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In early August of 2021, it was brought the attention of SiteWatch Safety Inc. that numerous breaches of the perimeter fence on the Northeast side of the property had occurred.Perpetrators gained access by cutting the chain link fence off of Sarcee Trail proceeding to a Rock. Crusher that was vandalized and, copper was removed rendering the machine inoperable. These events were costly in repair and downtime for the operator which resulted in a plea for a rapidly deployable mitigation strategy.

SiteWatch had procured a new sensor technology for perimeter fences and had just begun testing the system. The test was briefly discussed with the City of Calgary Corporate Security Physical Team lead, Dave Kennedy, as a potential solution for a cost effective and rapidly deployable system that utilizes modern MESH (wireless) sensors vs. cable, and reports perimeter fence alarm activity seamlessly to a Cloud Based Server. Minimal labor is involved to attach the sensors to a fenced compound and the Gateway for the system requires very low power operating efficiently via a 4G/LTE cellular internet connected modem/router.

On August 13th, 2021, SiteWatch Safety met with Andrew Babineau, CoC Corporate Security Adisor, at Spyhill to install the fence sensors and a small footprint trailer that provides solar charging for a 12vdc power source. The trailer enclosure is also equipped with a 4G/LTE Modem, 1-105AH 12vdc Battery, Solar Charger, Breakers and Terminals, Unmanaged LAN Network Switch, Sensor Gateway and a 25mm dual sensor Thermal/Optical IP outdoor rated IP camera on a 19’ mast. Integration of the electronic components was completed at the SiteWatch Panel and Assembly shop located at 4030 8th Street SE, Calgary.

Active Watch Video and Alarm Monitoring:

SiteWatch Safety employs a 3rd party to monitor all field devices, including IP CCTV, 24/7 and respond to the call-down procedures and triage determined by SiteWatch or its end-users. For this PoC, Active Watch monitors all JPEG alarm images that are produced via the 25mm Dual Sensor camera along with email reports transmitted by the Sensor Gateway for the perimeter fence sensors installed. When alarms from the Gateway are transmitted, ActiveWatch has the capability to access the live video onsite to triage the alarm determining if it warrants further action. If no trespass or suspicious behaviour is identified from the Field of View (FoV) of the camera, no action is taken. If activity is noted and identified as humans and/or vehicles, Active Watch is to email the Sensor Alarm notification and captured JPEG images from the Thermal or Optical Sensorsto the City of Calgary’s ISC

How it works

• COIN can be installed through out the fence at a distance of 30 feet apart.
• COINs can detect vibration and motion
• Get real time alerts on unauthorized entry and events.
• COINs can be attached to walls, fences, doors, windows to detect tampering or entry.
• Our Machine Learning model can recognize human activities using the dual motion & vibration sensors.
• Real time data analysis can distinguish between humans (walking, running, crawling or) and other objects like vehicles, animals etc.

Problem

A customer wanted to track the movement of assets within their 10,000 sq ft warehouses in 4 predefined areas. They also wanted to track productivity of assets, theft and access to real-time data for better decision making.

Solution

Each zone was  covered with mesh network of fixed COIN devices which are then connected to the cloud via our Wi-Fi or Ethernet gateway and then all assets will be tagged with an additional set of FIND units, thereby enabling accurate real time location tracking of all assets via the cloud.

We need one set of fixed COINs, one set of FINDs for tracking. A FIND has to be placed on each asset to track it accurately and another set of fixed COINs in the meeting rooms etc to serve as the backbone network for asset tracking and triangulation. Also create geo-fence so as to trigger an alert when the asset moves out of the specific area. Gateways will be required depending on the number of COINs involved.

PROBLEM:

COVID-19 pandemic is a health and humanitarian crisis, and businesses have had a massive impact in terms of production and business continuity. While the crisis unfolds, Businesses will prepare for what is coming next and want to rapidly adjust to the ‘New Normal’.

A global leader in Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) was facing issues in restarting large-scale operations across multiple locations. The Management team needed help in monitoring locations of all employees at their offices, warehouses, outlets, etc. and ensure they maintain social distancing as per government norms. As part of employee well-being, they also wanted a solution to track employee contact history in case any of their employee was infected, so that their first-level contacts could be identified and isolated immediately. This would not only ensure employee safety but will also play a vital role in business continuity. Necessary actions could be taken only if they had access to such critical information real-time.

SOLUTION:

SenseGiz has served many large enterprises with asset & people tracking solutions. To address to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we built a world class solution on our existing platform to help prevent further business shutdowns and ensure employee health and safety.

We analysed the customer requirements and customized a solution based on that. With our solution, Social Distancing can be enforced in any factory/office environment and detailed Historical Contact Tracing can be done to minimize disruption and quickly isolate only the affected people and areas.

Problem

At an International airport, they wanted to monitor the temperature and Humidity of the waiting area at the departure zone and give real-time alerts for any change in temperature.

Solution

Our COIN devices were installed at every 50 to 60 feet across the area and we were monitoring the temperature and humidity of the zones. The data was captured in 2 ways;

1. Setting upper and lower threshold values–The admin can set the upper and lower threshold values for temperature and humidity to get alerted in case the threshold values are crossed
2. Stream data at regular intervals of time – Temperature and Humidity data can be streamed at regular intervals of time and all this data can be seen in real time on our dashboar

Problem

A world-leader in welding rod manufacturing company working in 3 shifts wanted to monitor vibrations of machines, measure productivity especially in 3rd shift by monitoring On/Off time, further vibration of the machine due to change in the worker and also predict the failure in advance. This deployment  was different from any other predictive maintenance use cases as we had to deep dive into the data.

Solution
To overcome this issue, we have deployed Pro version of COIN on the machines to gather accelerometer sensor data in all the 3 axis, viz. axial, horizontal, and vertical directions. We run a complex algorithm on COIN wherein data from COIN is analyzed and a final output is displayed on the dashboard. Currently, we are streaming data every minute from the accelerometer and gyroscope sensor. There is an option to set threshold values for each of the sensors and get an alert only when it crosses.

With this deployment the customer gets a lot of insights on the machine vvibration, predict the failure well before it happens, and also the pattern in which machines are running.

We are offering Perimeter Security solution to several customers to detect illegal intrusion across agricultural lands and private properties.

Problem

The customer wanted to;
• Get real time data on trespassing and intrusion activity in an area where no person is allowed.
• The entire perimeter was to be covered against such activities and hence the solution was required to be very cost effective and efficient.
• No false alarms due to rains, winds etc.

Solution

We have deployed our COIN devices in such a way that,
• The entire is covered with our COIN devices which were placed at a distance of 40 feet from one another, forming a mesh network
• Sensors in the COIN will detect intrusion activity and send real time notifications to its users, which helps them take appropriate action.
• Due to its small size, the COIN is not visible to the intruders.
• The COIN devices can also be integrated with the existing security cameras.

We are also exploring wired COINs for underground communication applications and wired COINs with wireless communication for on-ground applications.

Perimeter Surveillance 

A government organization wanted real time data on trespassing and intrusion activity in an area where no person was allowed. The entire perimeter was to be covered against such activities and hence the solution was required to be very cost effective and efficient. The organization also demanded no false alarms due to rains, winds etc.

Problem Statement: A customer in 4-wheeler Sales & Service wanted to track the vehicles within a service centre, Calculate the time spent by each vehicle in a service bay, compare this time against the standard time and find bottlenecks, predict approximate delivery time of each vehicle and determine if the worker is within his workstation and how much time per day has he spent within his workstation.

Solution: To solve this problem, we have installed COINs on each bay and tagged each vehicle that enters into the service station with our FIND device. Each FIND with its unique ID is mapped to the registration number of the vehicle. Range of COIN and FIND are customized as per the area of each workstation and distance between two cars so as to filter out data from any adjoining FIND. By doing so, vehicles were tracked accurately within the service centres and at each bays/zones.

The service centre head was able to see the real time tracking of all vehicles within the facility on our dashboard and take actions accordingly to avoid congestion at zones and increase the efficiency of each zone. At any given point of time, the service head is also able to see how many vehicles are there in each zone, exact location of each vehicle, the average time taken by each vehicle in zone and take action in case the vehicle is delayed from the standard service time of each zone. The end customer is able to get the real time delivery status of his vehicle.
Also, using our solution the service head is able to calculate the time spent by the worker within his work station and determine his efficiency. At the end of the day, we are increasing the overall efficiency of the entire service centre.

As we all know third is about to come or in some states it’s already spreading and showing its affect in a very drastic way. As we all know what has happened during second wave. As its well said “Prevention is better than cure”. We have a better picture about what we have lost and what we have achieved during second well. Most of us are not well prepared; most of us are not taking preventive measures. Here in SenseGiz we understand our social and moral responsibilities towards our country and nation. As a IOT solution provider company we have prepared a solution in order to combat in this pandemic scenario and also for future prospects. With our solution, Social distancing can be enforced in any factory/office environment and detailed historical contact tracing is done to minimise disruption and quickly isolate only the affected people and areas. We are proud to say that SenseGiz's ; Social distancing & Contact tracing solution wins top award at SAMADHAN challenge by MHRD. Some of our benefits are as follows:-
Benefits:
1. Historic contact tracing during the pandemic for manufacturing, warehousing, IT and other labor intensive companies.
2. This solution also helps enforce social distancing
3. Tracking violations and detailed historical contact tracing can be done in case any employee comes in close proximity with another employee who later, may be diagnosed positive for COVID-19
4. User will get an audible alert on FIND if social distancing is not maintained
5. Will help in minimizing disruption to businesses and help in containing an outbreak, by also adhering to Government norms To know more about our social distancing solution OR for a free demo, visit: www.sensegiz.com OR mail us at: enquiry@sensegiz.com

As we all know third is about to come or in some states it’s already spreading and showing its affect in a very drastic way. As we all know what has happened during second wave. As its well said “Prevention is better than cure”. We have a better picture about what we have lost and what we have achieved during second well. Most of us are not well prepared; most of us are not taking preventive measures. Here in SenseGiz we understand our social and moral responsibilities towards our country and nation. As a IOT solution provider company we have prepared a solution in order to combat in this pandemic scenario and also for future prospects. With our solution, Social distancing can be enforced in any factory/office environment and detailed historical contact tracing is done to minimise disruption and quickly isolate only the affected people and areas. We are proud to say that SenseGiz's ; Social distancing & Contact tracing solution wins top award at SAMADHAN challenge by MHRD. Some of our benefits are as follows:-
Benefits:
1. Historic contact tracing during the pandemic for manufacturing, warehousing, IT and other labor intensive companies.
2. This solution also helps enforce social distancing
3. Tracking violations and detailed historical contact tracing can be done in case any employee comes in close proximity with another employee who later, may be diagnosed positive for COVID-19
4. User will get an audible alert on FIND if social distancing is not maintained
5. Will help in minimizing disruption to businesses and help in containing an outbreak, by also adhering to Government norms To know more about our social distancing solution OR for a free demo, visit: www.sensegiz.com OR mail us at: enquiry@sensegiz.com