The ability to remotely manage IP devices and communicate critical data and diagnostics on a unified platform is both highly efficient and cost-effective for professional surveillance and security systems. With ongoing advancements in networking, security managers across the industry are increasingly looking to deploy better means of achieving network communications. In addition to achieving higher levels of systems integration, network communications also enable myriad remote control, monitoring and reporting capabilities.
What has been missing from network communication solutions to monitor the overall health of a system is the ability to remotely monitor, control and report diagnostics in real-time from power supplies and peripheral components. Now, new network communications solutions are available that provide real-time data from power supplies and peripheral components to achieve this goal. By adding network communications to the core power and transmission components that are the foundation for virtually every video surveillance and security system, security management can achieve higher levels of system integration and integrity to provide comprehensive network communication solutions. Early intervention and preventive maintenance can be handled with higher degrees of accuracy, and unnecessary service calls can be all but eliminated, which improves overall security and reduces overall total cost of ownership.