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CBC to explain perimeter surveillance role during half-day integrated security seminar
Date Posted: June 2010
Leading surveillance solutions provider CBC (Europe) is teaming up with specialist independent security integrator Integrated Security Design Ltd (ISD-Tech) as part of an informative half-day seminar, taking place on 17 June, organised by The Security Institute.
The event, titled ‘Integrated Security – One solution to Maximise Your Security Operations’, is being held at Dunsfold Park aerodrome site near Guildford in Surrey – home to BBC’s Top Gear programme, and featured in the filming of James Bond’s Casino Royale. It’s a chance to understand how integrated security can offer cost-effective, turnkey solutions, as well as see the latest developments and technologies in action. Those attending will also gain a valuable insight into security trends – and the business opportunities these present.
CBC’s Business Development Manager, Andrew Rosenthal, will be on-hand to discuss why, how and where to use the latest perimeter surveillance technologies. He’ll be explaining how electronic solutions can interface with manned response, and the ways in which primary detection systems can interface with CCTV monitoring. Andrew will demonstrate, for example, how multiple, integrated systems including radar detection, thermal, infrared and optical technologies can enable security staff to observe people, animals and vehicles without the need for artificial lighting, as well as provide images in fog, mist, rain and snow conditions.
His presentation will follow an opening session, hosted by ISD-Tech’s MD, Nicky Stokes, who’ll set the scene for the afternoon with an overview of integrated security solutions and the way in which they can offer reduced costs, improved on-site performance and streamlined service to clients.
The seminar will also include contributions from other speakers including a borough crime prevention design adviser, who’ll provide an insight into public sector funding of security in an uncertain future, and how to make use of freely available information, as well as the pitfalls and considerations when tendering for projects.
The event will conclude with a buffet and networking session, together with equipment demonstrations. Guests are welcome and the cost is £95pp for Security Institute members/£145pp for non-members. Please contact Karen Newman at The Security Institute by Friday 11th June.
Email: bookings@security-institute.org or Tel: 08453 707717.
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CBC’s integrated Radar Vision system protects solar farm’s perimeter
Date Posted: June 2010
Leading surveillance solutions provider CBC (Europe) has helped protect one of Europe’s largest solar farms, in Portugal, using its ground breaking Radar Vision detection system operating alongside rugged C-AllView PTZ surveillance cameras.
Working in conjunction with specialist independent security integrator Integrated Security Design Ltd (ISD-Tech), CBC was asked to devise an operationally effective way of securing this large site containing over 2500 solar panels – each the size of a house, with a total surface area of around 100,000km². In total, the site’s resulting power generation output is more than 45 megawatts when running at full capacity.
The client brief involved a secure perimeter and detection system to monitor people and vehicles moving close to the defined perimeter of the site and provide early warning to the on-site security team of any unauthorised movements or intruders. Liaising with ISD-Tech, CBC specified its Radar Vision solution and two units have been installed to provide the required long-range detection capability. Radar Vision tracks and verifies intruders at distances up to 800m (per unit) and the system provides all-round site security using multiple, integrated technologies, with 360° coverage.
The solar farm installation involves an overlap between the two Radar Vision units, designed to overcome challenges including the varying topography and terrain of the perimeter ground being protected. They are mounted at a 5m elevation for similar reasons. Both units are integrated with, and control, the operation of two C-AllView surveillance cameras supplied by CBC. C-AllView is a vandal resistant, IP67-sealed PTZ camera offering high-res 530TVL images alongside either 30x or 36x optical zoom views.
Completing this project, CBC and ISD-Tech also provided the design, installation and commissioning of a dedicated multi-mode fibre optic network between the two radar locations and the site’s central server control room. “The finished system provides millimetre precise detection around the solar farm’s perimeter, as well as real-time tracking of any intruders via the C-AllView cameras, notes John Downie, National Sales & Marketing Manager for CBC.
“When an intruder is detected an audible notification is provided to the security team, which avoids the need for operators to monitor screens constantly. The relevant camera assigned to the radar unit which first detected the intruder will then automatically track their subsequent movements – thereby enabling the security team to move quickly and intercept the person. Each Radar Vision unit can independently control up to five separate PTZ cameras like C-AllView to display and track multiple threats simultaneously.”
Nicky Stokes, MD of ISD-Tech, adds that the solar farm installation has proved a resounding success: “The client is extremely pleased with the finished system and feels the delivered solution is very flexible in its deployment and coverage.
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CBC’s video analytics seminar reality check
Date Posted: May 2010
Leading surveillance solutions provider CBC (Europe) provided a reality check for guests attending its recent very well attended seminar on video analytics technology. CBC explained that powerful analytics software certainly works – but also explained the limitations and potential pitfalls if the installation is not correctly planned and implemented.
A cross-section of end-users, consultants, specifiers, system integrators and installers attending this popular CBC event, held at the RAF Museum in north London, heard that analytics technology is used to analyse video for specific data and currently offers potential efficiency gains and labour cost reductions. The software can act as a „force multiplier‟, freeing up staff time from tasks such as monitoring of everyday events on camera monitor screens by turning this into a more efficient event-driven process instead.
Analytics applications also include sterile zone monitoring, intrusion detection, footfall counting (eg in retail environments), vehicle directional analysis and a range of other realistic situations. Besides significantly improving the effectiveness of security measures, video analytics can additionally be deployed as valuable management tools in areas including health & safety, as well as enhanced revenue generation. Ongoing developments in the technology hold the promise of exciting future additions to the capabilities of video analytics, the seminar speakers added.
Delegates attending the CBC seminar were advised to ensure that, for maximum effectiveness, practical deployment of video analytics software involves appropriate planning of important aspects such as camera locations/positioning. The specific requirements of the system should also be clearly defined and the software correctly calibrated, to ensure efficient operation.
Commenting on the seminar, Ian Fish, Group Manager Security & Continuity at Arcadis Vectra, which provides specialist technical consultancy and implementation services, expressed interest in video analytics: “This offers a way of potentially overcoming human factors problems such as inevitable boredom suffered by CCTV operators watching banks of monitor screens. Analytics can take over that burden, freeing up operators‟ time for more useful tasks, just so long as the technology is properly specified and installed. I‟m glad I attended this event, because CBC has hosted a very honest presentation about video analytics.”
Lee Anderson, Design Manager at newly formed systems integrator Inovo, adds that the seminar was helpful because of his interest in automating CCTV systems to improve their efficiency: “There are simply too many cameras for too few operators to watch over,” he comments. “Video analytics can help flag up potential problems automatically and CBC‟s presentation has informed me exactly where we are with this technology today. The speakers were very truthful in their analysis, so I‟m glad I could attend.”
Meanwhile, Paul Harding of installation company Videcom Security is also upbeat about the potential video analytics can play in helping Videcom‟s customers: “We have used video analytics on remote sites where there is little or no movement for a while now and it works very well in that application, but our core business is town centre surveillance and we‟re being increasingly asked by our clients what this technology can practically achieve. Retail environments are usually very busy areas, so there are a lot of factors to consider and I learnt a lot from the seminar about what‟s achievable within that scenario. This technology is getting better and more reliable and the seminar has helped to explain and confirm a number of questions. If the software can alert operators of potential issues this can only be a good thing.”
John Downie, National Sales & Marketing Manager for CBC (Europe), comments that the video analytics seminar proved a particular success: “Working with our specialist partners, we divided the day into audio/visual presentations on the technology followed by a hands-on practical session, demonstrating how analytics works in real-life applications. We‟ve been delighted by the high turnout for this event, which proves the increasing market interest in this exciting technology.”
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PSI Awards 2010
Date Posted: May 2010
FINALIST: Ganz C-Allview
The PSI Awards are designed to let you – the professional security installation industry – decide who should receive the prestigious awards.
CBC are proud to announce the Ganz C-Allview has been nominated for Finalist in the category of CCTV Product of the Year.
For those who voted, thank you for your support. Please continue supporting us and vote for the Ganz C-Allview
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