Atronic Alarms Case Study: Construction Company Seeks Solution to False Alarms

What do you do when your company has a problem with false alarms? You re-evaluate your security system. That is what JE Dunn Construction, Kansas City's very own national construction company, did when they began experiencing multiple false alarms with their preexisting beam intrusion system. False alarms were occurring due to a combination of prairie grass or trash blowing through the infrared beams, animals moving through the yard or the employees setting items in a beam’s path.

Something different had to be done. So Atronic Alarms' design consultants Wes Cowsert and Rick Zink buckled in to come up with an ultimate solution. They wanted to build a sophisticated system that would center around motion activity with video verification and yet integrate into entry access so employees could easily arm and disarm.

Most companies with large lots need
surveillance to help keep out intruders.
Video monitoring and remote verification
provides the economical solution
to prevent loss and eliminate false alarms.

Utilizing Honeywell outdoor wireless motion sensors, Panasonic PTZ cameras, a Panasonic NVR, the Honeywell Security and Fire control panel, the Bosch Easy Access Controller and Honeywell's Total Connect system, Wes and Rick custom design an integrated system that created a "cause and effect" that as a device was tripped, a live video feed would stream to the monitoring station. Monitoring personnel would determine if an intruder had entered the perimeter and whether proper authorities should be called.

With the Honeywell’s Total Connect service, authorized personnel can also access the system through any web-enable device, like a smart phone or iPad, and arm or disarm the system, open the gate or view a history of activity. Employees could also view cameras through the phone app, IP Cam View, as well as through a web browser on a desktop.

When finalized, both JE Dunn Logistic’s facilities were properly equipped to allow employees to check in on the status of the location 24 hours a day and provide video monitoring verification which eliminated their false alarms.