A number of residential estates and business parks have installed access control systems that aim to control the passage of pedestrian and vehicular traffic into and out of the facilities. However, without the addition of a suitable visitor management system that accurately records and monitors visitors, one is missing a vital link in the chain of access control solutions.

PT-GUEST and PT-Scan visitor management solutions have been successfully adopted by a couple of the niche  security estates throughout the country.

PT-GUEST is directly integrated to Impro’s IXP400 ImproNet and the new Portal range of access control systems. This visitor management solution includes a portable bar code scanner, which scans an individual’s driver’s licence, and a car registration disk scanner, with all data downloaded via WiFi directly to an encrypted database onsite, thereby eliminating transactional running fees that are often incurred with cloud-based systems.

PT-GUEST allows estate managers to accurately identify exactly who is onsite at a specific time, and results in controlled traffic flow at the perimeter. “In addition, the system provides valuable marketing information for estates. This is especially pertinent where the estate is not only reserved for the use of residents but, for example, may play host to wine-tasting, events, golf days and so forth. The reports provided will indicate busy periods and specific zones (for example, the golf course, or the conference room or restaurant) which are being visited and how many people are visiting those particular zones over a specific time period,

Attention to the changing needs of users is a major differentiator for Oracle Security Systems has been a primary factor in the growing adoption of its visitor management solutions.

The updated mobile app available with PT-GUEST allows for much faster and easier preregistration of visitors by a registered user. This can also be done by means of the Web interface. The design criteria on its latest releases were attention to detail, simplicity of operation for the users and security of all data by encryption, for guaranteed security.

“We are working towards making visitor management readily available, no matter where one needs to verify and monitor visitor access and movement on an estate or facility. Customization of solutions is one of our hallmarks and we are happy to engage with clients on bespoke solutions.

Oracle Security Merchants offers the PES guard tracking system that ensures guards clocking at predetermined check points to ensure that they carry out their patrols. They clock in using a vandal proof tracking device whose data will be downloaded onto PC for analysis. Our equipment is sourced f rom the company TOMST® based in the Czech Republic which has been in operation since 1995.

Having been in the industry for a long time, Oracle Security Merchants shares the burden of challenges with other security companies. These challenges, span f rom changes in criminal behaviour through to changes in training methods, and have been part of the evolution in the security industry. These challenges have implored security companies to come up with solutions to address them whilst at the same time uplifting the level of service to the thousands of beneficiaries to this industry.

Furthermore, despite aggressive and more comprehensive training methods that are being employed, nature presents the toughest challenge faced in the industry, sleep and laziness are classical examples of such challenges.

Because human beings were meant to sleep during the night they find it difficult to keep awake during this time of the day. It has therefore been common to find guards asleep whilst on duty. As a result robberies or thefts commonly occur whilst the guard or guards are sleeping. In the security guard business supervision is of paramount importance and security companies have the duty to ensure that this is done effectively and continuously

Tomst Tracking Tools are therefore tools that can be used to monitor guards whilst the supervisors are away. Through the use of track sticks guards and even their supervisors can be monitored throughout the day using electronic tracking systems.