Active Guard

March 2008 Infrastructure

Active Guard is an innovative, realtime tour system that enables workers to easily communicate with the control room via the touch of a button and sends all button data back to the control room immediately and directly in realtime using GPRS/GSM data transmission.

It has a wide range of uses including keeping track of scheduled maintenance workers, tracking employees' or contractors' 'on-site' and 'off-site' times and keeping track of employees working alone.

The Active Guard tour system lets employees or contractors sign on and off a site or a job utilising the 'realtime' button system.

They swipe their active guard on the button located at the site entrance/exit or near the various job areas, and the information of their on-site/off-site times and whereabouts is sent directly to the main office or headquarters.

This is also a handy tool for emergency situations, for example employees working alone that are in trouble can push the panic button and the main headquarters can get their location and send help. They can also call the Active Guard and have a voice conversation to determine the situation.



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