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Lenelｮ
Announces OnGuardｮ 2005
Latest generation of industry-leading
security platform offers powerful advances in digital
video management, smart card applications, biometric
integration and open systems
ASIS International, Dallas, Texas, Booth
#2124 , September 27, 2004 - Lenel ® Systems International, a global
leader in the development of integrated security systems
for commercial markets, today announced a new edition of
its award-winning OnGuard ® product suite. OnGuard 2005
expands the offerings of Lenel's Total Security
Knowledge Management Solution™ to include a broad range
of enhancements to the company’s solutions portfolio,
including real-time digital video content analysis,
plug-and-play IP camera integration, support for iris
identity and ultrasonic fingerprint scanning
technologies, multi-channel audio recording, i n-line
smart card encoding and a cardholder escort feature.
“With OnGuard 2005, Lenel continues to strengthen its
market leadership position by pushing the concepts of
innovation and open systems to new heights,” said Rudy
Prokupets, Lenel’s Chief Technology Officer and
Executive Vice President of Research and Development.
“This new release demonstrates our ability to
continually venture into entirely new realms to maximize
the total security experience for the customer, while
offering optimal performance, flexibility, reliability
and cost-effectiveness.” Lenel will be demonstrating the
OnGuard 2005 solution in the company’s booth at the
American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
International 2004 trade show, September 27-29 in
Dallas.
Digital Video Management 
With the release of OnGuard 2005, Lenel brings to
market a number of groundbreaking advances in the area
of digital video management. OnGuard
IntelligentVideo™. OnGuard IntelligentVideo is a
cutting-edge solution that offers real-time digital
video content analysis—the ability to recognize, analyze
and classify information in live and captured video.
OnGuard IntelligentVideo’s applications include
intelligent motion analysis (such as detection of the
direction and speed of specific objects, object
tracking, and distinguishing between objects of interest
and the motion of leaves or rain/hail/snow), a virtual
trip wire for perimeter control, facial detection at
entry points, people counting, three-dimensional
tailgating detection, behavioral analysis (such as
loitering, crowd detection and line control) and
detection of abandoned and removed objects. OnGuard
IntelligentVideo is the most powerful and reliable video
content analysis tool available today, yet it is very
simple to use. System operators configure parameters for
generic events such as Facial Detection or Removed
Object. OnGuard IntelligentVideo then sends alarms to
OnGuard Alarm Monitoring stations when those
custom-calibrated events occur. OnGuard
IntelligentVideo’s capabilities can be customized for an
unlimited number of specific applications and
environments. “IntelligentVideo allows you to not just
do video surveillance, but to also perform intelligent,
automated video analysis,” said Mr. Prokupets. “It’s
much less error-prone and provides a much higher level
of reliability than does human interpretation. With
intelligent object recognition, classification and
analysis, the ability of a system to automatically
respond to real threats is becoming much more of a
reality.” A total security solution that includes
digital video provides much more meaningful information
than a standalone digital video application can. OnGuard
IntelligentVideo is the only solution on the market that
is seamlessly integrated with access
control and alarm monitoring, delivering the kind of
comprehensive solution that today’s complex business
environments demand. OnGuard IntelligentVideo brings a
whole new level of intelligence, efficiency and cost
savings to enterprise security systems, reducing
manpower requirements and increasing the overall level
of security in an organization. OnGuard
OpenCapture™. OnGuard OpenCapture is a
revolutionary new feature that offers the ability to
integrate any industry standard IP camera into the
OnGuard platform without software programming (i.e.,
plug-and-play). The camera vendor creates a simple
configuration file for the camera. OnGuard then
automatically creates the user interface for that
camera, based upon the configuration file. By providing
the ability to integrate any industry standard IP
camera, OpenCapture gives customers a myriad of choices
that other vendors’ solutions do not offer, and
reaffirms Lenel’s commitment to open architecture.
OpenCapture also adds flexibility to the OnGuard
solution by making available the unique features offered
by different camera manufacturers. OnGuard
Audio™. In previous releases of OnGuard, the Lenel
Digital Video Recorder (LDVR) supported only one channel
of audio. OnGuard Audio is a new option that expands the
flexibility of the LDVR by providing 16 channels each of
audio and video. OnGuard Audio offers synchronized
audio/video recording for each channel on the
recorder.
Identity Management
In-Line Smart Card Encoding. Using OnGuard
2005, system operators can encode (customize)
contactless smart cards during the encoding phase of the
badge printing process. In previous releases, only
magnetic stripe cards could be encoded during badge
printing. OnGuard 2005 supports both MIFARE and
iCLASS encoding technologies, as well as the
Nisca PR5300 and the Magicard Rio and Tango direct card
printers. Access control, demographic and biometric data
can be encoded for use in a multitude of security
applications. Iris Identity Integration.
OnGuard 2005 integrates iris identity technology,
offering a new way of controlling physical access to an
area by authenticating the identity of individuals
previously enrolled into an OnGuard system. Iris
identity integration is configured and managed as part
of the OnGuard ID CredentialCenter™ application. Iris
data capture is performed at an OnGuard cardholder
enrollment station. The iris template is stored with the
cardholder record in the OnGuard database, and is also
encoded on the individual’s contactless smart card
during the encoding phase of the credential printing
process. The requirement that both card and biometric
information readings be made before access can be
authorized provides an added level of security when
verifying access using the OnGuard system. LG Electronics has adopted Lenel’s
OnGuard OpenCard™ smart card encoded information
standard. OnGuard 2005 has integrated complete
enrollment and encoding support for LG Electronics’ Iris
Access system using HID iCLASS technology.
Ultra-Scan Integration. Ultra-Scan Corporation
has also adopted the OnGuard OpenCard standard. OnGuard
2005 offers fully-integrated enrollment support for
Ultra-Scan’s ultrasonic fingerprint scanning technology,
which is designed for use in ultra-secure or
non-traditional applications (gloved hands, for
example). The OnGuard OpenCard™ standard, which was
introduced in the OnGuard ET Third Edition release, is
the industry’s first non-proprietary, open standard for
the information encoded on smart cards. It offers users
the opportunity to achieve hardware and system
independence, and creates a specification for true smart
card interoperability across all systems and
applications for which smart cards are used.
Access Control and Alarm
Monitoring
Advanced Two Man Rule. OnGuard 2005
enhances the Two Man Rule feature, which requires that a
minimum of two people be present in a given area at a
given time. The system can now be configured to require
that those two people be of a specified type (managers,
for example). The feature follows the first in, last out
rule in that other authorized individuals cannot enter
or leave an area unless the initial
two people are occupying the area at that time.
Escort Feature. The Escort feature allows
system administrators to configure a cardholder’s access
privileges to require an escort (a cardholder with valid
escort privileges) in order to gain entry to a given
area. The Escort feature is location-specific; a
particular cardholder might be an escort for one area
but need to be escorted into a different
area.
Area Access Management
Lenel has made usability enhancements to its very
popular OnGuard Area Access Manager™ application,
including improved filtering for cardholder searches,
more intuitive configuration wizards and an improved
report generation interface.
Third Party Hardware Support
In keeping with Lenel’s pledge to open
architecture and to integrate industry-leading third
party devices and applications, OnGuard 2005 adds
Ericsson PBX support. This integration enables the
OnGuard system to place and cancel calls, display events
when a device is placing a call, and link events to
OnGuard actions, among other capabilities. OnGuard 2005
also integrates support for Honeywell’s Galaxy series
intrusion panels. In addition, the new release supports
secondary annunciation from Tateco fire alarm panels to
the OnGuard Alarm Monitoring module.
Platform Support
OnGuard 2005 has been designed to
exploit the capabilities of the Windows 2003 Standard
and Enterprise and the Windows XP operating platforms.
OnGuard 2005 supports the industry-leading database
management systems, including Microsoft SQL Server 2000,
Oracle Server 9i and MSDE. Supported system failover
software includes Legato Co-StandbyServer AAdvanced,
Legato Replistor with Automated Availability Modules,
Microsoft Clustering and NEC Express
Cluster.
About Lenel
Lenel ® Systems International, Inc. is a global
leader in the development and delivery of scalable,
integrated systems for the commercial security market.
Lenel’s unique vision—its Total Security Knowledge
Management Solution™—consists of seamlessly integrating
synergistic technologies through open architecture. The
company’s award-winning family of products, Lenel
OnGuard®, is a comprehensive yet ever-expanding suite of
applications, encompassing access control, alarm
monitoring, credential management, intrusion detection,
asset tracking, digital video management, visitor
management, remote administration, IT security,
biometrics, mobile enterprise, and smart card
functionality. With more than 10,000 system
implementations in 75 countries, Lenel solutions have
become the preferred choice of such security-conscious
organizations as Cisco Systems, LaGuardia, John F.
Kennedy and Newark Airports, Microsoft and the United
States Navy. Lenel is headquartered in Rochester, New
York, with sales and support coverage in all major world
markets.
Lenel and OnGuard
are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lenel
Systems International Inc. in the United States and/or
other countries. The names of
actual companies and products mentioned herein may be
the trademarks of their respective owners.
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