Guard tour product manufacturer M-Set Technologies are short-listed in the finals of the IFSEC Innovation Awards 2005 for best electronic product.
From the days of the night watchman, the security industry has stipulated that the security contractor must provide proof that their officers are doing what they should be doing, and at the right time. Increasingly, customers are now demanding that hard copy information is provided before agreeing to pay the invoice. As as guard tour technology has moved away from the earliest tape-based ‘watchman’s clock’, security guards with time on their hands have strived to find the devices breaking point that allows them to stay in the warmth of the security office, as opposed to fulfilling the required patrols. So report guard tour product manufacturer M-Set Technologies.
The potential impact of guard sabotage is twofold, the firm reports: clients don’t receive the patrol report as required, therefore holding back on payment of invoices, placing strain on the client-contractor relationship and ultimately cashflow; and already expensive guard tour equipment requires costly repairs, or worse still complete replacement, without any way of identifying the reason it broke in the first place.
The Portable Electronic Sensor (PES), based on iButton technology offers a time and location device capable of monitoring guard patrol movements at pre-determined locations throughout a customer site. PES offers an added element of control over employee movements, the company adds, ensuring that your guards are in the right place at the right time – a guarantee to your clients that sites are covered, the company adds. Sensors are assigned to a site or individual via the WinKontrol software interface while each guard will be assigned a unique key ring for identification. A guard will sign into the site by touching the key ring to the sensor and complete patrols throughout the shift by visiting various locations around the site. At each of these locations, the guard touches another wall mounted check point, to prove time and attendance. Once a patrol or series of patrols is completed on site, all tour data will be transferred to a memory tag held by a supervisor, capable of storing up to 2000 readings from numerous sensors. When back in the control room, the data stored on the supervisors’ key ring is transferred through a super fast USB 2.0 connection direct to your PC ready for instant reporting. This ‘mobile download key-ring’ also has the added benefit of ensuring that the PES need never leave the site, the company adds.
