Complete Security, based in Billericay, have installed an integrated security system to protect the premises of a company that distributes high security safes.
The company installed eight Samsung Techwin Day/Night cameras at the headquarters of ACD Safe & Security at their headquarters in Basildon, Essex.
Complete recommended that Samsung Techwin SDN-520 1/3 inch colour cameras should act as the eyes for the system.
During the day the camera operates as a high resolution colour camera but at night when light levels are low, the mechanically driven IR filter is automatically turned off and the camera produces sharp monochrome images.
"It is important that we monitor and record activity in and around our building 24 hours a day", said Cindy Hinton, who is responsible for secu-rity at ACD Safe & Security. "At night it would have been difficult and expen-sive to provide adequate lighting for conventional CCTV cameras but that has not proved necessary with the Samsung cameras"
System up to par
Wright Fire and Security had a tough job ahead of them when they were contracted to install a temporary system at the British Open Golf Championships.
The time window for installation was tight because most of the year the club functions as a normal golf club. There was no power, ducting, or any other built environment where the cameras and on-site control room were to operate, and the system needed to be removed after the event. Most crucial of all - the go-live date could not be moved!
The system for the four-day event featured the Vista PowerDome high speed dome camera, and the Vista solo single channel Digital Video Recorder.
This year the championship was hosted by the Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent.
Temporary grandstands were constructed around important greens, with a tented village of hospitality and commercial activities being built.
Chris Broughton, Wright's Sales Director, and a keen golfer himself, said they decided to use the new Vista products for the CCTV system because of their functionality, ease of installation and inter-operability.
The system was built around six external PowerDome VPD-2WP-P-C dome cameras at key risk areas. They used both PTZ control through the operators' NPX /KBD/J3De keyboard and joystick unit, and the "pre-set" feature.
They were hard-wired back to the on-site police control room, which was linked to a duplicate off-site control room.
Images were recorded on to DVRs in the security control room. A Columbus Triplex VC16Te-320 DVR used in time-lapse mode, stored the entire four days of recording on its 320 gigabyte hard disk. Operators could switch to a smaller 80 gigabyte device, the Vista Solo DVR for continu-ous, rather than time-lapse, recording.
NVT twisted pair communication cabling (Cat 5) was used to link the cameras to the control room. This clicked straight into the special ports of the PowerDomes which were mounted on special structures erected for the event – scoreboard and stands – as well as on six metre Altron towers where required.
Banking on security
A total of 80 Wavestore DVR & management systems were installed by Sistemas de Protecao e Seguranca (SPS) into Caixa Econômica Federal, which is one of the biggest public banks in Brazil.
Individual units were installed into each branch, and networked to 24-hour primary and secondary monitoring centres. Cameras on any Wavestore at any branch can be viewed by any authorised person within the network or from anywhere in Brazil having the client software and unique passwords.
Wireless broadband CCTV
Premlink Ltd has designed and installed a state of the art CCTV system for Sheffield City Council.
The network, to be transmitted over wireless broadband, will be used to monitor Sheffield's main transport depot, which was previously a vandalism and crime hot-spot.
Cameras and wireless network devices were provided by Initsys distribution.
Five JVC v-network (VN-C3OU) cameras, are installed in outdoor weatherproof dome housings with pan, tilt and zoom features.
They are controlled by VN-S200U multi-camera viewer software.
Integrated into the wireless network, the cameras' digital video images are continuously fed back over a wireless broadband network to a base station at Sheffield Council's main control centre, where they are displayed on control room computer screens.
Premlink's John Aldred said the JVC cameras integrated seamlessly with the wireless system "making it very cost competitive compared to the more traditional CCTV systems in terms of equipment, set up and ongoing running costs.
"Having the advantage of a wireless broadband network, it is simple to add cameras to the system with little expenditure."
Homes viewed on PCs
Harkins and Anderson (Integrator) have installed and commissioned a 12 camera CCTV system for the Linthouse Housing Association in Glasgow.
Although the association's properties, mostly off the main Govan Road, were already covered by a 45-camera system, the cameras were coming to the end of their useful life.
Earlier this year, with the help of Hill and Ritchie Consultants and Batt Networks, who designed the system, the association decided to install a new system and link it into their intranet allowing all Linthouse employees to view each camera from their own PC.
The Mobotix system has eliminated the need for a dedicated CCTV room with monitors. Pinpointing events is done by the click of a mouse.
The cameras were linked via a Buffalo-Technology based Wi-Fi wireless network with power supplied through the existing CCTV points, so there were no cabling issues. The system is capable of upgrade and the association can add cameras to the system in the future.
The association is considering a second project which will use a broadband connection to send the images to the server.
Cylindrical poles for gardens
As part of a £6.75m restoration project Altron Communications Equipment has supplied its unique cylindrical poles for the CCTV cameras monitoring the refurbished glass pavilions and the café/restaurant area at Sheffield Botanical Gardens.
Altron worked with the principal CCTV installers, Whittaker Electrical Ltd, on behalf of Strata Construction and Sheffield City Council, on the project and supplied the AW2181 camera mounting poles for external surveillance.
The company says the AW2181, and its bigger brother the AW2075, are the only cylindrical cabinet based CCTV poles on the market, posses-sing all the installation attributes of square based units but with the base cabinet in a cylindrical format. Deve-loped initially for the Millennium Dome project they have subsequ-ently been used at other locations
McDonald's goes digital
With more than 50 McDonald's restaurants in South Africa, the company has upgraded to a digital CCTV system for greater efficiency and improved store management.
With the help of SiteWatch, McDonald's has installed a TeleEye III+ VX Video Recording Transmitter (VX-8002) connecting with cameras located above cashier, cash office, drive through, back door, store door, etc of the restaurants.
With the deployment of TeleEye III+ VX, the old video multiplexer and time-lapse recorders are no longer required.
McDonald's chose TeleEye III+ because of its powerful remote capability and removable hard drive architecture. Managers can access video of the restaurant from headquarters or play back video from any location at any time over telephone lines. The Marketing Department can check if the advertisement and promotional materials have been displayed. Removable hard drive allows expansion of recording capacity. The National Security Manager can also use Pocket PC with the installation of TeleEye M-monitoring Solution to view the restaurant from a car park through wireless LAN.
Lesson in economy
The CCTV system at a school in Essex proved to be very effective during the day but at night, the quality of the images recorded left a lot to be desired.
Mayflower High School called in CCTV specialists Complete Security who were quickly able to identify that the existing lighting was totally inade-quate for conventional CCTV cameras.
One solution was for the school to install additional lighting but this would have been expensive and eaten into their limited budget.
Complete recommended that the school replace the existing cameras with Samsung Techwin SDN-520 Day/ Night cameras. The SDN is a 1/3 inch high res CCD camera that operates as colour during the day. At night the mechanically driven IR filter is auto-matically turned off and the camera produces sharp monochrome images.
"We are delighted with the solution provided by Complete Security", said Enzo Russo, Facilities Manager at at the 1500-pupil school. "We could not afford the amount of additional lighting that would have been required but fortunately the Samsung cameras can provide good quality images even when it is dark."
Car park now secure
St Albans based Case Security were commissioned to install a CCTV system to cover a seven floor, 950-space car park in the centre of Bournemouth.
The car park, constructed in the sixties had become dilapidated and had an unfriendly and unsafe atmosphere.
Apcoa Parking UK completed a £2m refurbishment and Case installed 40 ptz cameras linked to the car park's call point system. When a member of the public (possibly feeling threaten-ed) activates one of the call points, one or more of the cameras automa-tically moves to observe the activity in that spot.
The car park is 100 per cent concrete construction and Case had to install several miles of cable to link all the cameras to the car park monitoring centre.
The improvements have led to the car park winning the Secure Car Park Award
£100k traincare contract
The facility will provide a completely new approach to train maintenance, using a ‘pit-stop’ style regime, which will minimise the risk of delays or cancellations for passengers.
The Traincare Facility is over a mile long and consists of three buildings and one kilometre of test track. Protecting it are eight external CCTV cameras, all transmitting over fibre optic cables to the main 24-hour control rooms. The cameras, which are connected to a SISTORE digital recording unit, are electronically programmed with ‘privacy zones’ to prevent operators from viewing sensitive neighbouring properties. Integrated into the access control system, the cameras will automatically move to pre-set positions if an event occurs.
Both the CCTV and Access Control systems are linked into Siemens’ Building Management System, Desigo, which enables operators to view camera images from their PCs.
DJ in the picture
The networked digital CCTV system at Lucid also offers security coverage as well as images of clubbers across the three entertainment levels.
Two Dedicated Micros DS2 16-way digital multiplex recorders capture images from 31 cameras. Crowd control cameras are networked – an alarm image on the screen in the DJ booth alerts him to potential incidents while doormen and stewards can also view images from inside the club.
Continuous digital images are recorded for up to 31 days and the DS2 internal 320GB hard disks are archived onto a CD writer for evidential purposes. They can also be saved to a PC and printed out on site.
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