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Vigilant wins several international contracts for intelligent IP surveillance and security solutions
posted on 13/02/2007

Vigilant Technology has won several new contracts with a total value of US$1.8 million for its intelligent IP surveillance and security solutions. These contracts include casino projects in the United States, a borough in Israel and a large shopping centre in the UK. In the United States Vigilant has been selected to install its system to cover the entire site of a casino in Florida. Vigilant completed the first phase of this new installation at a casino and horse racing complex in Florida and will commence the second phase shortly. Vigilant was also selected, and has installed, its solution in a casino in Arizona. Vigilant has added a further town centre to its client list, winning a security contract at one of Jerusalem's boroughs. Furthermore, Vigilant is expanding its security systems installed within the London Borough and Hackney and also in Reading town centre. Vigilant has also received its first order from one of the largest shopping and leisure complexes in the UK. This... [more]

ETI300 transfers video and audio over IP
posted on 13/02/2007

Up until now, transferring video over distances greater than 800m has not been possible. BPT Entry Control Solutions has launched the ETI300 unit designed to transfer video and audio over IP. Suitable for use in all BPT System 300 door entry systems, the ETI300 is appropriate for apartment blocks that are remote from the concierge. The ETI300 from BPT uses the existing network infrastructure of a building. The ETI300 simply connects via RJ45 to any LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network), to transfer video and audio over the Ethernet. Now there is no limit to distance and the picture quality remains excellent. The ETI300 makes a number of configurations possible and highly cost-effective, such as multiple sites to a single switchboard, multiple entrances and / or multiple cameras and allows for remote entrances to be connected either directly into a monitor handset or to a switchboard or both. It is also ideal for out of hours remote responses. The ETI300 is av... [more]

Miniature High Definition IP camera
posted on 12/02/2007

The AV1300 of High Definition IP camera has been miniaturized from 5” to 2.5” long. This enables it to fit into the smaller dome formats. It also reduces the weight by nearly half and power by 15%. Improved features include programmable alarm input/output including flash trigger/sync. AV1300M is a 1.3 Megapixel resolution IP addressable camera designed to deliver full motion high definition digital video across local area networks. Delivering at a maximum rate of over 55 million pixels per second (55 Pixels/sec), AV1300M is a high resolution, high sensitivity, low power industrial and commercial grade camera delivering full motion HDTV progressive scan video. Additionally it is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet (POE) and provides electronic and/or DC auto-iris control functionality. Built with proprietary massively-parallel MegaVideo® technology, the AV1300M has the ability to output multiple image formats allowing the simultaneous viewing of zoomed and full fiel... [more]

Millers Vanguard tracking its service fleet over the web with Masternaut
posted on 12/02/2007

Millers Vanguard, part of the AGA Group of companies, specialise in the service, maintenance and supply of in-store catering equipment to supermarkets. The company operates a nationwide fleet of 120 delivery, service and maintenance vehicles including Volkswagen Caddys for the delivery of pre-ordered parts, Mercedes Vitos and Sprinters for the breakdown and service engineers and Hiabs and LGVs for the delivery, installation and collection of new and loan equipment. Millers Vanguard has begun live tracking its service fleet over the web using Masternaut. Already improving communication between the mobile workforce, office based staff and the client base, Masternaut also supports the company’s Lone Worker Protection Policy and integrates with back office systems. Masternaut uses satellite positioning and high-speed communications to deliver up to the minute information via the web detailing the individual vehicle movements of the company’s nationwide service and maintenance engineers... [more]

Vista monitors and secures Cheadle Town Football Club
posted on 09/02/2007

Cheadle FC has had a rich and diverse history in the years since it formed in 1961 as Grasmere Rovers. Now situated at the Park Road Stadium, the club is famous for its foreign tours and has a record of playing 96 games in 30 different countries. Being a rather isolated site, often unmanned out of match time, chairman Chris Davies was keen to prevent any trespassing. Not having the personnel resources to monitor the cameras, Arc Monitoring was brought in to handle the task. Cheadle Town Football Club is using a partnership of remote monitoring services and the latest Vista technology to ensure that its premises are monitored and secured at all times. A number of fixed cameras have been installed in the bar area and around the perimeter of the buildings to monitor activity out of hours. These cameras are linked to the Vista SmartTel on site which then transmits via ISDN to Arc’s partnering EMS software. The SmartTel has been designed to provide fast transmission of high quality c... [more]

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