Honeywell launches new release of global security management system
Honeywell launches new release of global security management system

Honeywell's Pro-Watch® 3.80 Security Management Suite simplifies overall system management through enhanced Microsoft® compatibility. Pro-Watch 3.80 includes several new advanced features made possible through improved integration with Honeywell's MAXPRO®VMS (Video Management System) and various third-party systems.Pro-Watch 3.80 supports user upgrades to new Microsoft® versions of Windows® Server 2008, SQL Server® 2008, and Windows 7. This provides a convenient way to set up groups in Windows using database privileges to streamline the manual steps involved in installation. Pro-Watch 3.80 leverages existing network infrastructure by using standard network protocol to communicate to all system components to help a facility manage access control, alarm monitoring, video badging, digital video, video surveillance and visitor management systems.Integrating with MAXPRO VMS allows Pro-Watch 3.80 to intelligently determine the capabilities of each analogue or digital video device across various sites, allowing video management of any component through a unified configuration and user interface. Operators can drag and drop cameras from the Pro-Watch hardware tree into MAXPRO VMS and can use advanced features such as subject pursuit to select a central camera with a single mouse-click to track a target through a set of sequential cameras.Pro-Watch 3.80 also features enhanced integration with Honeywell's Galaxy® Dimension GD-264 and GD-512 intrusion panels to ensure a seamless security experience for end users with fewer accidental alarms and resulting fines. If a user is granted access to a building but does not have the authority to disarm the system, the integration can deny access and prevent a false alarm. In addition, critical areas are automatically armed upon exit of personnel.An advanced badging option combines badge holder and card data into easy-to-use views with access permissions by card. Advanced badging makes it easy to train badging staff and HR, and built-in saved ‘favourite' searches, audit views, and compliance reports help those individuals more effectively manage badges.Pro-Watch 3.80 also enables active monitoring and surveillance of large buildings or campuses with enhanced maps. This advanced feature includes intercom support that provides the operator with an additional layer of environmental awareness. Each door in Pro-Watch can be associated with both an intercom and a camera, allowing the dispatcher to utilise real-time video for visual verification while simultaneously communicating over the intercom. For voice functionality, the command interface facilitates operator interactions with remote intercom stations directly from the operator's personal computer. A dispatcher can interact with intercom stations via a toolbar shortcut, context-sensitive menus in the hardware tree accessed with a simple right-click, or via intercom icons added to maps."Pro-Watch is a business management tool for those who want to know who's in their buildings and tracking who's coming and going," said René von Franquemont, access control product manager, Honeywell Security Group. "It offers superior integration with third party products such as Novell and SAP to streamline mustering, visitor management, and other HR functions to help organisations interact more effectively with personnel in their buildings in real-time."Pro-Watch is available via Honeywell Integrated Security Authorised Integrators in four scalable editions (Lite, Professional, Corporate and Enterprise) that allow system expansion without changing the user interface or database structure. Visit Honeywell's homepage.

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Honeywell releases new features to popular Pro-Watch access control system
Honeywell releases new features to popular Pro-Watch access control system

Honeywell recently released several software enhancements to its widely used Pro-Watch® security management system. The Pro-Watch 3.81 software upgrades are designed to simplify installation and ease of use, as well as reduce costs and maximise system efficiency. The upgrades include:   Software-based licence keys that eliminate the need for a hardware USB dongle to ensure the integrity of the licence and maintain compatibility with virtualisation and other IT-centric solutions. Inclusion of the S-Net protocol on the PW-6000 provides a smooth migration path from legacy Star I controllers to current technology, which allows end users to leverage existing security investments. Virtualisation support with VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, which enables an organisation’s IT staff to host Pro-Watch as a virtual server, which reduces server management expenses and service interruptions.   Additionally, Pro-Watch 3.81 features open integration with the Honeywell Software Development Kit (HSDK), which enables increased interoperability between Honeywell technologies and products from third-party manufacturers who participate in the Honeywell Open Technology Alliance (HOTA) programme. The compatibility of Pro-Watch with the HSDK allows easy integration with larger building control systems such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and other building management technologies to drive energy savings.  Pro-Watch also integrates various security components including visitor management, IP and video surveillance, intrusion, and communications such as intercom and mass notification technology.   “We understand that cost containment, enhanced profitability and return on investment are all important for our customers,” Aymet said. “Pro-Watch offers an open architecture platform that offers advanced levels of integration and greatly increases our customers’ ability to achieve their financial goals.”   Pro-Watch is available to certified Honeywell Integrated Security Integrators only.

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DSX-Soft I/O Integration Software
DSX-Soft I/O Integration Software

DSX now has the ability to integrate with various different external devices through serial data streams. This integration allows other systems such as elevators, wireless locksets, intercom,HVAC, fire alarm, etc., to interact with the DSX network of controllers through a serial data or TCP/IP link between the systems.High Level Elevator Control - (OTIS®, KONE®)Wireless Locksets - (Schlage®)Supports Virtual Inputs and OutputsUser Defined Command Strings - In and OutSupports open and proprietary protocolsRS-232/485 / TCP/IP CommunicationsWhat Can It Do?The DSX Soft I/O product will allow you to integrate WinDSX with different systems. Now you can use one software package to monitor and control multiple building systems. You can even program action/reaction linking events between diverse systems.The DSX Soft I/O can be thought of as a universal translator. It can speak to multiple systems simultaneously and control interaction between those systems based on logic that you define.The applications are only limited to your imagination. You could integrate an intercom system with the security and CCTV so that when an intercom station is pressed the WinDSX system annunciates it, and instructs the CCTV system to pan the camera to the proper position and display it on screen.You could also program a high temperature alarm from the HVAC system to automatically display the appropriate camera at the security desk. The applications are limitless. Soft I/O can be the communications translator between systems that could not otherwise communicate with each other.

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Kantech Access Control Solutions - Security has never been so easy
Kantech Access Control Solutions - Security has never been so easy

Tyco Fire & Security's Kantech brand of access control solutions are ready to use right out of the box and are the ideal choice for small to growing businesses worldwide.  When coupled with the versatile KT-100 controller, Kantech EntraPass access control software offers a compact, entry-level solution for smaller businesses while the software combines with the powerful KT-300 controller to provide enhanced capabilities for larger businesses. For additional convenience and security, Kantech solutions can easily link to American DynamicsTM Intellex® Digital Video Management Systems to provide an integrated access control and video solution. EntraPass Security SoftwareEntraPass is a suite of high performance software solutions that delivers reliable access control for facilities of every size.  Available in Special, Corporate, and Global editions, EntraPass offers single and multiple workstation access control solutions.  Whether you have one or thousands of doors, EntraPass gives you the control you need to determine who gets in and who stays out.Door ControllersOur door controllers meet the highest standards in the industry and give you the optimum in versatility and durability.  You can link up to thousands of doors or keep it simple with a single stand-alone door controller.  Choose the KT-300 Door Controller, KT-100 Mini Door Controller or ioPass Stand-Alone Door.Readers, Keypads & CardsKantech's selection of readers and cards represents the most popular technologies available today.

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PyronixCloud and HomeControl+ App: The ultimate IP security solution
PyronixCloud and HomeControl+ App: The ultimate IP security solution

Looking for a security solution that gives the user complete control of their system remotely and the installer with greater profitability and functionality? The search is over with the PyronixCloud and HomeControl+ App!  With remote programming and diagnosis of the system using InSite UDL software via the PyronixCloud, there are less call-outs for the installer and therefore less costs. The ability to diagnose issues before going to site also cuts down the time the installer has to spend at any given location, which again optimises the process and cuts down the cost.  PyronixCloud communication gateway The initial installation is also easier with the PyronixCloud. Instead of port forwarding or setting up of static IP, the installer simply creates a PyronixCloud account.  Acting as the communication gateway, the PyronixCloud permits the panel to interact with the HomeControl+ App. This provides users complete real-time control of their system from anywhere in the world on their smart device! They can arm and disarm, control automation outputs, check the status of every device on the system and more!  Superior security solution Compatible with either the PCX 46 APP or Enforcer 32WE APP, the installer can initially fit hybrid or wireless security, safe in the knowledge that they are fitting a superior security solution, that can meet the individual needs of the property and the user alike.  A superior security solution with online management, an on-the-go smartphone app, easy wireless expansion and more profits is ready and waiting to protect!

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