Here is the latest news about AKCP developments and product announcements and as always, your feedback is appreciated.

New securityProbe 5E Standard

Introducing the new securityProbe 5E Standard. As an addition to the securityProbe family, the new securityProbe 5E Standard includes all the great features and functionality of the existing SEC5E but without the video. It has an MSRP of $995.00 Monitor the physical environment and receive alerts of any disturbances, such as security breaches, high temperatures, smoke, water leakages and power outages. Compatible with all of the AKCess Pro range of Intelligent Sensors the securityProbe Standard provides a low cost environmental, power and security monitoring solution. Contact sales@akcp.com for more information

Dealer events

AKCess Pro Dealer at GITEX 2011 AKCess Pro dealer MBAL (Mostafa Bin Abdullatif Group) showed off and demonstrated the AKCess Pro product range at the GITEX Technology Week conference in Dubai 9-13 October. Heralded as one of the largest and most important ICT events around the globe,   GITEX delivers a leading platform for industry innovation and an impressive track record of attracting the biggest names in the IT sector, connecting over 3,500 domestic and international IT vendors with more than 136,000 ICT professionals.

“It was a busy event for us and there was a great deal in interested shown in the AKCess Pro product range. We expect to generate a great deal of business for AKCess Pro products as a result of our attendance at the event” said Girish Gehani, Sales Manager, IT InfrAstructure Divison, Mostafa Bin Abdullatif Group

New Dealer Demo Kits To support our dealers when attending conferences and exhibitions AKCess Pro has introduced new Demo Kits, an excellent sales tool to showcase the AKCess Pro product range. These kits are put together in such a way that dealers can easily transport them between their offices, exhibitions, conferences or to client sites. We are currently offering three different types of Demo Kits each with a 50% dealer discount on these prices. The new Demo Kits are:     Environmental Monitoring Demo Kit (DR-E) – $4,670     Power Monitoring Demo Kit (DR-P) – $3,330     Security Demo Kit (DR-S)- $4,154 Please contact sales for more information sales@akcp.com.

New Product Videos

It can be difficult to appreciate exactly how a product looks in real life compared to a flat two dimensional image on paper or on a screen. Now AKCess Pro has created rotating three dimensional images for our most popular products. These videos help to bring the products to life and will give a better understanding of the connection configuration and product dimensions. You can see these videos on the AKCess Pro YouTube channel.

Bangkok, Thailand – June 14, 2011 – AKCess Pro Limited., is looking for new dealers to resell their Access Control systems.

A drive is underway by AKCess Pro to expand their dealer network. Established Access Control product dealers are invited to join forces with an industry leader that boasts a thirty year record of providing security and environmental monitoring products to IT professionals in public and private sector enterprises.

The latest AKCess Pro Server software brings together environmental monitoring and access control through a single easy to use interface. This is a great software platform to open up other cross-sales opportunities for additional AKCess Pro products

All approved dealers get generous discount packages, plus priority customer support and early bird news on new products and updates. Any dealer that joins forces with AKCess Pro will be safe in the knowledge that they are partnering with a proven company that takes care of its dealers. All approved AKCess Pro dealers get:

• Generous volume discounts on AKCess Pro products sold
• A great software platform giving you the opportunity to cross-sell other AKCess Pro products
• Priority support
• Excellent flow in new product development
• Early bird news on latest product updates and developments
• Working with a trusted and well established company that has an installed customer base of more than 70,000 organizations
• All AKCess Pro products carry a one year global warranty covering all parts and labor
• Unlimited lifetime technical support
• All firmware updates are included
• Easy to understand documentation shipped with every product

There is an increasing interest in Access Control systems and AKCess Pro is at the forefront of satisfying that demand with access control products that are robust and competitively priced. To get involved and become part of our dealer network just visit www.akcp.com or email marketing@akcp.com

AKCess Pro is looking for substantial growth in the coming years. Our products will be developed to support our dealers who are a vital part of this strategy.

Investment	Integration	Dealer Partnerships
We are investing heavily in our research and development to bring cost effective products to market. Specifically products that meet your customer’s needs. As a valued dealer we want to take you on this journey with us.	AKCess Pro is the only company in the world that offers truly integrated monitoring. Using AKCP devices you can monitor the environment, access control, power and security at both central and remote locations using the AKCess Pro Server Management Software.	We pride ourselves in forging strong relationships with our dealers. Our global dealer network is helping AKCess Pro to grow and with a partnership style relationship we can work together to close deals and provide products and solutions that your customers need.

New revamped AKCess Pro website

The AKCess Pro website has now been updated to reflect our corporate strategy. The new site has a straightforward clean look and feel making it easier to navigate. There is more emphasis on the AKCess Pro integration capability and the site now includes resources to support this. There are case studies and testimonials, an events page, newsletter and press release archives as well as support pages that include a comprehensive knowledgebase and our e-learning channel.

“Alarm Server” capability added to securityProbe 5E

If you have clients that need to inter-connect paging equipment with phone exchange systems and computers then you need to use the common protocol ESPA4.4.4.

This capability has now been added to the securityProbe 5E and enables a variety of alarms to be sent.

This protocol is supported by a large number of systems, such as fire alarms, intruder alarms, nurse call systems and DECT cordless telephony and was created in 1984 by the European Selective Paging manufacturers Association, and has since then become an industry standard. The protocol is message orientated and based on short messages being sent over a serial data link, such as RS-485, RS-422 or RS-232. In an ESPA communications link there is a master unit and one or more slave units.

Please contact support for more information support@akcp.com. Please note that users will require an Rs232 to USB converter to connect the securityProbe 5E to the telephony equipment

New Airflow Sensor

This new improved Air Flow Sensor replaces the old Airflow Sensor and is available to order now. The new Airflow Sensor monitors the status of the flowing air around sensitive equipment and will indicate presence or the absence of air flow. When connected to a sensorProbe or securityProbe information is displayed graphically via its web interface. In addition to an on/off indication, analog values can also be graphed over a period of time.

Improved accuracy On/off alarm signal for airflow Airflow data graphically displayed over time Available to order now NOTE: The new Airflow Sensor works with the securityProbe Series and with sensorProbe2’s shipped after October ‘09 and sensorProbe8’s shipped after July ‘11 Please contact sales@akcp.com for more information or see the new datasheet. Product code: AFS00. Price: $125

Now shipping – the new – sensorProbe4

Recently we announced the launch of the all new sensorProbe4. The new sensorProbe4 is a standalone product and like our other devices it is fully SNMP compliant and compatible with our range of our intelligent sensors.

There is no external software to install making it a platform independent environmental and security monitoring device. The sensorProbe4 fits neatly between the existing sensorProbe2 and sensorProbe8 devices opening up greater potential for you to leverage additional sales. Download the sensorProbe4 Data Sheet. or visit the sensorProbe4 Product Page. Please contact sales for more information sales@akcp.com. Product code: SP4. Price: $325

Here is the latest news about AKCP developments and product announcements and as always, your feedback is appreciated.

Full Integration from AKCess Pro Did you know that AKCess Pro is the only company in the world that provides fully integrated environmental monitoring, access control, power monitoring and video security from a single source? AKCess Pro ties together 30 years of advanced research and development delivering products that seamlessly work together: No need to integrate third party applications or hardware. Everything from one source ensures faster and more reliable delivery. Unrivaled global support. This world-class technology has been delivered for over 30 years to more than 70,000 satisfied customers globally. Simply our customers love what we do.

OpenNMS User Conference 2011 (OUCE 2011) In May Didactum (AKCP Dealer in Germany) gave a live AKCess Pro demonstration at the two day OUCE 2011 event. On the first day of OUCE 2011, Mr. Taurus Balog from the OpenNMS Group presented to an International audience on the basics of the four major areas of OpenNMS: Provisioning Event management Service assurance Data collection

On the second day of the OpenNMS User Conference Europe 2011, Didactum presented the AKCess Pro product line and demonstrated how AKCP monitoring systems integrate into OpenNMS. During a well-attended workshop Didactum showed how easy it is to integrate the sensorProbe2 and securityProbe 5E remote monitoring devices as well as sensors into OpenNMS.

The feedback from the workshop was encouraging as users discovered the power and capabilities of the AKCP solution. Each OpenNMS user that attended the workshop was subsequently able to integrate all AKCP devices and intelligent sensors using OpenNMS. More information about OpenNMS can be found here http://www.opennms.org

New AKCess Pro Server functionality improvement New recording policy choice – When setting up a recording policy users now get a choice to record on either the AKCess Pro Server application or a specific securityProbe 5E.

Coming soon – New – sensorProbe4

Due to popular demand AKCP are developing a new sensorProbe4 device to fit between the current SP2 and SP8 devices. There will more news on this exciting development soon. The planned launch is scheduled for July 2011 Please contact sales for more information sales@akcp.com

How To: "make your sensorProbe2 wireless" If you need to install your sensorProbe2 and sensors in a difficult to reach location where there is no LAN cable there is an easy solution. Recently an AKCP customer used a D-Link DAP-1350 pocket sized wireless router to create a wireless sensorProbe2. With this setup no LAN cable is required to connect the SP2 to the customer’s network. The customer can access the unit to obtain temperature readings and receive alerts from the dual temperature / humidity sensor as well as getting alerted if water is detected by the spotWater sensor. The same principle can be applied to the sensorProbe8 and securityProbe 5E base units. Please contact support for more information support@akcp.com

How To: "connect third party sensors to AKCP base units" Using the AKCP 4-20mA converter or the new iDCV00 (Digital Voltmeter) it’s possible to integrate many types of precision (or other third party) sensors into AKCP base units. If the sensor required is not available from AKCP just search the internet to find a suitable sensor. For example, if the requirement was for an ‘air pressure sensor’, just search for "air pressure sensor two wire 4-20mA output".

Once a suitable sensor has been found just send AKCP the manual and data sheet so the technical specifications can be checked for compatibility with AKCP base units. Examples of some third party sensors that can be integrated:

• Air Pressure Sensor
• Photo Electric Light Sensors
• Soil Moisture Sensors
• Toxic Gas Sensors
• Radiation Sensors
• Water Flow Sensors
  

Most of these third party sensors require a separate DC power source for them to operate usually the supplier stocks these power supplies.

Please contact support for more information support@akcp.com

OpenNMS User Conference 2011 (OUCE 2011)

In May, Didactum (AKCP Dealer in Germany) gave a live AKCess Pro demonstration at the two day OUCE 2011 event.

On the first day of OUCE 2011, Mr. Taurus Balog from the OpenNMS Group presented to an International audience on the basics of the four major areas of OpenNMS:

Provisioning

Event management

Service assurance

Data collection

On the second day of the OpenNMS User Conference Europe 2011, Didactum presented the AKCess Pro product line and demonstrated how AKCP monitoring systems integrate into OpenNMS.

During a well-attended workshop Didactum showed how easy it is to integrate the sensorProbe2 and securityProbe-5E remote monitoring devices as well as sensors into OpenNMS.

The feedback from the workshop was encouraging as users discovered the power and capabilities of the AKCP solution.

Each OpenNMS user that attended the workshop was subsequently able to integrate all AKCP devices and intelligent sensors using OpenNMS.

More information about OpenNMS can be found here http://www.opennms.org/