Wireless (318)

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City Wide Mesh RFP Reviewed

Mesh wireless has a dubious reputation, with many stories of system failures and finger pointing between manufacturers, integrators and end...

By Ben Wood - about 11 years ago

Wireless Access Primer

In the past few years, one of the most interesting developments in access control has been the introduction and growing adoption of wireless access...

By Ethan Ace - about 11 years ago

Busted - Wireless Surveillance Sales

"Boom Times Ahead for Wireless Video Surveillance," blares a trade magazine. Ironically, the underlying stats show the opposite - a bust for...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago

Cheap City Surveillance Case Study

City surveillance systems often cost huge amounts of money - $10,000 per camera deployed is common. One Pennsylvania city took a different approach...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago

Wireless Video Surveillance Tutorial

While wireless can solve challenging problems, it is far riskier to deploy and use than wired networks. As such, it is critical to understand when...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Marine Surveillance Systems

Ports and harbors are good candidates for video surveillance systems, but they have tough requirements. The atmosphere is corrosive, there are...

By Roger Finger - over 11 years ago

Your Questions Answered 11/15/2012

Today, we had an excellent live Q&A sessions with over 50 IPVM PRO Members on "Selecting IP Cameras and VMSes". It was fantastic to speak live...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Winners and Losers Fall 2012

Recently, surveillance innovation has been underwhelming. Indeed, this Spring, it hit a low point, with incremental advances in video quality and a...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

The End of Security Guards? (Vigilus Robot)

"A new wave of robots is replacing workers in both manufacturing and distribution" claims the New York Times. And now a new ASIS award winning...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago

Wireless Door Power (Securitron ICPT)

Wireless electricity? Door hardware is hardly known as 'high tech', but a new product from Assa Abloy needs no wires to transfer power between the...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

New Surveillance Products Fall 2012

Dozens of new products are reviewed and collected in the list below, covering announcements from Summer 2012 through the ASIS show. The first list...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Top 5 City Surveillance Concerns

City surveillance projects are hard, one of the hardest in all of surveillance. They need lots of outdoor cameras, generally distributed over large...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Wireless Surveillance Maintenance Guidelines

Maintenance for wireless surveillance is critical, far more so than for wired ones. If you install a wireless surveillance system and forget about...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Assa Abloy Aperio Wireless Examined

Cabling and installation are the two biggest expenses in access control. With many locations difficult to wire, and multiple devices required at...

By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago

The World's Easiest to Install Camera?

8 cameras installed in 5 minutes. That's the claim of loss-prevention niche surveillance provider USS [link no longer available]. The company...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

Temporary Intrusion Alarm Kit Examined

How do you protect seasonal worksites or temporary storage areas? This is a frequent request of many end-users to their alarm providers, with no...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

Dealing with PoE Only Cameras

Increasingly, IP camera manufacturers are dropping low voltage support in favor of PoE power only. This can cause problems and unexpected expense...

By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago

Disrupting Residential Access Control? Lockitron

Can the traditional access control market be disrupted by new entrants leveraging consumer technologies and mobile phones? One startup, Lockitron,...

By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago

Ubiquiti AirFiber Gigabit Wireless

Can Ubiquiti translate their success in the wireless market to high-capacity carrier class backhaul? This is what they are aiming for with...

By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago

Video Surveillance Buyer's Guide 2012

With so many manufacturers and so many new products, deciding what products to buy can be overwhelming. Last year, to make this easier, we released...

By John Honovich - about 12 years ago