Southwest Microwave will be retiring the INTREPID™ Graphic Control Module II-HD (GCM II-HD) on March 1, 2025. We encourage our integrator partners and end-users of this system to plan in advance of Product Retirement date to ensure adequate inventory of spare modules, and to consider upgrade to our new-generation Windows®-based INTREPID™ Graphic Alarm Manager software to address future alarm monitoring requirements.
Graphic Alarm Manager (GAM) is a dedicated system controller with graphic mapping capabilities, providing local GUI-based alarm monitoring and control of INTREPID™ Series II and POE-S intrusion detection systems, contact closure auxiliary security devices and CCTV equipment. This convenient, new-generation alternative to the GCM II-HD replaces a LINUX operating system and hardened physical module with a robust, software-only monitoring platform that installs on any Windows® PC.
Graphic Alarm Manager application software provides robust system configuration and management. It features a user-friendly GUI that enables system operators to efficiently manage their facility’s perimeter security program by incorporating a high-resolution site map to display detection zones and active transparent icons representing each system device’s assignable alarm points.
Graphic Alarm Manager provides equivalent functionality as the GCM II-HD it replaces, along with the added flexibility of an intuitive Windows® operating system and TCP/IP based communications. The upgrade path requires only an INTREPID™ Remote Polling Module II (RPM II) and Graphic Alarm Manager application software installed on a user-supplied Windows® PC. Users deploying Graphic Alarm Manager for INTREPID™ POE-S applications do not require an RPM II.
Southwest Microwave and our certified Partners can support you in upgrading your current GCM II-HD to Graphic Alarm Manager. We encourage you to contact us for a customized proposal.
Retirement Quick Facts
| Retiring INTREPID Controller | New Controller Software Replacement |
| Graphic Control Module HD (GCM II-HD) | Graphic Alarm Manager (GAM) |
End of Life Timeline
| Spare and Replacement Parts | March 1, 2025, contingent on component availability |
| Repair Services | March 1, 2030, contingent on component availability |
| Technical Support | Life of the system |
Download the Graphic Control Module II-HD Retirement Notification.
About Southwest Microwave, Inc.
Southwest Microwave, Inc. produces and supports the world’s broadest range of integrated outdoor perimeter security systems for the protection of critical infrastructure, high value assets and personnel. With over 50 years of experience and more than 80,000 systems in 120 countries, Southwest Microwave detection technologies perform reliably in harsh external environments and fortify many of the world’s highest security sites in the government, military, utilities, industrial, transportation, correctional and VIP residential sectors. For more information, visit southwestmicrowave.com/ssd, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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