Security City April 2005 A welcome new release from Security City at the Securex show was the Max garage door opener.
This 12 V system with battery backup provides for about 60 operations of a garage door from a 7 A-hour alarm ...
Hydro Doors & Gates April 2005 Hydro Doors & Gates, which won the award for the best small stand at Securex 2005, had some exciting announcements to make at the show, among them that the company was to be opening a new branch in Jet ...
Small 256-tap digitally controlled potentiometer 9 March 2005, Analogue, Mixed Signal, LSI Intersil's ISL95810 is a low noise, low power 256-tap digitally-controlled potentiometer (DCP) for system applications requiring control, parameter adjustments or signal processing. It incorporates a ...
Citect project at Anglo Platinum PPL March 2005, SCADA/HMI Citect has completed the installation of a CitectScada system for an opencast platinum mine at Anglo Platinum PPL (Potgietersrus Platinum Ltd). The system, which consists of three unlimited I/O point ...
Loop optimisation questions answered March 2005, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Valves, Actuators & Pump Control Readers occasionally e-mail Michael Brown with questions after reading his articles. Michael felt - and I agree - that by publishing some of the discussion, it would probably be of value to others who ...
Foundation technology March 2005, Fieldbus & Industrial Networking Foundation Fieldbus is an all-digital, serial, two-way communications system that serves as a local area network (LAN) for factory/plant instrumentation and control devices.
The fieldbus environment ...
SA's first security city February 2005 Sagem fingerprint technology is used internationally in both the criminal and civil fields, and is in use in a large variety of environments
Smartcard briefs February 2005 Strong growth predicted for 2005
Smartcard vendors predict another good year in 2005, led by healthy demand in the mobile phone and banking sectors and new demand in government identity projects. SIM ...
Security, or a deterrent? February 2005 There are various approaches to security within the confines of an office park. Often the security is left in the hands of the landlord, who pays for a security guard to man the gate and that is the sum ...
Making waves in microwave detection February 2005, Security Equipment Centre Microwave detection in security applications has been around for over 20 years as an extremely effective form of motion detection. Its main advantage is that it is able to detect over large areas and ...
GSC Systems releases fingerprint reader for ProxNet February 2005 GSC Systems is pleased to announce that a fingerprint reader for the ProxNet System has been released.
The 647-40 Biometric Reader is easily integrated with both new and existing ProxNet installations ...
ADT Security voted tops in KZN and SA December 2004, Security Services & Risk Management ADT Security has made a clean sweep of several leading awards ceremonies - particularly in KwaZulu-Natal.
The awards include the Daily News 'reader's choice' which voted ADT Security as the region's ...
Smartcard Briefs December 2004 Portable biometric/smartcard reader
The SmartPrint Mobile Checker is a wireless, handheld authentication unit used to read data from contactless, secure personal identification (smart) cards. The Mobile ...
Smartcard market explodes December 2004 The smartcard industry is poised for an unprecedented explosion in South Africa, with three large-scale rollouts set to begin in 2005 and several more waiting in the wings.
More than 50 million smartcards ...
Biometrics integration with card-based systems December 2004 Although the primary function of any biometric device is to verify the identify of an individual, access control requires the ability to identify the person plus unlock a door, grant or deny access based ...
FAQs - smartcards and biometrics December 2004, Security Services & Risk Management 1. What is a smartcard ID?
A smartcard includes an embedded computer chip that can be either a microprocessor with internal memory or a memory chip alone. The card connects to a reader with direct physical ...
Diamonds are forever December 2004 Since its creation in 2001, Ideco Technologies has been distributing Sagem biometric technology throughout South Africa and in the southern African region. Sagem fingerprint technology serves the international ...
Major Botswana orders for Bitcon December 2004, Integrated Solutions Bitcon Industries has supplied almost 200 fire door and frame assemblies for the Ministry of Health headquarters in Gaborone - one of several recent major orders from Botswana for the company's range ...
Chemical indicator for first responders December 2004, Fire & Safety A new product for first responders and other special teams has just been introduced to South Africa. Called the HazMat Smart-Strip, it is a disposable reagent strip card featuring a number of reagent ...
