Archive for the ‘CCTV’ Category

VIDEO BALUN

Monday, August 8th, 2011

CCTV video baluns, also known as UTP baluns, allow traditional coax cable to be replaced by (category 5) CAT5 and other forms of twisted pair wire in CCTV video camera & surveillance installations. Video baluns allow installers to use more cost effective structured cabling techniques to wire security cameras. By using video baluns, UTP (unshielded… Read more >>

VIDEO SERVER

Friday, April 1st, 2011

Features of Video Server: A good video server records, stores, and plays back multiple streams of video without any degradation in the video signal. Broadcast quality video servers often store hundreds of hours of compressed audio and video, play out multiple and synchronized simultaneous streams of video, and offer quality interfaces such as Serial Digital… Read more >>

ILLUMINATOR

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

A camera mounted infrared illuminator is used with most night vision infrared digital video surveillance and security cameras to provide invisible light that is used to create an infrared digital video. The illuminator is normally aimed in the exact same direction of the camera lens so that it can provide infrared light beams to illuminate… Read more >>

Video Surveillance Systems

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

CCTV Systems stand for Closed Circuit Television Systems. These systems have been the traditionally used technology for Video Surveillance purposes around the world. The CCTV now has gone “Digital”. Digital IP has some amazing benefits like ‘remote accessibility’, ‘network compatibility’, ‘superior image transmission quality’ etc. Quality of a video shot is measured in Pixels. Wireless… Read more >>

THERMAL IMAGING

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Over the years, the use of thermal cameras has expanded. Once widely used only for surveillance and security, the current technology has made these cameras serve many other useful purposes. The infra red technology which detects heat energy can detect the minute temperature changes and this is generated as an image on a screen. The… Read more >>

INFRA RED

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Infrared Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 0.7 and 300 micrometers. They are longer than that of visible light but shorter than that of terahertz radiation microwaves. IR is used in the security system as because Human at normal body temperature radiate chiefly at wavelength around 12 micrometer s. An infrared camera is… Read more >>

NETWORK SWITCH

Monday, October 18th, 2010

­Switches are the most fundamental part of network. Switches allow different nodes (a network connection point or a computer), i.e- a switch is an intermediate station which interconnects the communication links and subnetworks to enable transmission of data between the end stations. Switching involves transferring information, such as digital data packets or frames, among entities… Read more >>

THE IMPACT OF VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Video surveillance has come to play an extremely important part in our daily lives. Going about our daily routine, we hardly notice the network of cameras installed strategically at all public and potentially sensitive locations keeping a watchful eye on our every move. These cameras act as an effective deterrent to unlawful and anti-social activity…. Read more >>

FEATURES OF VIDEO RECORDER

Monday, October 11th, 2010

FEATURES OF VIDEO RECORDER: Interoperate with any type of encoders and third-party edge devices Operate in analog and IP-based environments Support H.263+, MxPEG, MPEG4 and H.264 streams Potentially turn any channel into a smart one by software-only analytics activation Eliminate your dependence on any particular edge device Utilize a single server for both recording and… Read more >>

SETTING A VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM

Monday, October 11th, 2010

SETTING A VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM: There are several things which can to be considered while setting a video surveillance system for a long range monitoring: False and nuisance alarms is a big matter of concern. Debris and natural vegetation growth along the perimeter were causing numerous false alarms. They were not reliably detecting intrusions coming… Read more >>