# Access control and security cameras in Metro Detroit Doors that know who is allowed in, and cameras that saw what happened. Card and mobile access control, IP camera systems, intercoms, and the network behind them, designed, installed, and supported by one security integrator in Troy and Pontiac, Michigan. ## What's included - **Access control & door hardware.** Readers, controllers, electric strikes and maglocks, request-to-exit, and door position switches, with credentials your staff can manage from a browser and a lost fob shut off in one step. - **IP camera systems.** Camera placement designed for the coverage your insurer, state survey, or police partnership expects, mounted and cabled by our own crews, with retention sized to the requirement. - **Video intercom & visitor entry.** Intercoms at the front door and loading dock that ring a desk or a phone, so a tenant or receptionist can see and admit a visitor. - **Cloud & on-premises recording.** Cloud-managed cameras where you want nothing to maintain, on-premises recorders where you need long retention or no monthly fee, and a plain comparison before you choose. - **License plate & AI detection.** Plate capture at gates and lots, people and vehicle detection that cuts false alerts, and on-premises AI detection where footage must stay in the building. - **Fire alarm & lock coordination.** Electronic locks tied to the fire alarm need the fire department's sign-off in most Metro Detroit cities. We plan around that and coordinate releases with your fire alarm contractor. - **Network for security devices.** Cameras and controllers on their own VLAN, with PoE switching, battery backup, and bandwidth planned so the security system does not slow the office network or the other way around. - **Takeovers & upgrades.** Existing systems assessed before anything is replaced. Working cameras and readers stay; dead ones, unsupported recorders, and unknown admin passwords go. - **Monitoring & support.** Cameras, recorders, and door controllers can roll into a managed agreement, so our NOC sees a camera go offline before you notice the gap in the footage. ## What a security integrator does differently An alarm company sells monitoring. An electrician pulls wire. A security integrator designs the system around how the building is used, installs the cabling, the devices, and the network they run on, and documents it so the next manager can run it. Because LNX also provides managed IT, the cameras and door controllers sit on a network we understand, with the firmware patched and the admin passwords in your documentation rather than in an installer's head. ## How a project runs We walk the building first: entrances, loading docks, lots, stairwells, and the places staff already worry about. The quote is a fixed written scope with a camera and door schedule, the recording and retention plan, and the permits and fire alarm coordination the city requires. Installation is scheduled around residents, customers, or shifts. Closeout includes labeled drawings, a credential list, and training for the people who will admit visitors and pull footage. ## Where the requirements come from Senior living operators have state survey and resident-safety expectations. Retailers and restaurants have insurance and loss-prevention needs, and in Detroit a Project Green Light partnership with its own camera and bandwidth rules. Warehouses want dock, yard, and plate coverage. Medical offices need access logs. We design to the requirement that applies, and say which one it is. ## Who this is for Property managers, senior living operators, retailers, warehouses, and anyone who has had an incident and no footage. Industries: [Nonprofit organizations](https://lnxinc.com/industries/nonprofit/), [Senior living](https://lnxinc.com/industries/senior-living/), [Financial services](https://lnxinc.com/industries/financial-services/), [Retail](https://lnxinc.com/industries/retail/), [Professional service providers](https://lnxinc.com/industries/professional-service-providers/), [Healthcare practices](https://lnxinc.com/industries/healthcare/), [Manufacturing](https://lnxinc.com/industries/manufacturing/), [Warehousing & logistics](https://lnxinc.com/industries/warehousing-logistics/), [Auto dealerships](https://lnxinc.com/industries/auto-dealerships/). ## Related services - [Low Voltage & Structured Cabling](https://lnxinc.com/services/low-voltage/): The physical layer, done to spec and documented. - [Managed IT Services](https://lnxinc.com/services/managed-it/): Someone watching it, and someone answering when it breaks. - [Cybersecurity](https://lnxinc.com/services/cybersecurity/): The controls your insurer asks about, run by people who watch the alerts. ## Offices - [Troy office](https://lnxinc.com/locations/troy-mi/): 1395 Wheaton Dr Suite 500, Troy, MI 48083. Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm. - [Pontiac office](https://lnxinc.com/locations/pontiac-mi/): 555 Friendly Rd, Pontiac, MI 48341. Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. ## Common questions **Cloud cameras or a recorder in the building?** Cloud-managed systems have nothing to maintain and a monthly fee per camera. On-premises recorders cost more up front, keep footage in the building, and have no subscription. We quote both for the same camera count so you can see the difference over five years. **Can you take over a system someone else installed?** Yes. We assess what is there, keep what works, and document everything. If the previous installer held the admin passwords, we reset them and put them in your documentation. **Do electronic door locks need a permit?** If the lock is tied to the fire alarm, most Metro Detroit cities require the fire department's sign-off before installation. We confirm which rule applies before quoting. See the [Troy](https://lnxinc.com/service-area/troy-mi/) and [Detroit](https://lnxinc.com/service-area/detroit-mi/) pages for local specifics. **How long is video kept?** As long as the requirement says. Thirty days is common; some insurers, state surveys, and police partnerships ask for more. Retention sets the storage, and the storage is in the quote. **Do you monitor the cameras?** We monitor the system's health: cameras offline, recorder disk failing, controller unreachable. Live video monitoring by a central station is a separate service we can arrange. ## Contact Walk us through the building: https://lnxinc.com/contact/?intent=quote&service=access-control-cameras or call 833-569-5690.