The Senstar LM100 hybrid perimeter intrusion detection and intelligent lighting system, a competitor in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, has been selected to protect the 28,000 ft (5.3 mi) perimeter of a $1.5 billion brewery being constructed by a Fortune 500 international beverage company.

A 2-in-1 product, the Senstar LM100 acts as a powerful deterrent against intruders, detecting and illuminating them at the fence line while alerting a Security Management System (SMS).

(Senstar LM100 is the world’s first intelligent perimeter lighting and sensing solution. Combining high performance LED lighting with accelerometer-based sensors, the LM100 deters potential intruders by detecting and illuminating them at the fence line. Courtesy of the Senstar Corporation and YouTube)

How it Works

Optimized for use with surveillance camera systems, the Senstar LM100 provides intelligent lighting along the fence line.

Uniform coverage lets cameras operate with a higher dynamic range, ensuring objects and people are illuminated while avoiding the generation of dark silhouettes in front of bright backgrounds.

In addition, the luminaires use ultra-efficient LED technology that reduces electricity consumption by as much as 98% (when compared to non-LED security lighting).

Each LM100 luminaire includes built-in accelerometer technology that detects any attempt to cut, climb or lift the fence fabric.

Luminaires communicate with each other over a wireless self-healing mesh network to relay information to the local security system (such as sirens and cameras) and/or to a networked SMS.

The system incorporates advanced environmental compensation algorithms that enable it to distinguish between area-wide disturbances caused by high winds and real (localized) intrusion attempts.

A hybrid perimeter intrusion detection and intelligent lighting system means only one system to install, maintain and manage, which saves time, reduces complexity, and lowers costs.

It also means more control over operation, enabling the lighting to react to the site’s current security status.

For example, when an intrusion attempt is detected, the system can increase the brightness or strobe the luminaires in the affected area.

Not only will intruders know they are detected (and presumably be deterred), the bright or strobing lights will often cause them to look up, directly into one of the site’s surveillance cameras.

LM100 Features and Benefits Include:

• Specially-engineered lighting specifically designed for perimeter security applications
  – power-efficient LED technology (95% less power used than typical lighting systems)
  – high color rendering index (CRI) maximizes surveillance camera performance
  – configurable timing and alarm control
  – uniform illumination
  – minimal light pollution
• Actively senses vibrations of the fence caused by intrusion attempts
• Alerts security management system if intrusion attempts detected
• Wireless gate sensor option

By combining lighting, sensing and communication technology, the Senstar LM100 system can be used to alert security systems of impending threats while mitigating false environmental triggers on a system level.

This project, consisting of over 1,300 LM100 luminaires, which will be coupled with layers of video analytics and surveillance cameras, will be the second partnership between Senstar, the beverage company, A&E firm Benham, and installer EON Solution SA de CV.

This group previously collaborated on the expansion of a brewery site where Senstar’s FiberPatrol fence-mounted fiber optic intrusion detection system was installed to protect a 5,000 ft (0.95 mi) section of new perimeter fence.

(Learn More about Senstar’s Fiber Patrol, Ranging Fiber Optic Intrusion Detection Sensor for Fences, Wall and Buried Pipelines. Courtesy of the Senstar Corporation and YouTube)

“There was not a one-size fits all for the beverage company’s two most recent construction projects,” explained Senstar’s Executive Director of Business Development Nancy Marshall.

“But with Senstar’s broad portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection products, we were able to offer solutions that met the different requirements of the distinct sites.”

Launched in Fall 2017, the Senstar LM100 provides fence vibration detection as well as configurable, localized, uniform lighting allowing cameras to operate with a higher dynamic range, ensuring objects and people are illuminated while avoiding the generation of dark silhouettes in front of bright backgrounds.

Combining sensing and lighting technologies allows the lighting to be controlled by its sensing which further increases its deterrence capability.

With the LM100’s low voltage design, installation costs are kept low as expensive electrical infrastructure or expensive labor are not required, and the need for additional permits, which could be time consuming and costly, is eliminated.

The Senstar LM100 is easy to install and maintain, environmentally-friendly, and suitable for sites of all sizes as a standalone or complimentary perimeter security system, seamlessly integrating with video management and analytics systems, PSIM and security management systems.

Senstar has sold a number of LM100 systems to small sites including VIP residences, electrical substations, marinas and marijuana production facilities.

“The Senstar LM100 is the first perimeter intrusion detection product of its kind to combine two key security features in one cutting-edge product – deterrence (lighting) and detection (vibration-sensing) – illuminating intruders at the fence line and alerting the site’s security management system of any attempt to cut, climb or otherwise breakthrough the fence fabric,” added Senstar Product Manager Todd Brisebois.

“We are honored the beverage company has chosen the Senstar LM100 to safeguard its people and property and are confident the system will provide the desired level of security for the site.”

To read a case study about the beverage company projects, click here.

Senstar at a Glance

Senstar has been safeguarding people, places and property with the world’s largest portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection sensors for over 35 years.

Now combined with world-class video management systems and analytics (formerly Aimetis), Senstar offers a comprehensive suite of proven technologies that work together to reduce complexity, improve performance and unify support.

(Senstar has been manufacturing, selling and supporting the world’s largest portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection sensor technologies for more than 30 years. Senstar is also a leading provider of personal duress solutions. Senstar’s products and solutions can be found around the world in more than 80 countries, in tens of thousands of sites including borders, ports, military and government, correctional facilities, and other critical sites. Courtesy of the Senstar Corporation and YouTube)

Senstar LM100 Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program

AST focuses on Homeland Security and Public Safety Breaking News, the Newest Initiatives and Hottest Technologies in Physical & IT Security, essential to meeting today’s growing security challenges.

The 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is organized to recognize the most distinguished vendors of Physical, IT, Port Security, Law Enforcement, Border Security, First Responders, (Fire, EMT, Military, Support Services Vets, SBA, Medical Tech) as well as the Federal, State, County and Municipal Government Agencies – to acknowledge their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Nation Secure, One City at a Time.’

As an ‘ASTORS’ competitor, Senstar LM100 will be competing against the industry’s leading providers of Innovative Perimeter Protection Solutions.

To Learn More about the ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, see 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners Honored at ISC East.

Over 100 distinguished guests from National, State and Local Governments, and Industry Leading Corporate Executives from companies allied to Government, gathered from across North America and the Middle East to be honored from disciplines across the Security Industry in their respective fields which included:

• The Department of Homeland Security
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
• The Department of Justice
• The Security Exchange Commission
• State and Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies
• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Leaders in Private Security

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards at https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-awards/.

American Security Today will be holding the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon to honor Nominees, Finalists and Winners in November 2018, in New York City.

To Learn More about the Senstar LM100, click here.

To view Senstar Corporation’s extensive line of Perimeter Intrusion Detection, Video Management, Video Analytics, Pipeline Protection, Cyber Security and Personal Duress products, please visit the company’s website at https://senstar.com/.

For ‘ASTORS’ Sponsorship Opportunities and More Information on the AST 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, please contact Michael Madsen, AST Publisher at: mmadsen@americansecuritytoday.com or call 732.233.8119 (mobile) or 646-450-6027 (office).

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