Travis Unified School District, in California, serves about 5,500 students and includes five elementary schools. Maintaining their alarm system across multiple buildings had become a time-consuming job, with personnel changes requiring manual system updates at multiple locations.

Moreover, if an alarm sounded, school officials had to physically check the location to determine if there was an actual incident or an alarm had been falsely triggered, such as a student tugging on a locked door.

The maintenance required on individual door sensors was also a challenge, requiring additional personnel time and budget. Poor battery life required batteries on alarmed doors to be changed every two to three years across all locations.

To simplify management of their intrusion system, the district was provided with an enterprise console exclusive to Tyco’s PowerSeries Neo. The system also provides managerial and maintenance help.

• DSC PowerSeries Neo is a modular, hardwired system that works with a wide range of wireless devices and peripherals. This results in a comprehensive and versatile hybrid system suited for both small and large-scale commercial applications.
• PowerG Wireless Security Detectors are compact, easy to install, and provide reliable intrusion detection to keep your home, business, or facility safe and secure.
  
  
  
  

Since installing the new intrusion solution, Travis Unified School District has seen a reduction in time needed to manage and maintain the system, as well as being able to leverage the system’s wireless capabilities to increase the coverage of their facilities.

PowerSeries Neo’s ability to easily integrate with other systems will be explored in the future to enable the district to tie in its existing exacqVision video and Kantech access control systems to allow visual monitoring of alarm events.