Waters Edge lake with dock, pavilion, landscaping, and community buildings in Stone Mountain, Georgia

210 Solutions Project

Waters Edge HOA Multi-Site Security & Network Modernization

210 Solutions modernized surveillance, networking, gates, alarms, and smart-lock control across Waters Edge HOA’s distributed community facilities. The phased program brought the main clubhouse, Harbor Point, pool areas, playgrounds, dockside amenities, and entry points into a more supportable operating model.

Waters Edge HOA

Stone Mountain, Georgia

The environment

Start with the environment and the operating reality.

Waters Edge is a large lakeside community in Stone Mountain with security and technology spread across buildings, pools, playgrounds, gates, parking areas, and dockside amenities. That physical footprint created a familiar HOA problem: every remote facility could become its own isolated system, with different equipment, limited connectivity, and no clear way to know whether everything was still recording.

210 Solutions approached the work as a phased modernization program. The first priority was the surveillance and network backbone. Later phases extended coverage to difficult locations, repaired critical entry infrastructure, and brought alarm and smart-lock control into a manageable mobile workflow.

The challenge

The community already had useful surveillance equipment, but the supporting servers, network links, and management model needed to be modernized. Several locations were separated by distance or terrain. Some required wireless connectivity; one remote camera location needed hybrid solar power. Meanwhile, the main gate, dockside pavilion, clubhouse, Harbor Point, and pro shop each had separate entry or alarm requirements.

The real challenge was not installing a single camera or lock. It was creating a supportable system across the entire property without forcing the HOA to replace every usable component at once.

The constraints

  • Security systems were distributed across the main clubhouse, Harbor Point, main pool house, remote pool, remote playground, pro shop, dockside pavilion, and main gate.
  • Existing Avigilon cameras needed to remain useful while the recording and management layer moved to Hanwha Vision WAVE.
  • Remote amenities did not always have convenient network pathways or dependable local power.
  • Outdoor coverage required trenching, conduit, wireless bridges, weather-ready mounting, and nighttime visibility.
  • Gate and pavilion access hardware had to be repaired without discarding the established DoorKing operating model.
  • The HOA needed phased improvements that could be monitored and supported after installation.

The approach

Design the system around the people who use it.

210 Solutions separated the project into a dependable core and targeted expansions. The core surveillance phase introduced WAVE VMS licensing, distributed video servers, managed routing, higher-capacity switching, and point-to-point wireless links. Compatible existing cameras were brought forward instead of being replaced simply because the recording platform changed.

Once the backbone was supportable, new coverage could be added where the community actually needed it. A dockside multi-sensor camera provides several views from one mounting point, while a remote playground and basketball-area camera uses hybrid solar power and a wireless bridge. Entry and intrusion work followed the same logic: repair the gate and pavilion systems, then add app-managed alarms and locks at the clubhouse, Harbor Point, pro shop, and offices.

What 210 delivered

From plan to a working, supportable system.

Scope

  • Hanwha Vision WAVE VMS migration with two 24-channel license packs
  • Four distributed 10 TB video servers designed around approximately 30 days of storage
  • Managed dual-WAN routing, 10-gigabit switching, and point-to-point wireless bridges
  • 24-hour help desk access and camera-system health monitoring
  • Dockside 360-degree multi-sensor IR camera with trenching and conduit back to the existing server
  • Remote playground and basketball-area camera with hybrid solar/AC power and wireless network connectivity
  • DoorKing main-gate memory, cellular voice/data, controller, reader, and transformer replacement
  • Dockside pavilion bathroom-door and pedestrian-gate reader restoration
  • Qolsys alarm upgrades at the main clubhouse, Harbor Point, and pro shop
  • Motion detection, door contacts, glassbreak detection, and mobile alarm management
  • Six initial app-managed smart deadbolts across three facilities, followed by two additional office locks
  • Six network-managed UPS units protecting distributed technology locations

Execution

210 Solutions programmed the new servers and VMS, integrated compatible field cameras, installed managed network equipment, and created the wireless links that connect remote facilities. The dockside camera phase included a dedicated pole, trenching, conduit, power, data, and a new WAVE recording license. The remote recreation-area phase combined solar charging, battery-supported nighttime operation, wireless transport, and a fixed network camera.

At the entry points, 210 Solutions replaced failed DoorKing control components and restored readers serving the pavilion and pedestrian gate. The alarm phase added separate systems for the main clubhouse, Harbor Point, and pro shop, with smart locks, temporary-code capability, schedules, and remote lock or unlock control. Additional office locks and UPS protection were added as the community’s needs expanded.

The outcome

Technology that supports the operation.

Waters Edge now has a clearer operating model for technology across the property. Surveillance is managed through one VMS family, remote locations can be checked without treating them as standalone islands, and health monitoring helps identify an offline camera or server before footage is needed.

The phased approach also preserved useful infrastructure. Existing cameras remained part of the system where appropriate, while new coverage, gate repairs, alarm control, smart locks, and power protection were added around the community’s actual priorities. The result is less fragmentation and one partner accountable for the systems connecting people, property, and common areas.

Key takeaway

A large HOA does not need a different security island at every amenity. Waters Edge gained a phased, supportable architecture for surveillance, networking, remote coverage, entry, alarms, locks, and ongoing monitoring.

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