ADT Birmingham has installed Surveyor dome cameras and Aurora multiplexers from Vicon Industries controlled by its Nova matrix system at Touchwood Court, in Solihull.
The Surveyor 2000 model features three-phase micro-stepping motors and a proprietary software driver which delivers smooth and silent operation throughout the entire range of speeds from 0.25 degrees per second to 300 degrees per second. Programming has been made simple with self-learn tours, which also allow for in-sequence editing and reverse touring.
The design features a drive mechanism that can be operated independently from the housing. Installers were thus able to test functionality prior to permanent mounting at the shopping and entertainment venue. Extensive menu-based programming allowed each unit to be configured to individual needs.
The multiplexers also allow intelligent updating of image displays, with higher refresh rates enhancing real-time viewing of one or more cameras displayed for security staff at Touchwood Court.
Site system upgrade
Tauratec Systems has selected the Digital Sprite multiplex recorder from Dedicated Micros to control the recently upgraded VCR-based security system at Blackburn-based Voith Fabrics. The security system monitors specialist machinery including a conveyor belt system used to transport textiles through heavy machinery. Deliveries and shipments are also monitored to keep public disturbance within the residential area to a minimum.
The cameras have been networked via the existing IT infrastructure. Six domes were installed externally at strategic points around the site, with a further 10 static cameras internally. The digital system gives greater clarity of images as well as easier retrieval of recorded events. Recording is also not interrupted as with the previous analogue system, and managers can log in to monitor specific incidents without involving the security manager.
Tauratec opted to install the Digital Sprite following a demonstration of how easy the system is to install. Paul McHale, operations manager, explained that since the installation at Voith, Tauratec had installed a further couple of Digital Sprites without any hitches.
Art of smart
Tuskguard has installed Intellikey's smart electronic key-based access control system at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. The access control system has been fitted to 18 doors around the perimeter of the museum and to some of the administrative areas of the building. Three doors have retained their existing lock systems.
The customised Intellikey system installation was put in with minimum disturbance to the museum's staff. Each key can be programmed over and over again, with information passed between the microprocessors in the key and the lock by using secure infrared technology.
If the key is inserted into the wrong lock, encrypted software within the lock instantly disables the unauthorised key giving protection to high security and sensitive areas, and the Intellikey cannot be forged or copied making it totally secure.
Emergency call
Centurion Security has installed door entry equipment from BPT Security Systems as part of a £250,000 system at the Bradford Royal Infirmary's A&E department. The recently refurbished department required a reliable door entry system to protect staff and patients from violent and abusive visitors under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
It chose a BPT video door entry system featuring vandal resistant door entry panels that could withstand the heavy wear and tear likely at any A&E department.
Visitors press the call button to be connected to the department handler, while the panels have been fitted with a proximity access control reader to give access to staff.
Keyboard control
ADT Cardiff has installed matrix units and telemetry keyboards and receivers at the Loudoun and Nelson tower blocks in Cardiff Bay.
As part of a major refurbishment of the tower blocks by Balfour Kirkpatrick, the equipment is providing Cardiff City Council with seamless interfacing between the VCL domes and control system, as well as variable speed control via the TX1 keyboard. The telemetry equipment comes from Conway's Omega range, while the Conway matrix offers 96 camera inputs and four monitor outputs with RS485 telemetry and an 8-way RF launch unit.
A connecting walkway between the two blocks is to provide a permanently manned entrance. Electronic gates and electronic access devices inside the towers will be used to protect the estates, while monitoring facilities in the blocks will be used for surveillance in the surrounding area.
Tracked by CCTV footage
Visual Security Systems, who upgraded a CCTV system by installing a Visimetrics OCTAR 2000 digital recording system at Driffield Town Centre following an incident at a kebab shop nearly two years ago, were asked to help Driffield Police convert images of an arson attack at the same kebab shop for use in a television news programme.
As a result of showing the footage on BBC Look North, witnesses were able to assist police with their enquiries. The Town Centre had switched to the OCTAR system due to poor quality images given by the previous system.
Technology brief
Kent and Sussex Security Limited has installed a CCTV system at Benenden Hospital in Kent comprising eight high-speed surveillance domes, three static cameras and three high-resolution 17 inch monitors, displaying quad screen images.
Kent and Sussex Security opted to use multi-core twisted pair cabling to connect the systems on the 30 acre site to ensure clear video signals were transmitted to the central control point. Passive video transceivers from Network Video Technologies Ltd were also installed at each camera location, with an active receiver hub in the control room.
Extra pairs have been also been installed at strategic points for more cameras. The cameras come from Video Controls Ltd's Orbiter range.
Hindu mission
Conway Security Products has supplied and installed a range of CD housings at the Swaminarayan Hindu Mission in Neasden in north west London. The CD1 housings provide a compact, vandal-resistant solution with a discreet appearance at the ornate centre, which generates an international movement involved in social, moral, educational, cultural and spiritual projects.
The CD housings have no angular edges and are safe to use in public areas, or where height restrictions are an issue. The curved surface is also visually appealing and provides protection from malicious attack. The units are also said to require minimal connection and installation time.
Building on a Witness
Case CCTV Ltd has installed a PC-based digital CCTV video recording system at the Cambridge Building Society’s 21-branch network. The Witness system has improved monitoring and recording capabilities and simplified operation by enabling control of the entire camera network. A sophisticated remote access facility allows management and video monitoring to be carried out from a central monitoring station. Branches are monitored on an internal LAN network, operating on a dial in/dial out basis. Live images can also be transmitted to other branches or saved on to disk. Each camera can be set to record at any image rate, from slow time lapse to full frame rate, and there is a combination of continuous, scheduled, event-triggered and snapshot recording. Recording can also be triggered by video motion detection.Bar the traffic
Atec Security has installed traffic barriers from BPT Automation Limited at the Wheatsheaf Hotel at Virginia Water. The busy hotel, which also runs a pub beside the lakes at Windsor Great Park, had been experiencing problems with unauthorised parking at its private car park. To solve the problem, three MEC 900 heavy duty, electro-hydraulic traffic barriers were installed at the entrance and exit of the pub car park, and at the entrance to a smaller car park reserved for hotel guests only. The barrier has an air-cooled hydraulic pump system designed to handle the heavy duty cycles required for frequent operation at busy car parks. Entrance to the pub car park is controlled via a pay and display machine with a fee of £5 which is refunded to pub visitors. At the hotel car park, guests gain access by using a card reader which is part of their room key, or via an intercom system linked to the hotel’s internal telephone system and mobile handsets used by hotel staff. An underground induction loop allows exit at all times.Source
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