THE NEW EDGE
difficult perimeter applications not only possible, but desirable. “Perimeter access control used to be ‘let’s trench
everything and run wires all over the place,’” says Bret Tobey, intelligent openings business develop- ment and product manager, Assa Abloy Americas, New Haven, Conn. “Now we are seeing people use either their network infrastructure, Wi-Fi or point- to-point protocol. The days of trenching are pretty much over unless the customer wants that. We see guys with directional antennas throwing Wi-Fi several kilometers. End users are more willing to put perimeter access control in places they weren’t considering it before, like gates and fences.” Now there are myriad ways to get power far from
Perimeter access control today often takes advan- tage of wireless options (includ- ing cellular and solar), to elimi- nate trenching over large areas.
had a higher priority than controlling the exterior of the property itself. But this can change overnight if something happens in that parking lot.” Of course, government facilities and other criti- cal infrastructure such as airports have been con- cerned about their outer perimeters for a while now. What is new is that corporate and other end users are starting to become more aware of the need for higher security there. “I think in some cases facilities are starting to be more diligent about having access control at the perimeter,” Toscano says. “Today it tends to be more high security, government applications. But schools and hospitals and small office buildings are starting to secure the perimeters more than they did 10 years ago. The perimeter is moving outward.” Beth Thomas, senior product marketing man-
ager, Honeywell, says that increased threats have been a factor in driving certain markets to look to their perimeters. “Organizations are starting to look at security not just at the building level but at the campus level or parking level. Threats at the parking lots threaten the population of the facility.” Richard Sedivy, director of marketing, Doork- ing, Inglewood, Calif., adds, “A lot of businesses are realizing that they need to better protect their employees and part of that is knowing who is on your premises and who is not.”
INCORPORATING NEW TECHNOLOGY A primary reason for the upsurge in perimeter access interest is recent technologies that have entered the access control market and are making
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Facilities are increasingly becoming aware of the need to take access control and security to their outermost perimeter.
the building without trenching — including wire- less, solar, cellular and UHF signals. “Typically what we find is a lot of this is coming in after market and a facility has an access control system that they want to broaden out to the perim- eter,” says Mark McBroom, product manager, Securitron, Sparks, Nev. “The system is capable of handling the extra gate, but how do we get power out to it? We work with cellular access control and solar. There are various ways of going wireless out to a gate and providing some kind of power out there where you are not having to trench.” Toscano adds, “There are a couple of things we
offer for wireless access solutions. We are seeing an increased popularity of those for perimeter applica- tions. Indoor applications typically go 200-300 feet but outdoors can go up to 4,000 feet with a signal boost. It really helps with entry points like fences and gates without having to trench the parking lot.” Wireless technology is available in many forms. Some are here now and others are exciting develop- ments that may become standard in years to come.
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