AN innovative security system developed in Perth has attracted wide industry interest after being judged second best new product at a major national trade show last month.
AN innovative security system developed in Perth has attracted wide industry interest after being judged second best new product at a major national trade show last month.
The Perimeter Guard was runner-up at the Australian Security Industry Association’s annual trade show in Sydney.
It is based on the use of passive infra-red beams to detect intruders in defined zones and provides early warning of intruders before they actually reach the house or business premises that are being protected.
The new product provides a cost-effective alternative to existing perimeter security systems, such as external video surveillance and point-to-point photo electric beams.
Henderson-based Perimeter Security Products has developed the product over the past 18 months in partnership with Adelaide electronics firm Electrocad Australia.
Perimeter director Luc Mainguard said last month’s award at the ASIAL trade show had triggered increased industry interest in the new product.
The company is presently in discussions with a range of distributors and dealers and has also been approached by several potential end-customers.
Co-director Patrick Mainguard said ASIAL was the third trade show the Perimeter Guard had been shown at and the response in each case was positive.
“The people in the industry are very bullish,” he said.
“That to me is the most encouraging thing.”
ASIAL’s commercial services manager Bryan de Caires said “the standard of entries for the Security 2003 best new product award was extremely high”.
“It is a great credit to Perimeter Security that their innovative new product took out the runners up spot.”
Luc Mainguard said the product had been designed to meet the needs of the security industry.
In particular, it can interface with most existing alarm systems and therefore provides a means for property owners to upgrade their security.
Mr Mainguard said the product incorporated a number of innovative features, including the secure communication between transmitters and receivers, the security of the transmitters – including anti-tampering devices – and the low current consumption.
It was also easy to install, taking about one-and-a-half hours in a typical residence and has built-in test devices.
The product can be supplied as a wireless system, with a small solar panel for power, or as a hard-wired system.
Mr Mainguard said each transmitter had a detection range of 15 metres and the infrared beam had a viewing arc of 100 degrees rather than being point-to-point.
The use of dual infrared beams was designed to minimise false alarms, caused for instance by dogs or birds moving through a monitored zone.
The alarm would be triggered only by the simultaneous breaking of both infrared beams.
Perimeter is majority-owned by the Mainguard’s family-owned business Omni Manufacturing, which manufactures the polymer housing for the security units.
