ABRIE DU PLOOY CHECKS OUT THE IFSEC SECURITY SHOW

As soon as I learnt that Electrosonic SA would be exhibiting at the IFSEC security expo I made no secret about my lack of enthusiasm. The only thing I looked forward to was the skimpily clad models who roam the expo floor marketing products.

I openly admit that I was wrong. The expo was extremely well organised, and the crowd that attended was industry-focused. One tends to forget the size of the security industry in Southern Africa and the enormous number of exhibitors and audience members at the expo was a timely reminder. The show featured 204 local and international exhibitors offering a wide array of security products and services: everything from access control to sniffer dog training. Exhibitors from far and wide demonstrated their products and solutions and more than 6000 visitors arrived to see what was available.

Electrosonic SA's contribution to IFSEC was focused on control room environments and large display requirements. We displayed and demonstrated 3 different high end products. For the front end or display side of our video wall we used the NEC X463UN 46" video wall monitors. These monitors are capable of displaying Full HD (1920x1080) images and offer a full-array, back-lit LED light source to display a crisp, high-contrast picture.

For the back-bone of the video wall solution we demonstrated our Galaxy Video Wall Processor. The processor takes care of all source and content management and can route any source in any format to any one or more of the displays. The processor is also capable of creating multiple new windows of any size, and offers unlimited choice in the arrangement of the total display area of the video wall.

The third product that we demonstrated was the Crestron control system, which consists of a Crestron MC3 processor and a Crestron TPMC-9 touch panel. The Crestron system controlled the Video-Wall and, although it's not required in the solution, it offers a dashboard to the user whereby different window and display pre-sets can be programmed and stored for ease of use.

In general the show was very successful and Electrosonic SA gained great exposure for its quality products; leads were collected and will be validated. Electrosonic SA does not deal with end-users and does not offer any installation services, however we do pass validated leads on to relevant companies in our dealer base.