Applications

Aug 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Staff

After the abduction, sexual assault and murder of a businesswoman in an undergound parking lot, local businesses in Edmonton, Alberta, sought security solutions to prevent similar tragedies. Officials with Reid Crowther and Partners, Ltd., a consulting engineering firm, met with Lionsafe West president David Nevett, and their solution was to install two Security Pro 4000 panels from Interactive Technologies Inc., North St. Paul, Minn. - one for the office and one for the parking lot. The control panels are armed and disarmed by wireless keychain touchpads. Employees arriving by vehicle can open the door to the underground lot without slowing down, using the star button. The touch pad can also be used for signaling an alarm during the walk from car to office. Telephone access to the system allows personnel to ensure the systems are properly armed. Panic alarms operate anywhere in range of the panels. An alphanumeric touchpad in the office reveals the identity of the holder of a keychain touch pad in a panic situation. The system's Interrogator two-way audio verification module enables audio verification of an alarm.

Security officials at the Navy Federal Credit Union solved consistency problems at remote office and ATM locations nationwide after installing the MultiLink remote site management system, according to system manufacturer Gyyr Inc., Anaheim, Calif. Chris Ames, physical security specialist for the Navy Federal Credit Union, had noticed a consistency problem in the security systems and procedures at the credit union's53 offices. Ames had designed the sites with the same equipment, recording time, tape quality and programmed functions. Over time, employees at the remote sites started altering programming and complicating consistency. According to Gyyr, MultiLink solved the problems with its modular setup, designed to include transmission video; its ability to synchronize the time/date function on TLC2100SHD recording systems at various sites; and centralized control of remote sites.

The largest hotel in the world, MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, is using the IDExtender badging system to capture and store images and print ID cards for its 8,000 employees. The software, manufactured by Cambridge Imaging Technologies, McLean, Va., obtains employee information directly from the hotel's mainframe database, eliminating rekeying errors. Two-sided, laminated photo ID cards with bar code and encoded magnetic stripe are issued immediately. The cards are used for security identification, to track time and attendance and to control employee access.

Sytron Security Products, a subsidiary of Sytron Inc., Broomfield, Colo., has received a contract for an integrated access control system with more than 300 access points at four locations worldwide. The system will be installed at Galileo Intl., a provider of electronic distribution services for the travel industry. Sytron's Maxx-Net system will consist of more than a dozen workstations connected over a WAN and will include electronic photo ID capabilities at each site. All four sites will be connected.

IriScan, Mt. Laurel, N.J., and OKI Electric Industries Ltd. of Japan are developing a system for automated recognition of thoroughbred horses using iris recognition technology. The companies are cooperating with the Japanese Racing Association to develop a way to identify approximately 10,000 Japan-based thoroughbred horses by the patterns in the irises of the animals' eyes, eliminating the need for painful implants of manual markings. Development of a working prototype is targeted for the end of 1997.

Electronic Systems USA, Louisville, Ky., has installed its NexSys system in the historic 14 Wall Street building in New York's financial district. NexSys is a distributed network of application-specific controllers, programmable controllers with flexible I/O, card access panels, intelligent thermostats and a graphical user interface designed for new construction, retrofit and multi-vendor environments. All controllers operate and share data on a peer-to-peer basis without need of sub-LANs and interface gateways, according to Electronic Systems. The system uses Echelon Corp.'s local operating network and Neuron chip technology.

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