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Vacant buildings – offices,
warehouses, pubs and
disused police stations – can
provide a sustainable, short
term approach to affordable
living in city centres,
according to a property
management company.
That would provides property owners with a way to keeping their
building secure. Lowe Guardians has worked with Studio Bark, an
architectural practice, on a modular SHED concept (pictured) within
an otherwise abandoned property. Each SHED takes one day to build
and is made of lamb’s wool insulation, oriented strand board (OSB),
and recycled polyester. The SHEDS come in varying sizes starting at
around 120 sq ft. Tim Lowe, director, said: “The vacant buildings we
assess can vary hugely in both condition and function. Sometimes the
sheer or size or layout of properties means we are unable to take them
on. Derelict warehouses remain a huge, untapped potential for us that
could benefit Guardians and property owners alike.”
Video Software
Wavestore, the Linux-based video
management software (VMS)
developer, has launched v6.8 of
its VMS. Among features, v6.8
includes support for VMWare
ESXi - introducing virtualisation to
the Wavestore platform. Users of
Virtual Machines (VMs) as part of their IT can now to use this to help
reduce energy, software, and IT costs, the developers say. Wavestore
says that its VMS can be licensed in two ways when in VM use; via
the internet or, for sites without constant internet access, via the firm’s
VM dongle. Version 6.8 also adds to Wavestore’s WaveView client
software, such as the ability for operators to dynamically search,
and display, ad-hoc groups of devices. For example, typing in ‘door’
will display any device that has ‘door’ in its name, so the user can
find specific clusters of cameras and/or devices. The company has
also added integrations. These include the latest Smart IP camera
feature sets from Hikvision and Uniview, bringing face detection, line
crossing, motion detection and scene change notifications.
Video Analytics
New from Genie, the British manufacturer
of IP video, CCTV and access control
products is video analytics, on show at the
ST17 Glasgow exhibition on September 5.
The set-up is via the GUI (graphical user
interface). The features offered are:
l Camera mask
l Camera scene change
l Object added or removed from the
location
l Intrusion detection; and
l Line crossing (A>B) (B>A) and (AB).
These help to highlight the unusual from the ordinary, to aid reaction
times and reporting of incidents to a response team, the developers
say. Steve Baker, Genie CEO says: “Our analytics offer users a more
robust surveillance system. Users gain invaluable data that can be
intelligently used to strengthen business operations, health and safety
and people management. What’s more it comes as standard to all
H.265 network IP video recorders, with no extra costs or licenses.”
The free analytics comes on selected WISH IP H.265 cameras and
network video recorder (NVR) models; bought after July 1, 2017.
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Super Recognisers
CCTV manufacturers 360 Vision Technology
have appointed Super Recognisers International
(SRI) in an advisory role, SRI will be liaising
with 360 Vision on ideas for the company’s
Predator PTZ camera. Headed by Kenny Long,
pictured, SRI combines investigators; and ‘super
recognisers’, who represent about one or two
per cent of the population with a greater ability
to remember facial detail they have seen. While
serving in the Metropolitan Police, Kenny was identified as such a
‘super recogniser’, and tasked with helping to identify and bring to
justice criminals. Retired Met DCI Mick Neville, who created the
concept of ‘super recognisers’ in the Met said: “Working closely with
a British manufacturer that has the production capability to rapidly
introduce enhanced new features will help to ensure the best possible
results can be achieved by CCTV operators and super recognisers.
Unfortunately technology alone cannot identify suspects in the
majority of cases when reviewing post-event CCTV. Having reviewed
more CCTV footage than I care to mention, I have been an advocate
of 360 Vision’s Predator camera for some time, and have seen many of
the UK’s local authorities adopt the camera.”
NAS Storage
Dahua Technology reports that
its Eco-Savvy 3.0, H.265 Wi-Fi
and H.265 PTZ series network
cameras now work with QNAP’s
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
surveillance applications.
Featuring H.265 compression,
Dahua says that its network
cameras offer video recording
with lower bandwidth and greater efficiency. QNAP surveillance
applications integrate video surveillance features into NAS systems,
offering storage space management to users. Eco-Savvy 3.0 cameras
provide smart detection features, including face, tripwire, and
intrusion detection. The company’s Wi-fi 265 cameras support H.265
compression, human detection and also smart tracking. The pan and
tilt cameras feature optical zoom for monitoring in detail.
Door Entry Box
Videx has introduced a new
distribution unit, the 316C, for
its digital VX2200 range of
door entry video systems.
Steve Natton, Special Projects
manager at Videx, said: “The
316C distribution box is
specifically designed for the
digital VX2200 video systems which enables installers to use standard
Cat 5 cable with RJ45 connectors to make the connections between
the videophones and the riser. Most installers will be very familiar
with the use of RJ45 connections in the fields of access control, door
entry and CCTV.” The new unit can help the installer in any faultfinding,
he added. The new unit can be used with the 6000 Series
range of videophones which includes the 6276 3.5-inch videophone,
6378 3.5-inch hands-free video monitor, 6478 4.3-inch monitor and
the 6778 seven-inch monitor. These videophones also include an
RJ45 connector. Steve added: “The 316C unit includes all the bus
connections including pass through connections and each unit supports
up to four videophones. A facility to use larger cable sizes on the main
riser is also included for longer cable distances.”
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