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  • How to Win that CCTV Bid

    The amount of paperwork that is required in the bidding process may be enough to discourage some locksmiths from participating. It takes time for sure.

    Article • August 1st, 2008

  • GPLA GETS SECURITECH TRIDENT

    After thieves damaged the rear door at GPLA headquarters, the organization updated its security with a donated Securitech Trident three-point locking system and Select Products SL21 continuous hinge.

    Article • May 1st, 2008

  • ACCESS CONTROL ACCESSORIES: Door Cords & Power Transfer Hinges

    Locksmiths use power transfer products quite frequently. Sometimes they are used to bring switch contacts from an exit device off a door, or power to a latch retraction exit device, or most recently to bring maglock power and gate position sensor from...

    Article • February 1st, 2008

  • Good Reasons For Locksmiths To Do Electronics

    Rekeying or replacing locksets for home-buyers and renters is probably one of your bread and butter services. However, competition from the home centers is mounting and cutting into profits on this traditional work. Besides having their own offering...

    Article • October 1st, 2007

  • CCTV Training Resources

    ADI Expos Network CCTV Solutions is one of the courses scheduled at the 2007 ADI Expo series of one-day seminars. This course provides a comprehensive explanation of network cameras, encoders and transmission equipment as it relates to CCTV.

    Article • September 1st, 2007

  • Capturing Better Video: Strategic Camera Placement Paired with a Standalone DVR

    Want to learn more about CCTV? Forward-thinking locksmiths who have their eyes on this growing segment of the industry may benefit from some CCTV training courses. We have compiled a partial list of courses available from CCTV manufacturers and...

    Article • September 1st, 2007

  • Video Trends for Locksmiths

    Shipped in a single box with the camera and lens already mounted in the enclosure, “plug-and-play” packages from a single manufacturer simplify installation as well as the ordering process.   Although once expensive and considered only...

    Article • September 1st, 2007

  • Installing the SARGENT PROFILE SERIES using the Major Manufacturing HIT-136 Drill Guide

    SARGENT introduced the standalone Profile Electronic Access Control Series Locks in 2001. These electro-mechanical locks can control access electronically using keypad, Radio Frequency (RF) technology and proximity for up to 2,000 users. These locking...

    Article • June 1st, 2007

  • System Planning: Power Requirements

    When you’re doing the groundwork for your access control project, a good place to begin is determining the line voltage requirements.

    Article • January 1st, 2007

  • Introducing The Ilco TKO 2nd Generation Multi-Function Programming Tool

    Using the Ilco TKO 2nd Generation Multi-Function Programming Tool, we erased and programmed the two Honda Civic keys in just a few minutes.

    Article • November 1st, 2006

  • LukWerks: CCTV Made Easy

    Electronics & Access Control

    Article • March 1st, 2006

  • A CCTV Starter Project: The MODEYE Self-Contained Camera and Modulator

    Live footage from the MODEYE camera can be watched on a unused television channel.

    Article • January 1st, 2006

  • CCTV Systems Go Digital

    Digital video delivers improved quality, which enables more details and changes in images.

    Article • July 1st, 2005

  • Putting Your Finger On the Pulse of Access Control

    Fingerprints are used as a means of indentification with three different types of access control security products.

    Article • July 1st, 2005

  • State-of-the-Art Door & Electronic Access Control Make-Over

    A small high-tech software firm had leased a new space and they needed to get things secured. They wanted their security put into place quickly so as to minimize losses, but also stipulated that the installation process could not interfere with the...

    Article • March 15th, 2005