Installers of networks are looking into installing CCTV, and vice versa, a seminar heard.
Mark Thomas, Regional Manager (UK) for TeleEye Europe, spoke of a cross-over of disciplines; installers of networks are looking into installing CCTV, and vice versa. ?It?s fair to say that IP video products are widely available.? Because most companies have a network, it has potential to be used for CCTV transmission – and it?s commercial viable, he added. ASDL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, over a telephone network) costing œ30 a month makes it affordable to transmit video from one place to another. As for the future, he saw an increased take-up of wireless technology and mobile networks such as GSM, using the Orange high-speed data network service. Other trends he suggested would be the integration of CCTV and access control systems onto the network. The security end user could reduce installation and operating costs because rather than one control room, there would be the flexibility to have multiple ?control rooms? – PC users. In many places the cabling was already in the building, and there would not be a need for separate cabling. As for transferring information – such as a video still – it could happen at the click or a button, rather than posting a videotape.
Typical applications
Mark Thomas went on to explain typical applications, such as a car park. The CCTV user could connect cameras to a TeleEye III+ VRT (Video Recording Transmitter) and connect that to the organisation?s computer network. Thus any one with a PC and with the authorisation to view and record camera images could do so. Or, an office and a warehouse with a single camera viewing a door could be linked over the internet; or, multiple sites with multiple cameras, and alarm sensors connected too. Earlier, Wallace Ma, Director of TeleEye Europe went through the manufacturer?s products. The TeleEye M-monitoring Solution allows access to remote video with a Personal Diary Assistant. A retail security officer for example could carry a PDA to connect to a TeleEye III+ transmission unit while on patrol to obtain remote video, rather than having to be tied to a control room to view CCTV. Cyber TeleEye is a video monitoring system, giving access to remote live video through the internet.
The TeleEAR audio transmission unit supports multiple audio channels, makes remote public addressing and records audio on a PC hard disk. It works with the TeleEye product series to provide audio and visual remote monitoring function over a telephone line. Features of the TeleEye III+ VRT include triplex video recording, to allow simultaneous video monitoring, recording and playback; video transmission rates of up to 25 frames per second (broadband internet) and 20fps (PSTN); event-driven recording; remote playback and recording setting; and motion detection. The manufacturer?s UK distributors are Videcon and Securitech; the firm?s partners include Securitas (its alarm receiving centre); Visual Verification and UK Business Watch.
