Essential Install | Security
DID YOU KNOW: 80% of burglaries gain access through the front door
courses that add skills and knowledge. All our tech support
is quality controlled through a ticketing system. We intend to
be quick, correct and helpful and wherever possible we want
to educate, not just solve problems.”
Jason argues that big opportunities exist: “We’ve
seen enough market research to see that security is a key
driver for the end user. Historically, security has not been
integrated so well and the install may well have been
done by security installers. We believe that the Custom
Integrator should be delivering video surveillance in order
to ensure proper integration and simpler operation; from
our experience they tend to do a fantastic job of it!”
Jason also argues that security can now become part
of the automation process too: “lP works really well in
these applications, not just in terms of delivering video,
but also control and integration. We’ve been delivering
much smarter solutions as a result of this. For example, a
scenario can be configured to trigger a camera to send
an email with a snapshot to an address with a specific
message e.g. ‘door left open after I0pm, picture attached.’
We’re also now releasing products that have additional
functions tailored for CI - such as temperature sensing and
controllable digital inputs and outputs.”
So what about other new products? Jason explains:
“We have just launched our new door station, an exciting
new addition to the LILIN product range. An exceptional
way to add two-way communication, video identification
and entry control to surveillance systems, the door
station enables integration with third party SIP products,
allowing the streaming of audio and HD video via a direct
connection with other SIP compliant devices. We want to
be the first choice for video surveillance in the CI sector
globally. We feel it is a perfect fit for our company and we
really do enjoy working in this sector.”
LILIN also adds that comprehensive and top quality
drivers for all its products for all the main home automation
platforms are available.
Jason concludes: “We are a true manufacturer, not a
re-brander or importer. We know our products and along
with our UK distribution partner Invision UK, we are able
to support our customers to deliver an impressive system
that goes beyond the end-users’ expectations.”
Bespoke Telecoms offers access to and full support
for the Panasonic range of access control and telecoms
platforms. The company can create bespoke systems
for each property, with full integration for its comms
and gate/door e ntry systems for Crestron and Control4
(mobile phones can also become part of the system
too). Working directly with installers, the company
can take over door/gate entry and internal comms, so
installers can concentrate on other parts of the project.
The company can also supply and fit (if needed) the
Panasonic range of IP CCTV, fully integrated with the rest
of the property’s systems for at home or away from home
viewing and control.
Some key functionality on the ranges include PTZ
cameras within the gate and door panel entry systems
and the ability to record what is happening at the entry
point. The company is also very confident about the
price competitiveness of its systems when compared to
gate and door entry alternatives. Ease of use is also a
big factor, integrating a more familiar phone system to
control entry and calls to action such as door bells, means
customers are already working with a bit of kit they are
already familiar with. This also means that any caller can
be spoken to from anywhere in the house when using
a cordless, mobile phone or tablet and the user is not
tied to dedicated wall panels. Similar functionality can
be applied when the user is away from the property too.
Security and safety within the home can also be promoted
via an integrated intercom and pageing system – also
available from Bespoke Telecoms. When a visitor presses
the call button it can ring as many or as few extensions
as desired. This can be different phones in different
circumstances. During the day it might be all phones, but
in the evening just the main phone in the living room.
Offering his thoughts on security is Phil Pini, head of
residential development at Crestron EMEA.
Phil sums up that these days the trend is very much
more for discrete security approaches rather than very
obvious cameras and other systems which often draw
unwanted attention as much as anything else.
“Keeping houses secure can come in many and quite
often very simple ways,” says Phil. “A trick I have heard
42 | December 2016
Security.indd 42
15/12/2016 17:23