ACTi Megapixel Cameras and Milestone Enhance Neighborhood Watch
Background
Apartment complexes are discovering the benefits of having IP video surveillance solutions on site at much lower costs thanks to wireless networking. The Seabury Apartment Complex consists of three apartment blocks and one maintenance building situated in the sea side village of Sandymount in Dublin 4. Boasting unrivalled views of Dublin Bay, the Property Management Company responsible for the site proposed a camera system to protect residences and deter criminals.
Solution
The Property Management company approached B-Secure, a local security installer in South Dublin to devise a cost effective solution to protect the site and provide good quality video footage. Working with GVD, the specialist value added distributor in IP, B-Secure & GVD conducted a joint site survey in Seabury. Afterwards, they devised the best IP video management plan for the site based on the budget available from the clients.
In order to protect the three apartment blocks, there are a number of ACTi ACM-1231 1.3 Megapixel Bullet cameras per building. These cameras are fully PoE, IP66 rated and have in built IR to provide a good day & night image. Rather than running coaxial cables from building to building and burying cable in ducts, GVD devised two point to point wireless links from two of the blocks back to the Maintenance Building where the Milestone XProtect® Essential Server does all the recording. The wireless links transmit the data from each of the cameras back to the server providing a much cleaner, cost effective and efficient alternative to traditional analogue systems. The Maintenance Building was already connected to one of the blocks by coaxial cable. In order to retain the investment and utilize the existing infrastructure, GVD recommended using Planet RJ45 convertors to convert the coaxial cable to RJ45.
The Property Management Company is delighted with the coverage the systems provides. They are able to quickly find evidence of fly tipping at the bin area. This can be easily exported as a PDF snapshot or .AVI file and sent to the Gardaí.
Benefit
For Property Management Surveillance the main advantages of an IP system are:
● Wireless Point to Point links to save time, disruption and money on unnecessary cabling
● Better quality footage with Megapixel Cameras
● Networked Solution means that each camera can be adjusted individually for optimal performance
● Milestone Smart Client can be used remotely to view live footage and export footage
Quotes
Kevin O’Brennan, Managing Director of B-Secure says “The system was pre-configured by GVD, so was ready to go ‘out of the box’. This saved us time on site and meant we were assured that the system had been fully bench tested beforehand. The Property Management Company is delighted with the picture quality and especially the cost savings using the wireless system. They are set to roll this out in many of their other properties in the near future.”
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