Even trusty old landlines are not immune from network failure and they are definitely prone to line cut attacks. With this in mind, many people refuse to rely 100% on a single transmission path and insist on a secondary backup path for their Alarm Monitoring service.
IP Alarms offer a range of IP, GSM & GPRS Alarm Monitoring devices that work together as part of a dual path solution.
804G(P) GPRS Communicator
Where industrial strength AES encryption is required, the 804G(P) GPRS Communicator is an ideal choice.
The onboard Wavecom GPRS modem transports AES encrypted alarm signals to the server in 2-5 seconds and a five minute supervision (polling) interval is possible on a 1 mByte per Month GPRS data plan.
Full End-Unit status report on each Supervision signal, including I/O status, Power & Battery status, and GSM Received Signal Strength (RSSI) at the End-Unit.
Full Upload/Download of all Parameters and Status Request Report - over the GPRS channel.
8 individually programmable Inputs (804G)
Remote Control of End-Unit outputs via the GPRS channel.
Contact ID Dialer Capture (804GP)
Why choose IP Alarms as your GPRS Alarm Monitoring Solution Provider ?
In short - our solution is fair and simple. IP Alarms do not tie you to any particular GPRS network provider or plan and you are free to use the SIM card of your choice. We have no special deals with any of the GPRS network providers and as it is your security at stake, we feel it's best to leave the choice of provider in your hands.
One thing you will notice with every other GPRS monitoring solution is the shorter your polling interval - the more it costs !
IP Alarms do not work that way. Whether you choose 60 second polling, 24 hour polling or no polling at all - you'll be pleased to know we do not charge for supervision. That policy applies to both our IP & GPRS Alarm Monitoring Solutions. The amount of data you use costs us very little in the way of bandwidth, so in order to keep things as simple as possible for all concerned, polling and supervision is just an inclusive part of our service.
Our Data Centre
Our managed platform comprises a small group of redundant servers on three different continents. Our two main servers are fully managed by two top rated companies, ensuring that they are secure, stable and always in an up-and-running state. Infrastructure is protected by hardware security appliances that offer firewall protection and threat protection from various Denial of Service attacks and other intrustion attempts. Our primary server connects to multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 internet backbone providers, allowing you to know that its connection is fully redundant with multiple paths to the internet.
How our GPRS Solution works
Once commissioned, your GPRS device maintains a permanent wireless connection to the Internet. If supervision (polling) is enabled, your Monitoring Centre will be alerted should the connection be lost for any reason. When an alarm event occurs, a signal is quickly sent to the IP Alarms data centre where it is logged and then forwarded on to your chosen Monitoring Centre.
Monitoring Centre Integration
Any Alarm Monitoring Solution is useless without a Monitoring Centre to handle events. With this in mind, we strive to make it as easy as possible for your chosen Monitoring Company to receive signals on your behalf. We provide them with free software and also allow them to use their existing software or alarm receivers if that is what they prefer. We support a range of redundancy options and will take whatever steps are necessary to facilitate fast, secure integration. Our CMS software emulates a Surgard receiver and is compatible with all the popular alarm monitoring automation software systems.
Forthcoming IP / GPRS / Zigbee Device
IP Alarms UK currently have a new board under development that has plug-in modules for IP, GSM and Zigbee - in any combination. The initial release will provide us with a standalone IP Communicator, a standalone GRPS Communicator and a combined IP & GPRS Communicator. Zigbee applications may be developed some time in the future depending on demand.
The Diginet v1 IP board has been in production since January 2006, so the tried and tested firmware will be transferred to the new device and upgraded to work over GPRS. The excitement at IP Alarms is based around having the new found ability to seamlessly change paths to a GPRS network in the event that the IP network fails - all from a single device. Prototypes are scheduled for October 2009 and hopefully we will be in production by the 1st quarter 2010.