CCTV integrado …………………….Spanish
Integrati TVCC……………………….Italian
Integrierte CCTV……………………German
Integree CCTV……………………….French
Integreret CCTV…………………….Danish
Geintegreerde CCTV………………Dutch
Pinagsama-samang CCTV……….philippino
Integrert CCTV……………………….Norwegian
Integrerade CCTV…………………..Swedish
Zintegrowane CCTV………………..Polish
Predator 360 range.
So the predator CCTV range is getting some high profile publicity recently and with good reason some would say. 360 vision technology are a company who have always prided themselves on providing a quality solution at a realistic price. From experience we can say that their support and back up is always good as is the quality of most of the products they manufacture. They do have some history. Most within the industry will know that the company was born out of another successful business venture, so sound business ethics were already in-breed with the founder members of the company .When 360 vision launched they had a simple ethos, target good installers and provide quality products and support and then ensure they are looked after at all costs. This has been an extremely successful formula and one we expect to be repeated in the marketing, sale and support for the predator CCTV product range.
So where will the predator be used and how successful can it become?
The main places we see it being used is outside in non-maintenance friendly situations such as sports arena’s airports ,dock yards and city centres. The beauty of the predator CCTV solution is that it is virtually maintenance free. All programming and set up issues can be done from a remote location. It has a wiper so the camera view will always be clear and unaffected by enviromental issues .Great thought has been put to longevity of this camera. The pan and tilt motors have been designed for quiet, smooth operation minimising wear and tear. Optional IR lights can be mounted strategically to ensure the weight and load bearing is evenly distributed and gives maximum IR light spread in the areas required. The reason however this product will ultimately prove a success is because it has been future proofed in every conceivable way possible .IP CCTV is going to dominate the market in the future and the predator CCTV range is placed perfectly to benefit as IP integration solutions become more common place.
Conclusion.
So once the predator is sold and in place its hard to see another camera solution that will replace it .Reliability is key and past experience says this will be part of the Predator CCTV camera success story, time will tell but we think the writing is already on the wall.
Adpro
For many years now the Adpro has been the old workhorse in the CCTV monitoring market place. It was originally conceived to use the “new” ISDN technology that took off in the late 90’s. It’s success was phenomenal and it dominated the market place for 10 years or more. Its crown finally started to slip when competitors started bringing out IP security solutions that could both record and transmit pictures but most importantly transmit pictures over IP networks.
So is Adpro finished as a product?
Many would say yes, but in its defence it is very stable and very reliable. Why change? The main reason is simple . ISDN is being phased out and Adpro have not come up with a competitively priced product that can compete with some of the newer players on the market. It may also be suggested that Adpro was so confident with its market share it took its eye off the ball and started to to try to penetrate the external PIR market instead of concentrating on its core product , transmission of CCTV images.
But all is not lost.
What many installers have overlooked in an effort to sell DVR’s that can include integrated CCTV and IP cameras but also transmit images, is that Adpro has always been capable of IP transmission. It’s just that when Adpro was the number 1 player , IP was not ready for it! So we have hundreds if not thousands of Adpro transmission units out there still chugging away and working on ISDN phone lines.
Upgrade
We can upgrade the units still out there by simply fitting a suitable IP converter to the Adpro and then plugging this into a network. We then have a stable , reliable IP transmission path to the central stations who’s front end software can easily accept the new IP transmitted signalling.
What does this mean to the customer?
Well the customer gets better quality transmission , he is also able to do away with expensive ISDN lines and most importantly the call charges. It is estimated that a site with average traffic to a central station on ISDN will cost at least £1000 per annum. The upgrade should be able to be done for much less than this , delivering savings in the very first year.
So why is this not happening more?
Its all about economics, why would an IP CCTV systems seller upgrade a legacy product that is going to make him very little money. Any salesman worth his salt would always try to pursued a customer that buying a brand new DVR with all the bells and whistles is the way forward. This may of course be true but there is definitely a case to be made for preserving the old Adpro technology and we are pleased to be able to inform you the end user that you actually have more choice than you thought.
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2) IP cameras will reach parity with regard to price with their equivalent analogue models within 18 months.
3) IP integrators could put traditional analogue installers in the shade within 5 years.
Predictions.
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Why VMS ?
There are many benefits being touted about Video sphere VMS software.The main one we can see is the ability to support so many applications and be so flexible when trying to design a hybrid CCTV system.
The framework to have a scalable IP CCTV solution.
Video sphere can support small, medium and large applications that need IP CCTV solutions but need to consider legacy analogue devices . By using codecs all analogue camera equipment can be converted to IP CCTV cameras and integrated into the VMS framework. Video streaming of high frame rates up to 256 IP or converted analogue cameras per server. Ultimately by correctly configuring the network servers VMS can support thousands of cameras across a company group.
MPEG4 and H.264.
Both the above video compression formats are supported by VMS as is multiple PTZ IP cameras and video sphere HD IP solutions. As we mentioned before codecs in the form of Edge encoders are used to introduce analogue cameras in to the overall solution and this then enables existing equipment to run analytics that make these cameras intelligent this has to be considered a valuable upgrade benefit.
Alarm switching.
An important part of all IP solutions is the ability to support alarm switching to follow analytic generated alarms. VMS does this and can also be integrated to data sources such as ATM and POS transactions.
Conclusion.
VMS is a powerful piece of software , designed to be future proofed and has many features and benefits that will suit designers of IP camera solutions and integrated CCTV. It does need a robust server to work in unison with it that can back up recorded images effectively and this does add to the cost. However VMS does offer the maximum flexibility and has many benefits over black box solutions that ultimately will become a thing of the past over time.