Armaguard Rejects Lifeline

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March 28, 2024

Armaguard Rejects Lifeline Will Negotiate With Customers Directly.

Armaguard rejects lifeline – Armaguard late last Thursday rejected a $A26 million lifeline that would have saved Australia’s largest cash in transit business from insolvency.

Armaguard Group’s chief executive Mick Cronin said the company would work with customers individually on a long-term solution to the cash in transit crisis formented by a transition to digital payments that has broken the existing business model.

“Armaguard confirms it is working constructively with all its customers, including its retail customers, banks and other key stakeholders regarding both short-term and long-term financial solutions for the industry to remain sustainable,” Cronin said.

Exactly what Armaguard’s plans are moving forward remains unclear – investment from its parent Linfox could keep Armaguard afloat, but pragmatic business choices would need to faced.

You can learn more about Armaguard here or read more SEN news here.

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Optex PE Beam Wireless Ready

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March 28, 2024

Optex PE Beam Wireless Ready With PowerG From DSC.

Optex PE Beam Wireless Ready – Optex PE Beam battery-operated is now wireless ready with PowerG from BGW Technologies.

“Last year we introduced security installers to the Optex short range photoelectric (PE) detectors – Optex OPXAX-200TF/TFR,” explains Stanley El Komala, senior product manager intrusion at BGW Technologies.

“Offering the first line of defence by adding a boundary or perimeter to increase the effectiveness of a security solution, the OPXAX-200TF requires hardwiring, but the OPXAX-200TFR which offers similar features to the OPXAX-200TF, is powered by lithium batteries (power source 2x 3.6DC/13AH for transmitter and 2x 3.6VDC/13AH for receiver and current draw about 810 µA), allowing for perimeter protection to be installed in locations where mains power is not available.”

Optex PE Beam Wireless Ready

According to El Komala, while the Optex PE with PowerG on board is only available in the US, recognising the value of this solution to the local market, the BGW Technologies’ team has created a kit that matches the functionality of the US model.

“The set up involves adding the OPXBCU-5 for the battery common unit to share power between PE Beam and also the DSC PowerG Transmitter (DSCPG4945),” El Komala says. “By pairing the Optex wireless beams with the DSC transmitter it can be used on DSC PowerSeries Neo or Qolsys IQ Panel 4 (QOLIQP4021).

“There is also a BYO transmitter option if looking to pair it with another brand wireless panel. The integration makes this a market-leading perimeter detection using active infrared technology (Photoelectric beams) enhanced by the range of PowerG wireless.”

Optex PE Beam Wireless Ready

There are plenty of good reasons to install wireless AIRs beams, according to BGW Technologies state manager NSW, Graham Clark.

“The nice thing about the wireless beam combo is that you can deploy beams on a perimeter or gate without trenching/cabling out to it plus the battery life is a very respectable at 3-5 years,” Clark says.

“By incorporating the OPXAX-200TFR detector with the OPXBCU-5 unit, users can achieve unparalleled security for their premises. The system’s ability to detect intrusions with precision and accuracy ensures that any unauthorised entry is promptly identified, alerting security personnel in real-time.”

To learn more about battery-operated and wireless-ready Optex PE Beams contact your local BGW Technology team here – there’s more SEN news here.

Optex PE Beam Wireless Ready Benefits

Battery Operated PE Beams with low current draw and battery sharing with DSC PowerG Transmitter DSCPG4945.
Multichannel, Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) technology – to overcome frequency blocking and interference
Adaptive transmission power – for battery life preservation
High transmission ranges – for reliable communication
TDMA-synchronized communication technology – to prevent message collisions
2-Way 128-bit AES encryption – for high-level protection against analysis tools and digital attacks.

“Optex PE Beam Wireless Ready With PowerG From DSC.”

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Wannon Security Services For Sale

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March 28, 2024

Wannon Security Services For Sale In Victoria.

Wannon Security Services For Sale – Hamilton Victoria-based Wannon Security, which undertakes patrols, guarding, alarm response, cash in transit, and alarm installations, is for sale for $230,000, which SEN is guessing represents ebit x 1.

Wannon Security Services is an established business with a strong brand reputation that the broker says can generate a stable 6-figure income from its diverse range of industries and sectors, including government departments at both the state and federal levels, industrial, retail, and residential clients, as well as clients in the maritime and aviation transport sectors.

The business has 2 owner operators acting as business directors and overseeing all aspects of daily operations and staff management. They employ 3 part-time and 3 casual employees, all trained and experienced in security and emergency response procedures, rules, and regulations.

Wannon Security Services has been operating for over 25 years with an emphasis on personalized security solutions and exceptional customer service. Wannon Security Services has built a loyal customer base and a reliable reputation as one of the leading security providers in the region.

The businesses comprehensive range of security services are designed to prevent and detect unauthorized or illegal access to premises and criminal damage to property. Wannon Security services are tailored to meet the unique security needs of each client, ensuring that they receive the best possible solution. Security services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week across South-West Victoria.

There is opportunity to grow the business by increasing marketing for the business to reach more individuals/ businesses in need of security services. Expanding the business to service a greater area in Victoria and increase staff levels.

If you have experience within the security industry and are looking for a turnkey operation with an experienced team of security personnel with an established reputation, please enquire here now or complete your online enquiry for a confidential discussion with the lead broker or more business information.

Wannon Security Services For Sale Features:

Established family-run, with over 25 years of experience in the security industry
Only licenced security firm in Hamilton
Work flexible hours, in and out of normal business times
Diversified revenue streams by offering various security services such as mobile and static guard services, cash in transit, crowd control services, and alarm sales, installation, and maintenance services
Offers high quality service at a reasonable and competitive price
Employs well-trained security professionals with expertise in the security industry who have completed Cert II Security training and hold a valid Victorian Private Security Individual Licence
Be known for customer satisfaction and building long-term relationships with clients
Reliable reputation as one of the leading security providers in South-West Victoria.

More details about Wannon Security Services business for sale here and read more SEN news here.

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Hunting Attenuation in LANs

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March 28, 2024

Hunting Attenuation in LANs Poses Challenges.

Hunting Attenuation in LANs – Techs face challenges when trying to check for signal losses in LAN environments.

Like all cable networks, there will be attenuation of the data signal through connections, over distance, and through challenging environments. Factors include the resistance, inductance and capacitance of the cable itself, as well as near-end crosstalk.

To make things more complicated, variations in temperature will have a big impact on cable impedance and this will have a direct effect on signal strength.

Another issue is that LAN cables have weak original signals to meet their own EMI specifications. As installations get more complicated, with increases in cross-connect hardware and connectors, the importance of workmanship to reduce signal loss has also increased.

Environmental EMI is an issue – particularly in some of the horrific networking closets that you see. Every network and power cable produces an electromagnetic frequency – even cable that has been twisted to reduce emission propagation. The more cables in an environment and the way they cross paths with each other can also attenuate signals within cables.

Othe factors that can impact on signal strength include construction of the space in which cables are located, temperature variations including cold and heat, but the greatest contributor to signal loss apart from poor termination or cable damage is distance.

There are strategies techs can use to ensure cable performance, including keeping cabling tidy, ensuring cables cross at right angles rather than swirling around each other, keeping cable runs within specification from the outset, choosing better quality, higher performance cables, avoiding low quality cables, avoiding extreme temperatures that might be found in roof spaces, and installing amplifiers or repeaters where required to buffer signals.

Be aware it’s not easy to test for attenuation, jitter, signal strength and crosstalk on LANs without a dedicated tool. If you buy a test tool, go for a unit that can also test the cables high speed data transmission capability. A professional LAN test tool with collision readings and analysis software can be expensive but if you undertake a lot of cabling, it’s a worthwhile investment.

There are plenty of cheaper units out there though quality and accuracy are likely open to question in some cases. You might also find that you can get away with a micromapper or something simpler than the high-end Fluke units, like a Klein Tools Scout Pro 3.

The micromapper is a simple tool that can indicate a range of issues across multiple cable strands but it can’t give a real sense of live cable performance or EMI. The Scout 3 has greater capability but if you want to test for PoE and other extras, you’ll need add-ons.

There are shortcuts you can take to visualise LAN performance, including checking NIC settings on an attached PC to look for traffic packet loss – a few per cent is tolerable. Above 25 per cent and you’d want to think about replacing the cable in a heavily trafficked LAN. You can also simply bridge a bung LAN cable run and see whether the bridge cable resolves the issues you’re experiencing.

You can read more about the Scout Pro 3 here or see more SEN news here.

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Banks Retailers Prop Up Armaguard

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March 28, 2024

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Banks Retailers Prop Up Armaguard But Only Until Q3.

Banks Retailers Prop Up Armaguard – Australian banks and major retailers have agreed to prop up struggling cash in transit service provider Armaguard, but the $26 million cash injection won’t last until the end of the year.

The planned emergency funding will proffer the company tens of millions in financial support to continue carrying cash until Q3 but the banks, Wesfarmers, Coles, Woolworths and Australia Post still haven’t heard back from Armaguard on the deal.

Coles is sufficiently concerned about the possibility of Armaguard’s collapse it is hoarding cash in stores rather than risking it being locked in Armaguard trucks should the the business be placed into administration over the Easter break.

The issue for banks and retailers is that they need cash carry services but don’t want to pay more for them than they used to. And the issue for Linfox-owned Armaguard, which bought struggling competitor Prosegur last year, is that its business model has been broken by an all-encompassing digital payments system.

Banks Retailers Prop Up Armaguard

Should Linfox decide to shutter Armaguard, the banks and retailers will be forced to provide cash carrying services themselves, with all the complexities of setup, staff training, vehicle procurement and insurance that such a specialised service requires.

This latest offer of support is designed to help Armaguard operate until a long-term solution can be found but what that long-term solution is going to be remains unclear.

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The issue is dire enough that the discussions are being led by the Australian Banking Association under an authorisation granted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank, which regulates the payments industry and prints cash, has also been forced into the discussions.

A key issue for the banks is that there’s a cross guarantee expiry date between Armaguard and Linfox that rises in the first week of April – at that point Armaguard can enter voluntary administration without exposing Linfox to contractual obligations.

Banks Retailers Prop Up Armaguard

The short-term funding offered last week is lower than the $190 million over 3 years Armaguard told the industry it required to operate profitably late October 2023. This new funding may encourage Linfox to continue supporting Armaguard until deeper into the year. But it may simply clarify hard business decisions.

In December, Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock suggested a co-operative cash in transit model might be explored, but it would certainly depend on significant government funding, and would cost the banks and retailers a lot more that they were paying Armaguard.

If the managers of Armaguard consider their options in a strictly prudential light – with the near total collapse of cash payments occurring in a very short space of time and certain to continue – it’s possible we may see the end of Armaguard within the month.

At the same time, it might be possible for Armaguard management to play brinkmanship hard enough to carve out a guaranteed niche supplying a service no one wants to pay for but nobody can do without – least of all the Federal Government.

Breaking news this afternoon – Armaguard has rejected the offer that would save the company from insolvency but what its intentions are remain unclear – more here.

You can learn more about Armaguard here or read more SEN news here.

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Carnarvon Community College Seeks CCTV

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March 28, 2024

Carnarvon Community College Seeks CCTV Solution.

Carnarvon Community College Seeks CCTV – Western Australia’s Department of Finance has released a tender for a video surveillance solution for Carnarvon Comm. College in Western Australia.

The College is a government-comprehensive early learning, primary, and secondary school catering for around 500 students that are located in Carnarvon, a regional centre in the Gascoyne region, 906 kilometres north-west of Perth, Western Australia.

The Community College has state-of-the-art facilities, including 27 purpose-built classrooms, 2 science labs, 2 specialist art rooms, a specialist music facility, a performing arts theatre, 3 computer labs, 4 outdoor courts, 2 sports ovals and a 2019-built gym.

There’s an industry-standard hospitality room, specialist textiles and human resources room, a design and technology workshop, the Gascoyne Trade Training Centre and a dedicated space for Clontarf Academy and Shooting Stars programs.

The confidential declaration form must be completed and emailed to tenderingservices@finance.wa.gov.au to obtain documents. This Carnarvon Community College seeks CCTV tender closes on April 24, 2024 – you can find out more by clicking here or read more on SEN news here.

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SmartLock Digital Bringing Safe Locks To SecTech

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March 27, 2024

SmartLock Digital Bringing Safe Locks To SecTech Roadshow.

SmartLock Digital Bringing Safe Locks To SecTech – SmartLock Digital, the sole distributor of dormakaba safe locks for Australia and New Zealand, is bringing its range to SecTech Roadshow this May (pre-register here).

SmartLock Digital’s new and improved LA GARD series builds on the 30 plus year legacy and features an array of modern high security features to counter both today’s and tomorrow’s emerging security threats and attacks.

Its most prominent new feature is the industry leading technology known as Electronic Manipulation Defence (EMD). EMD is a three-pronged defence against the manipulation of electronic safe locks — digital communication, keypad to lock encryption and updatable firmware and is a standard feature in the entire LA GARD 700 series.

The LA Gard 700 provides lock owners evidence if there is an attempt to bypass the lock by removing the keypad – whether a conventional brute force attack or a sophisticated electronic attack, the keypad is designed to notify users of attempted attacks. Backlit displays in all models provide simple and precise user feedback – the LA GARD 700 includes an OLED 1.8-inch LCD display.

Another of SmartLock Digital’s innovative products is the ASIAL Awards of Excellence and Retail Risk Awards finalist, SmartLock Digital Assistant (SDA). The SDA creates a virtual network to provide administrators real-time control of access to their Axessor CIT safe locks.

Developed in Australia by Smartlock Digital, the App allows users to generate One Time Codes to open Axessor CIT safe locks. Administrators can centrally control all users access profiles in real time on the SmartLock Digital Gateway (SDG). The SmartLock Digital Assistant delivers all the features and real time control of a networked safe lock system without the cost associated with network cabling every safe lock.

The SmartLock Digital Assistant (SDA) app delivers a real time management solution that emulates a networked solution without the need for cabling. The app provides the freedom and flexibility to deliver a One Time Code (OTC) to staff members or users at any given moment only when certain parameters are met, thus providing access to the safe lock.

SmartLock Digital Bringing Safe Locks To SecTech

SecTech opens in Perth on Thursday, May 9, at Crown Perth, moves to Adelaide Showgrounds on Tuesday, May 14, heads to Melbourne s MCC on Thursday, May 16, with Sydney opening at Rosehill Gardens Exhibition Centre on Tuesday, May 21, and the finale in Brisbane on Thursday, May 23, at RNA.

SecTech 2024 roadies include Permaconn, Dahua Technologies, SecuSafe, Art Of Logic, Motorola Solutions, OpenEye, BGW Technologies, DAS, CRK Security, Stentofon, ASSA ABLOY, Allegion, EKA/EVVA, LSC, Gallagher, VSP, Bluechip, U-PROX, PowerStack, Hikvision, Video Alarm Technologies, Inner Range, ICT, TP-Link, Integrated Products and Security Alliance Australia.

Anyone interested should call Monique Keatinge on 61 2 9280 4425 or email monique@sen.news to book space attendees slot the dates into your calendars and keep an eye out for pre-registration opening in the next couple of days!

You can find out more about SmartLock Digital here or read more SEN news here.

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AXIS W120 4G Body Worn Camera

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March 27, 2024

AXIS W120 4G Body Worn Camera Delivers Always-On Live Streaming.

AXIS W120 4G Body Worn Camera – Axis W120 4G body worn camera with delivers live streaming from the field for monitoring and recording at a central location.

AXIS W120 is specifically designed for the law enforcement and security sectors, featuring built-in LTE/4G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, allowing direct streaming via AXIS Body Worn Live.

Location tracking and on-demand streaming mean wearers know someone can always see where they are and follow the action at the click of a button. AXIS W120 offers high image quality and clear audio with advanced noise and wind suppression.

The device buffers up to 120 seconds to capture the moments before an incident. AXIS W120 features long battery life, on-the-go charging and fast offloading to ensure it is always ready and easy to put away.

Built on open architecture, the new camera offers easy integration with AXIS Camera Station VMS and third-party VMS and EMS, on-site or in the cloud. The system features cost-efficient docking stations with a separate system controller, making it eminently scalable.

AXIS W120 features cybersecurity provisions including Axis Edge Vault, a proprietary hardware-based cybersecurity platform, that safeguards and protects sensitive information.  Data is encrypted with AES256 and HTTP with TLS. Axis W120 is also CJIS compliant and meets official FBI standards, while live streaming is protected by full end-to-end XChaCha20-Poly1305.

You can learn more about the AXIS W120 Body Worn Camera here or read more SEN news here.

AXIS W120 Body Worn Camera Features:

Live streaming via LTE/4G
Location tracking
Quality image stream
Audio with noise reduction
Multiple layers of encryption.

“AXIS W120 4G Body Worn Camera Delivers Always-On Live Streaming.”

LimX Dynamics P1 Bipedal Robot

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March 27, 2024

LimX Dynamics P1 Bipedal Robot Learns Rugged Environments.

LimX Dynamics P1 Bipedal Robot – LimX Dynamics has created a bipedal robot that can navigate complex environments, including very rough terrain.

Presently the LimX P1 is a prototype and not kitted out with additional features and functions but it’s easy to imagine this agile robot keeping an eye on perimeters, undertaking searches and first response and going into hazardous situations with a full suite of environmental sensors, cameras, redundant wireless comms, and 2-way audio for remote communications.

LimX P1 uses multi-sensor fusion technology, integrating information from diverse sensors from all directions to create high-definition and high-fidelity topographic maps. LimX P1 then leverages a motion control algorithm to turn the intricate perceptual data into a prediction of the robot’s position and orientation, guiding it through complex terrains.

LimX Dynamics has developed a real-time, distributed operation system, including 3 key parts. Integrated development tool chain greatly reduces coding complexity and improves the efficiency of algorithm development. Real-time data transmission makes accurate operation of the robot possible. Decentralized operation of the nodes secures a balanced computing power, achieving a more flexible, efficient, and stable system. It also supports a wide range of programming languages to maximize the diverse technical requirements.

The hardware is defined by software and crafted specifically for a legged robot’s applications to achieve optimal motion control using a proprietary sensor suite and high-performing actuators. The sensor suite design lays the best hardware foundation for all-terrain perception capabilities, while the actuators feature high torque density and high frequency response.

You can find out more about the LimX P1 here or read more SEN news here.

“LimX Dynamics P1 Bipedal Robot Learns Rugged Environments.”

Mercury Ends X-Series Production

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March 27, 2024