An engineering studio in Cheltenham, Melbourne. We build a complete nurse-call system for hospitals and aged care, and video analytics that run on your own hardware.
Manufacturer & developer · Melbourne
Part of the Peninsula Smart Care group · since 2014
A complete, modern nurse-call system — call points, lights, edge nodes, ward gateway, room sensing, displays and clinical messaging. Built for new installations, and able to run over a legacy system so a hospital can migrate ward by ward.
The system
One system from the bedside to the phone in a nurse's pocket — with displays, clinical messaging, room sensing and reporting built in, not bolted on. Designed to AS 3811:2026.
The head end: live calls and faults, response-time reports, display feeds, messaging and room-sensing integrations, uptime reporting, BACnet feed.
PoE ward controller: 8 relays, 8 supervised inputs, RS-485, clinical messaging over TAP, Quiet Mode for silent nights, OTA firmware.
+8 relays and +8 inputs on an Edge Node's RS-485 bus. Up to 8 per node — 16/16 through 72/72.
The same +8/+8 over one PoE Ethernet cable — anywhere on the ward LAN, leaving the node's RS-485 free.
Call, cancel, reassurance and presence on RS-485. Also fits the common legacy moulded housing.
Mains latching relay for bed and over-door lights, driven from the call point with feedback and current sense.
USB programming tool for legacy call points and modules — keeps 20-year-old installations maintainable during a migration.
Ceiling radar + thermal sensor that raises falls, bed exits and inactivity as nurse calls — no camera in the room. Supplied per room with messaging and reporting.
Monthly availability report per site — gateway, link and controller-feed layers — for SLA evidence.
Video analytics that run on your own hardware against the camera system you already have. Nothing is uploaded; nothing leaves the building.
Search your UniFi Protect archive in plain English, with watch-lists and daily digests written on-premises.
Number-plate access for car parks and gates from existing cameras: allow-lists, boom relay, full log, face-blurred live view.
Counts and trends from camera metadata — people, vehicles, colours, types — without storing anyone's identity.
The engineering behind the products, available on its own: firmware and hardware, protocol reverse-engineering, integrations.
FW
ESP32, RP2040 and PIC firmware; PCB design to fabrication-ready packages; OTA infrastructure; security review.
PROTO
Legacy buses and undocumented serial protocols decoded and documented so old systems can be maintained, bridged or replaced in stages.
INTEG
Nurse call to Olinqua and Ascom, building management over BACnet, displays, dashboards and reporting.
Our healthcare and vision products are supplied through accredited installation partners who hold the customer relationship, the service agreement and the 2 a.m. call. Southerly provides manufacturer support, training, trade pricing and engineering escalation.
Founding partner — Victoria
Peninsula Smart CareNurse call, CCTV and security integrator based in Cheltenham, working across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. Installs and maintains the full Southerly healthcare range.