Meet our Top Parabeam Installer

March 16, 2017

Our Newest Top Parabeam Installer!

Mike Johnson started OHC Limited more than 20 years ago to service the local need for IT and PC services.  Recently Mike branched into the security market and has developed what he describes as a near-perfect ‘Hybrid monitoring solution’ for home and commercial applications.

By combining Parabeam, IP camera, 3G and iPhone technologies into a stable system, Mike has almost made the traditional concept of the indoor ‘home alarm’ obsolete because his solution allows you to be notified in real-time whenever a visitor or intruder arrives on your property – the iPhone camera app then allows you to view your cameras live from your phone.

Is it an intruder or just the kids arriving home from school?  Mikes solution will give you peace of mind

Meet our Hawera Installer – Graham

November 14, 2012

Meet our Top Parabeam Installer for 2012!

Congratulations to Graham Lynch Security of Hawera who has sold and installed the largest number of Parabeam® systems, of any individual installer throughout 2012.

Graham Lynch Security Ltd is based in Hawera, providing an excellent gateway to service the needs of people in North, Central, Coastal and Southern Taranaki.   He also travels out of the district when required.

Graham is a former Policeman having served 14 years with the NZ POLICE, then moving on to self-employment installing security alarms and cameras for the past 12 years.   Graham may be contacted on 021 759 624

Canadian Film Company Choose Parabeam

March 17, 2012

Canadian documentary film company Q-Films contacted us late 2011 looking for a ‘trip-wire’ style invisible beam system they could deploy in the field to help capture footage for a feature film on local wildlife.  Two invisible beams would be used in an ‘X’ formation to trigger professional cameras whenever the animals wandered into the detection zone.  The beams were to be set up on tripods and battery powered, they also had to work in sub-zero temperatures reliably.

Thankfully we had just finished the first production run of our new 700-FSK model which was perfect for the job because of its low power consumption and small, robust construction.  The detection beam of the new model can also be pushed out to 50m; exactly the distance the ‘X’ formation was required to span.  Initially a single beam-set was dispatched to be trialed in snowfall and after a few weeks of testing and a few minor adaptations, a report came back that everything was working as hoped for.  A second beam-set was dispatched to complete the configuration and the film is now well on the way to completion.

Some acclaimed wildlife projects Q-Films that have previously released may be viewed here:

• The Nature Of Things S53e19 Making Wild Canada Cldd »
• The Nature Of Things S53e10 The Great Butterfly Hunt Cldd »

Detecting Vehicles On Your Tanker Track While Ignoring A Milk Tanker

March 15, 2012

“We do not want to know when the milk tanker arrives – just any other vehicle…”

A dairy farmer in Taranaki put this challenge to us recently and we were able to provide a solution within two weeks. This question has come up several times before so our design team decided it was time to provide a solution.

We decided the best way to tackle this was to set up a special configuration of two detection beams, one mounted the standard way directly across the tanker track and at the recommended height of 800mm above ground – this would detect cars and vans.

The second beam was to be much higher – tanker height – and draped diagonally across the track, symmetrically intersecting the lower beam and stretched out to 30 metres. Regardless of whether the tanker was arriving or leaving, the upper beam would always be triggered first, telling the receiver to not respond to the triggering of the lower beam a moment later and remain silent.

Should a car or van enter the configuration, only the lower beam is activated and an alert is generated.
The system was sent to the customer for real-life testing and two-weeks later was reported to be ‘working a treat’ at which point we thanked him for his business and charged his credit card.

This version of the product is not a stock item quite yet but can be supplied within two weeks of ordering.