Security System Design

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Who’s In? IP Card-Readers Tell You At A Glance

Whether a single-entry building, or a large corporate campus, IP card reader access control systems simplify access management, lower installation costs and free up IT resources, saving thousands of dollars each year.

IP Card Reader Access Control - simplify and cut costs. Pro-Tec Designs shows you how.

10Jul2009 | Paul.Lalley | 0 comments | Continued
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Communities Boost Security With a Little Help From The DHS

The Department of Homeland Security works at the local level to insure the safety and security of Americans everywhere - in big, urban areas and small towns, the DHS helps local security integrators keep the streets safe while keeping the country safe.

How safe are you? Just look around the neighborhood. Oh, and this is what to look for.

2Jul2009 | Paul.Lalley | 0 comments | Continued
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HD TV Round Table a Success

June 30, 2009, Minneapolis Minnesota

Pro-Tec Design hosted a round table event on the impacts of HDTV on the video surveillance industry. The round table event was held at Pro-Tec Design’s headquarters in Minneapolis Minnesota. During the event, Karl Radke from Axis Communications reviewed the progression of video technology from analog video, [...]

30Jun2009 | steve | 0 comments | Continued
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High-Definition Surveillance: Are You Getting The Whole Picture?

HDTV is working its way in to the security industry, providing a clearer image, larger screens and fewer security personnel, saving businesses money. Is your business getting the whole picture? It will with HDTV cameras.

26Jun2009 | Paul.Lalley | 1 comment | Continued
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What is a Security Architecture?

This article discusses the value of creating a security architecture.

16Jun2009 | Mary Dunphy | 2 comments | Continued
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Designing Security Systems for Disaster Scenarios

My recent experience of observing an Emergency Management planning exercise really made me re-think some fundamentals of security system design. Here’s what I’m planning to do.

30Jan2009 | SusanM | Comments Off | Continued
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Security Technology Configuration Must Consider a Range of Scenarios

We built our design around Lenel OnGuard and used a Pelco CM9760 analog matrix switch with intercom from Zenitel and recorded all of the video first generation DVRs from Lenel. The system was configured so that a perimeter alarm would activate video tours on the matrix switch and automatically generate alarm views…a great idea [...]

29Jan2009 | steve | Comments Off | Continued
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Security System Design Criteria

The setting for the disaster planning exercise was a large campus in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. The campus area has 1.6 million square feet of office space and is located on a 40-acre campus. It includes four office buildings, a five-level 6,800 car parking structure and a 100,000 square-foot common area that connects all of the structures together.

29Jan2009 | steve | Comments Off | Continued