Athena Security + Existing CCTV & Badge Access

Yes — Athena's Weapons Detection System integrates with the major video management systems without ripping out your existing infrastructure. Athena has published real integration videos and step-by-step configuration guides for each platform:

? Milestone (XProtect)

• Video: Milestone VMS integration with Athena's Concealed Weapons Detection System
• Partner listing: Athena is an official Milestone technology partner — Athena on the Milestone Technology Partner Finder
• Setup guides: How to configure the Milestone Analytics Event plugin · On-premise deployment diagram with XProtect · XProtect Event Server requirements

? Avigilon (Motorola Solutions)

• Video 1: Avigilon Athena Security integration for Gun Detection
• Video 2: Motorola's Avigilon VMS with Athena Security's Weapons Detection
• Setup guide: How to configure the Avigilon plugin for your VMS connection

? Genetec (Security Center)

•  Genetec Security Center integrated solution with Athena — configuration guide

? General / Supporting Videos

• Athena Security official YouTube channel — full library of demos and integrations
• Athena Security at IAHSS 2026 — AI Weapons Detection for Healthcare — great one to share with hospital prospects
• Athena Security: Redefining Public Safety with Patented AI Concealed Weapons Detection

Elevator Access Control via VMS Badge + Turnstile: Stopping Unauthorized Access at Every Layer

Reference video: VMS for Healthcare with Elevator Access Control & Turnstiles — this demo shows Athena's Hospital VMS controlling both the turnstile and the elevator based on the visitor's badge credentials.

The Problem in Hospitals

The front desk isn't the only place unauthorized people cause trouble. A visitor cleared to see a patient on Floor 3 shouldn't be able to wander to the maternity ward on Floor 6, the pharmacy on Floor 2, or the behavioral health unit on Floor 8. Traditional visitor badges are just stickers — they identify, but they don't enforce. Athena closes that gap by making the badge an active credential that physically controls where the visitor can go.

How It Works: The Layered Flow (as shown in the video)

Step 1 — Check-In at the VMS Kiosk The visitor completes check-in on the Athena Hospital VMS (touchless workflow available). The system captures who they are, who they're visiting, and — critically — which floor and unitthey're authorized for. The badge is printed with an encoded credential (QR code/barcode/RFID depending on configuration).

Step 2 — Weapons Screening The visitor passes through the Apollo 500 WDS. Screening and check-in happen as one workflow — no separate security line.

Step 3 — Turnstile: The First Physical Gate The visitor presents their badge at the turnstile. The turnstile validates the credential against the VMS in real time. Only a checked-in, screened, currently-valid visitor gets through. This stops tailgaters, expired badges, and anyone who skipped check-in entirely. No valid badge = the turnstile does not open, and no amount of confidence or scrubs-colored clothing gets you past it.

Step 4 — Elevator: The Second Physical Gate (Floor-Level Enforcement) This is the key part shown in the video. The visitor badges at the elevator (or inside the cab), and the elevator control integration only enables the floor(s) that visitor is authorized for:

• Visiting a patient on Floor 3? The elevator will take them to Floor 3 — and only Floor 3.
• Buttons for restricted floors (NICU, pharmacy, surgery, behavioral health, executive offices) simply don't respond to their credential.
• Staff badges retain their normal floor permissions; visitors get scoped, time-limited access.

Step 5 — Automatic Expiration When visiting hours end or the visit is checked out, the credential dies. The same badge that worked at 2 PM opens nothing at 8 PM. No manual badge collection required — an unreturned badge is just a piece of paper.

Why This Matters for Hospitals Specifically

Infant/patient abduction prevention: Floor-restricted elevators are a hard physical barrier between an unauthorized person and sensitive units like NICU and pediatrics — a core requirement for many hospital safety programs.

Workplace violence reduction: Combined with WDS screening at entry, a person can't reach an upper-floor unit armed or unvetted. The layers stack: screened at the door, verified at the turnstile, restricted at the elevator.

Compliance and auditability: Every badge event — turnstile pass, elevator call, floor accessed — is logged in the Athena platform. After an incident, security can reconstruct exactly where a visitor went and when, across every location in the network, from one dashboard.

No security staff bottleneck: Enforcement is automated. Your operators handle exceptions, not every single visitor.

The Complete Athena Entryway Stack

This elevator/turnstile capability is one layer of the full hospital solution: Apollo 500 walk-through WDS at main entrances, AI X-Ray for bag screening, Ambulance Bay WDS for emergency receiving, optional secondary screening to speed up alarm resolution, and the Hospital VMS tying it all together — badges, turnstiles, elevators, compliance reporting, and multi-site incident management in one platform.

Watch the elevator + turnstile workflow in action: https://vimeo.com/1219680186

Note this can be used for schools also at entryways to allow automated entry after VMS sign in.