Digital revolution for CCTV industry

May 2001 Surveillance

The closed circuit television surveillance industry has been revolutionised by the comparatively recent adoptions of digital technology. This is according to Digital Monitoring & Recording Systems' (DMRS) CEO Peter Mansfield, who says that the signals produced by digitally-based CCTV systems can easily be routed to any user needing to view them via their organisation's LAN, WAN or modem.

This, according to Mansfield, is in contrast to the situation in the past with analog systems, which could be viewed at a central point, but could not be accessed by users in other locations. "Analog CCTV systems traditionally store video at the rate of one frame every three seconds, meaning that crucial events are often not captured, but digital systems are able to capture and store video footage up to 25 frames/s, ensuring that nothing is missed. The storage of video captured by analog systems was an administrative nightmare," adds Mansfield.

Mansfield explains that the DMRS software allows the user to use dome cameras and have control over which video is stored. Recording takes place continuously, either on schedule, as the result of an alarm, or even when the system detects movement.

According to Mansfield, the main purpose of analog CCTV was to combat crime, however the high picture quality offered by digital systems has opened up a number of other possible roles for the technology.

"DMRS has installed a number of systems, which monitor critical points in production processes and allow executives to view the footage on their desktop computers, or even by dialling into the system from a remote location. Other clients are using digital CCTV to record operations, which they can refer to in the event of a dispute," concludes Mansfield.

For more details contact Peter Mansfield, DMRS on telephone (031) 303 3049, [email protected]





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