Specifications
SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM UPGRADE AND REPLACEMENT
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM 17000-39
L. Communication Ports:
1. The matrix switcher/controller system shall provide 16 RS-232
communication ports for external connection to computers, printers, alarm
interface units, recorder interface units, and additional system control
keyboards. The use of redundant hot-switched CPUs shall double the RS-
232 ports to 32.
2. Each of the ports must provide field programmable baud rates of 1200,
2400, 4800, 9600, 19,200, or 38,400. With optional port expanders, each
port must have the ability to expand to four ports, thus providing a total
of 128 ports.
M. Macros:
1. The matrix switcher/controller shall respond to at least 1000 macro
commands per keyboard, accommodating up to 128,000 macro commands
altogether. These user-definable macros shall initiate a combination of
pre-defined system commands.
2. The system shall be capable of macro synchronization, whereby a
keyboard’s set of macro programs can be transferred to similar keyboards.
N. Alarms:
1. The matrix switcher/controller shall support a minimum of 4096 external
alarm inputs and provide optional e-mail messaging when an alarm
activates.
2. Upon receiving an alarm, the matrix switcher/controller shall also provide
field programmable alarm display modes.
a. For single monitor alarm display, the selection of alarm modes
shall be “auto SEQUENCE mode” or “auto HOLD mode.”
b. When multi-monitor alarm displays are required, the selection of
alarm modes shall be “SEQUENCE and DISPLAY,” “BLOCK
SEQUENCE” and “BLOCK HOLD.”
3. Regardless of the selected display mode, a system operator shall have the
ability to hold and sequence alarms by using conventional monitor tour
controls. Any and all system outputs must be individually programmable
for any display method.
4. A minimum of five user-definable alarm clearance methods must be
provided. The five methods shall be:
a. ACKNOWLEDGE (manually acknowledged via a system
keyboard)










