Security Sales & Integration

October 2012

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storms since we work on electronics and lightning can travel many miles on the power grid. Sometimes we pull our people off the jobs for safety." HITCHES HANDLED, CLIENT HAPPY While TEM Systems carefully coordinated its eff orts throughout the project with both the condominium's maintenance staff and an electrician, a few bumps in the road were encountered during the process. Most of the challenges were associated with wiring and camera positioning. "For starters, the drawings of the existing conduits were not correct. In addition, we ran into a problem with some of the existing conduit where it was crushed or fi lled with concrete. So we got a change order to run new conduit, " says Probstein. "And then some of the camera locations had to be changed to give the customer the exact view they wanted. T is caused us to have to change some camera types that were not wide dynamic range to WDR to compensate for light and dark areas, and glare caused by these moves. " Still another cabling issue impacting the video surveillance system was that the existing cable from a couple of old pool cameras was exceedingly long. T is resulted in such a great voltage drop at the new infrared cameras that the IR imaging capabilities failed to work properly when transitioning from day to nighttime operation. From end user's perspective, the biggest issues were related to the stairwells and video imaging detail. "T e most diffi cult aspect of the installation process was accessing the fl oor-to-fl oor stairwell fobs as four fi re stairs had to be wired for fobs and fi re exit capabilities," says Conley. "Another challenge was getting the proper resolution and location of cameras to read people's faces. " After everything was up and running some further tweaking was necessary after network problems caused a couple of system crashes. Fortunately, after more than a half-century in business, TEM Systems is well equipped to deal with such eventualities professionally, expediently and to the complete satisfaction of the customer. And so continues the positive word-of-mouth referral cycle. "We have been very impressed," says Conley. "We refer to camera videos when research is needed, and the system works the way it is supposed to work. We have it all." Fiber Optic and Copper Ethernet Transmission Solutions Looking for a Competitive Edge? Choose CopperLine™ from ComNet – the Cost-Saving Alternative CopperLine™ extenders enable you to use existing COAX and UTP cables to extend Ethernet networks beyond the 100-meter limitation. › Cost-Effective – uses existing copper infrastructure › Distances up to 5,000 feet over COAX or UTP › 1, 4, 8 and 16 Channels over UTP or COAX › Models available with or without PoE › Lifetime Warranty ComNet: A Company That's For more information about ComNet and our complete line of connectivity and communication network solutions visit: www.comnet.net or contact ComNet at info@comnet.net, call 203-796-5300 or Toll Free 1-888-678-9427 Visit Us at ISC East – Booth 1713 TEM Techs Ceferino Jimenez (left) and April Malabanan fi ne tune the system, which includes 24 cameras and more than 40 access points. Easy To Do Business With › Free Design Center Application Support › Pre and Post Sale Technical Support – USA Based Staff › The industry's broadest line of Fiber Optic and Ethernet Transmission Products › Lifetime Product Warranty › "Customer is always right" attitude The ComNet Promise: If you are not 100% completely satisfi ed with the quality and support you get from ComNet, simply return the product for a full refund. No questions asked! www.securitysales.com/freeinfo/20303 OCTOBER 2012 / SECURITYSALES.COM / 63

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