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GRIDS™
Zone Aps’ New Products: GRIDS
Border and perimeter surveillance often requires operation in areas that cannot be practically covered by ground surveillance radars and optical systems due to terrain and foliage. These coverage “gaps” provide ideal pathways for intruders to breach secured areas without being detected.
GRIDS (Ground Radar Intrusion Detection System). The features of GRIDS are:
- Designed for dense foliage, sterile areas and multiple kilometer perimeters.
- High Performance, cable free detection system.
- Multiple nodes form a networked sensor array.
- Critical infrastructure and force protection.
- Energy efficient, battery power for up to 5 years.
- Automatic Self-calibration.
- Easy installation.
Filling Coverage Gaps
GRIDS™ provides a low cost system designed to fill these gaps with a virtually undetectable electronic sensor system. Each GRIDS system consists of an array of very low power sensors set up along a border or around a perimeter. Multiple systems can be implemented to form a sensor barrier of any length, from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers.
Low False Alarm Rate
The GRIDS sensor network can detect vehicles and walking personnel in foliage and rough terrain in all weather conditions. The GRIDS system is relatively insensitive to small animals (such as coyotes and rabbits), thereby minimizing nuisance alarms. Automatic adjustment to changing environmental conditions (such as wind, rain, and foliage growth) prevents false alarms and the operating frequency is impervious to these environmental conditions.
Unmanned Communication Network
GRIDS system sensors communicate to an unmanned Gateway located near the array, which relays data to a manned location. Redundant communication links ensure continuous operation in cases of tampering and/or unit failure. In addition, built-in test features provide system health information and the ability to reprogram system parameters for optimal operation.
Flexible Network Deployments
GRIDS can easily be networked into overall larger security system of radars and optical sensors using a single control point for gathering and disseminating intrusion detection data for interdiction forces. Only the last sensor in the array must have access to the Gateway, leaving an unprecedented flexibility of placement for all other sensors in the array.
Low Power Consumption, Long Battery Life
Each GRIDS sensor utilizes an ultra-low power design which enables unattended sensors to operate for many years.
