OnGuard 2009 Offers Smarter, Simplified Visitor Management, Embedded Analytics Camera
ROCHESTER, NY, July 10, 2009 — Lenel Systems International’s new OnGuard 2009 security management platform includes a new visitor management system that simplifies visitor scheduling, and a camera embedded with intelligent video capabilities. Lenel is part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
The new OnGuard visitor management system includes host enrollment, front desk and kiosk applications that can be purchased individually or as an integrated system. The host enrollment application enables employees to schedule meetings and enroll visitors from any networked computer running Windows Internet Explorer 7.0, without assistance from lobby personnel. The front desk application assists receptionists by standardizing the tasks of receiving and securely processing visitors. Receptionists can view multiple visitor entry locations, update events and visitor profiles, sign visitors in or out of the facility, and print temporary identification badges. In busy or unstaffed lobbies, visitors can use the self-service kiosk to check themselves in without assistance upon arrival. The kiosk is equipped with the kiosk application software, a camera to capture visitors’ photos, and a printer to produce temporary identification badges.
Lenel is also introducing the LCi-100-DX, an IP video surveillance camera that has intrusion detection, loitering detection, smart video motion detection, and invalid camera intelligent video capabilities. When paired with OnGuard 2009, the real-time video analytics offer the highest degree of integration and alarm capture, and provide the tools for security staff to monitor and react appropriately to intercept security breaches as they occur.
Other new video management capabilities include a dual video on alarm feature, which enables OnGuard system operators to view both live video and alarm-triggered, previously recorded video simultaneously. By being able to view events that led up to an alarm, operators can optimize their response to the situation at hand. OnGuard also now supports video recorder failover with redundancy, which allows video to be recorded on both a primary and an alternate Lenel Network Video Recorder (LNVR) simultaneously, with the alternate recorder mirroring the primary. If the primary LNVR malfunctions, the system automatically shifts video recording to the secondary LNVR, reducing the possibility of losing critical video data.
OnGuard 2009 also offers new access control capabilities, including broader support for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) standard, and the ability to use OnGuard as the central station automation system in a UL1981-listed facility. The new release provides support for other UTC Fire & Security branded devices, including Guardall XL and PX/QX/RX intrusion detection panels. OnGuard also offers a one-step process for creating multi-purpose access cards that can be used at both online card readers and Onity Integra offline locks.
OnGuard 2009 and the LCi-100-DX camera are being sold through Lenel’s global network of certified value-added resellers.
