Paging is one of PC Patrol's biggest advantages. The product immediately summons supervisors or security by pager when a sensitive area is entered. PC Patrol's two-zone system allows configuration of different responses for each area. Another is to play prerecorded conversations and noises from the inner zone, or warnings or sirens. PC Patrol uses Microsoft Corp.'s DirectX technology for overlapping sound, creating realistic simulated conversations.
Users can schedule protection levels for particular hours of the day.
PC Patrol keeps a log of incidents and countermeasures, which can be reviewed either from a text window or Web browser, even replaying any video capture. If the HTML format log is stored on a Web server, a supervisor can investigate a page from across the Internet. Or, a supervisor could dial in to the PC Patrol machine using a remote control package or Windows 95's Dial-Up Server. Page, capture video, play audio, view log from Web browser. Page, capture video from a single camera, play audio.