RS2 Access Control Company Profile
Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Jan 13, 2016
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Comments (6)
Pat Alvaro
I'd like to see a review on ICT's ProtegeGX system. I believe it offers a unique approach in that it was designed from the ground up to include full intrusion functionality that isn't available in all the systems you've reported on so far. When was the last time you saw an Enterprise class system that has a bell output and POTS dialler built right in on the controller and can communicate to a central station in either CID or SIA?
Disclosure: I work for Inaxsys in Canada and represent the ICT range.
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Richard Lavin
Pat brings up an interesting point. How many access control manufacturers offer a unified access control / intrusion detection product?
I know there are some on the burg side, like DMP and Bosch that have unified systems, but I don't know if the access control portion of those is any good.
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Undisclosed Integrator #1
Picked up RS2 in 2014 and they have been a great partner to work with. Pretty up to date on their software aka no Windows 3.1 GUIs floating around. Tech support have been very helpful.
Brian- Could do a profile on these Access Companies as ell
-DMP ( We are seeing a lot of their hosted Access Control Offerings combined with burg panels) I know they are intrusion first but are making a big push with their dealers to sell their access.
-AMAG (Always on bids)
-S2 (Pretty common as well)
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Scott Gerrels
You mentioned that Vanderbilt is available through distribution?
I don't think they are.
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Tom McVey
Galaxy Access Control. would like to see them.
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