Integrated Systems

Tower block door entry

by Mark Rowe

A new Concierge and Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) solution from Intergrated Security Manufacturing (ISM) is in use at two tower blocks in Haringey, in north London. It’s enabling authorised council staff to control door access and manage fire and security systems from anywhere within the council’s estate.

Newbury House, Finsbury House, John Keats House and Thomas Hardy House in Wood Green already feature four of ISM’s Ultimate door entry systems plus another two, third-party technology systems (Elizabeth Blackwell and George Lansbury) from Entrotec, using its Apex Dual path speech technology. Thanks to the Genesys PSIM from ISM, multiple technologies can be controlled, regardless of manufacturer, providing security to residents in 510 flats across the six towers.

The product company says this eliminates the potential disruption caused by installing new equipment, and protects the council’s legacy investment. It also means that further buildings with ISM or Entrotec systems can be added as required with only minimal extra spend.

Genesys allows the integration not just of door entry systems, but also multiple systems from multiple manufacturers – all from one security system. Every electronic security or fire safety device from CCTV and Intruder Alarms to Electronic Locking and Public Address can be monitored and controlled from a single platform. As it features Migrating 3+ technology, a patented automatic failover, that adds automatic configurable redundancy and power. Control is distributed across multiple workstations.

Len Fevrier at Homes for Haringey says: “We have used the ISM Ultimate door entry products and its Genesys 2 control room software platform extensively in the Borough over many years and have enjoyed excellent product reliability and technical support. To improve our efficiency and give faster responses to our residents we needed to provide concierge services to all our estates.

“The development of the Entrotec integration into the Genesys platform, allowed Haringey to combine technology, including CCTV and fire, without going to the expense of replacing legacy door entry equipment unnecessarily. This delivers a much-needed saving during these challenging economic times for local councils, and we plan to roll this system out across the rest of the Broadwater Farm Estate and potentially other sites in the borough.”

Managing Director of ISM, Stephen Smith, says this project shows the flexibility of Genesys and its door entry system range: “Genesys is a ‘true’ PSIM system built around intuitive software that combines a range of industry leading features and benefits including an enhanced graphical user experience and 3-D modeling and a comprehensive event management database. Events and alarms from any integrated security application are presented to the operator clearly as and when they happen.”

The PSIM software operates as a standalone platform over LAN or WAN networks for remote and local sites with workstations that can be transferred to any operating security control room on the network. This offers the developers say end user flexibility when closing sites or buildings for off-peak or out of normal working hours or in the unlikely event of any system failures.

Ultimate is described as a fully addressable digital telephone entry system. Unlike other door entry systems it has multi speech paths that allow numerous conversations to be had at one time.

Such was the complexity of the project, that from initial design of the system to completing the installation took around two years to complete. Fire alarms, access control and CCTV can all now be controlled from one computer from any of the council’s network.

Visit http://www.ism-uk.com.

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