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solutions | Perimeter Detection
The perimeter consisted of an exposed, outdoor area protected only by standard chain link fencing. Instead of replacing the existing fence with a wall-and-moat perimeter that could take perhaps months to construct and require significant costs, the pharmaceuticals company sought a more cost-effective and quickly deployable solution.
To complete this mission-critical project, ComCam teamed with Fiber SenSys, the world leader in fiber-optic security systems; Wave Wireless, a leading provider of broadband wireless routers and other products; and STV Group, an engineering, architectural, planning, environmental and construction management firm).
ComCam technologies essentially transformed a security fence into a wireless, IP-addressable reporting device with video surveillance and analysis capabilities. They were used to incorporate specially calibrated motion-detection and other algorithms in a fiber-optic perimeter sensing system to measure unacceptable fluctuations in fence movement and provide alarm notification and video capture of potential security breaches. Housed in a custom designed all-weather casing, the units’ low-power consumption requirements permitted use of a solar collector as the energy source.)
ComCam’s advanced digital signal processing permitted the fencing to become a “smart” system – enabling it to analyze disturbances and differentiate between a real intruder and common sources of nuisance alarms such as wind storms, small animals or vibrations due to heavy vehicles passing nearby. The unit was programmed to accept input from an optional anemometer, to sense actual wind speed or a signal-processing algorithm. The system was also IP zone addressable, provided alarm/video/time reporting and dispatch, was programmable for pre/post video control and a site-specific custom interface was available.