Security Alert: San Diego Hosts ASIS
By Scott Siddens, Senior Editor -- Consulting-Specifying Engineer, 8/1/2006
This year's ASIS International 52nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits boasts almost 900 participating vendors, featuring more than 200 new products for life safety and security. Here is just a very small sampling of products to be featured at the show, which will run from Sept. 25 through 28 in San Diego.
Explosion-protected cameras for hazardous environments are CSA/UL-certified to Class I, Division 1, Groups B, C, D, and Class II, Division 1, Groups E, F and G, and to temperature code T6, the safest available rating. The products are available with LXR mechanical filter technology, 550 TVL sensor and optional integrated day-night design. (EX 70 by Extreme CCTV www.extremecctv.com Input #1 at www.csemag.com/quickResponse
Speaker and speaker strobe offers evacuation signaling and visual alarms that meet ADA and NFPA requirements for audio, visual and voice communications. The series mounts to a standard 2-1/8-in. deep back box and offers tamper-proof candela selections of 15, 30, 75, 95 and 115. (SSPKCLP by Gentex) www.gentex.com #2
Lighted keypad provides extra security for access points where double authentication (card plus PIN number) is necssary. The unit is backlit with built-in red lights. To conserve power, backlighting is automatically activated when key is pressed or card is presented. (ISO 14443-4 reader by Integrated) www.smart-id.com #3
Video fire detection identify fires much earlier and at a longer range than conventional detection technologies. The system uses video analytics on imaging from standard surveillance cameras to detect fire indicators such as the direct presence of flames within the camera's field of view, reflected flickering fire light, or the presence of pluming or ambient smoke. (IFV 1000 by JCI) www.johnsoncontrols.com #4
Digital video recorder allows users to turn critical ATM/POS data into searchable fields for instant retrieval of transaction-specific video. Version 2.0 has multi-event recording, and separate recording rates can be set for an overlapping schedule of continuous, motion detection, alarm, and ATM/POS event recording for every camera in the system. (DVR 5300 by Pelco) www.pelco.com #5
