Building Automation USA
Project Introduction: As crime increases, the size of the jail system must increase as well. To ensure safety of the prisoners, guards, and other employees, a high-tech automated video and control system is needed. Guards cannot be in all locations at all times and prisoners are not always supervised.

System Requirements:

A large county jail with over 800 inmates needed to update their security video and lock system to ensure the safety of all individuals housed or working at this facility. The system needed to be both analog and digital and meet a lot of security specifications.

Project Implementation:

	EKI-4654R	24 x 10/100Base-T Copper Ports + 2 x 100Base SFP Ports
	EKI-7626C	16+2G Combo Port Gigabit Unmanaged Industrial Ethernet Switch
	PCL-722	144-ch Digital I/O ISA Card
	ADAM-5000/TCP	8-slot Distributed DA&C System for Ethernet
	ADAM-5050	16-ch Universal Digital I/O Card
	FPM-3180	18" Industrial Flat Panel Monitor

System Diagram:

System Description:
Cameras are located throughout the facility including at each door where there is locks controlled by a central location. Advantech’s uses multiple EKI switches connected to IPCs, PCAs, and PCLs that eventually connect to an Advantech FPM in a central monitoring area. The guards monitoring these displays can control door locks and the cameras from this location.

Conclusion:
The system works great and fulfills the needs for extensive coverage with centralized monitoring, ensuring safety and reliability. The safety of all individuals has improved and less manpower is needed to ensure all inmates are monitored. Issues are avoided ahead of time and reaction to any problems is much quicker. This project has much potential to be incorporated in other security locations.