. We are also committed to providing excellent R&D personnel, and the most advanced technical information and knowledge to optimize and improve product development and design. Our strategy is having a complete manufacturing system to prepare for the globalization of Uniview systems.

classification of vehicles and humans.

Prime-IV cameras also support accurate perimeter protection that effectively reduces false alarm. Face detection, people counting are also featured.

Furthermore, the BreSee, which is our newly developed algorithm and deep learning company which sits under our mother company, will put more and more resources into the development of the intelligent algorithm of the camera, which we believe is the future of CCTV surveillance.

Q: When it comes to AI, which is the most popular AI functionality for businesses, in your experience?

A: When we talk about AI and video surveillance, we should not just focus on the function. There are already a lot of functions related to AI, and there will be more and more in the future. The single function is not so important. What is more important is whether the business has changed significantly.

From the perspective of bringing changes for the nature of the business, we should not just talk about face recognition, license plate recognition and so on. What we should focus on are the following 2 points: 1. Data structure as the basis for the business model change of the whole video surveillance system.

2. Use of AI algorithms to reduce the error rate of basic intelligence functions such as intrusion detection.

This means smart functions become basic functions which are very easy to use – we believe these 2 points will bring essential changes to the video surveillance market.

Q: Uniview has moved to a new facility over the past 12 months and is in the process of redeveloping and expanding it – what advantages does a capable R&D and manufacturing base give a technology manufacturer like Uniview?

Q: Which areas of expertise do you think installers and integrators should be focusing on to ensure the success of their businesses in the future?

A: Fast iteration of new technologies is always good for product manufacturers, but bad for installers and integrators.

New technologies always mean higher risks and costs - this has led to the slow delivery of new technologies to end users. Manufacturers should be committed to fully considering the demands of installers and integrators at the beginning of product design, helping them from the source to reduce the risk of technology introduction, reduce risk costs, and use new technologies to generate new business profit points, etc.

This is the most important point.

Q: What makes a successful CCTV manufacturer in your opinion? What does Uniview do well that other manufacturers cannot?

A: Uniview is faster and more innovative than larger companies and is better at using scale effects to win competition than smaller companies. We can learn from the larger company for scale and learn from the smaller company for innovation and adaptability. Since the establishment of Uniview, we have consistently challenged ourselves to better balance scale and innovation and we will continue to do so. n

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At SAGE head of ASIO T4 spoke about the history and functions of the Security Construction and Equipment Committee (SCEC) and asked for industry assistance to ensure government security solutions continue to offer the highest possible levels of protection as technology rapidly evolves.

Q: What is the Security Construction and Equipment Committee (SCEC)?

A: Most people in the supply side of the security industry have heard of the Security Construction and Equipment Committee (SCEC) and are aware of its function – basically, it’s a committee that’s dedicated to identifying and improving security products for the use of the Australian government – it’s as simple as that.

We also provide a secondary function – that’s oversight of development and endorsement of security policy for the Australian government. The reason we do that is to try to assess the impact of policy that’s being written on government end users. That can be the cost from deploying that policy or do we have the technology to do it. The members of SCEC derive from all of government – we cast a wide net to get advice not only from high security users but also from the general security side.

Members include ASIO, Attorney General’s Department, DFAT, Dept of Defence, Australian Federal Police, ANSTO, ARPANSA, Human Services and the Australian Signals Directorate. We are looking to build on this list because government departments are changing as part of the machinery of government processes and we need new input. All the people that sit on SCEC come with either technical security knowledge, security

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policy skills or security implementation skills.

Q: Why was SCEC formed and what is its history?

A: That’s a question that would be on the minds of suppliers required to go through the SCEC testing process. In the 1970s government determined that a lack of assurance mechanisms for security and security products was creating vulnerabilities and putting government at risk. Cabinet then directed ASIO to establish a committee to fix that problem.

We looked to the UK to see what they were doing and decided to mirror their method, which would be very easy to stand up and in 1980 the first SCEC committee was formed. When first established, the SCEC committee reported to a permanent heads committee of security intelligence and this later morphed into the protective security policy committee.

We now answer to the government security committee – the GSC. The GSC is an interdepartmental committee that looks at the strategic needs of the whole of government – a security for all approach so not just high security users.

Q: How does the security construction and equipment committee achieve its objectives?

A: We have a number of programmes to do this – the SCEC security consultant scheme, the approved locksmith scheme, the endorsed courier service scheme and the security evaluated product list which has the evaluation programme in it.

ASIO T4 manages consultants and

locksmiths on SCEC’s behalf. Both schemes have been designed to brief competent professionals, so we are not training anybody – just briefing them on what government needs and what is required under the protective security policy framework PSPF. Locksmiths and consultants must meet eligibility requirements to get into the programme, have recognised qualifications and demonstrate experience. They also have to agree to a code of conduct.

Locksmiths provide advice on requirements for different zones and supply and install physical security locking products with those zones.

Consultants are endorsed to provide physical security advice for the Australian government agencies.

They can do design, assessment and commission type 1A alarm systems – and design and construction of security zones as defined by the PSPF and the ASIO T4 tech notes – that is it.

SCEC does not train SCEC endorsed consultants in anything but those 2 things. There is a sense in the market that a SCEC-endorsed consultant can do anything but that’s not the case – it’s up to consultants how they promote themselves, but we are making that clarification.

Q: Could you tell us about the Security Equipment Evaluated Products List (SEEPL)?

A: The thing that’s most relevant to a group of suppliers is the security equipment valuated products list.

The SEEPL was never intended to be a design manual – it’s a reference of suitable components for specification into zones as dictated by the PSPF. We expect that when your clients start specifying out of the list, they are not going to use a consultant. However, even minor installations when an electric strike is being selected can resulting in competing priorities like access control, OH&S and fire. For this reason, we advise people not to go it alone but to use a SCEC consultant.

The list has existed in one form or another for 39 years now – the first was the catalogue of security equipment in 1982, which moved to the security equipment catalogue. We are now publishing the list every year and

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putting it onto the SCEC website, the GovTeams website and in hardcopy.

That’s available to SCEC consultants, locksmiths, government agency staff – security advisers, project managers, property specialists and we are also now reaching into procurement to get that communication across.

It’s been an interesting journey for the SEEPL thanks to changes in technology.

There has been a lot of movement in some categories of the list and not a lot in others. For instance, the earliest edition included ways to destroy microfiche, in the 1990s it involved destruction of fax machine parts, in the 2000s we had to redefine the criteria because the information density was getting far too great, and we are currently researching the destruction of SSDs to see if current standards are sufficient to ensure that all information is destroyed.

Q: How are security products evaluated

for the SEEPL? A: In terms of security evaluation, it’s not SCEC’s job to do the evaluation, it’s outsourced to ASIO T4. Products are evaluated to ensure equipment meets the government’s requirements. One thing we do for all products is state the limitations of those products – some here will know we use an evaluation system with levels from 1-4, with 4 being the highest level of security and 1 being most basic.

We test administrative security, alarm security and hardware, doors, electronic access control equipment, locks and locking devices, perimeter security and security containers. We don’t test CCTV systems or cameras, electronic access control – there are just too many products in these categories and configuration of systems is a challenge in terms of locking down performance.

Other challenges include the rapid obsolescence of products – upgrades

take place every year and we cannot keep up with that tempo. Other things we are not keen to get involved with include things outside our control, whether these be environmental factors such as light for CCTV. When it comes to access control, we have had a lot of queries from government clients in terms of getting the right specification, so we are now writing guidelines on the selection, procurement and installation of access control – it’s being drafted as we speak.

Q: How does SCEC call for products – for instance, how would SCEC get products from the expo floor into the security equipment catalogue? Are you looking for anything special at the moment?

A: We list required new products on the SCEC website on a quarterly basis. We are currently calling for Class A, B and C doors, integral door and frame systems, padlocks, Class A combination locks, indoor motion detectors, Class C keying

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systems and there is also some interest in RF and laser attenuation products. We would also dearly value more diversity for our indoor motion detectors and our combination locks – if you have any products in these categories, we would love to hear from you.

Q: What are the challenges of the process?

A: The process of sourcing the best security products is challenging - one of the reasons I wanted to come to SAGE was to see how we can help each other in terms of making government procurement of security equipment easier.

We will soon be going through a change of product approval process – so

this is a cleaning of all the redundant products in the list, as well as removing unserviceable ones that no longer offer the levels of security required. We will be notifying manufacturers prior to this process so don’t panic if you have endorsed products in the list.

After that we will be going to the department security chiefs and advising them of the products that don’t meet our requirements. The advice we give is going to vary because it’s going to be riskbased decision on how they can phase things out – we will leave it to them based on what other layers of security are around the product that is defunct.

We are going to create gaps in the list through this process and we will need help from manufacturers and suppliers to fill those gaps with new technology.

Q: What is the highest security level for SCEC endorsed products?

A: The highest level is Type 1A - this level of products secures our most sensitive assets and it’s a significant investment for us. We have one fully approved supplier and another in the pipe. If any

other manufacturers or suppliers are interested in coming to the 1A party, they are more than welcome to join.

We’ve developed a transition plan to reduce the financial burden associated with whole of government replacement of Type 1A systems – this is a graduated scheme that was launched in 2015. The policy set out a number of milestones including planning and replacement and the end goal is to have all type 1A systems in Zone 4 or Zone 5 areas and to have this process completed by the first of August 2021. Some departments are meeting the milestones and others aren’t.

Q: How would companies make their case to join Type 1A? A: Any suppliers or manufacturers that specialise in, or contribute to Type 1A systems are welcome to approach government clients and ask them if they need assistance in planning, costing or delivering their type 1 transition.

It’s a very easy opening for suppliers and consultants and it’s going to help us as well in terms of managing our stakeholders across the line. We don’t want to see a scenario where government departments leave it until July 2021, ring up a consultant and say – come down we need to replace all this by next week. So, go and see your government clients – it will help us all.

Q: In what other ways can industry help SCEC? A: Some challenges we are keen to get industry assistance on is understanding the latest technology. We are seeing a lot of modernisation of our security equipment and we are getting connectivity in devices that have not traditionally had connectivity, so we want to understand better how your devices fit into the ecosystem. Is there data storage, does it transmit data, is it sharing data, who does the data belong to?

One thing we are also keen to advocate for is security systems based on open and accessible architecture – we want to move away from proprietary systems with custom coding or custom encryption and we are going to advise agencies to tender for systems that support interoperability and use accepted industry techniques. At

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the same time, we are still looking for best practise, not lowest common denominator.

The other thing we are keen on developing is applications for building management control systems. We really want to improve data management, limit access and deny information egress – we want to understand how these systems work and we would be grateful for any help we could get with that. The rise of smart buildings and the automation we have seen in products clash with our high security requirements – we’d dearly like industry to work with us to achieve an outcome in the high security space.

Q: Will SCEC ever move into cyber security?

A: ACSC is responsible for the Government’s messaging and advice on cyber security. For our customers, I would like to see a single source of security advice, regardless of discipline. We’ll be looking into how the Government’s security outreach can be consolidated for the client’s ease of use.

Q: Companies that want to get involved in assisting SCEC with high security systems and building automation – what’s the best way to approach you?

A: The best way is through their government customers who then make a request to the SCEC committee for particular products – they should also keep an eye on www.scec.gov.au where we list products we are seeking. We are always interested in new products if our departments show interest in, so these can be promoted to one of the agencies I listed earlier.

The other thing is that if there is a big security tender it might be worth suggesting your client presents their requirement for a product or solution to SCEC themselves – that’s probably the most direct way of approach – the supplier’s government client will come to SCEC and say ‘we need to use these products they are going to give us an advantage’ and we will then look at the product.

Q: In a broader sense, what’s worrying you most at the moment?

A: It’s the cloud-based technology – not so much this industry but everything. To me it seems an unnecessary requirement to merge devices with Bluetooth with Wi-Fi or any other sort of communication.

We’ve seen communication move away from traditional paths and we are now starting to lose sight of where data is going – that’s the bit that scares us most.

The problem we have at the moment is we can say we’re going to have an isolated network and step back – but at some stage people are no longer going to tolerate that.

They are going to want a connected system that works. This is why we are calling for more information on what products are connecting to, and where data is going. If any changes to products can be made to make the government clients and ourselves feel more secure, then we suggest manufacturers and suppliers waste no time in making those changes. n

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ONSUMER’S continue to show reluctance to install cameras inside homes and this tension is creating a technological switchback in the market, with some developers delving into traditional sensor technologies to serve up additional functionality. It’s a shift that should be noted by security manufacturers and suppliers. Reliable, proven security technologies that have been shorn of a tendency to false alarm by clever circuitry and firmware are certain to have a future.

Of particular note is the Minut solution, which is built around a single compact device incorporating a PIR, a glass break sensor, a smoke sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor and an audio sensor – Minut has no cameras. Clever software analyses inputs to inform users of changes and potential threats in their environment.

On the PIR side, Minut keeps track of the number of motion events that occur. If

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the alarm is activated and a motion event occurs, an instant notification will be sent.

Even if the alarm is turned off users can monitor motion levels around the device.

Minut also monitors the sound level of the environment it’s in. In the app, users can set custom audio thresholds, so if the volume ever goes above a pre-set decibel level, notifications are sent to a phone.

Minut monitors the temperature in an environment and alerts users to any increases and drops. Users can set custom high and low temperature levels, and if the environment goes above or below them, users will be notified instantly. This feature has alerted people to potentially dangerous situations such as leaving the oven on, an AC malfunction, or leaving a window open. Users can also monitor the humidity levels via the Minut app, a feature that can alert users to potential threats, such as leaving a tap on or flooding.

The in-built sound recognition in Minut can detect other alarms going

off in a home. If users have a smoke, CO2 or radon detector installed and it activates, Minut will pick up its alert tone and instantly notify the potential threat.

Through the combination of monitoring the temperature and humidity in the environment, Minut can also analyse the risk of mould growing and send alerts.

Something else that is interesting is that users can also create a trusted network of friends and family to check up on at home if an alarm activates and no one is around.

Minut has also released a new nightlight feature, which can be set to activate on movement, scheduled to activate at particular times, or turned off.

The unit has a magnetic mounting plate that can be stuck or screwed to the ceiling.

Not only is it easy to install, it’s also easy to take with you when you move. The system typically has a 6-month battery life, dependant on the environment it’s within and the number of alerts it needs to send.

To charge Minut you remove the device from its magnetic mounting plate and plug in a USB-C cable – to ensure unbroken service this could be undertaken with a power bank. Fully charging the device takes around 5 hours depending on charger output.

It’s not that Minut is designed for professional installers or monitoring providers – it’s pure DIY. But there are design qualities – particularly the integration of multiple proven security and safety sensors in a single compact device – that security manufacturers should pay attention to. Clever software analysis of traditional sensor inputs, complex notifications and reporting, and a USB-C rechargeable battery – this is all gold for installers looking to offer customers a solution that delivers functionality they place value in and come to rely on.

Feeding into the possibilities for installers is a recent study that shows consumers have high trust levels in security installers – far higher than they feel for huge internet corporations whose motives for entering the smart home market are unlikely to be dollar a day monitoring contracts.

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responsibility for measures to protect customers’ personal data and information – they trust security and smart home providers to handle this. The survey also revealed consumers are concerned about privacy as it relates to smart home devices, with the top concerns reported to be hacking (75 per cent) followed by external spying on domestic cameras (53 per cent) or listening to smart speakers (52 per cent).

Bookending the current situation in security and home automation is that smart home solution sales will overtake sales of security solutions for the first time this year. Globally, homeowners will spend $US19.4 billion on security systems in 2020, with smart security cameras and smart locks being the most-purchased products. This figure is expected to double and reach $35.6 billion value over the next 4 years.

In comparison, the exponential growth rate of smart home solutions is astonishing.

In 2017 the market was worth $43.4 billion – it is forecast to reach $91 billion value this year on its way to $US158B by 2024, growing at a rate of 19.3 per cent.

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GLOBALLY, HOMEOWNERS WILL SPEND $US19.4 BILLION ON SECURITY SYSTEMS IN 2020.

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AXIS P3245-LVE DOME AXIS P3245-LVE is an IP66 and IK10-rated 1080p dome camera with H.265 and H.264 compression, a 3.4–8.9mm F1.8 aperture varifocal lens, along with AXIS Lightfinder 2.0, Forensic WDR and OptimizedIR, delivering strong performance. While all these extras are nice to have, best of all is catch performance in the real world.

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XIS P3245-LVE dome is the direct descendant of the P3225-LV dome SEN enjoyed testing a few years ago – I couldn’t help going back through the snapshots from the older camera before firing up the latest model. The first thing I noticed unpacking was that this new dome is more compact, has less weight and the camera mount has changed. Something else that shows the passage of time is the small size of the IR LEDS – there are 2 of these and they are tiny.

As usual, let’s do the specifications first. They are comprehensive. For a start there’s a 1/2.8-inch progressive scan RGB CMOS, the 3.4–8.9 mm F1.8 aperture lens gives a horizontal field of view of 100-36 degrees and a vertical field of 53-20 degrees.

The lens is magnesium fluoride coated on the front element – that’s the typical 550nm mid-point everyone defends against. The camera has remote zoom and focus, P-Iris control, IR correction, and day and night cut filter. Manual pan and tilt are handled by tweaking the camera head, which I do.

Pan is 180-degrees, tilt is 75 degrees and rotation 175 degrees either way from centre.

Minimum illumination with Forensic WDR and Lightfinder 2.0 is 0.1 lux at 50 IRE, F1.8 in colour and 0.02 lux at 50 IRE, F1.8 in monochrome – obviously the camera can deliver image streams in 0 lux with IR illumination activated. There’s OptimizedIR with power-efficient, long-life 850 nm IR LEDs. Range is 40m or more depending on the scene. Shutter speed is adjustable between 1/66500 and 2 seconds.

Resolution options range from 1920 x 1080 down to 160 x 90 and frame rate is 30ips with WDR and 60fps without WDR. Compression options are H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10/ AVC), Baseline, Main and High profiles and H.265 (MPEG-H Part 2/HEVC) Main Profile, as well as Motion JPEG, and you can set up multiple configurable streams. Axis Zipstream can enhance compression of H.264 and H.265 streams and there’s controllable frame rate and bandwidth via VBR/ABR/MBR, as well as H.264/H.265 options. The camera offers multiview streaming and individually cropped out view areas at full frame rate.

Image settings include compression, colour saturation, brightness, sharpness, contrast, local contrast, white balance, day/night threshold, tone mapping, exposure control (including automatic gain control), exposure zones and defogging. There’s also Forensic WDR of up to 120dB depending on scene, barrel distortion correction, fine tuning of lowlight behaviour, dynamic text and image overlay, privacy masks, mirroring, rotation: 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees, including AXIS Corridor Format. Useful too is digital PTZ with preset positions.

There’s full duplex audio streaming and compression options include 48bit LPCM, AAC-LC 8/16/32/44.1/48 kHz, G.711 PCM 8 kHz, G.726 ADPCM 8 kHz and Opus 8/16/48 kHz with configurable bit rates.

Analytics include AXIS Video Motion Detection, with active tampering alarm and there’s also audio detection. Other functions include AXIS Live Privacy

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Faces and plares – focal length is 4.5mm.

Outstanding depth of field.

Here’s DoF again.

Shield, AXIS Perimeter Defender, AXIS Guard Suite including AXIS Motion Guard, AXIS Fence Guard, and AXIS Loitering Guard, AXIS Occupancy Estimator, AXIS People Counter, AXIS Tailgating Detector, AXIS Direction Detector, AXIS Random Selector and support for AXIS Camera Application Platform enabling installation of third-party applications.

Event conditions include analytics, external input, supervision of input, edge storage events, virtual inputs through API and event actions include recording of video to SD card and network share, upload of images or video clips to FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, network share, and email, pre and post-alarm video or image buffering for recording

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Plate at 7.10pm at 25m.

specs say it can handle 55C intermittently. There’s a cast alloy mounting bracket with holes for a junction box (double-gang, single-gang, and 4-inch octagon), and for wall or ceiling mount using UNC tripod screws The camera uses Power over Ethernet (PoE) IEEE 802.3af/802.3at Type 1 Class 3 with a standard draw of 6.4W and a maximum draw of 11.3W. Connectors include RJ45 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX PoE, the I/ Os include a 4–pin 2.5mm terminal block for 1 supervised digital input and 1 digital output (12 V DC output, max. load 25 mA), while audio is handled by a 4-pin 2.5 mm terminal block supporting audio in and out. Storage is microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC card and encryption with recording to NAS.

TEST DRIVING AXIS P3245-LV

Lost plates shortly after.

Twilight image stream.

or upload notification to email, HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, and SNMP trap. There’s also overlay text, external output activation, play audio clip, make call and data streaming of event data. Built-in installation aids include pixel counter, remote focus, remote zoom and OptimizedIR with adjustable IR illumination intensity.

The camera is IP66-rated, NEMA 4X-rated, IK10-rated and has a hard-coated dome and dehumidifying membrane. There are encapsulated electronics and captive screws and the white sustainable poly housing is 104 mm high without the weathershield and 149mm with it. Weight including the weathershield is 800g. The maximum operating temperature is 50 degrees, though the

Getting the P3245 up and running is easy – stand up the Optiplex 9020 server and BENQ LED monitor, plug the camera into a PoE port on the NetGear 108SP, upgrade the server’s ancient version of Chrome, enter a new password when prompted and the camera comes right up. The interface has changed since we last reviewed an Axis camera – it’s more streamlined, with functions and settings coming up underneath the viewing window. The idea seems to be reducing user touches and this works well enough. Having zoom and autofocus so close to the surface is useful for techs commissioning, too.

My settings are close to default – the few changes I make include turning Zipstream off and dropping compression back and activating wide dynamic range. I play with the zoom, too – winding it in closer then going back out to about 3 quarters wide on the slider. My tweaks are all about maximising performance – we already know Zipstream is a quality compression system.

But no matter what I try I’m simply not happy with the image. After a bit of mucking around the penny finally drops, I start looking into display settings and turn the adaptive stream off. The softness, poor DoF and slow frame rate typical of an adaptive stream turns into a full frame rate, full resolution stream.

First impressions are that this is an excellent image – still with the slightly warm Axis tones but very sharp, with rich colours, subtle tones, excellent depth of field and a superlative catch rate of moving faces and plates. It’s a joy early in the process of testing when you realise you’ve got a strong performer on your hands. Hooray for Axis.

Even though we’ve only got 1080p resolution, depth of field is strong - perhaps this is down to focal length. I’m slightly wound in on the shorter end of this varifocal lens – between 4.5-5mm. But as the test goes on, I can’t help feeling the strong performance is about processing, too. The image is too clean, depth of field is unusually strong, and it comes with no loss of focus close in. Looking through the scene there’s excellent light balance in strong backlight. I have some chromatic aberration – it’s both longitudinal

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and latitudinal, which is pretty typical for stock Axis camera lenses. These CAs they are not especially pronounced – maybe 3-4 pixels deep around high contrast areas.

Skin tones are especially well handled – after a few days of testing I decide the camera has more trouble with overexposing light skin tones in direct sunlight than it has handling darker skin tones in shadow. Taken as a whole, performance in this area is extremely well balanced. It’s a partly sunny, partly cloudy day and the camera handles the challenges of variable light very nicely. In the afternoon the underlying tones of the scene tend to warm – this characteristic lingers even with WDR deactivated when the scene separates into strong light and heavy shadow, as it always does.

Did I mention how good this Axis dome is with fast moving plates? It’s so good that I start stretching my testing to find out just how good it is. I have no worries with plates at 16 metres, no worries at 25 metres, then I snare a shot at 40 metres to see if the camera can get the plate. Waiting for fast moving vehicles to reach the very edge of my viewing range before being blocked by trees, etc, is something I have never done with a 1080p dome set to the wider end of the lens. I didn’t get the plate thanks to pixel spread but getting fast moving plates at 25m-plus is a rare joy.

What’s nice about the capacity to get plates at distance in an operational sense is the reciprocal capacity to get high levels of detail in shoes, jewellery, accessories, coffee cup logos, and even tattoos at 12-15 metres. The combination of qualities conspires to deliver an image stream that keeps on giving. The image stays strong with low blur, plenty of sharpness and very natural tones at all times.

In a single scene I find it’s possible to get court admissible faces out to 25m, fast moving plates to 25m, partial recognition of plates up to 40m and useful detail much deeper in – at 70m I can still see attire, shoe colour, vehicle make, model, colour, plate colour and my eye is drawn through obstructions into spaces deeper still to glean additional situational awareness. In another scene a large group of co-workers comes along the path strung out between 8-16 metres. I have excellent detail of all these individuals, including court admissible faces of the highest quality.

As the afternoon goes on, the tone down the end of the street gets warmer but there’s no over exposure breaking viewing quality. What’s most interesting is that I have no trouble getting quality plates from cars doing 40-50kmph up the street in shadow – this is something else that’s unusual. Around this time I wind in the zoom a little and doing so – it takes a few seconds to complete – delivers me plates out past 25 metres. Meanwhile, I’m still getting clothing, shoes, tattoos, hair ties, glasses from pedestrians.

Next I zoom right in with most the scene in shadow and the shutter drops back and performance is

impacted – however, I still have my faces and plates.

Pulling back again I’m able to get the streetscape situational awareness I had earlier, still with plates, still with faces, still with clothing details between 40-70 metres. It’s all good. Even quite late in the afternoon – the clock on the snapshots says 4.43 but it’s 5.43 as I had not adjusted for summertime at this point – I’ve got long faces and distant plates. I’m beginning to feel the camera is starting to brighten the image a little but the details levels stay true.

The late afternoon into night performance of this camera is also exceptionally good. You lose fast moving plates at 25 metres around 7.10pm but that’s late compared to the competition – this Axis camera clings on to moving detail like a limpet. And while it loses 40kmph plates at 7.11pm, it hangs onto faces longer still – at 7.50 they are still court admissible to the highest quality. It’s really only when it’s getting really dark – after 730pm – that you notice the low light performance is also very strong. It comes with a colour cast from the low-pressure sodium lamps up the street but it’s outstanding. The colour rendition, lack of noise, comparative sharpness are all excellent. There’s a thought of tone mapping in front of and behind cars but it’s not the seconds long pulsing of other cameras.

Even this late in the day depth of field is outstanding – I’m getting shoe colour all the way down the street at the same zoom I was on during

Plates and faces.

No trouble getting both plates.

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Axis EVEN THIS LATE IN THE DAY DEPTH OF FIELD IS OUTSTANDING – I’M GETTING SHOE COLOUR ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET AT THE SAME ZOOM I WAS ON DURING THE DAY...

Colour at 4 lux.

IR – no plate, strong range.

Mono, no IR, 4 lux.

A solid image.

the day – about 20 per cent in. I have static plates out to 40 metres, which is quite a surprise and there’s no trouble with situational awareness all the way out to Albion St. Looking at leaf tips in the field of view I’m impressed with the control of blur – it’s now 7.56pm and light levels out front are sub 10 lux.

At this point I decide I’m going to take a break and return in full darkness. As things are, the image stream is very solid – bright, pretty sharp and noise free. I expected to be impressed with the Axis camera as the day went along and I have been. It’s right up there with the very best cameras we’ve tested and being a dome, I’m forced to depend on a shorter focal length with more pixel spread so as to avoid zooming out of my favoured view.

I get back to the test after midnight. The first thing I notice is that the camera prefers LED streetlights in default automatic settings. Next, I’m impressed by colour rendition, fine detail and sharpness, low levels of motion blur around leaves. Depth of field remains strong through I only have static plates to depend on. I have static plates to 25 metres with useful plate detail further still. There’s no question of vehicle make and model all the way up the street towards Albion. The image stream in colour is devoid of swim or overt noise, though the image has more amplification and digital work on it.

A few cars go past and a pedestrian goes by on the other side of the street – I’m not getting moving faces, but I am getting clothing type and colour, hair colour, skin tones, the presence of bags and other effects. Later when a pedestrian comes closer, I almost have face recognition in the live stream, but the detail doesn’t survive the processing required to take a digital snapshot. When it comes to cars I have make, model, plate colour and general details.

Pleasingly, they aren’t dragging a tail of artefacts and tone mapping is pretty well controlled considering – I’ve left the tone mapping slider at default, so performance there could be better still.

It’s obvious by now that the P3245-LV is never going into night mode in the 4-7 lux I measure under the lens, even with night mode set to switch early, it shows no sign of strain. There’s nothing for it but to go into night mode manually and to activate IR. The IR view is solid – the spread is excellent, and the throw is strong – at least 40 metres in this scene.

Depth of field with IR on seems stronger than before, even though the scene darkens under IR – perhaps to avoid overexposing potential flare – it’s the little things that contribute to sharpness – the subtle tones, the layers of contrast. Performance like this comes down to quality of processing. In its

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angle of view this camera does an exceptional job of rendering everything out towards 100 metres with softness at distance but unusually good detail. The fact this is a 1080p camera and I’m at a focal length of 4.5-5mm continually surprises me.

I don’t have moving plates with IR activated – it’s fair to say I have less detail of moving traffic than I had in colour but I’m getting make and model and I can see the number of people in the front seats of a vehicle at closer ranges. I can see the traffic warden managing traffic on Albion St. When a cyclist goes by, I get good detail, albeit with the signature of lower shutter speed. Because it’s late there aren’t many pedestrians around so I’m going to have to observe this side of performance after press time and include it on SEN’s website.

With IR off, performance closer to the lens – within 20 metres - is better. The scene is brighter, and detail has opened up. There’s excellent contrast, very low noise, tones are subtle, and I have static plates in deep. But past 25 metres where I got so much contrast and greyscale variation with IR on, the scene starts to blow out into over exposure.

Happily, a few pedestrians appear in this part of the test, though they are at distance – 25-40 metres from the lens. No faces, but I get clothing, skin tone, hair colour and style, bags, detail of shoes, gait – all worthwhile information for investigators.

I also have more detail of moving vehicles with IR off, though this is the first time in the test I’m getting some blur behind vehicles, which suggests shutter speed dropped back when IR was switched off. Looking at the still images later on, I notice that backlight is playing a part in the loss of detail through the scene – the over exposure leaches light into areas that before showed high contrast.

Something I notice when pedestrians move around close to the lens – between 8-15 metres – is that there’s a lot of detail in the live stream and there’s also considerable detail to be gathered when people stop moving as quickly – I get very high levels of detail of workers moving road signs around 12m from the lens in night mode without IR and taken as a whole I have more detail but for static plates at a distance. At the end of this part of the test a ute with high beams on manages to create a large circular ghost with a cluster of smaller ghosts inside it – reflections of the headlights bouncing of tiny front element and against the dome bubble before being processed again.

Next day I do the WDR test into 72,000 lux. I try the scene with WDR on but decide I prefer the tone with WDR off in this application. I have good colour rendition, great depth of field, good skin tones and fast-moving plates. There’s no sign of smudginess or overwrought processing. As we get towards midday there’s some over exposure on the bright side of the street as shadow starts to impact on the camera engine’s ability to balance the image. The competent WDR display rounds out a fine showing from the AXIS P3245-LV.

WDR is excellent.

This is a very good dome camera that will enhance operational outcomes in many applications – especially those that are more challenging than usual. I loved the colour rendition, sharpness, speed of zoom and autofocus, the depth of field with IR. It has particular strengths in low light in colour and offers excellent depth of field and the ability to snag fast moving plates, staving off motion blur until near darkness. Perhaps I benefitted from 60ips the camera delivers without WDR activated. If so, the powerful street performance was worth it. n

FEATURES OF SALTO FEATURES OF THE AXIS P3245-LV INCLUDE: l HDTV 1080p video quality l Remote 3.4–8.9mm F1.8 Lens l Lightfinder 2.0, Forensic WDR and OptimizedIR l Zipstream supporting H.264 and H.265 l Signed firmware and secure boot l Two-way audio and I/O connectivity l Guaranteed fast moving plates to 25m.

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TESTING ZONE LOOPS

Zone loops don’t always work properly - either they’re not properly installed or a combination of environmental developments lead to failure. After failure, troubleshooting missions should be systematic.

HERE are specific trouble shooting procedures that can be employed when working with alarm zones. Starting at the beginning, this means we’ll be focusing on 3 key test tools – alarm zones. That’s volts, ohms and milliamps. Modern digital multimeters combine the VOM functions with neat things like amps, capacitance, transistor testing, continuity and/or diode testing.

Once on site we can draw up a simple system plan - keypad at the front door, 3 PIRs (living room, hallway, main bedroom) 2 reed switches (front and back door), and 1 PIR and 2 reeds looped on a single zone protecting a rumpus room. There are also separate siren and strobe outputs.

Having established there’s no obvious fault with

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the system – it has power and responds to commands – the first step is to establish where the problem lies.

Is it in the control panel or in the trouble zone? Your actions will depend on system configuration as well as the age of the system. Are all detection devices on a single loop or does each have a separate zone?

Do all zones carry a single device except the 2 reed switches and 1 PIR in zone 2? Jot your findings down before moving on.

In the old days there was a simple way to check the zone integrity at the controller end on closed loop zones. You just removed both wires from the zone input and ran a jumper across the terminals. As far as the controller was concerned, the system was secure and armed and if an installer removed one of those jumper wires, the system would go into alarm. It’s a little more complicated these days with EOLs often used to make a loop that’s protected by application of the correct resistance. Quite simply this means a zone can’t be shorted by an enterprising crook who jumps the terminals then removes sensor inputs or shorts the zone across the sensor terminals.

Happily for the troubleshooter, you can use the EOL to create a virtual protected loop with the sensor disconnected. Just bend the 2.2k EOL till it connects with the relevant zone terminal and the shared common terminal and you’ve effectively got a protected loop. If the zone now works perfectly then the chances are you’ve got a zone or loop problem.

But if the problems persist, it may be a controller fault.

You can test the controller’s response by removing one side of the EOL from the zone terminal, or by shorting the loop, and seeing if the system goes into alarm. If there’s a controller problem then your antics may not be detected by the panel.

Checking all the hardwired zones is a fiddle.

Depending on the protective loop configuration, work your way across the zone inputs, Z1 and shared C (zone 1 and shared common), then on the right of the common, Z2 and C (zone 2 and shared common).

You’ll be using the same single 2.2k EOL resistance on each set of inputs.

Take into account that the procedure varies depending on the sort of protective loops that are built into system. A single closed loop will require you to disconnect both loop wires, to add jumpers (or an EOL) across the terminals and to trip the system by lifting the jumper or EOL wire. But a double closed loop with no ground will require both +In and +out be removed and replaced by +In to +out and -In to -out.

All will depend on the sort of protective loops the system contains.

CHECKING A ZONE LOOP VIA DMM Have your multimeter switched to voltmeter for this one. Let’s say that as you worked your way across the zone inputs no fault was found with the controller, but Zone 2, to which loop were attached 1 PIR and 2 Reed switches protecting a rumpus room was suspicious. The controller behaved perfectly when tested with the EOL and the trouble went away.

IN THE OLD DAYS THERE WAS A SIMPLE WAY TO CHECK THE ZONE INTEGRITY AT THE CONTROLLER END ON CLOSED LOOP ZONES. YOU JUST REMOVED BOTH WIRES FROM THE ZONE INPUT AND RAN A JUMPER ACROSS THE TERMINALS.

The next step is to establish what kind of fault it is you’re facing. Is it a foreign potential, a ground, a short, or an open? Probably the strangest and potentially most damaging to the system is the presence of a foreign potential (voltage) on the loop.

Foreign potential is not all that common, so we’ll come back to it another time.

When you use the voltmeter to check a loop what you’re measuring is current on a wire so it’s important to establish whether the system has a voltage on its zone loops when disarmed. Some systems won’t have power when disarmed and in these instances you can either use as ohmmeter or continuity tester (both have built-in power), or disconnect the siren and strobe outputs and test the system when it’s armed.

At this point, check for power across battery terminals and for power across loop terminals.

Remove the connecting wires to each zone and replace them with the voltmeter’s connections. If the right voltage is present assume that the trouble lies with the loop. Again, complexity is introduced to troubleshooting on the basis of the loop’s nature.

In simple closed loop systems things are easier because anything in the loop causing an alarm must be an open contact. But if it’s a double closed loop then an alarm could be the result of an open in one wire, an open in a second wire, or a short between 2 wires. It could even be the result of a ground on the hot wire if the loop has one side grounded permanently.

For the sake of this discussion let’s assume that the loop containing the PIR and 2 reeds is closed and the 3 devices are connected to a cable run about 15m long with the devices spread out at 5m intervals. Go to the middle of the cable run between the first PIR and the first reed. If there’s appropriate voltage at that point, then the system is good to that point. Now go past the first reed. If the system remains good, then you know the failure lies on the other side of the first reed and is caused by either the second reed switch or cabling, or its terminations.

Another technique when testing loops is to place the voltmeter leads over the terminals of each device. What you’re looking for here is voltage and if you find it then you’ve found your open contact.

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Editor’s choice VIVOTEK MA9322-EHTV FEATURES FOUR 5MP SENSORS l FEATURING four independent 5-megapixel CMOS sensors (20MP total) with 3.7 to 7.7 mm motorized-focus lenses and 30m IR illuminators, the VIVOTEK multi-adjustable sensor day/night dome camera MA9322-EHTV allows users to simultaneously view four different areas while occupying only a single IP license.

Key Features include H.265 compression technology, 30fps, 2688 x 1920 pixels per sensor, Smart Stream III to optimize bandwidth efficiency, WDR Pro (120 dB) for optimal image quality in high contrast environments, and SNV (Supreme Night Visibility) for low light conditions.

There’s Trend Micro IoT security, built-in IR illuminators, effective up to 30m radius, weather-proof IP66-rated and vandal-proof IK10-rated housing and a built-in microphone Distributor: SensaTek Contact: +61 2 1300 560 026

What’s new in the industry.

HIKVISION LAUNCHES COMPACT PANOVU CAMERA l HIKVISION has released the 20MP Flexible Multi-Sensor Compact PanoVu camera with 1/2.7-inch progressive scan CMOS sensors and 4 motorized varifocal lenses, which can be adjusted to monitor 4 directions supporting zoom in/out to check details individually.

If combined, the 4 sensors can provide a full panoramic 360-degree FOV. It also features H.265+ compression technology, and extended EXIR technology for high quality imagery even in the dark. The camera supports 360-degree infrared with 4 IR lights that each cover 90 degrees. These can be turned on and off independently.

In addition, In-ceiling mounting model (DS-2CD6D54G1-ZS/RC) makes the camera unnoticeable and easy-to-install.

This solution is designed for entry halls, office building, intersections, city squares, airports, ports, power plants and railways. Both users and installers benefit from its flexibility, reduced installation costs and ease of use.

Contact: Hikvision distributors

DAHUA RELEASES NEW WI-FI VIDEO DOORBELL

GENETEC UNVEILS NEW POS TRANSACTION FINDER

l DAHUA’S new Wi-Fi Video Doorbell (DHI-DB11) is a part of the Dahua LincX2PRO camera series. This new series is designed to integrate with home and small business applications for a comprehensive and seamless professional installation.

The doorbell offers passive IR motion detection and transmits video and audio to a mobile phone for remote visual confirmation and communication with visitors using the built-in microphone and speaker. The camera offers a 140-degree wide view, capturing whatever is below the camera to prevent visitors from ducking under the field of view.

This video doorbell is compatible with Dahua NVRs; Dahua X5, X7, and X82 Series HDCVI DVRs, and with the DMSS mobile application for easy integration. The 1080p video doorbell features a built-in microphone and speaker for real-time communication and an SD card slot for recording at the edge without having to pay a subscription fee.

l GENETEC Security Center Transaction Finder is a new Pointof-Sale (POS) integration tool with exception-based reporting capabilities designed to help retailers speed up investigations.

Security Center Transaction Finder correlates POS data with corresponding video, with the ability to bring in additional sources such as analytics as an added feature.

Genetec says it eliminates the need to jump between different platforms, and helps investigators filter through large volumes of transactions to quickly detect suspicious activities that might warrant further investigation.

“Working with a variety of tools and applications to reduce retail loss is a critical aspect of any retail investigator’s job,” explains Rob Borsch, practice leader — retail and banking at Genetec.

“However, the enormous volume of POS transactions to review, combined with the amount of time it takes to manually find the security video associated with potentially fraudulent activity makes this a daunting task. With Transaction Finder, we solve that problem by using a single tool.”

Contact: Dahua Distributors

Distributor: Hills Contact: 1800 685 487

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BOSCH FLEXIDOME IP TURRET 3000I WITH IR l BOSCH FLEXIDOME IP turret 3000i IR is a fixed turret camera

for indoor use – a new form factor in the Bosch portfolio built for high quality, 24/7 performance with reliable surveillance features for standalone installations or general surveillance.

Available with 1080p and 5MP resolutions, the camera features a built-in IR illuminator with a 15m (49ft) viewing distance. With high dynamic range (120dB) for challenging bright and dark scenes, intelligent dynamic noise reduction and fully configurable H.265 multi-streaming. It also offers something never seen before in such a competitively priced camera – built-in essential video analytics as standard to trigger relevant alerts and quickly retrieve data.

The compact and minimalist design together with cable management also provides ease of installation – 3000i IR turret is available soon from Bosch video distributor partners.

Distributor: Central Security Distribution Contact: 1300 319 499

UNIVIEW RELEASES NEW EASYSTAR CAMERA SERIES l UNIVIEW Easystar series is a new professional product for entry level CCTV users, including SMEs and retailers, which features cost-effective performance and delivers full-colour images in low light conditions.

Easystar’s environmental adaptability delivers stable operation in challenging indoor and outdoor applications. According to UNV, Easystar can deliver high-quality colour images at illumination levels of 0.002Lux. Easystar features recording on human body detection, which can largely reduce false alarm triggers. Compared with traditional motion detection, human body detection AI will only detect human figures and can filter out all other objects.

The day/night Easystar range comes in bullet, dome and turret form factors and features 30m of smart IR, 2D/3D DNR (Digital Noise Reduction), compression options include Ultra 265, H.265, H.264, there’s ROI (region of interest), ONVIF conformance, wide temperature range of -30C to 60C, wide voltage tolerance of 25 per cent, IK10 and IP67 ratings.

Distributor: C.R. Kennedy Contact: +61 3 9823 1555

INNER RANGE T4000 LITE

SALTO XS4 BLUENET GOES TO CLOUD

l NEW Multipath-IP T4000 Lite includes all the highly advanced

l SALTO’S XS4 BLUEnet lock range is now compatible with

features as the original T4000 but is now in an incredibly small form factor and packs in additional inputs and outputs. The T4000 Lite can easily be retrofitted into an existing batterybacked alarm system.

Connecting to the IR smartphone apps which provide push notification services, the T4000 Lite is bundled with a dual 4G SIM card on the Telstra and Optus networks providing an additional layer of security if one network was to go down.

The SkyCommand app allows the end user to control 3 built-in outputs which can be programmed to control areas in an alarm panel. The T4000 Lite also provides a communication path for upload/download programming of many popular alarm systems on the market over the GSM network.

SALTO’s cloud-based wireless access control system, SALTO Keys As a Service (KS). The range includes the stylish and compact XS4 Mini and revolutionary XS4 One. The wireless communication technology behind BLE connected locks is called BLUEnet with advantages such as avoidance of Wi-Fi interference, as the connection between the locks and IQ is now BLE and has the ability to auto-negotiate. The IQ is the central hub of the SALTO KS system, connecting SALTO wireless locks to the cloud. It receives all changes and settings from the KS application and ensures that locks are updated within seconds.

A full range of locks are SALTO Mobile Key compatible and you can use your smartphone as a tag to open the lock – SALTO locks can now store 360 offline access keys versus 39 with RFnet locks. SALTO KS provides a flexible access control management system that requires no software installation, nor the added expense of a wired electronic product.

Distributor: Central Security Distribution Contact: 1300 319 499

Distributor: Salto Contact: +61 3 8683 9782

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Our panel of experts answers your questions.

building is a powerful deterrent. To have the site go into alarm – this could include the playing of an audible warning message - before a point of entry is chosen and escape routes figured out would challenge an experienced burglar. Use of light, or in extreme circumstances, moving the business to a less vulnerable location opposite the local police station - would also help.

Reducing the value of assets is another excellent deterrent to burglary. Not only will this significantly reduce the attractiveness of the site, if intrusion is successful, retailers will have a lot less to lose.

Q: We look after a number of customers in country towns which have experienced an increase in break-ins. Aside from installing security systems, what measures can retailers take to reduce their attractiveness as a target for opportunistic burglars?

A: Loss prevention experts highlight 3 primary steps that should be taken in order to prevent burglaries from occurring. These include firstly hardening the target; secondly, creating a time delay; thirdly, reducing the value of the assets under threat.

The idea is to make the site tough to get into, with capable perimeter security, including door and window locks, gates, bars and grills.

In retail facilities a time delay can be built into a site’s security with the installation of time delay safes - in other facilities time delay can be built into a facility by target hardening internal doors and by taking the detection system out of the buildings to meet the threat. This practise will buy response teams time.

Every intruder, depending on his or her level of experience and personality will have a set time frame within which they’d expect a job to be carried out. If they’re unable to make a successful entry within their comfort zone, frustration and fear will set in, increasing the likelihood the intruder will leave the scene.

A detection system that picks up intruders before they approach a

Q: We look after a site that has an older detector in a warehouse – the sensor has a 40m range, but the warehouse is longer than this. The zone works ok most the time, but we’ve found it has a higher tendency to false alarm. What could the cause be?

A: When putting in passive infrared sensors without digital signal processing, in particular long-range sensors, make sure they’re targeted to terminate against walls or floors within their specified

ranges and don’t just gaze off into space. If large IRE-reflective objects appear outside their specified ranges it’s likely they’ll be detected. Consider that a standard PIR is designed to detect a person-sized object at say, 10m. But the same sensor may also detect IRE from a floor to ceiling window every afternoon at 25m. It’s not a bad trick to stand under a PIR, turn out the lights and flash your torch around to see if you can pick out reflective objects in the target area when faced with a false alarming sensor.

Q: Would you recommend using liquid electrical tape on tricky connections and terminations or is heat shrink the better way to go?

A: Tend to think that if an installation is so tricky there’s not room for heat shrink then it was poorly planned and executed in the first place. Typically, you’d avoid midrun connections but if you need them only heat shrink will protect and add physical strength. Properly done, heat shrink bonds to cable jackets on either side of a butt connection and must be cut out of a cable run. The best way to handle terminations is to crimp the cable into male spade

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terminals, fork terminals or ring terminals and shrink if required, not unload a glob of liquid electrical tape onto a cable end. We have used liquid electrical tape recently to cover a bare wire connection to an alligator clamp. The results were better than electrical tape and might suffice if the connection was never moved or subjected to vibration in the course of its life, but it’s a short cut.

Q: Would you recommend using a busbar when installing alarm systems?

A: The ‘bus’ in busbar comes from ‘omnibus’, which is a Latin word translating to ‘for all’. In the case of busbars, the ‘for all’ describes the way a busbar carries all the currents required in an overarching system and does so more flexibly and easily than cabling multiple devices separately from one power source. Power arrives at the earthed bus bar on a single heavy, high amp cable, and local devices are then cabled off the bar using thinner wire and device-appropriate fuses.

While all this is well and good in applications where there are multiple 12V systems, it’s a bit harder to justify when all you are doing is powering an alarm panel.

The times we’d think a busbar could be useful in security applications would be when you’re powering an alarm panel, lights, 12V chargers, ventilation fans, perhaps a UHF radio and other bits and pieces. This would be more applicable in a remote application on a large site.

Q: How strong is optical fibre and how tightly can it be looped before it breaks?

A: A glass fibre can be looped into tight circles without breaking. It can also be tied into loose knots (pulling the knot tight will break the fibre). Where optical fibre is concerned, tensile strength is the ability of a fibre to be stretched or pulled without breaking. The tensile strength of a fibre exceeds that of a steel filament of the same size. Further, a copper wire must have twice the diameter to have the same tensile strength as fibre. The main cause of weakness in a fibre is microscopic cracks on the surface or flaws within the fibre that grow, causing the fibre to break.

Even though fibres can be wrapped in

circles, they have a minimum bend radius.

A sharp bend will snap the glass.

Bends have 2 other effects: They increase attenuation slightly. This effect should be intuitively clear. Bends change the angle of incidence and reflection enough that some high order modes are lost in a similar way to microbends. Bends decrease the tensile strength of the fibre.

If pull is exerted across a bend, the fibre will fail at a lower tensile strength than if no bend was present.

there’s an increased likelihood of cable damage during to the activities of other technical teams, consider the use of flexible PVC conduit to protect vulnerable alarm zone wiring. Pulling cable into preinstalled flexible conduit can be difficult, given the challenges of running fish tape through it, so load the cable into the conduit using fish tape before you go into the ceiling, then tie the cable off at each end. You can now install the cable/ conduit in the ceiling ensuring improved protection for wiring.n

Q: We’ve had some trouble recently in a complex commercial environment running alarm zone cables that were snagged and pulled out by an AC contractor. The issue is that the zone cable can’t live near EMI and there’s power in the cable trays. The environment in the ceiling is such a mess that installing conduit would be a real drama. What do you think is the answer?

A: In commercial environments where fire codes demand cable protection, or where

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