The real differentiator is the analytics — and the radio integration
A lot of access platforms claim AI video analytics. Avigilon has actually been shipping mature analytics longer than most: Appearance Search lets an investigator find a person across hours of footage in seconds, Unusual Motion Detection flags activity that doesn’t fit the camera’s learned baseline, and the analytics run onboard the camera for most deployments — no separate analytics server.
The other thing Motorola brings that nobody else does: Avigilon Alta integrates directly with Motorola’s two-way radio dispatch. A K-12 SRO, a hospital security officer, or a corporate guard force can receive an alarm or video clip on their radio and dispatch the closest officer through the same console. If you already operate Motorola radios, the workflow advantage is real.
Armorstack is a true integrator. The design engineer, installer, programmer, service technician, and customer success contact all sit inside the same team. No sub-contractor relay race.
Capabilities & credentials
Motorola Avigilon authorized
Authorized integrator on Avigilon Alta (cloud), Avigilon Unity (on-prem / hybrid), and the legacy ACC 7 platform during transition deployments.
Mature AI analytics
Appearance Search, Unusual Motion Detection, Self-Learning Video Analytics, and License Plate Recognition — onboard-camera or appliance-resident.
Two-way radio integration
Motorola APX and MOTOTRBO radios receive Alta alarms and video clips. Officers dispatch through the radio console. K-12, healthcare campus, and corporate security workflows.
NDAA-compliant video lines
Avigilon H4, H5, and Alta cameras are NDAA Section 889 compliant. We don’t install the legacy SKUs that aren’t.
Unified access + video
Avigilon Alta combines Openpath access, Ava video, and dispatch under one tenant. Unity does the same on-premise. One console, one credential, one event log.
Migration engineering
Cutover plans for portfolios moving Openpath → Alta, Ava → Alta, ACC → Unity, or consolidating multiple platforms acquired through M&A.
Scope of service
- Avigilon Alta design and licensing — cloud access + video tenant scoped to door, camera, and analytics counts.
- Avigilon Unity design and licensing — on-premise / hybrid enterprise deployments where cloud is not the right answer.
- Camera install — H5 and Alta lines, NDAA-compliant default, with analytics enabled.
- Access install — Openpath / Alta readers and controllers, Bluetooth Low Energy mobile credentials.
- Two-way radio integration — APX, MOTOTRBO, and TLK series with Alta dispatch console.
- AI analytics tuning — onboard analytics calibrated to the site (lighting, foot traffic, perimeter geometry).
- Multi-site rollout — federation, standardized commissioning, AHJ coordination.
- 24/7 monitored events — UL 827 central station partnership for video-verified alarm response.
Every engagement custom-scoped. No packages, no published pricing, no scope-range bands.
Where Motorola Avigilon fits best
K-12 & higher education
Avigilon analytics + Motorola radios for SROs + CITADEL Alert mass notification form a full Alyssa’s Law-aligned detection-notification-dispatch chain.
Healthcare campuses
Hospital security teams already running Motorola radios get badge-event-to-radio dispatch. Behavioral health units and pharmacy access tied to video for incident review.
Critical infrastructure
Substations, water treatment, manufacturing perimeters — License Plate Recognition + Unusual Motion Detection at the perimeter, NDAA compliance for federal-aware customers.
Multi-site corporate security
Distributed portfolios with a central security operations center that needs federated video, analytics across all sites, and dispatch coordination.
The Operating Layer
Motorola Avigilon doesn’t operate in isolation
A Motorola Avigilon access deployment is one piece of a larger physical-and-cyber security stack. Armorstack is a true integrator — every adjacent service is in-house under one contract.
SENTRY
Avigilon analytics events feed SENTRY’s SIEM. Anomaly detections from cameras correlate with cyber events for converged threat detection.
CORE
Network design for cameras and access controllers, IDF and switch refresh, PoE budget planning — under CORE when bundled.
VERITY
VERITY governs the analytics policy: which detections are alertable, which are reportable-only, and who reviews and acts on each tier.
CITADEL Gate
Motorola Avigilon is one of seven CITADEL Gate platforms. Run mixed Avigilon + Brivo (cloud-only access) + AMAG (federal facilities) — all under one Armorstack contract.
Standards we build to
- NDAA Section 889 — non-banned video components on all standard installs (Hikvision, Dahua, and OEM rebrands explicitly excluded).
- UL 294 (access control system units) and UL 1076 (proprietary monitoring) where applicable.
- SOC 2 Type II evidence support — access logs feed VERITY-managed compliance reporting on request.
- HIPAA — physical safeguards (164.310) door-event log retention and PHI-zone access controls.
- CMMC 2.0 — physical access controls (PE family) for defense contractor environments.
- Local AHJ coordination — permitting, wiring inspection, and AHJ sign-off on every install.
- FERPA — student-image handling and analytics retention scoped for K-12 deployments.
- Avigilon FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules available for federal-aware deployments.
What our Motorola Avigilon deployments look like in production
A regional school district moved from a fragmented system — different access platform per school, no video analytics, separate radio infrastructure — onto unified Avigilon Alta. Every entry door uses Bluetooth mobile credentials for staff. Every classroom-facing camera runs Unusual Motion Detection. Every SRO carries an APX radio that receives lockdown notifications and bell-time anomaly alerts directly from the Alta console.
A regional healthcare campus replaced an aging ACC 7 deployment with Avigilon Unity for the inpatient hospital and Avigilon Alta for the outpatient clinics. The same investigator searches Appearance Search across both deployments. Pharmacy access events tie to camera streams. Behavioral health unit door events route to security dispatch through the integrated radio system.
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