Milestone App - PSIM Lite (Alesys)

By Brian Karas, Published on Feb 09, 2017

Milestone has many features in their VMS, but it is not a PSIM.

Italian PSIM developer Alesys thinks sensor integrations and alarm management can be improved with a PSIM-lite extension to Milestone XProtect. They are going up against 4 other contestants in the Milestone developer contest, including Parking Spotter, which we recently covered.

The owner of Alesys, Alessandro Ferrari [link no longer available], provided an overview of his company's MIPS entry, and why he feels it fills a niche that Milestone does not currently address. Inside, we examine features, pricing and competitive comparison to existing PSIMs and Genetec.

PSIM-Lite **. ****

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Differentiator **** ***** ********* **** *******

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****** *********

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Supported *******

*** ******** ******** * variety ** ********* *** fire ****** **** *****, Honeywell *** ***. ** also ***** **** *** ********* *******, *** ******* **** utilize *** ****** ********.

******* *** ***** ******* and ******* **** ** added ***** ** ******** feedback.

Server ************

******** ************ *** *******, according ** ******, *** the ****** ****** ** able ** *** ** any ****** ******* ******* XProtect ******* ********* *********.

Pricing *** ************

*** ******* ******* ** release *** ********, **** if **** ** *** win *** **** *******. It **** ** ****** at ~$** *** ******/*****, with ** ******** **% annual ******* *** *** support *** ******** (****** bug ***** **** ** free).

**** **** **** *** price-point, ***** **** *** ease ** *****, **** make ** ********** ** customers *** **** ** extend *** ************* ** their ********* ****** ******* having ** **** *** kind ** ********** ***** PSIM ******* ********* *******.

Compared ** ***** *****, ****** ******* ************

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Compared ** *** ********/***** *******

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Challenges *** *****

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