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New series of nationwide wiring regulations
roadshows announced by ECA
Free half-day events are to be held by ECA to highlight the key
changes in the 18th Edition of the Wiring Regulations.
The new Wiring Regulations will be published on 2 July
2018 and come into full effect on 1 January 2019. Each
roadshow event, which is open to all ECA registered member
businesses, will include a programme of CPD workshops
designed to provide advice on the 18th Edition of BS 7671.
ECA member businesses attending the roadshow will be
able to obtain one free copy of the BS 7671 Wiring Regulations
publication.
Steve Martin, ECA Director of Technical, commented: “Our
industry experts, many of whom played a significant role in
developing the 18th Edition, will be on hand at every roadshow
to help you get your business ready for the changes and
answer any questions you may have.”
The first eight shows to be announced are as follows:
02 July – South London (Weybridge) – Mercedes-Benz World
04 July – Cheltenham – Cheltenham Racecourse
06 July – Cardiff – All Nations Centre
09 July – Cambridge – Granta Centre
11 July – Derby – Riverside Centre
13 July – Manchester – Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground
16 July – Durham – Emirates Riverside Cricket Club
17 July – York – Aldwark Manor
There will be further events held in Northern Ireland, the
Isle of Man, the West Midlands, the West Country and Central
London, with details to be announced.
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This month Simon Banks
talks to Andy Croston,
Owner of Videcon. The
leading trade-only
distributor of security products
and services.
What is driving the need for wireless communications for CCTV amongst
Installers?
Recent improvements in technology now mean that products capable of
transmitting data and video can be increasingly used on remote sites that have
minimal power and/or limited access to broadband. We have witnessed excellent
growth in the video market for commercial and construction sites where valuable
stock and items of machinery are often left in vulnerable places. Furthermore,
mobile applications now provide fantastic means to self-monitor assets. Adding a
wireless communication device, such as a CSL Router, provides a cost-effective
solution for the transmission of data and video, with the provision of a
redundancy backup for network failure.
In your view how quickly will Installers start to migrate their DVRs to the
cloud?
Not as quickly as some cloud providers think! Whilst there are opportunities for
cloud applications in our industry I think that data storage costs will prohibit
market growth for cloud-based solutions. Nevertheless, we are currently involved
with many exciting projects that are very clear indicators that this technology will
be widespread in the near future.
How important are video analytics and what are the main advantages?
Deep Learning Video Analytics (DLVA) provide immeasurable benefits and
advantages to the security sector. There are already numerous enterprise
systems that have DLVA capability, however the real drive will occur when we
start to see it appearing as a mid-market product. By Q4 this year, our Concept
Pro product range will deliver powerful on-board processing with the capability to
deliver DLVA with greater than 90% accuracy. This is a significant step up from
the basic analytics currently available on the market and I am sure that a great
number of the UK monitoring stations and integrators will welcome these
significant reductions in false alarms. Our customers will be able to provide endusers
with solutions that currently fall way above their security budgets, such as
people counting, parking control and heat mapping, to name but a few.
Do you feel that CCTV installations today provide resolutions high enough
for criminal convictions?
Yes, system resolution has been in a strong place for many years now. As always,
camera placement and set-up have a massive effect on whether a system
provides sufficient coverage. Perfecting this can be down to rigorous and
comprehensive training and we run two – often oversubscribed – training days a
month. This is an indicator of the skills shortage the UK is currently facing! I am
constantly engaged in conversations with integrators who cite this as a key issue.
We are keen to support engineers in gaining a strong understanding of a
products’ capabilities.
What are the next major advances on the horizon for CCTV?
Recently in the USA, I was introduced to Neuro Networking, the next generation
of DLVA. Neural Networking will learn behavioural patterns of a scene, spot
unusual activity, cross reference this with a database image and report this to
the system administration. We are still at the development stage but Concept
Pro will be among the first to develop this technology in the European market.
With this on the horizon we can be sure that this is a very exciting time to be in
our industry and for the installers and integrators who embrace the changes
coming, the future is very bright indeed.
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