by Shane Henson — December 17, 2012—Genetec, a developer of unified IP security solutions, has announced that its Synergis Master Controller (SMC), an intelligent Internet-protocol (IP) controller based on an open architecture, will be available in early 2013.
Currently installed at more than a dozen key customer sites around the world as part of a limited availability program, the SMC has been designed to address longstanding customer demand for non-proprietary access control solutions, says Genetec. Toward this end, the SMC will offer native support of widely deployed and non-proprietary access control hardware from leading vendors, including HID Global and Mercury Security.
Synergis is the Internet-protocol access control system within Genetec’s Security Center, the company’s unified security platform that is designed to seamlessly blend IP video surveillance, access control, and license plate recognition systems. Synergis provides real-time monitoring of access events and alarms, as well as cardholder management and reporting. The system enables users to handle thousands of access events in real-time and centrally manage and configure cardholders and credentials across multiple distributed sites, says Genetec.
With the addition of the SMC to the Synergis access control product line, Genetec’s customers will now have even more flexibility when designing a solution to suit their particular needs, installation environment, and budget, the company adds. Thanks to a new technology partnership with Mercury Security and a long-standing relationship with HID Global, customers will be able to leverage SMC’s open architecture and choose from a growing array of industry-standard reader interface modules, input modules, and output modules.
