A question that comes up frequently for us when working on security projects with high density device counts is conduit fill. That National Electrical Code typically wants to limit conduit fill to less than 40% of the capacity for cables in the raceway. This is based upon the dimensions of the conductors and the potential …
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While working with a client for a high end residence, he brought up the video door bell gadgets that are all over the internet and in every Lowes or Home Depot. The objective was to have a decorative camera that would recognize video motion and record video and sound for visitors at the doorstep. There …
[dropcap style=”square” color=”blue-grey”]W[/dropcap]e’ve all had it happen: either a bad battery or a blown fuse in a security power supply. It causes cameras to fail, a card access door to stop working, or a whole panel to fail. Power supplies in their simplest sense do a very basic thing: They turn 120 volts AC power …
[dropcap style=”square” color=”blue-grey”]W[/dropcap]hen working with a client once, they asked us to help harden their biological research labs by recommending additional security measures they could install. We did an initial and very casual walkthrough with them of the labs and how they were used. They were particularly proud of the Hirsch Scramblepads they had installed …
[dropcap style=”square” color=”blue-grey”]I[/dropcap]n a recent project, PR was contracted to assist a client in the migration of a multi-campus, traditional analog closed circuit TV system to a modern IP digital network based camera and recording system. This is a growing trend in the industry as clients realize the benefits not only increased camera resolution and …