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Adpro and ImperiSecure - a total solution

ImperiSecure is a division of ImperiLog Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Imperial Holdings. Using products and solutions from CMT Trading, the company offers a comprehensive security service to clients, including guards, surveillance in the form of off-site close circuit monitoring and also electronic vehicle tracking nationwide.

CMT has supplied ImperiSecure with the Adpro FastTrace multisite video security system as well as Adpro Video Central Gold, which is a multisite video security manager.

FastTrace provides evidential quality recording that delivers rapid remote access of live events and instant retrieval of stored images, for a secure, cost-effective and reliable remote off-site video transmission and verification.

The system is designed for a diverse range of high security, multiple site industries that require centralised security and surveillance management.

Video Central monitors video and audio from remote sites fitted with Adpro digital recording and video transmission systems. ImperiSecure opted for the Gold version, which supports multiple PCs and operators and is ideal for central monitoring station and command centre applications. (Video Central Lite is designed for the single operator or laptop user, and is well suited to those requiring occasional viewing of a site.)

How it works

The intruder approaches a building and in turn a CCTV camera and when they enter the field of view of the camera, the Adpro system 'grabs' three frames of video from that camera at 1-second intervals and dials through to the central monitoring system (CMS). In the ImperiSecure control room the attending operator receives these three frames of video on a single Quad screen along with a fourth video image that replays all three frames of video in a video loop, to ensure the operator can clearly visualise what generated the alarm.

This is what is known as 'the event', three frames of video that represent the actual alarm on site. An operator can now switch to live video from that camera or select any camera to view. The operator can observe someone on site, and simply uses a microphone to challenge the intruder with a simple warning such as, "You in the grey jumper, you have activated a remote video alarm system please leave the site immediately". This has the same effect that a person on site challenging the intruder would have, the intruder leaves site and the customer does not sustain a loss. The signal takes between eight and 30 seconds to reach the CMS, giving plenty of time for a response to warn off the intruder. The operator could operate any PTZ camera from the CMS and obtain a good image of the intruder prior to warning the intruder off. This may in turn be forwarded to the police for appropriate action.

Versatility

A customer can also control access to the site by motorising the access gates, installing an intercom at the gates and connecting up the remote outputs to the Adpro system.

A person who needs access simply presses the intercom and talks to the CMS operator, the Adpro control software displays the video and an interactive site plan from the site, which holds all the critical information and details about persons who are allowed access. A few questions answered, and access is either granted or denied, the gate can be remotely opened and lights switched on and alarm zones isolated, all under the watchful eye of the remote CMS.

The Adpro system can be used as a normal system on site but by simply installing the Video Central software onto their PC or laptop, as ImperiSecure has done, they are able to access the live and recorded video images by connecting to a telephone line from any location in the world. This enables the customer to observe what is happening as well as what has happened by reviewing the stored video on the FastTrace system.

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