Plock2 – Your Private Parking Manager

Managing parking spaces is not an easy task if you’re a business – small or big. It can even be difficult to manage a car park efficiently and safely by keeping it cost-effective in the long-run. Through specialized parking enforcement technologies, such as Plock, we can protect private parking spaces from unauthorized use. Few parking spaces are crucial for the smooth operation of an enterprise. Whether they’re spaces that are specifically reserved for important visitors or spaces for key employees, some parking spaces need to be secured.

Plock2 can act as your Private Parking Manager by not letting other vehicles take your spot. It stays in its default position (upright) until an authorized vehicle comes inside its vicinity and parks in that spot. The device takes back its upright position once the parking space around it vacated. However, you can alter the settings as per your requirements. For example, you can choose to put the Plock2 in an inactive mode for a couple of days in case the vehicle owner does not need the spot for a weekend.

Auto-sensing technology in this parking lock equips it with detection proximity of up to 20m so you don’t have to stop and wait for it to open. This requires installing an automatic sensor in the interior of your vehicle. If you want to operate it manually, that can be done too. A remote control is possible from a long distance so you can operate it while sitting inside the vehicle.

Plock 2 can sustain extreme amounts of sunlight, rainfall, dust and any sort of climatic condition because it is designed to suit external parking spaces. Even if you mistakenly run over the device, it will not give up. Plock 2 has a very high-pressure resistance feature of up to 3 tonnes. It also initiates a sound alarm whenever an unidentified vehicle tries to park inside a designated spot.

To sum it up, Plock2 flaunts the following product features-

• Long-distance remote control
• Automatic prompts for lower battery
• 2T – 3T high-pressure resistance
• Auto-sensing
• Photo-electric sensor
• Built-in anti-collision alarm system (180-degree anti-collision)
• Waterproof
• Dustproof
• Hands-free control
• Quiet operation

Another latest technology is number plate recognition which allows parking violations to be quickly and easily found, and the installation of security cameras can provide additional security on your facility.

eSSL Security is one of the leading biometric companies in India and has grown into international territories. With the vision of being a top player of the industry on a global scale, the company has built in-house expertise to be the vision. With over 6000 channel partners and 1 million customers, the network of eSSL has woven itself due to the eSSL support and proven technology products and solutions. Being recognized as a recipient of the prestigious “Frost and Sullivan Awards”, the company has excelled in providing services and solutions with the knowledge of in-house expertise.

Successfully Installed Full Height Turnstiles (FHT-TL-249) integrated with Biometric Time & Attendance (X990) in VelTech University – Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Problem: Constant trespassing of unauthorized visitors like day scholars into the boys’ hostel of VelTech Institute of Science & Technology in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Impact:

• Without proper data on who has entered/exited how many times and on what days, tracking the accused during any offense becomes difficult.
• Maintaining physical registers to track movements of people is a cumbersome job. Manual methods are always prone to errors.
• Increased violation of ground rules can be a result of not tracking in and out movements properly. When someone knows their movements are being tracked, they will try to be conscious.

Solution: Installation of double door Full Height Turnstiles (FHT-TL-249) integrated with Biometric Time & Attendance device (X990) at the entrance lane of VelTech Institute’s boys’ hostel. With this solution, the details of every person stepping in and stepping out of the hostel building are recorded. Access can be granted or denied based on RFID and fingerprint authentication.

Case:

eSSL has provided yet another educational institute with reliable access control and security solution. We recently installed 3 Full Height Turnstiles (FHT-TL-249) with double doors at the entrance of their boys’ hostel building. The solution is aimed at restricting access to unauthorized persons and day scholars from entering the hostel premises.

This implementation is going to ensure discipline in the college and hostel campus and also provide the management with a centralized approach to monitor visitors from any remote location. These turnstiles come with optional integration of RFID, fingerprint, password, and bar/QR code-based recognition. Our client has chosen integration with an X990 device for access control that reads either fingerprint, RFID or both. A counter also displays the number of movements that have occurred in and out of the lanes. The standard transaction capacity of the FHT-TL-249 turnstile is 25 persons per minute.

Features:

• Two-way Bi-directional full height tripod turnstile
• Angle of rotation: 90 degrees
• Frame: 304 Stainless Steel
• Power supply: 100V ~ 240 V AC
• Dimensions (in mm): (H)2100 X (W)1200 X (D)2310

Conclusion:

Technological institutes like these find it an advantage to reduce their time spent on visitor management. We, in turn, support their goals by providing solutions that save their time and effort in recording details of visitors. The client college provides technical, law and management education at the undergraduate, postgraduate and research level. Their campus is located in Avadi of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Project Details:

Customer: VelTech University, Chennai

Category: Pedestrian Products

Date: October 2019

Anti-shoplifting Solution for the Retail Sector: The need and benefits

With the rapid development of the retail industry, reducing management costs and ensuring the order of the market along with the safety of products has become the goal of retail enterprises. These goals are important to maintain enterprise efficiency. eSSL has been making continuous efforts for many years to achieve its mission of being the best partner and service provider of the security industry and also contribute to security on a global scale. It provides EAS anti-theft antennas, detachers and EAS tags of different shapes and sizes. This kind of an anti-theft system solution is ideal for entrance/exit of shops, boutiques, merchandise retailers, etc with wide aisles. The key to selecting the correct anti-theft system for your retail outlet involves considering the type of items sold, their value and the physical layout of the entrance and exit. eSSL also provides support services to large, medium and small enterprises both in India and abroad.

Technology

Acoustic Magnetic Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS AM) is a technology that prevents shoplifting in various retail stores. eSSL combines the advanced EAS technology with the market management system and forms sophisticated technical defense. The anti-theft systems are developed to have a high detection rate with extremely low false alarm and a stylish appearance. Its working principle is, the transmitters fitted to antenna send low-frequency waves and form a testing area. When a non-deactivated tag composed of non-crystal sheet metal enters the testing area the interfering signal it brings will be received by the receiver. This results in the generation of an alarm from the system.

Under normal conditions, tags on the commodities bought will be deactivated or removed by the salesperson after payment is complete. In such cases, no alarm will be triggered while passing the testing area. System configurations vary based on the range and frequency of signals.

Why AM systems?

This system provides great flexibility for retailers. Installation of antennas can be pedestal-based, concealed within door frames or housed under the floor at the entry of the store. One core advantage is that this system can work on or around metallic substances while most other systems fail to do so. AM labels and tags are activated and deactivated using purpose-built magnets that suit the strength of the tags. Following is a list of benefits that EAS AM systems can provide to a retail business owner-

• Susceptibility to electronic interference is very less
• The system can be concealed under flooring or inside door structures
• Security labels and tags can be reactivated and reused
• Tags and labels are accurately detected

For complete anti-theft system and store monitoring solutions get in touch with us on http://esslsecurity.com/contactus or reach out to us over Whatsapp on +91 8026090500

Revolutionizing healthcare with upscale security systems

Over the years, developments in operational efficiency and patient care standards have enormously transformed how healthcare institutions function. This is true in the case of both patients and medical professionals. A healthcare provider like hospital, clinic or diagnostic lab will consist of expensive medical equipment, inner wards, medicines inventory, etc. It is paramount for a hospital to restrict access of unauthorized persons to these areas. This is possible through the installation of access control devices across multiple zones inside a medical facility.

Integrated security management and visitor management systems can help hospital administrators to manage operations at multiple sites on a single dashboard. Let’s consider a hospital, where a lot of resources are required to monitor all patients in wards in a one to one manner. Palmetto Hospital in Columbia has introduced the Telesitter program, where a one on one patient sitter is replaced by a device. This is a Wi-Fi enabled device equipped with a microphone, camera, and speakers. The footages are accessible from the monitor room, from where the observers can alert the nurses as and when there is any necessity. Few hospitals also have infant protection systems in place where the mother and infant are connected using RFID tags. This helps avoid errors like accidental switching and abduction of newborn babies caused due to manual methods.

Highly developed countries like the United States have a centralized database of patient records through which doctors can cautiously treat patients by knowing his/her medical history along with their insurance details. This system comes handy especially in cases of emergency. It also makes consequent visits seamless and efficient.  

Along with visitor management, data breach has also become a daunting issue for hospitals. Healthcare institutions are striving hard to overcome this vulnerability. This has led to the need for a balance between patient data security and productivity. Studies have proven that automation in the field of healthcare services like RPA (Robotic Process Automation) can increase referral rate, decrease acquisition cost and also increase revenue. Automation in every aspect of the healthcare provider’s value chain can revolutionize the service into world-class quality.

 

Strategic methods to overcome Tailgating

Tailgating (also called piggybacking) is one of the most common security breaches affecting businesses today. It is a physical security breach in which an authorized individual is followed by an unauthorized person to enter a secured premise. It can occur in any building putting a risk on company assets and employees. No levels of biometric security can help if employees hold the door for an unauthorized person behind them out of misguided courtesy. Tailgating gives rise to a potential for crime to be done by someone who you didn’t even know was in your building.

For example, let us take up a situation which is common in all offices. A colleague struggles to carry a stack of folders, so the door is held open for them. However, this opens up an opportunity for someone else to follow through the doorway into a secure area. The helpful colleague may have unintentionally put a risk to company assets and staff safety.

In a hurry or late for a meeting, a colleague quickly scans his ID at the access control point and rushes through the door without pulling the door closed behind him. Seeing an opportunity, an unauthorized user catches the door before it closes and walks through. He now has access to a secure area of the premises.

A more alarming situation may occur when an individual uses force to enter a secure area. A typical access control device can prove ineffective when an authorized user is forced to allow access to an unauthorized person. Consider laboratory, pharmacy, equipment room or data center. You may want to restrict and track who can access valuable equipment, sensitive files or toxic chemicals in and out of these premises.

If the headcount of building occupants is taken during an emergency, it can lead to occupants unknowingly left behind or emergency workforce needlessly searching for people who were never on the building.

The issue with these inattentive situations is that they open your building to undocumented and unauthorized entry by people who could mean harm to your property or occupants. Anti-tailgating strategies ensure only the people who are meant to be in your building are allowed access. So the approved users go in and unauthorized people are blocked.

Even though the key to anti-tailgating strategy is multiple levels of security techniques, below are some of the ways explaining how we can strategically overcome the problem of tailgating –

• Enable remote facial recognition using camera analytics.
• Laser/Radar sensorsto detect multiple people.
• Installation of Turnstiles (both waist-height and full-height) at major access control points. It serves as a physical barrier and is good for high-volume traffic. This will be able to address tailgating by closing after each person who walks through the barrier. Some models will sound an alarm when tailgating occurs, which will in turn alert nearby guard staff to respond.

Visit www.esslsecurity.com/contactus for more details about the range of pedestrian solutions we provide. We are India’s leading brand for time attendance and access control systems.

Why is face recognition better than fingerprint scanning?

Face and fingerprint are two of the most widely used biometric traits across institutions of most domains; smartphones and automotive being the highest. The applications range from attendance tracking to providing access control to employees, students, officials, laborers, and other users. It also eliminates the need to carry physical ID proofs and remember passwords all the time to prove identity. Biometric devices use unique physiological characteristics of a person to provide authentication. The most important reason for all of these users to shift from logbooks to biometrics is that technology-enabled with biometric access control systems phenomenally eliminate man-made errors.

We must admit to a fact that face duplication may occur in the case of twins, but their fingerprints will always be unique. The magnitude of instances where this can happen is meager at workplaces though. There can also be a few instances where the fingerprints of an individual are not available due to accidents or dirt. Face recognition then becomes a reliable option since facial features are always available in every individual.

Face recognition systems can be made to work using just software but fingerprint enabled systems do require a combination of both hardware and software. This will further increase the cost of implementation. So, to implement facial recognition in a smartphone, all the manufacturer has to do is invest in good face recognition software.

To get a face scanned, the person need not come in contact with any device or parts of it. This makes face recognition non-intrusive, unlike fingerprint scanning. Remote verification is one of the advantages of using a face recognition system.

A possibility for spoofing a facial recognition system arises when the implementations are not capable of mapping the face in a 3-D configuration. In such cases, anybody can spoof the system by using another person’s photograph. Hence it is highly crucial to have updated versions of these devices to minimize False Acceptance Rate (FAR).

eSSL provides a wide range of products related to security and biometrics. It makes attendance management and access control for many companies easy, fast and convenient. Facial recognition and fingerprint software are available by which users can manage in and out movements of people at their property effectively. If you are still confused about which biometric method is the best, we also have multi-functional devices that are capable of face recognition, fingerprint scanning, and RFIDs: all under one device installation.

Role of Security Solutions in the Real Estate sector

Owning a property is pride but maintaining it securely is a bigger responsibility. In properties that are occupied, protecting both people and property becomes a concern. Managing vacant properties is another major problem in India since vacant properties attract a lot of unwanted intrusions. Always depending on a security guard or manual locks and keys will not be helpful. The results could be theft, illicit parking, animal infestation, trespassing or even criminal activity. Therefore continuous surveillance of vacant properties is a critical issue in India. Even when residents look for a new place to live in, the question of security pops up despite the increase in price. 

By installing efficient intrusion detection systems and by making secure vehicle parking arrangements, one can avoid harm caused to vehicles and theft of valuables from inside the vehicles. Boom barriers and hydraulic bollards are the new-age solutions to this problem since they avoid entry of unauthorized vehicles into private parking spaces. Below listed are some more ways in which the real estate sector can be made more secure –

• During instances of residents not being present at the property, remote management systems can be used on smartphones.
• Installation of smart locks, door phones, home security systems, etc.
• The proper visitor management system will help the administration to track movements of permanent residents along with that of guests and delivery executives. Maintaining visitors’ logs on pen and paper is prone to multiple fake entries.
• Installation of burglar alarms. 

Ensuring proper perimeter surveillance solves most of the security-related problems that real estate managers face. This not only reduces unwanted intrusions, but also gives sufficient information regarding in and out activities of visitors. Baggage scanners and metal detectors also can be added to ensure no harmful objects go in or out of the property.

In the case of apartment buildings, resident owners can be provided with access cards for authentication purposes. There still exists a risk of losing these cards. In such cases, access through smartphones or biometrics can come into place. For example, the turnstiles and flap barriers we offer are enabled with face and fingerprint recognition along with an option of RFID, QR/bar code and password-authenticated access control. 

The monitoring of properties has to begin right from the construction phase. Problems related to smuggling of resources and intentional delays in progress can be captured through a continuous surveillance system. Its utility can be taken to the extent of evaluating the progress achieved from time to time. With an integrated and centralized approach towards securing properties, landlords can now disable or enable access to their tenants virtually based on any discrepancies caused. All these can be performed at the ease of your fingertips.

Our products have been installed in eminent residential properties across Karnataka and some of the international hotels and resorts in Kerala and Maharashtra. Apart from these, we have offered services in other domains like education, healthcare, and research across the country. We have also listed a few projects on the website www.esslsecurity.com where you can find the project details and photographs.

Successfully Installed Turnstiles (ET1000A) integrated with Biometric Time & Attendance (X990) in mobile phones factory – Noida, Uttar Pradesh

eSSL is proud to provide the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturing plant with reliable attendance and security solutions. We recently installed 10 Tripod Turnstiles (ET1000A) at the entrance of their 34-acre facility. The solution is aimed at generating timely attendance and log reports of 7000 workers by eliminating manual attendance entries which are prone to proxy records.

This initiative will not only ensure punctuality among employees but will also provide the management with a centralized approach to monitor employee attendance from any remote location. These turnstiles come with optional integration of face, RFID, fingerprint, password, and bar/QR code-based recognition. A counter also displays the number of movements that have occurred in and out of the lanes. The standard capacity of the ET1000A turnstile is 35 persons per minute.

Maintaining attendance records of workers at the CNT (Construction and Technical) division of Samsung India was a problem that we addressed for our client recently.

Impacts of the problem:

• Workers can enter incorrect timings and sometimes give wrong inputs intentionally.
• Maintaining logbooks to track attendance is a clumsy task. It is a tedious task to calculate each worker’s wages and leaves manually. Such a system is susceptible to errors.
• The company incurs a loss of funds due to inaccurate time reporting, proxy punching, absenteeism, tardiness, time abuse, and overpayment.

Solution: Installation of Turnstiles (ET1000A) integrated with Biometric Time & Attendance (X990) at the entrance of a manufacturing plant over a movable floor. This system comes with a unique feature of mobility i.e the entire set of lanes (10 turnstiles) can be collectively moved to various locations. This enables our customers to use our solution at different locations based on their requirements.

Features:

• Heavy-duty tripod turnstile
• Automatic reset of barrier arms after each passage
• Semi-auto mode
• Pure mechanical mode
• Single and bi-directional functions in both mechanical and electrical versions
• Adjustable time out delay
• SMS Notification of Attendance Status to employee

Reports:

• Attendance Reports with Company Logo can be generated.
• Late coming and early going monthly report
• Customized flexible shifts report
• Attendance Summary Report with WOP percentage
• From Device, Employee Punch records with GPS values can be seen over the Map.

Conclusion:

Technology oriented companies like these find it an advantage to reduce their time to market. We, in turn, support their goals by providing solutions that save their time and effort in recording the attendance of employees. The client company will assemble parts sourced from other agencies and set to roll out 120 million smartphones each year. The facility is located in Sector 81 of Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Project Details:

Category: Pedestrian Products

Date: June 2019

Place: Noida, Uttar Pradesh

PROJECT FOR TRACKING RAILWAY CLEANING STAFF

eSSL’s handheld device (PT100) was used in tracking and managing cleaning stuff to ensure scheduled work carried out without any hassle.

Customer: Mumbai Railway Department

Challenges: Trains need to be cleaned and serviced to maintain hygiene. Cleanliness and sanitation at trains coaches and toilets were not properly maintained. The housekeeping staff for cleaning of coaches was not satisfactory and sometimes they skip their job. Lack of efficient control on monitoring the cleaning staff had adversely affected maintenance of sanitation and hygiene on trains. The deficiencies in maintaining cleanliness at stations and in trains and to take care of unscheduled demand of cleaning by passengers in running trains, led Mumbai division of Central Railway keep a tap on its housekeeping staff and cleanliness on a running train during morning and during evening slots.

eSSL’s Solution: eSSL deployed RFID based tracking system in order to ensure cleaning on scheduled time. It has already been started on train no. 12133/12134 Mumbai-Mangalore Express, 12137/12138 Mumbai-Ferozpur Punjab Mail, 12163/12164 Dadar-Chennai Egmore Express and 11019/11020 Mumbai-Bhubaneshwar Konark Express. Soon, this solution will be adopted by other units of Indian Railways for their trains.
The RFID tags are fixed at each compartment in the passenger’s sitting area itself near mirrors, which will ensure the visible presence of housekeeper to the travelling passengers. The user’s process is very simple- they have created route for each employee defining the every checkpoint at each coach wall near to Mirror and after carrying out every scheduled morning/evening cleaning, the housekeeper will have to sense-read the fixed RFID tag of the compartment using a portable electronic handheld device (PT100) which will record the sensing time of tag. On completion of trip of train, the report of the data downloaded from the handheld device will confirm if each of the compartments was attended twice a day for scheduled cleaning.

Result: Using RFID and handheld device eased the process of getting work carried out in two steps. They are able to track the actual time taken by the cleaning staff and in orderly fashion properly and also prevent duplication of work.

Project Details

• Customer: Anonymous (not verified)
• Category: Biometrics & RFID

Biometrics for Adishwar India PVT LTD

We are feeling very proud to say that the Adishwar India Ltd authority select us for
providing biometric time & attendance system karnataka and Andhra Pradesh State.We have
already installed the web based time & attendance system (X990) at 54 different various
stores both states, and provided the data centralization solutions for them, so that they
can monitor the punctuality of employee attendance in different location.

Since most of the stores at remote areas faces a typical problem of absenteeism of
employess causes the growth rate of sales volume as well as profit margin falling down.
In order to avoid this situation the Authority of Adishwar Electronics PVT LTD came new
strategy to develop centralised fingerprint base biometric project, to avoid absenteeism
also enhance punctuality in employess.

eSSL is a well known brand in the security industry have diversified providing solution
in absolutely any vertical of any industry. It not only provide security but also provide
best solution for the problem threw security oriented product. Hence this case clearly
stated that eSSL not only for security but also can solve problem by applying security
products.