CCTV Today articles from November 2002

CCTV Today archives from November 2002

Global video network company COE has appointed a new general manager to continue its growth in Asia Pacific.
November 1, 2002... Global video network company COE has appointed a new general manager to continue its growth in Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore Clynton Higgs will be responsible for the Asia Pacific region including operations in India, Singapore and Hong...

JVC Professional.
November 1, 2002... Stena Line Ferries is benefiting from the installation of 12 IP cameras from JVC Professional aboard its new Superferry class ship on the Fishguard-to-Rosslare route, As well as improving visual monitoring from a security perspective, the...

Shawley of Newport is on a recruitment drive for senior people following a year of growth in its Open Circuit Television (OCTV) and conventional CCTV systems business.
November 1, 2002... Shawley of Newport is on a recruitment drive for senior people following a year of growth in its Open Circuit Television (OCTV) and conventional CCTV systems business. Janet Wilderspin and Linda Williams have been promoted to new positions on...

Handsworth.
November 1, 2002... Bicycle-mounted police in Handsworth are using miniature personal CCTV systems as they patrol their beats. The cameras are mounted on to the visors of their cycle helmets, while a compact hard-disk recorder is built In to officers' protective...

Show me the way to go home ... (News).
November 1, 2002... SPECIAL late night buses in Leicester are to have cameras and security guards in a bid to cut down on late night violence. In a concerted effort to curb increasing city-centre flare-ups, police in Leicester have joined forces with bus...

CCTV? It is rocket science after all. (News).
November 1, 2002... PERHAPS anticipating space-colonies with crime and disorder problems, JVC has fitted two cameras to the Demios Odyssey rocket launched by British Group MARS Advanced Rocketry Society. The two cameras filmed the launch and lift off of the...

School buses go digital. (News).
November 1, 2002... A DIGITAL video monitoring system has been installed in the US to protect children and drivers on school buses. A total of 105 Digital Chaperone monitoring systems from Silent Witness have been fitted to the Pocono Mountain school...

Equity group in Bewator shares deal. (News).
November 1, 2002... NORTHERN European private equity group EQT has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in access security and video control company Bewator. Bewator Group Management, together with the previous principal shareholders, Rune...

Administration tool packed with features. (News).
November 1, 2002... A HOST of new features have been added to the Video Tracking Administration System (VTAS) from i-Comply. The system is designed to help users comply with legislation and free up more time for CCTV operators to spend on monitoring. Features...

Call for new national business crime association. (News).
November 1, 2002... BILL MOYES, director general of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), has called for the creation of a new national association of business crime partnerships to tackle retail crime. Speaking at the Retail Crime Partnership Conference in...

Industry in strong position, survey claims. (News).
November 1, 2002... THE UK CCTV industry is poised for strong growth, particularly in export markets, according to a survey. The internet poll on CCTV usage in Britain and Europe, conducted by Strawpoll Surveys, has attracted several hundred respondents....

Vista cameras demand that 007 pays attention. (News).
November 1, 2002... No it's not the outbreak of a new war but a scene from the newly-released Bond film, `Die Another Day'. Among the explosions you can just make out a couple of cameras (CCTV, not cinematic), part of the kit supplied by Vista for the...

New data inspection scheme. (News).
November 1, 2002... A NEW audit scheme designed to help users identify requirements and best practice under data protection legislation has been unveiled by the National Security Inspectorate (NSI). According to the Inspectorate, managers and operators of CCTV...

Banking on video transmitter. (News).
November 1, 2002... TELEEYE GROUP has won a contract to supply its TeleEye III+ video transmitter to the Bank of Communications (Security Section, Shanghai Branch) in China. The Bank Group hopes the introduction of the system will help to improve security of...

Network video--clash or convergence? The future of the CCTV industry and its role in network video was the subject of a recent discussion forum hosted by Axis Communications. It proved to be one of the most honest and realistic assessments of the threats and opportunities posed to the industry. (News Analysis).
November 1, 2002... SOME OF the leading players in `traditional' CCTV--as well as in the IP video sector--got together to explore the threats and opportunities posed by video over networks. Industry analyst Andrew Minton, who has spent the last six months...

Vehicle checking for Operation Scallywag. (News).
November 1, 2002... KENT County Constabulary has used a Swift Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera system to check vehicles on one of Kent's major roads. Deployed in support of `Operation Scallywag', the wireless CCTV system was positioned on a...

Networked video for US airports. (News).
November 1, 2002... THE AGENCY tasked with beefing up aviation security in the US has selected a networked monitoring and recording system for six US airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has chosen the Versalis network video system, from...

Alarmcom re-focuses on solutions. (News).
November 1, 2002... FOLLOWING a restructuring of its product range and distribution methods, Alarmcom, part of the Siemens group, is now trading as the Fire & Security Products business (FSP) of Siemens Building Technologies Limited. It follows the closure of...

Joined up thinking. (User Group).
November 1, 2002... LET'S GET THE BEST OUT OF CCTV Peter Fry director of the CCTV User Group The huge investment in CCTV during the 1990s was matched by a lack of assessment into the effectiveness of the systems. Finally, there is a change of attitude,...

Believing in CCTV. (BSIA).
November 1, 2002... WHAT ABUT PRIVATE CCTV SCHEMES? Research into the effectiveness of CCTV won much coverage in the national press during the summer. But Adam Wiseberg chairman of the BSIA CCTV section says too much focus was given to its negative aspects....

London eyes: CCTV has come late to central London. Now that it has arrived, it breaks new ground in the running of city centre schemes. Ron Alalouff paid a visit to the Trocadero Centre to find out more. (City Centre).
November 1, 2002... While other towns, cities and shopping centres have had schemes running for up to a decade now, this part of London has been a late developer as far as a central scheme is concerned. All that has changed with the launch in September of a new...

How far can you go? Some believe the growth in IP-based CCTV systems could lead to a decline in demand for `traditional' transmission systems. Ian Fowler of Norbain SD argues that there remain many excellent reasons for choosing these more conventional solutions, and that finding the `best-fit' for a particular site should remain every installer's first priority. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... The CCTV industry is quick to identify new technologies that offer the potential to fundamentally re-write the industry as we know it. According to some the latest is the rapid emergence of IP-based (Internet Protocol) CCTV systems. Among other...

Flexible and rugged connection options. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... An RJ-45 connection system to let cameras and other security equipment communicate over networks has been launched. Produced by Woodhead Connectivity, the RJ-Lnxx IP67 connection system enables Ethernet and other data communication...

Alternative twisted interfaces. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... Said to offer installers an alternative to the usual coax cabling, American Fibertek has introduced a range of twisted pair cable interfaces. Known as baluns, the interfaces enable standard CCTV cameras, monitors and ancillary equipment to...

800 metre challenge. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... A challenging installation requiring cable runs of up to 800 metres has been completed at the Acorn industrial Park in Crayford by Kent & Sussex Security. A total of 13 dome and static cameras were installed, the former providing low light...

Video balun for extra distance. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... A new S-Video/audio balun has been launched by NHC Communications. It allows one S-Video signal plus two unbalanced audio channels to be replaced by standard Category 5 twisted pair in a point-to-point audio-video connection. Used in...

Ethernet cabling verification device. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... By using its compact handheld cable tester, electrical contractors and security installers can easily check the integrity of Local Area Network (LAN) twisted pair cabling, says manufacturer Fluke. The voice, data and video Micromapper tool...

What makes id technology group plc stand out from the rest? `It's simply a matter of providing superlative service'. (Advertorial).
November 1, 2002... In the past four years, id technology group plc has established itself as a market leader in providing security solutions for `blue chip' companies in the fields of entertainment, leisure and retail. How has it done this in such a short...

Transmitter for domes. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... Designed for use in the Pelco Spectra II or III series dome system, the VT1500WDM Pelco miniature video transmitter and data receiver has been launched by International Fiber Systems, Inc. The unit plugs directly into the dome's data...

Vessels monitored at port. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... The port of Newhaven in Sussex is using cameras to help monitor and control vessels sailing to and from the port. Two cameras, installed by Kent & Sussex Security, are sited where the river channel joins the open sea: one looks up river, the...

Steadying shaky surveillance. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... Software which stabilises shaky surveillance video in real-time is available from Dynapel Systems. SteadyCCTV is offered to CCTV system integrators and OEMs as a complete plug-and-play video appliance, as well as packaged in a Software...

Drop and repeat operation. (Transmission).
November 1, 2002... International Fiber Systems, Inc. has introduced its D7400 Series 4-Port Ethernet Transceiver unit. This switch will provide drop and repeat transmission of four 10/100 Mbps Ethernet data signals over one or two multimode or single mode optical...

Please don't shoot the messenger: there's more to effective CCTV than expensive hardware. Operational issues--such as system maintenance and recording media management--are the key to success, says Stephen Godfrey-Cass of Fujifilm. (Compliance).
November 1, 2002... Against a background of soaring street crime Tony Blair pledged in April that within five months, it would be `under control'. How can CCTV help in the ongoing battle and why does it too often disappoint? Six months and 27 million later,...

The reality of resolution: you'll probably be familiar with the oft-repeated warnings about always taking manufacturers' specifications at face value. Here, George Wilson delves deeper and exposes the limits of resolution of cameras, once they are connected to a system. (Technical).
November 1, 2002... Horizontal resolution is primarily limited by the quality of the device that created the picture, i.e. the camera pixel count. In addition, it will be affected by the video transmission system and over long distances, cable losses will cause a...

Finding that winning formaula: the casino was one of the first institutions to make use of CCTV technology. Through examination of a cross-section of foreign markets Michael Bird assesses the obstacles and opportunities for CCTV in this expanding industry. (Casinos).
November 1, 2002... Some 30 years ago, CCTV technology was very expensive and the only customers who could afford it were those who had more to lose by not installing it. These customers included `high roller' casinos where turnovers (or `drops' to use the casino...

Watching over Colonel Sanders. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Fast food company Kentucky Fried Chicken's Sheffield branch has been fitted with Sony CCTV equipment. A total of 16 Sony anti vandal colour dome cameras have been installed throughout the 3-storey 6000sq ft building, principally monitoring...

Platform for retail security integration. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Industrial and distribution group Saint-Gorbain has installed an integrated CCTV and electronic article surveillance system (EAS) from Checkpoint Meto. The installation is at the first Platform building materials store in the UK in Kings...

Alliance to combat fly tipping. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Vaulted Image Technologies, which supplies remote CCTV image capturing solutions, has recently announced a technology agreement with surveillance systems manufacturing company Britannia 2000. Dave Harmon, sales director at Vaulted Image...

Hospital contract upgrade. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... The Security Systems operation of Siemens Building Technologies has won a 2.5 million [pounds sterling] contract to upgrade the security systems at Rampton Hospital, based in Nottinghamshire. The project encompasses the supply, installation...

Monitoring remote sprinklers. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Baxall has won the contract to supply American company Dalton Utilities with a range of Destiny-ATM equipment. The CCTV system is used primarily to monitor remote water sprinkler heads to prevent any overflow problems, which could flood the...

High quality recordings at council control room. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Nine digital recorders from Sanyo feature in East Renfrewshire Council's new control room. The DTL-4800P digital video recorders and seven MPX-CD29P nine-channel multiplexers were installed by ADT Fire & Security. The control room...

Mobile computers fit the bill for London's Met officers. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Microbus Mobile Data has received an order to supply fifty MP5 mobile computers to equip vehicles in the the Southwark Division of London's Metropolitan Police. This is the third such order received from the Metropolitan Police for Microbus...

Installer network grows. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Midlands company Central & County Closed Circuit is the latest member to be added to Sony's SAIF installer network. The 16-strong network of independent installation companies is appointed by Sony to meet the needs of the expanding UK CCTV...

Extended surveillance. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council has extended its CCTV surveillance by adding external Photo-Scanners and ptz cameras in the districts of Willenhall, Darlaston, Brownhills and Caldmore. Supplied by Photo-Scan Systems, the cameras are...

Digital recorders set off chain reaction. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Within six months of installing its first digital recorder at the Proudfoot supermarket in Withernsea, north England, the store's crime rates were virtually eliminated. The same chain is planning to Install Visimetrics OCTAR digital video...

We never promised you a rose garden ... (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... With the continuing debate on where CCTV is most effective, Darlington Borough Council said the facts speak for themselves--at least as far as car crime in the area is concerned. Prior to the introduction of what is now a 90-cameras system,...

Digital multiplexers on the Moscow metro. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Cameras, multiplexers and digital recording from Baxall have been installed on the Moscow Underground system. Some 25 stations have recently been fitted with Baxall equipment, which includes CDSP colour cameras, ZMX+ 32 channel multiplexers...

Wireless communication links. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Chronos Technology is providing a district council with two 10Mbps wireless communication links. These links are the first phase of 15 links installed by the company, which will be used to connect town centre CCTV cameras to a control...

Council's extension scheme. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... A new six-camera extension to the London Borough of Waltham Forest scheme has been installed by Ace Security & Electrical. The cameras cover the towns of Chingford and Walthamstow and Images are transmitted back to the control room in the...

Royal procession on show. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... A potential surveillance gap during the Queen's Jubilee tour of the UK was filled by police in Devon. A scheduled visit to Exeter Cathedral meant the Queen would have had to enter a surveillance blind spot for 15 minutes with a crowd of...

Two's company. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Baxall has appointed two new distributors, one in Iran and the other in Singapore. OR Dena, exclusive distributor for Baxall products in Iran, will focus on analogue CCTV equipment. Sing Tel Aeradio from Singapore will cater for both...

Axis of opportunity. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... By joining up with Axis Communications UK, Vaulted Image Technologies believes it will be able to broaden its market reach through access to customers of Axis. Dave Harmon, sales director at Vaulted Image Technologies, said: "We already...

Training performance. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... CCTV manager at the Sussex Police communication department, Richard Hoare has been presented with Tavcom Training's inaugural `Performance through Training' award. Over recent years Sussex Police has put in place a structured training plan...

Digital recording on campus. (Industry News).
November 1, 2002... Digital recording from Vicon has recently been installed at Bournemouth University. Two Kollector 4000 recorders are being used to record images at two of the university's sites. The units can each record images from up to 16 cameras...

Clash of culture: how will the industry face the challenges of CCTV over IP? Gary James, technical sales manager at Visirnetrics exhibiting at IFSEC 03, takes a realistic approach. (Exhibition & Conference Preview).
November 1, 2002... There are many CCTV over IP video solutions which involve the Internet, and it is here where perhaps the first real clash of cultures emerges. Why take a system that must, by law, restrict access as much as possible and connect it to the...

Getting to grips with network video. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... A portable starter kit to let installers demonstrate video over IP networks has been unveiled by Baxall. The kit provides a swift and effective way to show users how video can be viewed and controlled over a network, and the flexibility of...

Fast shutter and high resolution in one camera. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... A new standard in high speed and high resolution imaging is being claimed by Firstsight. The 2M30 SA camera from Dalsa is a 1600 x 1200 pixel, 7 micron pixel interline transfer camera aimed at high speed applications that require both fast...

Long play for four cameras. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Dedicated Micros has increased the storage capabilities of its D4 digital multiplex recorder range, with the launch of a 4-camera 320GB model Aimed at banks, forecourts and small retail outlets, it is claimed to have up to two months...

It's sweet 16 for wireless detector system. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Up to 16 remote wireless PIR movement detectors can be linked to a CCTV system, using a new receiver from Luminite. THe RX16DC receiver and battery-operated TX500 PIRs are said to be particularly suited to larger surveillance systems. The...

Compact housing range. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... The Vesro compact camera housing range from Videotec comprises a discrete design with side openings, and can be either wall- or top-mounted with standard or cable management brackets. It is suitable for standard cameras and small zoom...

Video evidence accepted by authorities. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Evidential Video Master (EVM) software from PI Vision is said to allow users to take video evidence from the 2nd Eyes Enterprise networked digital video system in a form that is acceptable to both the police and the criminal justice system. ...

Digital storage solutions. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... A range of networked storage products are being introduced in the UK by California-based Comet Labs. The new range will be able to store large amounts of data. Typically the ND410000 can store up to one month's output from a system with 16...

Cost-effective DVRs. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Digital video recorders (DVRs) at entry-level prices have been released by Neurodynamics. The Witness Compact range has been launched in response to demand for high quality equipment at a price point allowing many more installers and end...

Forecourt petrol patrol. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Designed to improve petrol forecourt security and reduce `drive offs', EPoSurveillance from Endusis is a remote digital video monitoring system. Able to cater to bespoke requirements, the system can be linked to a local area network, alarm...

`User-friendly' digital recorder. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... A standalone digital video recorder which is claimed to offer easy operation has been launched by EECS. The DVR SL-1-4/8 is said to combine high efficiency and stability and features an embedded 32-bit microprocessor, soft and hardware...

Upgraded drawing tool. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... CCTV Software has released CCTV Symbols upgrade pack 1 to add new equipment to its existing drawing packages. Designed for security professionals who want to produce clear connection and marketing diagrams, the new pack includes dome...

On top of a column. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Allowing the Titan 200 unit to be mounted on the top of a column, the 250 model has been added to the Titan range of dome camera units from Conway Security Products. This latest version removes the need for a conventional swan neck pole...

Low-power CPU board. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Available from Equator Technologies, Inc. the Tetra CPU board is a low-power and small form factor reference board designed for video intensive security, automotive video and IP-based consumer appliances. The board consists of the BSP-15...

Digital image enhancement. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... A new product range to improve image quality is available in the UK from Caxton Services Ltd (CSL). Known as C.ALL. it is Windows compliant and can be applied to still images in any format as well as to video, CCTV and DVD. The various...

PCI card offers digital surveillance basis. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Wordsworth Technology believes its IVC-200G video capture PCI card forms an ideal basis from which to build a digital surveillance system. According to the company, up to 30 frames per second of PAL, NTSC or SECAM video can be supported on...

Slip ring opportunities. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Slip ring manufacturers are responding to the challenges in sectors such as imaging systems, robotics, materials handling, video surveillance systems and communication links, it's claimed, Introduced to the European market by IDM, the...

DVR capture cards make line-up. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... P-Duke's product line includes a high-end MPEG-4 DVR card, veritable boon DVR card, IP camera and audiovisual video server products. The company's GS400 real-time DVR capture card offers real-time at 120 frames for four channels. Other...

Specially fitted vehicle speeds up installations. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Since taking delivery of a specially equipped CCTV vehicle, Primary Systems of Hampshire has reported new levels of service. The Leyland DAF panel van has been fitted with a 10 metre boom bucket and stabilisers. It is generally used for one...

Training opportunities. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Extending its service, CableNet Training has launched ten new training courses and a fully updated qualifications framework. It has also reviewed the technical content of its existing courses. The company's total number of standard...

Train-spotters paradise ... (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Station car parks and railway sidings are just two of the applications for Vista's automatic number plate recognition systems (ANPR), says the company's divisional director, Mark Pritchard. The unit comprises a monochrome EXveiw cameras...

Lighting advice for CCTV. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... In light of the recent debate surrounding the effectiveness of CCTV compared to better street lighting in preventing crime, Venture Lighting has published its WhiteLux basic guide to lighting for safety and security. The free eight-page...

Filters help DPA compliance. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... To help companies which use CCTV comply with the Data Protection Act, 3M offers its Privacy Filters. The Act demands that it is the responsibility of anyone who uses CCTV to ensure that monitors displaying images from areas in which individuals...

Colour camera features low distortion zoom lens. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Available from Firstsight Vision, the Tamron ZC25 is said to integrate a high fidelity CCIR colour camera with a high magnification low distortion aspherical lens subsystem. According to the company, this new product has automatic focus and...

Video storage cabinet. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Introduced by Stortech Electronics, a new video storage cabinet is reported to provide secure storage for CCTV video stock. The VHS storage cabinet offers automatic rotation of video archive, says the company. Tapes are taken from the...

Infrared illuminators released. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... For tough, mission critical monitoring in dark conditions, Silent Witness has released the LumaView series of infrared (IR)illuminators--the IR 75 and IR 200. LumaView is said to allow IR-sensitive CCTV cameras to produce high quality...

Greater recording capacity. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... Two new models with enhanced recording capacity have been added to Baxall's DTL range of digital recorders. The new 240Gb and 320Gb recorders are available with or without Ethernet compatibility and audio. The Ethernet versions allow users...

Video single board computer. (Products & Services).
November 1, 2002... A new low power, single board computer (SBC) for video handling requirements is available from Wordsworth. The Nova-7800 features a 133MHz mobile Intel Pentium III socket for support of up to 52Mb of PC100/PC133 SDRAM. The board has a...