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Spotlight feature on:<br />
3,305 reasons to<br />
take a close look<br />
at Tyco’s Complete<br />
Security Solution<br />
Tyco’s claim that its ‘Complete Security Solution’ is a game<br />
changer, should not be taken lightly. The company, which<br />
is part of Johnson Controls, has a formidable reputation for<br />
delivering innovative solutions and helps protect 42 per cent<br />
of the companies on the Fortune 500 list and over two million<br />
commercial enterprises worldwide.<br />
There is no shortage of manufacturers who<br />
promote a ‘complete’ or ‘one-stop’ package<br />
and so Roy Cooper decided to find out what<br />
advantages the Tyco Complete Security<br />
Solution might have to offer Professional<br />
Security Magazine’s readers. Who better to<br />
ask than Martin McGrath who has worked<br />
for the company since 2008. In his role as<br />
Distribution and Core Commercial Business<br />
Manager, Martin, pictured, is responsible for<br />
the management of a nationwide pre and post<br />
sales and technical team who all share his<br />
admiration and enthusiasm for the products<br />
and systems available under the Tyco DSC<br />
intruder, Kantech access control and Exacq<br />
video management software (VMS) brands.<br />
Standing out from the crowd<br />
Question: Martin, what makes your Complete<br />
Security Solution different to the many other<br />
‘all-in-one’ integrated electronic security<br />
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packages which are available?<br />
Answer: I could boast there are more than<br />
3,305 reasons why it stands out from the<br />
crowd, as this is the number of cameras which<br />
have already been successfully integrated<br />
with our Exacq VMS. These cameras<br />
are manufactured by over 60 different<br />
manufacturers and include older generation<br />
IP network cameras, as well as the very latest<br />
open platform ultra high definition and thermal<br />
imaging models. The thinking behind our<br />
Complete Security Solution is that it must at<br />
all times be easy to install and easy to use.<br />
One of the many ways we achieve this is that<br />
by proactively integrating the 3,305 cameras,<br />
we are significantly reducing the time it takes<br />
to design, implement and commission an<br />
integrated solution. Virtually every camera<br />
model and type currently being installed in<br />
the UK is on the list. We have made it very<br />
easy for a consultant, system designer or<br />
system integrator to quickly establish<br />
via an ‘IP camera integration’ search<br />
tool prominently displayed on the<br />
home page of www.exacq.com, if a<br />
legacy camera or a specific model they<br />
wish to install is on the list. Equally<br />
important, you will also find on the<br />
Exacq VMS home page, a ‘Recorder<br />
Calculator’ which is a valuable tool for<br />
system designers to quickly establish<br />
the network bandwidth necessary to<br />
multi-stream images from the specified<br />
cameras. It is able to provide an<br />
accurate figure as it takes into account<br />
the required frame rates and recording<br />
hours, as well as camera resolution<br />
and the compression<br />
format.<br />
Reducing installation time<br />
and costs<br />
The IP camera integration<br />
and Recorder Calculator<br />
might seem obvious tools<br />
for a manufacturer to<br />
provide, but in our case<br />
considerable effort has<br />
been made to ensure<br />
they offer up-to-date, reallife<br />
practical guidance<br />
to minimise system<br />
design time and negate<br />
the possibility of costly<br />
mistakes being made by<br />
incorrect assumptions<br />
about bandwidth<br />
requirements. Together<br />
with an App which can<br />
be used on any smart mobile device or laptop<br />
which makes it easy for engineers to walk<br />
test cameras, we believe these tools will help<br />
minimise cost by reducing pre-installation, as<br />
well as on-site commissioning time.<br />
Q: Access Control and intruder detection are<br />
also important elements of your Complete<br />
Security Solution. How does this interact with<br />
video surveillance systems managed by the<br />
Exacq VMS?<br />
A: A major advantage of having the Kantech,<br />
DSC and Exacq brands within the Tyco<br />
portfolio is that we have been able to achieve<br />
deep and true integration between our access<br />
control, intruder and video management<br />
product ranges.<br />
Q: What do you mean by ‘deep and true<br />
integration’?<br />
A: Although we have separate product<br />
management and software development<br />
teams for each product range, they have<br />
been working hand in hand to ensure their<br />
respective products and systems fully interact<br />
with all the key features of the other parts<br />
of our Complete Security Solution, and are<br />
backward and forward compatible.<br />
User Friendly<br />
One of the particularly user friendly aspects<br />
of our Complete Security Solution is that<br />
operators can choose the graphical user<br />
interface (GUI) display which is most relevant<br />
to the priorities of their electronic security<br />
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