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Lights, Cameras, Action!

IDEO surveillance is a V balancing act. Higher resolution images mean more valuable detail deeper into scenes. Yet high resolutions also mean a reduction in low light performance, an increase in motion blur, an increase in bandwidth demand, an increase in storage cost and an increase in camera cost. Trying to find the perfect balance of detail, low light performance, WDR performance and resistance to motion blur is the key to designing and building CCTV solutions that support broad operational demands.

Getting a sense of the tension between these contradictory forces is what we’ll be doing at SecTech Roadshow’s Camera shootout in May. We’re going to look at 3 camera groups this year. The first will be the compact domes used in many applications, the second group will be 4K and MP cameras and the third group will be specialist low light performers. We’re going to challenge each group of cameras with constant motion to ensure cameras can’t nominate super slow shutter speeds without us knowing they are doing so.

We’ll also check how they work with IR, too.

Installers, end users and consultants will be able to make their own assessments about which cameras do best in our applications across a

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Not only do we come to you, everything is free at SecTech. Free entry, free parking (you must pre-register!) and free drinks at the end of the day. range of parameters, including colour rendition, sharpness, contrast, latency, noise, noise suppression and digital rebuild artefacts, as well as lens flaring and ghosting. We’ll also take a look at recordings this year. We are especially interested in motion blur in optimum light, in unassisted low light and in the presence of strong backlight. All the affordable cameras, including smoked domes, will give images under 10-lux but we want installers and end users to see which camera does this best.

The contenders this year across the compact dome and low light camera groups include Sony, Panasonic, Hikvision, Dahua, Uniview, Axis, Samsung, Bosch, Vivotek and Canon, many which will be showing brand new low light powerhouses for the first time. In the 4K and MP group will be Dahua, Axis, Bosch, DVTel and Samsung, among others. It will be of particular benefit to get a sense of which of these higher resolution cameras is most resistant to motion blur, given 4K’s profound value for large and deep fields of view.

We’ll also be setting some ceilings on bitrate and floors on shutter speed.

Our test target for SecTech will again be Norman (National Operational Requirement Mannequin), which includes a full colour graphic and accurately sized motor vehicle licence plate. Norman allows attendees to quickly and easily check resolution and sharpness, colour rendering, facial recognition and skin tones and LPR. This year

we’ll employ a motorised Rotakin test unit alongside Norman to give us a consistent sense of motion blur at all light levels. It goes without saying that motion blur is a challenge for any IP camera in low light and finding out which cameras manage blur best, while retaining image quality, is a central mission of SecTech Roadshow’s Camera Shootout.

SecTech Roadshow is a nationwide tech tour bringing the latest products from Bosch, Hills, Panasonic, Canon, Dahua, Hikvision, QSS, Sylo, LSC, CR Kennedy, Mobotix, DigiGuard, CSD, Tyco, BGWT and Axis. SecTech will visit Perth on May 4, Adelaide on May 9, Melbourne on May 11, Sydney on May 16 and Brisbane on May 18, giving installers, integrators, consultants and end users a chance to see the best electronic security solutions in their own cities.

SecTech is the perfect opportunity to get your technical teams across some of the latest gear in the market without the cost of interstate travel. Not only do we come to you, everything is free at SecTech.

Free entry, free parking (you must pre-register!) and free drinks at the end of the day. SecTech’s Camera Shootout will run at 1.45pm, and 2.45pm each day of the Roadshow.

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DUG Starlight full body day/night camera, distributed locally by C.R. Kennedy, with its kit Uniview-branded f1.4 3.8-11mm varifocal lens and while we like some aspects of that lens, we thought we’d take another look at this camera teamed up with Fujinon’s 1/1.8th-inch, 4.1-9mm f1.6 MP DC iris lens. We’re also going to test this camera for motion blur.

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SECTECH Roadshow is a nationwide tech tour bringing the latest products from Bosch, Hills, Panasonic, Canon, Dahua, Hikvision, QSS, Sylo, LSC, CR Kennedy, Mobotix, CSD, Tyco, BGWT, DigiGuard and Axis.

SAMSUNG’s 5MP SNO-8081R bullet, distributed locally by EOS, incorporates a 1/1.8-inch 6MP CMOS sensor, a 3.6-9.4mm motorized varifocal lens with auto-focus, 120dB WDR, built-in IR to assist in low light applications and a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. This is a powerful and well-made camera that takes fixed surveillance capabilities to an elevated level.

30: Get MOOVing Nedap, which is distributed locally by International Security Control Solutions, has released MOOV, designed to help city and site management teams control real time traffic with efficiency and economy, as well as uPASS target, a long range UHF reader capable of reads at up to 200kmph.

32: Securing Miss Temple Alarm Innovations has installed an integrated alarm and access control system supported by Mobotix cameras, MxActivitySensor software and MxMC(MxManagementCenter) management software for Miss Temple, Australia’s first womenonly 24-hour gymnasium.

36: Mount Fujinon A FEW months ago we tested Uniview’s IPC542E-

48: Internal Communications AS Australia’s housing density sky-rockets, intercom installations further cement their position as a vital and profitable part of any security installation business. And far from being an aberration, it’s clear that flats, units and townhouses, which are fitted with intercoms off the plan, will continue to constitute the greater part of housing starts.

52: Fishy Business VIVOTEK’s FE9181-H is a PoE H.265 fisheye fixed dome day/night network camera, featuring a 5MP CMOS sensor, H.265 compression technology and VIVOTEK Smart Stream II technology, claimed to reduce bandwidth and storage by up to 80 per cent.

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Video verification is unquestionably the most important technology to hit alarm monitoring since the invention of the McCulloch Loop and while many manufacturers support the technology, creating the ecosystem necessary to bring such services to market remains elusive outside of proprietary end-to-end solutions.

Luminus Technology has installed an IP video surveillance solution at the historic city of Petra in Jordan. The solution incorporates 550 Vivotek 30x PTZ cameras and hemispheric cameras, as well as Vivotek’s VAST video management solution.

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Hills Makes 2 Key Appointments p.12 ISI Launches Brivo and Eagle Eye Cloud Access p.14 Safran to Sell Morpho – Biometrics Business Under Review p.16 Axis Ups M-Line Warranty to 3 Years p.18

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NESS Corporation has been appointed a specialist Hikvision distributor in Australia. As a display of its commitment to the brand, Ness is exclusively dedicating its CCTV line-up to Hikvision products.

“Hikvision gains in Ness a committed

CCTV marketer with a mature distribution network nationally and a fully trained and experienced technical and sales force,” says Ness MD Naz Circosta. “At the same time, Ness is excited by the opportunities offered by the superb Hikvision range of video surveillance products and solutions.

QSS to expand into Dahua CVI and Intercoms n AFTER launching Dahua’s IP CCTV range in December 2015, QSS will expand its offering to include Dahua CVI and intercoms systems from the end of March.

“We have carried out some tweaks that give that little differentiation to the Dahua product sold through QSS and we have expanded our service centre in our Professional Services Division in Port Melbourne in line with the increased demands

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for Dahua sales,” said QSS managing director, Rob Rosa.

“The Dahua NVR and camera systems are doing well for us and the promotional offer which ended in January has allowed the market to try this great featured product, which uses H.265 – a compression technology I believe is superior to standard H.264 thanks to its reduced bitrate and lower storage requirements. We are also

just released Dahua’s 4MP range with true WDR, which results in superior image quality.”

We are also just released Dahua’s 4MP range with true WDR, which results in superior image quality.

“As a partnership between the world’s leading CCTV manufacturer and Australia’s oldest and most experienced manufacturer/distributor we can see a future of growth for both parties which creates a win-win benefit for CCTV buyers Australia wide.”

Roadies Announce Great Prizes For SecTech Roadshow! n AT each happy hour in every city at SecTech Roadshow, Axis will give away its awesome T8415 Wireless Installation Tool.

This unit helps installers during the installation of IP cameras, powering up the network camera directly from its powerful battery and offering integrated WiFi access to connect with a tech’s smartphone for a easy and quick look at a camera’s Live view.

Other great prizes in every city include Mobotix Hemispheric 6MP c25 cameras incorporating MxActivitySensor, MxAnalytics and 3 clamps for easy installation in suspended ceilings.

Meanwhile BGWT’s Rob Meachem says the team will give away a $A400 Tradie Work Pack, including a $300 BGWT gift voucher, as well as a coffee mug, smart phone emergency charger, stubbie holder, stainless drink bottle and a pen in each city.

Meanwhile, LSC will give away an ICT DIN Rail Kit 2 door controller and 2amp power supply with a trade price of $720 in each state.

The WX DIN rail hardware design allows you to scale your system as your requirements change. Simply unpack the box, connect the Controller and Power Supply, and launch your web browser.

Bosch will give away a bar fridge worth $A429 and 3 Bosch L-Boxxes in each state.

Bosch’s L-Boxxes are an extremely robust, intelligent transport and storage system for consumables.

With 13 different-sized compartments and the ability to connect and separate multiple BOXXes as required.

Each BOXX can carry up to 25kg.

And in each state, Tyco will be giving away 1 x NEO 16 Zone Alarm Panel complete with cabinet, 1 x HS2ICNRF4 full message LCD keypad and Power G transceiver, 1 x LC-100 hard wire PIR, 1 x PG4904P Power G pet immune wireless PIR, 1 x PG4945 Power G wireless reed switch with auxiliary input, and 1 TL280 IP

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C.R. Kennedy will give away a Ricoh MG-20 action camera valued at $A349 in every state.

The MG-20 features an 14 MPCMOS image sensor, fast f/2.8 lens, housingfree underwater shooting, waterproof to 10 metres, ultra-wide 160-degree lens, Full HD movies 1920 x 1080p resolution, 1.5-

inch colour LCD monitor, remote operation with smartphone and a black finish.

SECTECH Roadshow will visit Perth on May 4, Adelaide on May 9, Melbourne on May 11, Sydney on May 16 and Brisbane on May 18.

Hop onto www. sectechroadshow.com.au and pre-register now!

Hikvision Announces Integration with Paxton Net2 Access Control n HIKVISION has announced the integration of its full range of network cameras and NVRs with Net2 IP-based access control system from Paxton. The integration will provide a user-friendly interface to manage building security more easily.

This seamless integration

allows for the rapid configuration of Hikvision Network Video Recorder (NVR) and camera detection with Net2 access control system. Hikvision cameras can be associated to individual doors, enabling users to monitor video linked with access events. This provides a more comprehensive

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service for users, enabling them to take necessary actions both in real-time and post-events.

“The integration provides a value-added solution to Hikvision and Paxton customers,” said Keen Yao, international marketing director at Hikvision. “It will help identify and address

suspicious activities, making security system management simple and more time-efficient.”

According to Gareth O’Hara, Paxton’s sales and marketing director, Paxton encourages original thought.

“We develop innovative solutions that represent the company’s ethos of simplicity and quality, while answering the needs of the security market,”said O’Hara.

“It’s a pleasure to be working with Hikvision, a company which places as much importance on product innovation and diversification. We hope the solution will be an attractive proposition for a wide range of installers.”

Hikvision is distributed locally by CSD, Ingram Micro and Ness, while Paxton is supported by Security Distributors Australia.

RONNIE Rotakin, a motorised CCTV target, said he was delighted to hear news that he’d soon be winging his way to Australia to take part in SecTech Roadshow. Ronnie said he was happy enough with the early spring in London but there’s been a cold snap and he’s ready to head south before his motor seizes up, the exchange rate gets worse or he has to “read anything more about bloody Brexit in The Telegraph”.

“This year’s SecTech Camera Shootout Series will be interesting,” Ronnie said raising an eyebrow slightly. “We’ll be looking at some compact cameras, as well as the higher end stuff. That’s always an interesting comparison.

And while I might look a bit unusual when compared to that Norman target SEN has been favouring lately, if there’s any funny business with 1/5th of second shutter speeds in low light, I’m the one who’ll find out.

“Motion blur is the worst for end users with serious operational concerns and I can’t wait to give installers and end users some empirical evidence to work with.”

According to Ronnie, while SEN’s editor keeps going on about a 6000Kbps bitrate, he’s planning to challenge cameras more vigorously than that.

“Show me the real integrator who gets a 6Mbps channel in the real world when trying to cram 250 HD cameras onto tired legacy network at the local sports club or shopping centre,” Ronnie said, in scornful tones.

“I’ll be recommending capping bitrates at 1500Kbps at the most – especially for the low end cameras. There’s no point flying all the way down to Australia and bumping across the country in a truck if we don’t try to keep these manufacturers honest.”

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City of Whitehorse Takes Public CCTV System Maintenance To Tender n CITY of Whitehorse Council has gone to tender for the provision of CCTV and security systems maintenance services for its public safety surveillance system for a period of 3 years, with an option to extend the contract for a further 2 years.

The CCTV system in Box Hill was originally installed in and around Box Hill Gardens and then expanded in 2014, with a $A250,000 grant from the Victorian Government through its Community Crime Prevention Program, which was spent on 9 IP66, IK-10-rated Arecont AV8365DN domes, which have 8MP resolutions, 360-degree coverage and deliver 6 fps. These day/night cameras have multiple camera heads with 3.5mm focal f1.8 lenses that are IR capable, as well as a Firetide mesh

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network, which is ideal for CCTV applications in public space like this one.

“Delivery of this $250,000 election commitment will boost safety for people using Box Hill Gardens or going to and from the hospital, TAFE or the Box Hill shopping centre,” Member for Box Hill Robert Clark said at the time the upgraded system was activated.

“The cameras will also help deter vandalism and anti-social behaviour, with police able to monitor the cameras from Box Hill police station. This expansion of the CCTV network will build on the existing network of cameras around the Box Hill shopping district and laneways.”

Of the additional cameras, 6 have been installed at the corner of Whitehorse Road and Elgar Road, Nelson Road (3 cameras), Box Hill

Gardens (3 cameras), and the remaining 3 cameras installed at the corner of Elgar Road and Arnold Street, the corner Nelson Road and Whitehorse Road and on Bruce Street.

The cameras are owned and maintained by Whitehorse Council, and operated and monitored

by Victoria Police at the Box Hill Police Station.

The $250,000 City of Whitehorse CCTV network expansion was part of the Victorian Government’s $35 million Community Crime Prevention Program which is building safer communities throughout Victoria.

HILLS has made 2 key appointments, with Joanna Burke taking on a role as general manager security practice, while Dale Thompson is now WA sales & operations manager.

Burke joins Hills from ADT Security where she has held down numerous roles over a 20-year career covering global & national sales, project management, engineering management, product management and marketing. Burke will work closely with the security team to continue strengthening Hills’ overall security practice, accelerate growth and continue exploring innovative ways to expand operations.

Meanwhile, Dale Thompson joins Hills from Stanley Security. Thompson was responsible for the WA operation for a number of years and has extensive experience around security & surveillance, and is well known by customers, consultants and vendors in the Perth market. Thompson is responsible for driving business development and executing key strategies for Hills in the WA market, as well as day-to-day operations of Hills’ WA business.

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China Fire & Security Group to acquire assets of Securecorp Australia

isi Launches Brivo and Eagle Eye Cloud Access n INTELLIGENT Security Integration has launched Brivo and Eagle Eye cloud-based access control and CCTV into Australia. Brivo (access control) and Eagle Eye (video surveillance) can be installed either standalone or integrated, dramatically simplifying deployment and security management.

Both products reduce the complexity of facility

management by using cloud storage. There are no servers and there’s no third-party software.

Eagle Eye’s cloud based Video Management System (VMS) is highly scalable, supports any existing analogue and IP cameras and customers get the advantage of cloud storage and the flexibility to store video on the premises. Most

importantly, Eagle Eye have solved the historical obstacles to cloud deployment including high bandwidth consumption and security/ privacy issues as well as the issue of limited camera selection.

Meanwhile, Brivo aims to reduce the complexity and time consuming nature of managing access control in large or multiple

buildings. Brivo on Air enables users to manage building security for one to hundreds of facilities using their cloud based infrastructure. All this can be done from your smart phone or tablet from anywhere in the world. ISI says the VMS interface is so simple to use that it will reduce the need for ongoing maintenance and IT support.

Hills Hosts Axis New Product Sessions n HILLS hosted Axis’ new product sessions at its Lidcombe office during the week and a group of integrators and installers got a chance to see Axis’ latest and greatest. Hills’ Bill Barbagiannakos welcomed the visitors and introduced

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the Axis team.

Along with a re-cap of things like the Axis horn speaker, door station, keypad, and Zipstream, there was a sneak preview of the latest Axis gear to be released at ISC West in a couple of weeks time.

Publication of explicit details of these products is limited as a result, but according to Axis country manager, Wai King Wong, some of the exciting new products coming include… a smaller form factor with wireless connectivity and

key Axis technology - WDR Forensic Capture.

Of particular interest to the group at Lidcombe was a 1080p camera that handled intense backlight extremely well, while a powerful new PTZ also caught everyone’s eye. Another great-looking release was an affordable dome that packed all the company’s smart capabilities into a single housing – impressive.

At question time it was core capabilities like low light performance, bitrate using Zipstream and the Axis door station that received most attention. With 900 engineers, Axis has a high new product release rate.

The gear in the pipeline for ISC West, as well as SecTech Roadshow in May, is going to get Hills and Axis plenty of attention over the next couple of months.

CHINA Fire & Security Group plans to acquire security assets in Australia and Thailand for more than $A150 million, according to reports out of Singapore. According to Reuters, China Fire & Security, which sells security products, plans to spend $157.5 million ($US120.3 million) to purchase securityrelated assets owned

by Securecorp Australia Pty Ltd and eWitness Nominees Pty Ltd, and made a filing to the Shanghai stock exchange on Friday.

SecureCorp was founded 20 years ago and has 3500 employees across Australia. The company has a service-focuse business model around its $A10 million National Operations Centre.

SecureCorp offers integrated services, protective services, alarm monitoring, electronics and access control installation, as well as handling patrols and event security.

There’s no confirmation on what parts of the SecreCorp Australia business might be involved in the reported acquisition.

Meanwhile, eWitness may be the manufacturer of headcam units based in Victoria, but detail about this organisation is sparse.

China Fire & Security plans to raise up to 5 billion yuan ($US770 million) in a private placement of shares to help fund the acquisitions, it said in a separate filing.

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Hills Distributing Suretek Multicom Alarm Communications and Monitoring Solutions n HILLS has announced it will be expanding its current 3G alarm communications products portfolio to include the Suretek Multicom range

of products and alarm monitoring plans. The Multicom product range includes Multicom 4 Plus, Multicom NTD and Multicom 5 Plus.

According to Hills, the introduction of Suretek Multicom products ensures the company can provide the most comprehensive high quality solutions in the 3G alarm communication market.

“We are very excited to partner with Hills, an iconic brand and a leader in the market” said Glenn Smith, managing director at Suretek.

The Suretek Multicom solution range is designed in Australia, is C-Tick approved and certified, and combines high quality components meeting up to Class 5 of Australian Standard AS2201.5 2008.

“In a market that is rapidly impacted by the rollout of the NBN

Vivint Security and Home Automation Rakes in 250,000 New Subs in 2015 n VIVINT Smart Home released its fourth quarter and year-end financials, showing record increases across the board, including 250,000 new smart home subscribers, taking total customers passed 1 million.

Vivint’s total revenue increased 14.8 per cent to $US175 million, with total

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revenues for the year at $653.7 million, a 16 percent increase over last year.

Vivint added 33,162 new smart home subscribers in Q4, a 53.9 per cent increase over the same period in 2014. In 2015, it added a total of 236,562 new smart home subscribers, up 15.7 per cent over the prior year.

Total RMR for the year was $55.7 million, up from $48.7 million in 2014. In addition, the company is reporting a 78 per cent adoption rate of its Advanced Smart Home Services.

Vivant’s 2GIG security and smart home solution is distributed in Australia by QSS.

fibre solution and the impending closure of 2G connectivity, the Suretek Multicom range provides a breadth of communications solutions from 3G, GPRS, Ethernet and IP to customers who need to replace their PSTN services,” said Smith.

“The ease of installation is facilitated by the Smart phone TechTools app which is a comprehensive installation tool allowing the ability to commission the device in field in real time, plus customers can simply and easily interface via the AlarmLINK phone app allowing access anywhere in the world wherever there is connectivity.”

SAFRAN SA will review its biometrics business after putting the Morpho airport explosives detection business onto the market.

Safran had about $2 billion in sales last year in its security businesses - $US350 million from explosives detection.

Partially state-owned, Safran said it was interested in expanding its aircraft equipment business which generates 28 per cent of revenue, as well as expanding its defense business.

The security business review, which covers identity cards and biometric solutions will take 6 months, Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin told WSJ during the week. Options include retaining the business or selling it.

“We have never been able to find any kind of synergies with the rest of the security businesses,” Petitcolin said of the explosives detection business.

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Global CCTV Turnover to Reach $US71.28B by 2022, APAC Growing Fastest n A MARKETSandMarkets research report forecasts the video surveillance market to be worth $US71.28 billion by 2022, growing at an estimated CAGR of 16.56 per cent.

The video surveillance market in APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR among its peers between 2016 and 2022. The reason for this growth in APAC is adoption of new technologies (cloud services and video analytics) and the installation of security systems to protect economy and infrastructure from

criminal activities and terror attacks. Reduction in IP camera prices and the presence of big players are other factors will drive video surveillance system growth.

According to MarketsandMarkets, between segments, the market for CCTV in the commercial sector is expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2016 and 2022. The high demand for security systems in large and small retail businesses is increasing to reduce robbery and inventory, as well as increased terrorist attacks across the region.

The Bill delivers on the Government’s commitment to ensure that people with a relevant criminal history can never receive a security clearance to work at our airports or seaports.

Secure Identification Extended to All Australia’s Seaports & Airports n SECURITY in the form of secure identification cards governed by background checks are the central plank of the tightening of Australia’s airports and seaports following the passage of key legislation through the House of Representatives. If the bill passes the Senate, it is intended that the reforms will become effective from

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July 1, 2016.

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said legislation, which relates to the Aviation and Maritime Security Identification Card schemes, was aimed at preventing serious and organised crime activity.

“The Transport Security Amendment (Serious or Organised Crime) Bill 2016

has passed the House of Representatives without amendment,” Chester said.

“The Bill delivers on the Government’s commitment to ensure that people with a relevant criminal history can never receive a security clearance to work at our airports or seaports.

This is a critical step in securing our transport

infrastructure against crime or future criminal influences.”

Meanwhile, Australia’s Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development is seeking the services of a supplier to design custom optically-variable security features that will be embedded into a laminate for use as the primary security feature on the Aviation Security Identification Card (ASIC) and the Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC). This procurement will deliver 1 unique design for the ASIC and one unique design for the MSIC for 2 designs in total. The supplier must be capable of supplying optically variable technology and materials that are reserved solely for use by Government authorities.

Axis Ups M-Line Warranty to 3 Years n AXIS has increased warranty to 3 years for its AXIS M3044-V, AXIS M3045-V and AXIS M3046-V cameras. This will be the new standard for all Axis M-line products and a significant increase over the previous 1-year warranty.

Newly added to the M-Line are the AXIS M3044-V, which provides HDTV 720p video at up to 30 fps, and the AXIS M3045-V, which provides HDTV 1080p video at 30 fps and offers HDMI support that enables live streaming to an HDTV monitor for public viewing. Meanwhile, the AXIS M3046-V provides 4MP resolution at up to 30 fps and offers HDMI support as well. The AXIS M3046-V can also be used as an alternative to a camera with varifocal lens. Its 4MP resolution and digital PTZ capability enable sharp, cropped out views in HDTV 1080p, for example, with a horizontal field of view between 95-degrees and 125-degrees.

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SECTECH Roadshow is a nationwide tech tour bringing the latest products from Bosch, Hills, Panasonic, Canon, Dahua, Hikvision, QSS, Sylo, LSC, CR Kennedy, Mobotix, CSD, Tyco, BGWT, DigiGuard and Axis.

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ECTECH Roadshow will visit Perth on May 4, Adelaide on May 9, Melbourne on May 11, Sydney on May 16 and Brisbane on May 18, giving installers, integrators, consultants and end users a chance to see the best electronic security solutions in their own cities. SecTech is the perfect opportunity to get your technical teams across some of the latest gear in the market without the cost of interstate travel. Not only do we come to you, everything is free at SecTech.

Free entry, free parking (must pre-register) and free drinks at the end of the day. Installers won’t want to miss SecTech’s Camera Shootout, which will run at 1.45pm, and 2.45pm each day of the Roadshow.

If you’ve always wondered which of the industry’s leading HD and MP cameras was best in low light and backlight and against motion blur, come along and see for yourself. We won’t just be looking at high end cameras this year – we’ll check out a range of compact cameras as well!

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new cameras from Axis ■ AXIS will release new cameras at SecTech 2016 including the Axis M3045-WV, a 2nd generation of the M30 series designed for entry level installations.

Combined with a very competitive price point, the 2nd-Gen M3045-V offers 1080p HDTV resolution, smaller form factor compared to the current M3005-V model, metallic construction compared to plastic, WDR Forensic Capture (highest tier of WDR), MicroHDMI output direct from camera, USB power in addition to

PoE and Wi-Fi. Also new from Axis will be the Q1615 MKII network camera.

This 2nd generation of the Q1615 model is geared towards critical and enterpriselevel installations.

The MKII takes the existing features of the original and improves upon this working formula even further.

Some of the key improvements seen will be better WDR performance, improved low light sensitivity, and further improvements to Zipstream bandwidth consumption.

“We won’t just be looking at high end cameras this year – we’ll check out how well compact cameras handle low light and backlight, paying particular attention to motion blur”

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new cameras from dahua ■ Dahua will show 2 new cameras at SecTech Roadshow, including the IPCHF8281E starlight camera, a full body camera with a 1/1.9inch progressive scan Exmor CMOS sensor. This camera has 2MP resolution and Dahua claims performance in light conditions as low as 0.002 lux for colour and 0.0002 lux for black and white. This camera also delivers 1080p at 60fps and with WDR of up to

120db, supports smart detection and intelligent functions. Dahua will also unveil its IPC-HF81200E Ultra HD 4K camera, a full body camera with 1/1.7-inch progressive scan CMOS sensor and 12MP resolution which can provide UHD images.

This camera also can offers defog, ROI(region of interest), EIS function, smart detection and intelligent functions.

Hikvision Blazer Pro All-in-One server is a video management software station that comes preloaded with a licensed VMS in a Windows environment, boasting advanced features in storage capacity, system scalability and centralized management – don’t miss it at SecTech Roadshow.

Blazer Pro has a pre-installed activated operating system (Win 8.1) and a preloaded VMS, which makes the unit even more comprehensive. The VMS and OS are installed in SSD Card, with 64GB capacity for operation and management. Pluggable as it is, the SSD Card allows much easier after-sales maintenance. Moreover, Hikvision Blazer Pro supports power-off data protection to ensure operation safety.

Designed with reliability in mind, the Hikvision Blazer Pro provides dual redundant power supply to ensure seamless video recording even when one power supply crashes.

It also provides performance enhancement and fault tolerance by employing RAID 0,1,5,10 disk management.

The default license of Hikvision Blazer Pro offers 128 or 256 channels connection. This could be extended to 256 or 512 channels when large-scale project requires.

The same goes for storage. It contains 7 HDD slots.

Users can further add miniSAS, 16-disk and 24-disk storage cabinets for necessary storage extension.

As preloaded with VMS, the Blazer Pro shares all the features with Hikvision video management software, including real-time video preview, video playback, alarm management and smart features. It also supports vertical modules including transact module and a business intelligence module for retail, license plate recognition module for transportation and parking sectors, as well as access control module for building facility management.

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SecTech Roadshow Panasonic Video Insight ■ Panasonic will be featuring its newly acquired VMS – Video Insight. Video Insight provides enterprise-class video management features, hardware optimisation and cost efficiency in one robust system.

Features include video wall, health monitor, public view, automated failover and active directory/ LDAP integration.

Harnessing the capabilities of pure 64-bit VMS,

Panasonic says Video Insight optimises installed hardware to allow unlimited scalability with support for over 3000 camera models, client workstations, access control integration, simple integration with legacy systems, centralised administration, standby server and more. Panasonic will also display its current range of CCTV cameras including a new line of compact domes.

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Bosch G Series integrated n security solution

NEW from Bosch is the G Series, a controller that offers alarm capability with integrated access control and IP video control with up to 2000 users and almost 600 alarm points. There are custom functions — a single action or presentation of access credentials can initiate multiple functions. Users can employ Ethernet or cellular data networks to send alarm transmissions to the central monitoring station—eliminating the need for a phone line. The panels support both current and future Internet protocols — IPv4 and IPv6 — to protect a user’s investment as technology changes. Remote programming with advanced diagnostic capabilities makes maintenance more convenient and allows technicians to service a system or modify certain functions without disrupting operations at a client’s facility.

With the Bosch Remote Security Control app, security managers and system operators can also operate their system from an iOS or Android device. The G Series is compatible with a flexible line of keypads, IP cameras, access readers, smoke detectors, intrusion detectors and wireless transmitters. You can add the Z-Wave Home Control Gateway to connect with a wide variety of Z-Wave wireless devices — including lighting controls, door locks, temperature sensors, HVAC controls and more — to provide automation and remote monitoring capabilities from a convenient app or web-based interface.

Bosch will also be showing its new video-based fire detection camera, the AVIOTEC IP starlight 8000, at SecTech. The Bosch video-based fire detection system represents a new generation in threat-detection capabilities. Utilising a unique, scientifically tested physical detection model, Bosch technology spots fires and disturbances, predicts behaviour to reduce false alarms and speeds reaction time – helping stop threats before they spread.

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■ SECUSAFE is an Australian importer and distributor of electronic security products under the DIGIGUARD brand. It stocks and supports more than 400 different electronic security products in IP CCTV, HD-TVI, HD-SDI, intercom, access control and trade convenience products.

DigiGuard maintains proactive relationships with leading manufacturers and takes pride in expert technical staff with unrivalled support services.

With over 9 years of collective electronic security experience, Digiguard technical sales and service support team consists of specialised personnel dedicated to providing expert knowledge and technical support for all products.

With dedicated people, warehouses in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane, we can support customers locally and nationally. We look forward to meeting you all at SecTech!

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Canon Blasts Low Light ■ CANON Specialised Imaging will be demonstrating a range of products including the new VB-M50B PTZ speciality low light camera; the VB-S30D micro PTZ, new 360-degree speed domes and fixed dome cameras with the power of a PTZ. According to Canon, the VB-M50D is arguably the world’s best low light camera and can see in very low light conditions using no infrared light – in colour.

Designed initially for law enforcement and other covert operations, this camera is ideal for many other applications and needs to be seen to be believed. This camera is a game

changer in low light performance.

Check out the the VB-S30D, said to be the world’s smallest Full HD PTZ camera, with an advanced 3.5x Canon optical zoom lens that can fit in the palm of your hand. Incredible image quality, colour accuracy and advanced analytics in a very small package.

The team will be demonstrating our 360-degree speed domes with up to 8 analytics at the edge, high precision PTZ control, impeccable image quality, colour accuracy and slim, sleek design.

Fixed dome cameras with the unique ability to control the pan-tilt-zoomrotation and focus of the camera position which helps save a lot of time and reduces cost during installation.

Ideal cameras for retail and Casino environments where floor layouts change on a semi-regular basis.

LSC Secure Your World ■ LSC says it has everything to secure your world – mechanical locking and world class electronic security options. “We exist so you can keep your customers secure,” LSC says. “When you visit LSC at SecTech 2016 you’ll see the Creone KeyBox range, a solution for management of valuables & keys.

You’ll also see our popular STI safety products and hard wired access

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control systems including the new range of MicroLatch products. The world’s best security brands have one thing in common – LSC.”

QSS showing n FLIR NVMS

QSS will display FLIR’s mid-enterprise network video management system (NVMS) at SecTech Roadshow. FLIR Latitude is the preferred enterprise-level IP surveillance system with forensic-quality imaging and user-friendly operations consisting of dedicated, webbased and mobile client software. Using the latest technology, Latitude is a powerful and versatile network video management system for organizations of all sizes. Latitude’s scalable architecture can efficiently support systems of any size or architecture and be implemented throughout enterprises, across multiple sites, cities, and continents.

Also on show will be BPT’s THANGRAM video entry solution, complete with integrated access control and visitor recording.

This complete package provides the end user the ability to identify the visitor and allow access. The standout difference with BPT Intercoms is that they also allows the end user to gain access to their premises via pin code or proximity access. The end user can also retrieve recordings of visitors that have come to the premises.

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“For Perth it’s May 4; Adelaide is May 9, Melbourne is May 11, Sydney is May 16 and we’ll finish up in Brisbane on May 18” Ground Breaking Access Control

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Tyco showing DSC NEO and more!

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NEO has been widely accepted in the ANZ market since it was officially launched in July 2015 this year we would like to take it to the next level with the addition of the integrations to both access control and video. Tyco Security Products is committed to providing an end to end solution between all of the Tyco Security Products Range and NEO is no exception. We can now tailor a solution based on a customer’s needs.

With access control we offer Kantech Access Control, DSC NEO and Excaq (Server/ Edge) allowing full control of the Access Control system, Intrusion system and Video all through the Client, Web Application and the App (IOS and Android) With video solutions we offer Exacq (server or edge), Kantech Access Control and DSC NEO, allowing full control of the video solution, access control system and intrusion system through the client, web application and apps (iOS and Android). We also have interactive Alarm.com support controlling lights, locks and thermostats through Z-Wave devices and video with the Alarm.com cameras.

NEO intrusion stand alone with the inclusion of either the IP, 3G or Dual communication module. DSC provides great flexibility if controlling NEO with push notifications.

At SecTech Roadshow you’ll get a sneak peak at the long-awaited Alarm.comready DSC Touch panel. While the product will not be available in Australia until August 2016, now is the time to get the market ready for the next interactive solution from DSC. DSC Touch combined with Alarm.com offers numerous possibilities to meet the customers’ requirements. Finally, check out the new CEM Touch Screen Reader and door controller with Biometrics!

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■ BGWT will show 100 per cent webbased, S2 solutions require no software installation or client license fees.

Flexible IP system architecture allows for a range of applications from single sites to globally distributed physical security management systems. S2’s converged system tightly integrates enterpriseclass security management software with video, allowing access control and an IP NVR with advanced video forensics to reside in one box.

With Innovative solutions, such as S2 mobile security Apps and recently announced Magic Monitor, field security officers and other authorized users can operate and manage their S2 system from anywhere, dramatically improving their productivity, decision making, and response time.

Check out S2 Mobile Security Officer,

an award-winning, revolutionary tablet app that allows both management and staff to operate and manage their S2 security system remotely.

Features include event monitoring, video surveillance, evacuation management, photo ID, and more.

There’s also S2 Threat Level Escalator: In the event of an emergency, this app lets authorized people activate emergency requirements such as a total facility lockdown.

Meanwhile, S2 Magic Monitor controls the appearance of video and digital signage appear on Magic Monitor in response to events and alarms, guiding staff and visitors to safety. Operators can now focus on critical tasks without becoming overwhelmed and allows them to handle incidents according to your policies and procedures.

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Blind spots can seriously undermine the reliability of your video surveillance solution. With the range of FLEXIDOME IP panoramic cameras from Bosch, you will never miss a thing.

Thanks to a choice of 5 or 12 megapixel sensor resolution at high frame rates and fish eye lens, a complete overview without blind spots and easy capture of moving objects significantly improves the quality of every video surveillance operation. So you can capture objects of interest with superb clarity, eliminate blind spots and always see the bigger picture.

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Mobotix Bringing Hot Stuff to SecTech

■ MOBOTIX has perfectly combined thermal and optical sensor technology with an intelligent onboard video sensor MxActivitySensor to detect objects and persons in complete darkness over hundreds of metres automatically.

Recently, MOBOTIX provided a software update free of charge to upgrade existing thermal cameras with thermal spot metering in the image center. This allows absolute temperature measurement within the total range of -40C to +55C and a typical accuracy of ±10C. MOBOTIX has launched a new series of thermal radiometry (TR) models (M15, S15,

S15 PTMount) to generate automatic alarms, defined by temperature limits or temperature ranges, which is vital to detect potential fire or heat sources.

Up to 20 different temperature triggers can be easily defined within the new TR (Thermal Radiometry) window or the whole sensor image can be used with a typical accuracy of ±10C. MOBOTIX thermal dual camera systems offer thermal overlay to localize the hot spot in the visual image and to prevent bigger damages.

The standard PoE compatibility offers a market leading low power consumption of only 6-watts. See MOBOTIX thermal at SecTech.

Sylo innovative solutions ■ SYLO is an Australian organisation that specialises in bestof-breed innovation, custom solutions, tier 1 products and value-add services for the security industry. Rather than moving boxes, we offer security by design, specialising in the services we offer and products we distribute. We pride ourselves on providing bespoke solutions that balance

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market-leading innovation with an old-fashioned level of service.

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C.R. Kennedy will be highlighting the latest and greatest in high resolution and low light technology.

We will show the latest generation of Dallmeier Nightline Panomera as well as Dallmeier’s new 5200 series Low light and 5300 series 3K cameras. Uniview’s latest Starlight and 4MP cameras will be recording on new generation H265 recorders, as well as the new 4K PTZ and 4K fisheye IR domes. You can expect see some interesting new analytic features built in to some of these cameras, along with a full range of accessories, encoders decoders and so much more!

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Hills showing wide range at SecTech ■ SINCE the invention of the world famous Hills Hoist nearly 70 years ago, Hills has not stopped its pursuit and development of innovation. Today we’re Australia’s Most Trusted Iconic Brand and the leading provider of integrated solutions into trusted environments. Hills Security Solutions is in a unique position of accessing the best of breed security,

communications, digital distribution and IP solutions for its partners. We’ll

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Nedap

Get MOOVing Nedap, which is distributed locally by International Security Control Solutions, has released MOOV, designed to help city and site management teams control real time traffic with efficiency and economy, as well as uPASS target, a long range UHF reader capable of reads up to 200kmph.

EDAP MOOV originates in the Dutch market, where the product is applied in more than 40 cities to regulate the volume and the flow of motorized traffic in city centres and shopping areas. In these cities, managed vehicle entrances to the city centre are created to control who is granted access and who is not. The system makes city centres more attractive to both pedestrians and drivers because safety and traffic flow are optimized without hindering emergency services, suppliers or taxis.

With MOOV, multiple identification technologies can be applied and custom authorization schemes can be implemented. For example, emergency services can be given access using long-range active RFID systems. Suppliers can be granted access in certain timeframes using license plate recognition.

It is possible to allow access to licensed taxis only, using RFID. Other persons may be granted access manually through the remote web based management interface.

MOOV is not only suited for city access control, it also has a dedicated module for vehicle access management for business parks with multiple tenants. The system ensures that only authorized persons are allowed access to the estate and also enables every tenant to use only its allocated share of the total parking capacity. And a third MOOV module has been designed to allow parking operators to manage the entrance to parking stations, enabling seamless integration with advanced booking systems for parking facilities.

MOOV works with Nedap’s VMC, a dedicated vehicle management controller that is connected to all potential local peripheral devices, like intercom, traffic lights, RFID readers and barriers. VMC is able to run standalone when needed. Moreover, it is connected to a cloud-based server, enabling administrators to manage access to the city in a secure way, at any time from any location.

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MOOV can be teamed up with another new device from Nedap - uPASS Target. This high-end RFID reader offers long-range identification using the Rain RFID (UHF EPC Gen II) Standard. The uPASS Target’s high performance UHF is ideal in applications where vehicles and other moving objects need to be identified automatically using passive RFID tags.

The new UHF RFID reader offers a read range of up to 10 meters and a speed of 200kmph, which makes it a solid solution for long-range identification of vehicles, people and rolling stock at industrial sites and logistic depots.

Standard features include configurable 3 color LED indication, robust housing with modern design, support of common industry interfacing standards (IP, Serial, Wiegand), optional connection of second external antenna, read range limitation option, reader output formatting and easy installation.

The circular polarized antenna offers orientation freedom when offering tags. The uPASS Target offers a variety of industry-standard communication interfaces. It ensures a seamless integration with any existing or new third party system for access control, logistic operations, security and parking.

“It is great that we are now able to deliver the renewed and improved MOOV platform and the uPASS Target reader to our international client base,” says Maarten Mijwaart, general manager of Nedap Identifications Systems. “Nedap has a broad portfolio of solutions that can help cities worldwide to deal with the mobility challenges that they face today. Vehicles are by far the most popular mode of transport in cities worldwide and systems like MOOV and long range readers like uPASS Target can contribute very effectively to a better and safer environment for city residents and visitors.” n

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Miss Temple

Securing Miss Temple

Alarm Innovations has installed an integrated alarm and access control system supported by Mobotix cameras, MxActivitySensor software and MxMC(MxManagementCenter) management software for Miss Temple, Australia’s first women-only 24-hour gymnasium.

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HE reason for being of Miss Temple, the latest venture of Queensland’s 24-hour gym chain Temple Fitness, is the creation of Australia’s first women-only 24/7 gym concept, giving members the opportunity to train in a comfortable, supportive environment surrounded by like-minded women. It goes without saying that ensuring safety and security around the clock is vital.

Having already worked with Brisbane-based security integrator Alarm Innovations, which installed integrated access control and security systems at a number of its mixed-gender gyms, Temple Fitness knew it could trust the company to provide the right solution for its new women-only facilities.

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In addition to safety and security, management particularly wanted to tackle the issue of tailgating, where more than one member goes through the turnstile on a single pass.

This can be a big source of income loss for 24 hour gyms.

An integrated solution An access control and alarm system was integrated with the gym’s membership software along with a duress alarm should any member require urgent assistance.

“In addition to safety and security, management particularly wanted to tackle the issue of tailgating, where more than one member goes through the turnstile on a single pass,” says Alarm Innovations, Kevin Cameron. “This can be a big source of income loss for 24 hour gyms.”

Using MxActivitySensor, an alarm is triggered when more than one person enters on a single membership card, sending an email to the gym management with photos and the membership number of the card used. This is considerably cheaper than using an infrared beam, the main

alternative until now. It is also possible to carry out spot checks to monitor the issue of membership sharing, when a non-member borrows a member’s card to enter the gym. This will enable them to gauge the extent of a problem which has been quite difficult to track until now.

“We started using Mobotix cameras about 2 years ago,” Cameron explains. “After some research, I really found that the image quality, analytics, reliability, and ease of installation or integration, far surpassed other brands at the same price.”

According to Cameron, these attributes made MOBOTIX technology very appealing for a gym environment. The solution at Miss Temple combines a myriad of functions, from security, access control, anti-tailgating event triggering, and duress alarms, to motion detection for lighting in the entire building, and air conditioning control in some areas. And the energy efficiencies, which have already been implemented at the existing mixed-gender Temple Fitness gyms, have brought savings going into the thousands of dollars. The system is configured and managed through the MOBOTIX video management software MxMC(MxManagementCenter) firmware, which comes free of charge with every camera.

Further customisations can also be implemented to trigger alarms for unwanted behaviour, such as entering unauthorised areas, with breaches setting off a siren and alerting the control room.

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The installation, which was completed in a few days and, according to Cameron, was very straightforward, employs mainly Q25 cameras.

These are ideal for indoor spaces, thanks to MOBOTIX hemispheric technology, which means an entire room can be covered by just one camera with no blind spots.

“This makes Mobotix a much more economical solution than other brands. For a similar price you would not be able to get an installation of the same standard, with all the features, image quality and ease of use,” Cameron says.

The operation is managed onsite through MxMC on a workstation, with alarm and duress signals being sent to the Alarm Innovations’ 24/7 control room. The control room operators have access to a single camera at a time via the browser interface, which offers virtually all the functions of MxMC including live footage viewing, event searching and playback, and alarm management. Perhaps most important in this instance, operators can use the built-in intercom to communicate with a person at the scene of an incident, as well as control ancillary devices such as lights and doors.

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as the one at Miss Temple reach beyond the safety of patrons to offer protection for the business itself.

Being able to prove due diligence on the part of the gym and show precisely what has occurred on the part of the claimant, shields a business against false negligence and work cover claims. This can help avoid the costs of unnecessary litigation proceedings, as well as reducing liability insurance premiums. It has already been shown to be effective with a recent case against one of the Temple Fitness gym franchises being dismissed after footage showed that the customer’s claim of having been assaulted in the car park was false.

With help from Alarm Innovations and Mobotix technology, Miss Temple Fitness has been able to save time and money by streamlining operations, reducing energy consumption and insurance costs, and providing protection against fraud and litigation.

Furthermore, by assuring their patrons safety out of hours, they have been able to provide a secure and welcoming environment for their customers.

Mobotix has proved to be the perfect tool to provide this optimal solution, which benefits the business and the clients in equal measures.

The duress and incident management process really is the standout feature of this installation. In the event of a duress alarm being triggered, a signal is sent via the alarm panel to the monitoring centre.

There, an operator is able to log into the camera where the incident has occurred using the browser and assess the situation through observing the live footage, as well as communicating with Miss Temple clients via the inbuilt microphone and speaker, which is standard on all Mobotix cameras. The MX232-IO-Box allows control of external devices such as lights, and importantly in critical situations, to open doors to allow emergency services to enter. It’s a very clever integration from Alarm Innovations. n

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Mount Fujinon A FEW months ago we tested Uniview’s IPC542EDUG Starlight full body day/night camera, distributed locally by C.R. Kennedy, with its kit Univiewbranded f1.4 3.811mm varifocal lens and while we like some aspects of this lens’ performance, we thought we’d take another look at this camera teamed up with Fujinon’s 1/1.8thinch, 4.1-9mm f1.6 MP DC iris lens.

We’re also going to test this camera for motion blur.

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RIGHT sparks will have noticed the sensor is 1/1.9th of an inch and the lens is 1/1.8thinch – we will certainly keep an eye out for vignetting though according to Fujinon, this lens can be used with image sensors of 1/1.8, 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 sizes, so it should be fine on the Starlight. The aspherical varifocal auto iris Fujinon 4.1-9mm f1.6 is a little slower than the kit lens and offers an MTF of 6MP, an ND filter for high sensitivity cameras and the equivalent of 2.2x optical zoom in a manual form factor.

To recap specifications, Uniview’s Starlight is a full body camera with a 1/1.9-inch progressive scan CMOS sensor that offers low light performance in colour claimed to be 0.002 lux (starlight on a clear night) and 0.0002 lux in monochrome. WDR is 120dB, signalto-noise ratio is around 52dB, resolution is 1920 x 1080p at 30ips and there are H.264 and MJPEG video compression options.

The reason we’re testing the camera with the Fujinon lens is that when we tested with the kit lens we found longitudinal and lateral chromatic aberrations in high contrast areas, as well as experiencing some flare and ghosting in full sun and under direct streetlight at night.

We also found colour tended be a little flat. At the same time, the Uniview Starlight impressed as an excellent low light performer. In addition, we suspected the Uniview had extremely low motion blur that we weren’t able to show to best advantage.

Swapping out the Uniview lens for this Fujinon takes 3 seconds and as I take a look at the images during setup, I get a good sense of lens performance. Colour rendition looks neutral, distortion looks low, I see fewer CAs around lights. Conducting my WDR test with Norman and around 80,000 lux of backlight and with WDR settings on Auto and the WDR slider at 9, I again see fewer CAs with this Fujinon lens. The image does look different in close-up, where the Uniview camera and lens combo is showing unusually strong contrast.

It’s the same looking at the wide view out the back – the Fujinon lens is handling flare and ghosting must better than the Uniview and the combination seems to do better against backlight but the contrast of the Uniview lens looks stronger. In my original test I ran the Uniview WDR at +1 on the slider part of the time. A WDR setting of +9 on this camera introduces some warm tones.

Looking at the images later on, I conclude the Fujinon is doing better with spherochromatism, colour rendition, particularly faces, and has less barrel distortion while the Uniview lens assisted by a lower WDR setting is offering stronger contrast and less digital rebuilding of the image. At the same time it shows stronger shadows in the foreground of backlight scenes.

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The image does look different in close-up, where the Uniview camera and lens combo is showing unusually strong contrast.

Uniview – more contrast, more CAs

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Fujinon As light levels fall, in the late afternoon, the ability to snare number plates drops off and eventually I go into manual shutter settings to try to regain the capability.

Midday – plates and faces!

As light falls, we lose plates but keep faces

point, there’s a sweet spot and it’s closer to the camera – between 9-12m in my estimation.

As light levels fall, in the late afternoon, the ability to snare number plates drops off and eventually I go into manual shutter settings to try to regain the capability.

As the shutter speed increases the image gets a little darker but it’s incremental. The challenge of getting LPR even on manual shutter settings, makes me think that typically IP cameras experience more processing latency in low light as they work harder to reconstruct the image using smaller signals. Getting plates of moving vehicles in low light is tough for any IP CCTV camera. Faces are much easier to achieve.

Something I do notice is the strength of this Uniview Starlight camera in low light. It’s very strong.

Is it better with this Fujinon lens than it was with the kit lens? Yes, I think colours are more natural in low light, too. I’ve got the camera locked in colour at 7pm with sub 8-lux on the street and performance is great, with super depth of field. You also get a brighter image with WDR at 9 but there’s more detail with WDR at 1, which is where I had it during my first test. n

Good performance at 50kmph

Now I’ve compared the 2 lenses for CAs in the presence of WDR I decide to have some fun with motion blur using an elevated mounting point over the street and a maximum focal length of 9mm. Motion blur is obviously a key consideration for many camera buyers and with our test cameras on a tripod in the past we’ve struggled to get the right angle of view. I get the camera set up and sit down in front of my workstation and take a snapshot of a passing car and take a look at image in my snapshot folder. Yes, I can get plates – and at speeds of up to 40kmph! There’s a point at which the speed of the vehicle starts to overwhelm the camera’s processing speed but in good light, no dramas. In terms of focal

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SAMSUNGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5MP SNO-8081R bullet, distributed locally by EOS, incorporates a 1/1.8-inch 6MP CMOS sensor, a 3.6-9.4mm motorized varifocal lens with auto-focus, 120dB WDR, built-in IR to assist in low light applications and a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. This is a powerful and well-made camera that takes fixed surveillance capabilities to an elevated level.

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S soon as you pick up SAMSUNG’s 5MP SNO8081R bullet, you get a sense of its quality.

Samsung makes nice gear and this SNO-8081R bullet camera is no different. The unit has a tilt-mount, a metal alloy body and a simple and detachable poly sunshade. The PoE SNO-8081R has IP66/IK10 ratings against environment and vandalism and proffers an operating temperature between -40 and 55C, which is at the upper end of good. Emerging from a heavy crosscut rubber flange on the rear are RJ45, audio and I/Os. Wherever you look and touch, build quality is superb and attention to detail is exemplary.

At the heart of the camera is a 1/1.8-inch 6MP progressive scan CMOS sensor with 3096 x 2094 pixels in total and 2616 x 1976 effective pixels of resolution. This sensor is quoted as having colour performance at 0.3 lux at 1/30th of a second shutter speed when wide open. According to specs, the SNO can handle static scenes down to 0.005 lux with a shutter speed of 2 seconds, also at f1.3, though that sort of night work is probably best left to artists like Brassai. With smart IR activated and the camera in night mode you get monochrome performance in 0 lux to a range of 30m.

The motorized varifocal F1.3 lens is coated with magnesium fluoride on multiple elements and has a focal length of 3.93-9.4mm – that’s a zoom of 2.4x – giving horizontal angles of view of 93.4 degrees at the wide end and 39.2 degrees at tele. Minimum focusing distance is 0.5m at a 3.93mm focal length. Overall frame rate is 30ips in H.265/H.264/MJPEG. This camera’s compatibility with H.265/H.264 technology means it will support current and future compression protocols.

Signal to noise ratio is 50dB, there’s auto day/night, WDR is 120dB and there’s backlight compensation, contrast enhancement SSDR, digital noise reduction, motion detection, privacy masking of 6 areas, gain control, a collection of white balance options, lens distortion correction – this is pretty cool to have – and electronic shutter speeds from 2-12,000ths of a second.

There’s also intelligent video analytics tampering and audio detection - with metadata, alarm I/Os, alarm triggers alarm input, motion detection, tamper detection, audio detection, Network disconnect alert, and an alarm events File upload via FTP and E-mail with notification via E-mail.

Local storage is SD/SDHC/SDXC or NAS recording at event triggers, and there’s an external output to drive things. Neat features include a pixel counter so installers can make sure they commission with sufficient resolution for operational requirements for face recognition or LPR and there’s also a Flip/Mirror 90/270-degree option. This last is of note because we have it applied it to 180-degrees for this test so we could hang the camera from a Magic Arm using the tripod screw hole located on its top.

Video Compression Formats are H.265 Main, H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10/AVC) in 3 simultaneous profile streams - Main/Baseline/High and MJPEG. Bitrate control method is H.265/H.264: CBR or VBR, and MJPEG: VBR. There’s audio-in and out giving 2-way communication, audio compression is G.711 u-law/G.726 selectable, G.726 (ADPCM) 8KHz, G.711 8KHz, G.726: at 16Kbps, 24Kbps,

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Samsung Colour rendition, general acuity and sharpness are all excellent.

In areas of sunlight and shade, images are composite, with none of the black holes you often see.

32Kbps, 40Kbps. This PoE camera uses 11.5W or 12.95W with the heater on. Dimensions are 82.4 x 87.0 x 348.3mm and weight is 1.42kg. Given what it can do, the camera is compact – much of its physical presence lies in that heavy-shouldered base plate.

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Testing the Samsung SNO Our standard test rig is a dedicated Dell 9020 server with i7-4770 quad-core processor with 8 threads per core offering a base clock speed of 3.4GHz and 8GB of RAM. We have an AMD Radeon R7 250 graphics card with 2GB of RAM taking care of video. We’re using a Netgear GS108P ProSafe 8-port Gigabit switch with 4-port PoE for power and comms and the other cameras on the network are a Vivotek hemispheric and an Axis M1125 we’re lens testing with. Neither is recording. We are viewing the camera through Samsung’s iPolis Webviewer with comms variously supported by a Gigabit LAN and a 20/20 synchronous Internet link.

First impressions? This SNO-8081R is at another level when compared to ordinary bullet cameras. It’s not just the elevated resolution, which allows strong digital zooming. That optical zoom, which is 9.4mm at the long end, is really useful in typical street views. It lets you zoom in to crop unnecessary walls and trees so as to deliver tighter optical views at that same high resolution, giving excellent digital zooming at closer ranges. It’s only 2.4x optical but the fact it’s at your fingertips makes it really worthwhile – you use it because it allows you to confirm or deny suspicions. I find myself playing Rear Window with one of my distant neighbours in the back lane.

Colour rendition, general acuity and sharpness are all excellent. In areas of sunlight and shade, images are composite, with none of the black holes you often see.

WDR performance is very solid, too. I spent a lot of time playing around with this camera during the test. High resolution and optical zoom gives you that capability, though don’t expect PTZ simplicity of zoom and autofocus – shifting focal length is a process involving backing out of Viewer and logging into Setup, then zooming one step at a time, then focusing. This works well with good internet speeds but I’d prefer digital zoom and focus in the same screen as you’d have it with a true VMS. This said, there are no scissor lifts involved with tweaking this camera’s zoom and focus either, which is a saving of at least $750 every single time if the unit is mounted high and you need to call in a lift and operators.

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I like the Samsung SNO-8081R bullet a lot. It’s optically powerful and its overall performance is very measured.

setting. Colour rendition is great and detail is very, very high. At 25ips there’s some stepping of the image with moving objects but it’s slight. Barrel distortion looks to be about 9 per cent at the wide end. The only optical flaw I can see is chromatic aberrations – both longitudinal and lateral which relate to lens characteristics at the wide end. CAs wide open are common with fast lenses and these disappear as the focal length increases and aperture reduces, as does the barrel distortion. There’s a notable lack of flare and ghosting from this lens, which is nice to see and vital for an outdoor camera not wearing its standard sunshade.

Levels of detail are so excellent I can’t help but zoom all the way the way in to full optical tele so I can start messing around with digital zoom at the long end. As the afternoon wears on, I amuse myself by forming suspicions about loiterers in the back lane – inner cities are strange places and there’s no lack of odd behaviours to wonder about. Something that’s nice is that as the afternoon wears on and shadows fall over the lane, the image remains very true – no weird colours or spooky shadows.

Performance proves consistent and I find that at full wide I can jag face recognition out past 12m from the lens using just digital zoom, which is pretty good going at a 3.6mm focal length. And at 50m I reckon I am getting confirmation of known ID with full detail of clothing, though there’s blocking of facial detail. I try and fail to get a license plate at 70m but I can see make, model and colour, as well as look into the garage from which the car is emerging. It’s great work by the Samsung. And when you wind in that optical zoom to 9.4mm and cut all the visual noise out of the image, you’re getting face recognition at 50-plus metres with digital zoom still to come.

The next part of the test I take the camera out the front and attach it to the balcony overlooking Bellevue St. The depth of field is 50 metres to Albion Lane and at least 80 metres from the lens to Albion St. These distances make a challenging application for any CCTV camera as afternoon goes into night and I’m keen to see how the SNO-8081R performs in this application. We start out wide – I’m viewing and recording a lot of nothing when it comes to overhanging terraces, street trees and airspace where humans generally can’t go without defying the weakest force in the universe.

Before I zoom in, I have a play around with digital zoom at a 3.6mm focal length. Performance is strong.

I’m getting number plates past 20m, which is good going and situational awareness is much deeper – 50 metres and more. With this camera, situational awareness doesn’t mean a pixelated white blob. It means a white 1987 Toyota Corona with a P plate at 55m – if I can’t get a plate, I can get a plate colour. There’s simply more

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detail wherever you look with this camera. Next, I try jagging some number plates of vehicles rat-running the street at 40kmph. The cars are an oblique angle to the lens and a range of about 22m, which is in range for static plates.

I can get vehicle type, even the number of occupants and the colour of the plate but not the plate itself – the tone mapping halo around these fast-moving vehicles is costing me that fine detail. Next, I zoom all the way in to 9.4mm and all the static number plates out to 30m or so are available but when a silver Corolla blasts up the street at 50kmph-plus, I still can’t get dig that plate out of the tone mapping halo. There’s no trouble with people or slower moving vehicles – 10-15kmph - but there’s a point digital processing can’t keep up with these rev-heads.

IR, sub 2 lux at lens

IR internally, sub 2 at lens

Now the sun comes out and the scene has deep shadow and bright sunlight and again, it’s a fine image from Samsung SNO-8081R. I’ve decided to stay at 9.4mm – it’s a nice focal length for a camera mounted above a street – I’ve carved off the sides of the terraces, trees and all the guff I don’t care about and am getting lovely face recognition to 20m and static plates up to 30m from the lens. This is how all CCTV images should look, I think to myself, sipping my tea. There’s a lot of power in a high resolution image and a longer focal length. I often sit in front of 1080p cameras in good light and can’t recognize many details past 25m but this Samsung is something else.

As the afternoon goes on, a storm comes through, things get dark and it starts to bucket down with rain. After scooting upstairs and taping my connections in a roll of plastic and making a drip loop, I settle down to watch the show. The loss of light doesn’t cost detail or depth of field.

Regular readers will have heard SEN talk about the point at which a scene darkens noticeably – often at light levels of 5000 lux or more when WDR is activated. That doesn’t happen with the SNO. Performance is very consistent.

There’s a howling gale blowing and the wild tree movement causes some slight stepping as the processor gets overwhelmed by heavy movement in 30 per cent of the scene but as things ease off, those moments pass.

When the rain stops I get Norman out and trundle him up and down. At 12m, I have full detail. At 16m I have full detail. At 22m I lose the A line and court admissible face recognition. At 26m I have everything under the A line

half Norman’s face, easy plates and can still confirm my focus is true. It’s these 2 longer range images that really underscore the power of the Samsung SNO-8081R. If you don’t care about depth of field, it’s not such a big deal but if you really do need faces and plates, as well as situational awareness, at those longer ranges, here’s your huckleberry.

Things start getting darker after about 5pm, thanks to the lowering cloud and squalls of rain still rolling in off the ocean. Is depth of field effected? No, not really.

The images are just an f-stop darker for a given period of time. At around 545pm with heavy rain falling, the light level starts to impact on depth of field. With moving vehicles on the street I still can’t get number plates but I can get everything else. Colour, make and model, along with distinguishing features. Moving plates are hard for ordinary cameras. I should point out that I set the shutter speed to 1/25th of a second during setup – I think it might have been 1/6th of a second default, which is too slow for security applications with movement in them.

Even 1/25th is too slow to secure movement without motion blur – you really need 1/50th or faster.

At 6pm I start to see the orange glow of the low pressure sodium street lights reflecting in the puddles on the footpath. Depth of field, while reduced, is still useful out towards 70m. It’s very impressive to see. Detail of clothing is very clear. A cyclist pulls up at 50m and I can see all key details of clothing and electric bicycle without face recognition. At around about 7.15pm, with sub-10 lux of patchy light falling on the footpath, I lose perfect face recognition of pedestrians – shutter speed has dropped back – I can see it in the altered intensity of the whites in the scene. I still have static plates to 22m, clothing detail, including creases in shirts and patterns.

At 730pm we are under 5 lux and the scene is still giving up more detail than I expected, with superb depth of field. Will the camera go into black and white out here?

My instinct says not.

In the pouring rain Norman heads out to do his thing. I have full detail at 12m, including Norman’s cross expression as he stands in a puddle. At 16m the Yaffa floodlight comes on giving me about 15lux of sidelight at the face. I have the A-line and a face any court would recognise. At 22m I lose the A line and the face but retain all the rest, including surprising colour rendition. I go out to 26m and I am just hanging onto the B line but getting the static plate easily. The camera is still in colour – I’m going to have to test again in the lane to see IR. There simply is no substitute for pixels and the large sensor allows performance in low light to remain strong down under 10 lux.

The following morning the sun is out and my next test is WDR at wide and tele and performance is strong there, too, though on this overcast day, there’s only 62,000 lux of glare out the back. Heading out the back with the camera on a tripod, I give it some torture against the now fully exposed afternoon sun and 80,000-plus lux. There’s some flare but generally this magnesium fluoride coated lens is a trooper. At about 5pm, I settle the camera down into the lane and wait for the light to go. It’s not too bright out back now but the levels of detail

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While messing around earlier I’ve turned it off. With IR on I have range to about 15m but there’s too much ambient light to get a sense of how it performs at 30m.

I take the tripod back into the office and set up, giving about 12m range from the lens to Norman. IR performance is good. It’s very uniform and I can see it’s reaching around Norman to the kitchen door, so around 15m and certainly further if it were installed outside. What’s interesting again is how that high resolution allows you to score more detail from a scene even with IR. Rolling digital zoom, I have Norman from the A line all the way down.

His face is lost to flare but that’s his plastic coating. My own face is entirely recognisable. I do some hand waving and resistance to blur with IR on is good, too.

Conclusion

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I like the Samsung SNO-8081R bullet a lot. It’s optically powerful and its overall performance is very measured.

It held colour much longer than I thought it would in our street scene and performance under IR with sub 1 lux at the lens was very strong with a good angle of view. This is a camera with many strengths – WDR, colour rendition, low light performance, resistance to motion blur for a camera with a high pixel count.

The standout feature is resolution delivered not just at the widest angles but at longest focal lengths, where digital zoom can be used on top of optical to get the absolute maximum from 50m scenes, giving strong situational awareness out to 70m even when conditions are extremely challenging. The SNO-8081R is a strong performer – flexible and capable of supporting real time monitoring operations. n

Features of the Samsung SNO-8081R bullet l Max 5MP (2592 x 1944) resolution l 0.12Lux @ F1.3 colour, 0Lux B/W IR on l 30fps all resolutions l 3.93 - 9.4mm (2.4x) f1.3 motorized varifocal lens l H.265/H.264/MJPEG support l Day/Night (ICR), WDR (120dB)

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at a focal length of about 7mm are strong. These are right up there with the best images we’ve ever seen out in the lane.

The transition from colour to monochrome is uniform.

At 7.07pm there’s still colour and loads of fine detail in the image as the streetlights in the lane come on. They blooming as the shutter speed slows and ISO increases and then at 7.30pm with no mucking about, no loss of brightness in the image and very little loss of detail, the camera rolls over into monochrome. Light levels at this transition are 2.6EV – that’s 15 lux and I measured 6 out the front with the camera still in colour last night. Could it be because the camera was mounted higher up – closer to an adjacent streetlight and I measured lux at ground level not at the lens? Yes, that must be it. At about 730pm I realise I can’t see the IR beam and hop back into Setup. Ooops!

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Intercoms

Internal Communications As Australia’s housing density sky-rockets, intercom installations further cement their position as a vital and profitable part of any security installation business. And far from being an aberration, it’s clear that flats, units and townhouses, which are fitted with intercoms off the plan, will continue to constitute the greater part of housing starts.

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ROUND 20,000 dwellings were approved in 2015 – around 9400 were detached homes and 9600 were units, flats or townhouses – for the first time there were more approvals to build new apartments than free-standing homes. Also of note was the fact 1 in 4 apartment approvals was for a block more than 4 stories high. The phenomenon is national but growth is particularly strong in Queensland, NSW and Victoria – in Sydney townhouses and units have accounted for 60 per cent of demand for more than a decade.

Not every new home or apartment comes with an alarm system but it’s another story with intercoms.

Virtually every apartment or townhouse includes voice and CCTV from the front door of the complex to at least one location inside every apartment and in larger applications, integrated IP-based intercoms are serious business. Of note, every distributor of intercom solutions SEN has spoken to talks of growth.

The issue for installers and integrators is selecting the right intercom system, ensuring that the solution is capable, flexible and robust enough to handle the task. Modern intercoms are not dumb terminals but include access control, intrusion alarms and CCTV, as well as remote management of intercom functions via mobile app. Installers can choose a system supported by legacy 2-pair, or they can use Cat-5/6 or even wireless.

At QSS, Rob Rosa says that the bestselling intercom solution is BPT’s THANGRAM video entry, which offers integrated access control and visitor recording.

“This complete package provides the end user the ability to identify the visitor and allow access no different than any other intercom system available on the market,” Rosa says. “The standout difference with BPT Intercoms is that it also allows the end user to gain access to their premises via PIN code or proximity access. The end user can also retrieve recordings of visitors that have come to the premises.

“BPT THANGRAM is variously expandable and can be connected directly to mobile devices via Wi-Fi, providing end user flexibility throughout the premises. Also, there’s the ability to receive BPT Intercom calls anywhere in the world the user is connected to a 3G,4G or a remote Wi-Fi connection.

The BPT App can also provide the end user the ability to allow remote access to the premises.”

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The issue for installers and integrators is selecting the right intercom system, ensuring that the solution is capable, flexible and robust enough to handle the task.

According to BPT’s Don Tumillo, the process of installing a BPT intercom requires 1 Cat-5 or Cat6 cable from the THANGRAM video entry wired directly to the controller and then 1 Cat-5 or Cat6 wired directly to the internal video intercom monitor. That’s all there is to it from a cabling point of view.

“BPT Video Intercom solutions across the entire product line have the ability to use just a simple Cat5 or Cat-6 cable,” explains Tumillo. “The technology that can be adopted with BPT is the ease of installing a simple 2 wire solution, or a true public IP Intercom infrastructure with POE implementation.”

According to Andrew Cho, EOS Australia’s bestselling intercom solutions are Panasonic VLSWD501AZ and VL-SVN511AZ. “Both of these intercoms provide wireless sub monitor option,” explains Cho. “The VL-SWD501AZ comes with additional wireless DECT portable monitor and end users can answer/open electrical gates using the monitor.

The VL-SVN511AZ allows the end users to use their smartphone to be the sub monitor and simply by downloading the mobile app, the end user can monitor/answer/open the electrical gate. All Panasonic intercoms have internal memory for recording visitor images. Also, the VL-SWD501AZ has optional wireless accessory connectivity such as Wireless DECT camera with built-in thermal and motion sensors.”

When it comes to installing the Panasonic units, Cho says both are simple 2-wire installations.

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“From the door station to the main monitor all you need is 2-wire for communication and power,” he explains. “From the main monitor to the sub monitor, it’s all wireless, so no further cabling or installation is required. All you need to do is register your sub monitors to the main monitor.

These Panasonic intercoms also have a non-polar power connection so need only 2 wires for both power and communication with the door station and that means they can easily replace any type of existing intercom system. The system offers wireless connectivity with your sub-monitors and sub-monitors are all portable. It is really ideal as you do not need to run to your monitor all the time to answer. Also the VL-SVN511AZ can send you an email notification when the end-user is away from their home with a picture of the visitor.”

At Ness, Peter Mohan says the team expects Ness Uhoo to become its bestselling intercom product very soon.

“Uhoo is a completely wireless, battery operated video door intercom with a 12-month battery life,” Mohan explains. “Offering 720p video, snapshot functionality without a bell press and video message recording, Uhoo is the perfect accessory for a Ness Mezzo smarthome or can be sold as a standalone device. As for user operation, it couldn’t be any easier using the free Mezzo app for iOS and Android smartphones.

“Being fully wireless and battery operated, Uhoo simply screws to the wall. As long as you’re within Wi-Fi range of your router you’re good to go,” he says.

“Uhoo uses Wi-Fi to connect to Mezzo or the home router which gives it 100 per cent compatibility with almost any home or business installation requirement. As it’s totally wireless and battery operated, there’s almost no installation required so for the installer it’s a quick setup and high profit installation.”

Along with UHOO, Ness’ iCentral Systems division also offers System One. An autonomous division of Ness, iCentral occupies a special niche in the wholehouse music & intercom market.

“System One is the evolution of the Valet wholehouse intercom product which has dominated the house intercom market for many years,” Mohan explains. “System One enjoys a healthy market in new homes where the criteria calls for very good quality audio calls room-to-room, as well as video front door calling – with all this in a wired system. System One is also in great demand as a

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Ness Uhoo

Being fully wireless and battery operated, Uhoo simply screws to the wall. As long as you’re within Wi-Fi range of your router you’re good to go replacement system for older Valet and Electron house intercom systems, as it is designed to retrofit existing master station and room station wall cutouts and can even use legacy wiring.”

System One offers high quality audio, DAB+ digital & FM radio options, music throughout the home, front door answering with video options, professional house communication features, including hands-free answering, baby’s room monitoring and privacy features. There are master stations with 5.6-inch LCD screen for easy setup, as well as front door monitoring and optional CCTV camera monitoring. Installation is star config or you can loop up to 20 stations using CAT5 cable, or old Valet cable. System One solutions can be defaulted to work on 6-wires cabling or even telephone cable and it’s very easy to setup & program.

Another major supplier of intercoms to security installers and integrators is the Seadan/Sprint Group, which offers solutions that are digital, IP, VoIP, GSM and wireless and suitable for apartments, residential and commercial applications. Seadan/ Sprint intercom brands include Aiphone, Commax, Dahua, ECA, Elvox and ITS which the company says covers most intercom solution requirements on the market.

Intercom comms technologies include analogue intercoms designed around coax and Figure-8 cable, digital intercom solutions, which are designed around 2-Wire and Cat5 cable, IP and VoIP intercom solutions designed around Cat5e/Cat6, GSM and cellular intercom solutions – designed to communicate over GSM and cellular 3G networks and wireless intercom solutions that communicate via RF technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

“One of the advantages of a purchase of an intercom solution no matter how small or large from Seadan/Sprint Group is that we have a support

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structure nationally to help customers right from the inception of their project – from the specification, through to cabling design to meet manufacturer specifications from a warranty point of view, through to final handover,” says Ben Sampson, Seadan’s intercom business development manager.

CSD is another key intercom supplier and carries the growing range of Hikvision systems, which combine affordability with good looks and high performance. Hikvision’s solutions have Cat5 PoE dual network designs, support a TCP/IP wired network and a Wi-Fi wireless network connection.

Additionally, indoor monitor can connect frontend devices through SUB 1G wireless connection.

There’s support for VoIP function, with no conflict between phone function and video intercom, along with support for Hikvision’s cloud service.

In terms of hardware, Hikvision offers the DSKD8102-2, DS-KD8002-2A outdoor panels. Of these, the DS-KD8102-2 is black color tempered glass touch panel, while the DS-KD8002-2A is stainless steel panel. Both have 3.5-inch screens, an HD camera, and white light illuminators for colour video capturing in day and night. Importantly, the outdoor panels have IP65rated weatherproof design.

Hikvision has a range of indoor monitor, including the DS-KH8301-A, DS-KH8300, DSKH6310-A, DS-KH6310, DS-KH6300-A, DS-KH6300.

Each has a compact touch LCD design, 1024 x 600-pixel 7-inch touch screen in black, silver, white golden, wood, and marble and in a range of different colours for selection. Adding to its capability, Hikvision’s indoor monitor has 8 alarm zones and supports 2 different ways to extend alarm zones - RS485 BUS connection or Hikvision’s SUB 1G wireless to connect wireless detectors. n

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FISHY BUSINESS VIVOTEK’s FE9181-H is a PoE H.265 fisheye fixed dome day/night network camera, featuring a 5MP CMOS sensor, H.265 compression technology and VIVOTEK Smart Stream II technology, claimed to reduce bandwidth and storage by up to 80 per cent.

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EMISPHERIC cameras are an interesting study. In some ways their extreme designs ensure they can never offer perfect optical performance but there’s something big working in their favour. A single hemispheric camera with a 360-degree (or a 180-degree) view allows coverage of an entire space, missing absolutely nothing that happens anywhere in the scene. And along with allowing 360-degree living monitoring of a 360-degree angle of view, a hemispheric records in 360-degrees, too. These qualities make thoughtfully installed hemispheric cameras a compelling option indeed.

In terms of its specifications, this FE9181-H features a 5MP 1/1.8-inch progressive scan CMOS giving 3096 x 2094 pixels of total resolution and a maximum display resolution of 1920 x 1920 pixels. This camera has a fixed lens with a focal length of 1.47mm and a

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Vivotek is really bringing the 1976 out of SEN’s carpet

We are not talking tack sharp imagery here but for situational awareness through a huge angle of view and face recognition closer up, this camera does well. relatively slow aperture of F2.2, which technically, should give better depth of field at this very short focal length.

Shutter speed is selectable from 1/5 second to 1/32,000 second, minimum illumination is 0.18 lux @ F2.2 in colour and 0.001 lux @ F2.2 in monochrome. These low light numbers are optimistic but performance in low light is very useful. The specs say the camera has a 48x digital zoom (4x on IE plug-in, 12x built in) and there’s an Micro SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot for edge storage.

The camera has a removable IR-cut filter and WDR Pro technology, enhancing low light performance.

The 360-degree and 180-degree views feature ePTZ, and there’s Smart Stream II, 3DNR and Defog. The camera’s browser software supports client-side dewarping and there’s an integrated pixel counter for image clarity measurement – this allows you to get the most from the camera in specific applications.

You can select a 180-degree panoramic view (wall mount) or 360-degree surround view (ceiling/floor mount).

Video compression is H.265, H.264 and MJPEG with a maximum of 4 simultaneous streams – H.265 and H.264 offer 30ips and 1920 x 1920, while the latter gives the same compression at 12ips. By employing H.265 compression technology and VIVOTEK’s Smart Stream II technology, this camera can reduce both bandwidth and storage consumption by up to 80 per cent without loss of image quality, according to Vivotek. There’s 2-way audio (full duplex) with G.711, G.726 compression, a built-in microphone and external microphone input, and external line output and an effective audio range of 5m.

The browser offers adjustable resolution, quality

and bitrate, Smart Stream II and image settings include time stamp, text overlay, flip and mirror; configurable brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, white balance, exposure control, gain, backlight compensation, privacy masks; scheduled profile settings, 3D noise reduction; Adjustable image size, quality and bit rate, defog and that pixel counter mentioned earlier. Up to 10 clients can view the camera at a time. There’s 5-window video motion detection, as well as manual trigger, digital input, periodical trigger, system boot, recording notification, camera tampering detection and audio detection, with alarm events notified using digital output, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, NAS server and SD Card.

In the hand, this camera is compact and lightweight – coming in at 345g. Its low-slung poly housing is discreet, too, with overall dimensions of 38 x 139mm. This is an indoor camera (there’s an IP66/IK10-rated version) and is not rated for external environments out of the box. Popping the cover, it’s all very simple, with the camera and lens in the middle of the chassis with comms at the edges. Connectors include RJ-45 PoE, Audio in/out, DC 12V power input, digital in/out and LED system power and status indicator. Power consumption is 5.5W, operating temperature is -10 to 50C, while warranty is 36 months.

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Coverage is monstrous, with artistic levels of barrel distortion that don’t hinder situational awareness.

different screen options and find there’s something to please most applications here, with full screens and multiple split screens. Some show the 360 view horizontally. Others show everything in 2 tiles one above the other, there are quad screens, some showing the 360-degree view, others showing 4 views pulled from the 360-degree image stream and

Test driving the FE9181-H First, I remove the cover and plug in the blue cable. In order to get the cover back on I need to put a proper kink in the cable to reach the logical exit point. I look for a knockout opposite the RJ45 plug in the housing but can’t see one. Next, I attach the camera to the ceiling using a method I have no intention of sharing with professional video surveillance installers. Plugging the camera into the PoE switch and loading the browser are effortlessly achieved and I take a squizz at general settings, then stream settings. I get a choice of H.265 and H.264 – it’s simply a matter of selecting one or the other and twiddling Smart Stream and 4 bitrate control dropdowns.

I have WDR Pro and WDR enhanced enabled at 50 per cent and leave the camera at full resolution and frame rate and keep bitrate at 8Mbps for most of my test. This sounds quite high but given standard cameras have an angle of view of around 100 degrees and 2MP resolution compared to this camera’s 360 degrees and 5MP, it’s a nice balance.

Next, I get into camera settings and looking at the image screen, I up brightness to 55 per cent, drop saturation to 48 per cent and advance sharpness to 55 per cent. The first 2 relate to my sense of the intensity of colour in the image stream, the third is an instinctive urge. I have white balance at ATW and later feel that part of my sense of needing to increase brightness comes down to this camera’s performance under the 3000K colour temperature of the LED downlights in the SEN office. There are 21 of these and some cameras’ white balance calculations can tend to warmth in this environment.

With setup finished, I hop into live view and call up the pale blue dot – the 360-degree angle of view with its shimmery blue rim of spherochromatism so typical of hemispheric cameras. Driving inside this view is very easy – you can roll your mouse wheel for digital zoom and click and drag for pan and tilt. My instinct here is that apparent image sharpness is above average. Next, I take a look at the 360-degree de-warped view of the office. Yes, camera performance is good and detail is high. I can see all the way to the kitchen door and all the way to the front door – about 8 metres in either direction.

Rolling digital zoom in and out in these images, I can get a sense of object identities throughout the depth of field. Closer in looks better but detail out at the far end is good, too. This performance means users would likely get a good sense of field of view with larger diameters. I start hopping through the

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Internal daylight

Internal blinds drawn

Internal, 1.5 lux at lens

displayed as squares or rectangles.

There’s also a 9-way split, which includes the 360 view and a tile showing every element of that view. It goes without saying that at any time you can click on a tile and then pan tilt and zoom inside it, or double click and pull the view to full screen. I spend a bit of time in full screen mode but when in the viewer it’s simply a matter of clicking on display mode at the top left of the screen and picking a drop-down. Setting up and driving the camera could hardly be easier.

In the office in good light – it’s around 320 lux at the face and 160 lux at the lens – image quality is solid. We are not talking tack sharp imagery here but for situational awareness through a huge angle of view and face recognition closer up this camera does well. Vivotek has been designing and manufacturing IP cameras for longer than anyone but Axis and performance in this challenging 360-degree form factor is very good. I think I’m getting court admissible face recognition at 5 metres from the lens, which doesn’t sound like much but I’m getting it through 360 degrees.

I conduct a couple of tests to get a sense of overall images quality and acuity in good light and in no light using Norman and a sharpness test printout. The sharpness test is on the table directly underneath the camera and I rate performance highly for a camera of this type. You have to take into account pixel spread when considering performance of hemispherics – things are spread out at 360-degrees x 5MP. With Norman at 5m in good light I’m getting face recognition and full detail of the target segments, including the irises, the focus tool and static license plates.

With less light coming in from outside (I shut all the blinds but leave the lights on), I lose the kitchen but detail stays comparatively high everywhere else. This is comparative – when you start rolling a mouse on a 360-degree image sharpness falls away quite rapidly. This said, you can still jag faces and plates at 5-6 metres. Then I turn out the lights completely – I still have some light coming through the blinds but I measure sub 1.25 lux at the face and 1.5 lux at the lens. I don’t have face recognition but I can see hairstyle and contrast, make out fundamentals of attire and I still have number plates at 5m. Closer in, performance is better, thanks to a light well spilling about 10 lux onto the foot of the stairs.

When you consider this Vivotek hemispheric is not IR assisted and crams 5MP onto its CMOS sensor, this performance is really rather good and it must come down to that substantial 1/1.8th-inch chip size. Strong low light performance is better than integrated IR in many, though not all cases. I often find IR supported cameras seem to deliver considerably less range than specified, while serving up a side order of face-masking flare. In the case of this Vivotek FE9181-H, performance well

180 degree day... no flare!

Night is strong too

under the lux levels of typical street lighting is very useful out to 5m in our test application.

As part of this review, we took a look at some images captured during an external test covering a driveway and entrance of considerable size. Here the Vivotek does a very nice job at 180-degrees.

There’s good but typical ambient light in this application and the camera is having no trouble getting car make and model, and pushing useful coverage at least 40m down the driveway. While the lens is showing saggital coma and blooming around lights in the distance, you can certainly get a sense of the district and could note the time and direction of approach and departure of a vehicle. Coverage is monstrous, with artistic levels of barrel distortion that don’t hinder situational awareness.

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Resistance to flare and ghosting, sharpness, colour rendition and general acuity levels are very high for a camera of this type.

Conclusion Fisheye cameras have a tough ask, with 360-degrees of pixel spread challenging their large MP resolutions, with those same high pixel counts challenging low light performance. But for many applications hemispherics offer a flexibility of coverage no other camera type can match. In good light, a single FE9181-H can handle a space of about 6m in diameter in 360-degree mode, giving face ID out at the edges and missing absolutely nothing in terms of action through its entire 360-degree angle of view. In lower light levels, performance drops off but remains very useful, even without the support of IR. The inclusion of H.265 compression significantly reduces bitrate.

When wall-mounted at 180-degrees, the camera seems to push its available resolution out further still, looking at test images. Along with faces at 6 metres, situational awareness goes deep into scenes – out past 75 metres. Other strengths of 9-way split

the Vivotek FE9181-H include simple setup and management, enormously flexible 360-degree or 180-degree views, which allow complete coverage of target areas. Resistance to flare and ghosting, sharpness, colour rendition and general acuity levels are very high for a camera of this type. Low light performance unassisted by IR is also strong with this unit – it’s the best hemispheric we’ve tested so far with 1.25 lux at the target. n

Key Features of Vivotek’s FE9181-H hemispheric Full zoom face

l H.265 Compression Technology l 5-Megapixel CMOS Sensor l 30 fps @ 1920x1920 l 1.47 mm Fisheye Lens for 180° Panoramic View

and 360° Surround View

l Removable IR-cut Filter for Day & Night

Function

l WDR Pro for Unparalleled Visibility in High

Contrast Environments

l Smart Stream II to Optimize Bandwidth

Efficiency

l ePTZ for Data Efficiency l Built-in 802.3af Compliant PoE l Support Client Side Dewarping l Pixel Counter for Image Clarity Measurement.

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False Promises?

Video verification is unquestionably the most important development to hit alarm monitoring since the invention of the McCulloch Loop and while many manufacturers support the technology, creating the ecosystem necessary to bring such services to market remains elusive outside of proprietary end-to-end solutions.

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IDEO verification – you’d imagine this technology would sell itself. The ability of modern HD cameras supported by IR to inform monitoring station operators of intrusion events with close to 100 per cent catch rate should mean video verification in every business and every home but things are not working out that way. Sure, there’s growth in this part of the market.

But there are layers of complexity from sales techniques, to comms and power, through to monitoring software capable of handling the task.

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From the point of view of manufacturers and distributors, most carry solutions that support video verification but there’s a sense that parts of the market are still in mid-air over this technology.

The ability to deliver video verification in real time over existing networks is certainly with us. We’ve had H.264 for a long time and now that H.265 and proprietary formats like Zipstream and Hikvision’s H.264+ are here in support of affordable 720 and 1080p cameras - there’s really no excuse not to use this technology to consign false alarms to history once and for all.

Selling services should not be a problem – video monitoring of alarm events offers great power to operators alongside video verification. They can check on

particular events, monitor late closings at convenience stores in real time, as well as handling access management of the delivery of high value goods out of hours. We are certainly seeing a push towards integration of access control and CCTV with remote control by monitoring stations in large commercial and industrial applications. But high volume domestic penetration rates are lagging.

Lack of standards is part of the issue.

The Australian Standard on alarm systems is getting a bit long in the tooth and the task of re-writing it to include the lateral explosion of digital networks is likely to challenge the harried experts who take it on. In some ways a new standard will be made simpler by a universal IP standard of signal encryption, network uptime and redundancy levels. But when you start trying to write things like 4G comms paths, mobile apps and network routers into an alarm standard, the piece of string starts getting very long indeed.

Getting video verification into a standard as best practise for alarm systems is another balancing act. Video really is the best way to affordably confirm alarm events and specifying minimum performance would not be too challenging.

But there are privacy issues, issues with wireless sensor cameras, which can’t be asked to work too hard without clipping battery life, the complexity of bringing domestic network components into the security solution and the ability of monitoring stations to handle video without too much operational latency.

Mucking around waiting for video streams to upload from typical domestic internet connections is a drag for busy operators.

From the point of view of manufacturers and distributors, most carry solutions that support video verification but there’s a sense that parts of the market are still in mid-air over this technology. There are more and more solutions coming through but each represents engineers’ best attempts to circumvent challenges integral to the process of moving coherent

CCTV streams from the site of an event to the workstation of an operator. And the technical complexity doesn’t take into account the challenges of building a network capable of supporting video verification in a serious way.

who has what “At this point in time, we can design video verification options around low-level communication such as contact closure,” says Bosch’s James Layton. “Through this, cameras can be triggered to email footage at the time an event occurs. We are in the process of developing a higher level of integration where the cameras will interface with the panel via the IP network, becoming virtual inputs and outputs for the panel.”

Meanwhile, CSD’s Paul Knight says the company’s soon to be released Paradox EVOHD has this space nicely covered.

“The EVOHD is an enhanced version of the EVO192, and is the core of the Paradox remote Insight management software,” explains Knight. “With the correct equipment installed, all HD video and audio recordings are delivered for visual verification and reporting. When an alarm is triggered, the HD77 sends a pre-recorded video (360p) in colour or black and white (night vision) to allow users and the central monitoring system to view what triggered the alarm, generating 10 images (jpegs). A user can also access HD 720p video and audio recordings, as required.”

At Hills, Matt Bailey says DSC’s Impassa and PowerSeries NEO both support video verification either back to the end user or to a monitoring station on an alarm.

“Not only are installers and end users asking for this, but also monitoring stations which have the capability to monitor video verification integrated into their automation software,” Bailey explains.

Alongside DSC, Hills Reliance 128 also integrates with several options to provide video verification if required.

“This is not a regular feature request partly because of perceived privacy issues,

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the current state of play when it comes to video verification as a benchmark for all alarm installations is that it’s going to take some more time.

particularly among residential customers and also the fact that most Australians still have sub-par internet speeds,” explains James Todd. “However, this is certainly an area for future uptake.”

Ness’ Neil Morgan confirms that video verification is “on our minds at the moment as we’ve almost finished testing an innovative new system which will very cleverly interface with industry standard IP cameras.

“We certainly get asked for video verification but we also know that many users are intimidated by complex IP setup, something else we’re planning to address,” Morgan explains.

Over at QSS, Rob Lucas says video verification is now being asked for by more installers.

“Our 2GIG panel in conjunction with Alarm.com offers that form of verification; along with audio verification with the monitoring station,” Lucas says. “When it comes to verification of intrusion, image sensors will certainly cater for people who do not have a budget that can extend to

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include a full IP surveillance system.

Meanwhile, Honeywell reports that video verification was a feature that used to be offered with alarm systems but changes in technology have impacted on the way video verification is most commonly applied in many applications.

“With the penetration of video kit solutions that also have their own remote app feature and alarm notifications, the architecture of video verification solutions has changed,” Honeywell reports. “Video kit solutions are able to take an input from a security system, then generate an email with the video clip attached.”

There are other players in this space, too. These include the likes of Risco, which offers a proprietary cloud-based solution.

Suretek has a well-developed solution with RemoteGuard, which employs Mobotix cameras and was developed for commercial grade applications. It’s available from CAMS monitoring stations.

Meanwhile, BENS is another monitoring provider that has put a lot of work into CCTV monitoring and there are a number

of providers leveraging Bold Technologies’ Manitou to provide high quality video monitoring services to commercial customers.

But the current state of play when it comes to video verification as a benchmark for all alarm installations is that it’s going to take some more time. It’s not that the technological capability isn’t there, though many capable-sounding products are only just coming into view in 2016. Instead there are holes in multiple places in the path to market. In some cases, the friction relates to a lack of networking capability from installation companies, in other cases it’s low bandwidth, lack of sales skills, the lack of a business model, the lack of standards and lack of push from insurers.

One thing is certain. In order to appeal to end users, manufacturers, software providers, monitoring stations and installers will need to work together to develop technologies and business models that make complete sense to every link in the vertical. n

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storage containers Selecting video storage solutions is challenging and thanks to increasing camera resolutions, long retention, security demands, the challenges of LAN and WAN performance, making the right choice is more important than ever.

VERYONE talks about it, everyone knows it: The requirements for video surveillance are continually on the rise.

Ever more cameras, higher resolutions and longer retention times are increasing the demand for storage systems. When you need a new storage system, it is important to first be clear about your specific requirements.

Put another way: You must define your needs in terms of reliability, capacity, cost and performance.

Of course these requirements are interdependent, making the decision that much more difficult. This article provides an overview of common storage systems and their pros and cons.

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Reliability = Availability Reliability is a great virtue. For video systems as well. In this case, it can even be defined: Reliability means availability. How much you need depends on the application. The following question may be able to help you assess your needs: How critical is it if individual sequences of images are missing in the recording? What would happen if one in ten incidents were not documented? Or one in a hundred? Of course, everyone would prefer absolute reliability and thus 100 per cent availability. Technically speaking, this level is almost impossible to realize. And of course, more security costs more money. The level of availability is therefore always a compromise between requirements and the available budget.

But even here the situation is not black or white â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the possibilities are vast. See for yourself:

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The basis: RAID

RAID 0 or striping

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is a method of storing data on multiple individual disks that are combined into a single logical unit. A RAID controller controls the write and read operations, so that the entire system achieves a higher level of reliability or a higher data throughput than the individual physical storage medium itself.

RAID is therefore more than just data backup. When one hard disk fails, system functionality remains intact (exception: RAID 0). After replacing the failed disk, the original state of the storage system is restored by a rebuild.

RAID â&#x20AC;&#x201C; what is that exactly? Depending on the objective, different RAID configurations, also called levels, are used. In all, there are about a dozen different combinations of configurations. Four types are used most often:

l High data throughput: Data is distributed across multiple disks with the aim to achieve a high data transfer rate. The bottleneck in storage access is the mechanical limitation of the hard disk (the speed of read/write unit). By controlling multiple disks in parallel, it is like their speeds are added together. l No data security: On the contrary, because when one disk fails, not only is all the data on that disk lost, the data on the other disks are at risk as well due to the fact that the information is distributed across them. If one disk fails, all data records are affected whose fragments were stored on this disk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in most cases this means the entire array of disks.

Recovering the data records that were not affected is only possible using time consuming methods. l Not a realistic option for video security: Due to

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Storage against the simultaneous failure of 2 drives. This means that even when the system is performing a rebuild, the RAID array is still protected against the failure of another hard drive. The intense read and write operations during the rebuild in particular, place increased demands on the drives. In addition, hard drive sizes continue to grow unabated, meaning the recovery process takes longer as well. The risk that a drive fails during a rebuild thus increases with the hard drive capacity. RAID 6 ensures the reliability of the system even during rebuilds – and at the price of only one additional disk!

An alternative is RAID 5 with an integrated hot spare disk: A reserve disc that is incorporated in the system but remains inoperative until one active disk fails. Only then is it activated by the RAID controller and the rebuild process starts immediately. The advantage: The hot spare disk hardly ages for as long as it is not in operation.

The disadvantage: During the rebuild there is no security against failure of an additional disk.

However, the rebuild time is reduced. This makes sense if a system cannot be easily accessed by the system administrator, and as a result it can take some time until a defective disk can be replaced.

In principle, hot spare can also be integrated into a RAID 6 system.

Our advice: Be sure to enable Controller Messaging! Ensure that your administrator takes the message seriously and keep spare disks ready on site. The administrator can thus react quickly and minimize the risk of data loss.

the lack of reliability, RAID 0 is not recommended for use in video surveillance systems.

RAID 1 or mirroring l Duplication of data: All data is mirrored, that is, it is stored twice. l Maximum reliability: This method provides a very high level of reliability as well as high performance. l High costs: Doubling the number of hard drives is usually quite expensive l The net capacity is cut in half: Only half of the total capacity of all physically present hard drives is available for storing data. l Special area of use: The method is particularly useful when the entire dataset must be removed for external use without interrupting system operation, for example for use as evidence.

RAID 5 and RAID 6 – the standards l Reliability: User data and parity data (generated during data storage) are stored across all disks.

Using the parity data, all data can be completely recovered, even if one disk fails (RAID 5). In a RAID 6 configuration, it is even possible for two hard drives to fail simultaneously, as in this case the parity data has itself been backed up by a duplicate. l Continuous data access: Once a defective disk is replaced, the system automatically starts with the rebuild (recovery process) of the parity data so that once this procedure is complete the original level of reliability is again provided. During this period, it is still possible to access all user data. l Limited costs: The net usable capacity for storing the user data depends on the selected RAID level: In RAID 5 it is n-1, for RAID 6 it is n-2, where n is the total number of disks. In a RAID system with a total of 16 hard drives, 2 disks are used to ensure RAID Level 6, leaving 14 hard drives to store the user data. l Balance: Users for whom reliability, data throughput and cost efficiency are equally important often use RAID 5 or RAID 6.

Our advice: Since the performance of RAID systems depend on the proper interaction of hard disks, it is advisable to only use identical hard disk drives. Identical means: Same manufacturer, same capacity, same type number and, if possible, the same firmware version.

Another thing: In RAID systems we exclusively use so-called enterprise HDDs that are certified for this use. They usually are characterized by a longer service life and reliability than desktop drives.

Which RAID level for video security?

Although RAID is a complex topic, this question can be answered simply: The trend is moving toward RAID level 6, in particular as hard drives continue to increase in capacity.

With double parity, RAID 6 provides protection

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The overall concept: Central or local

All recorders share a volume group with RAID 6. The maximum data throughput is shared between the devices. The access speed for each recorder is limited.

It is and remains a matter of priority: Do you need maximum storage capacity of hard disks, optimum data throughput or maximum reliability? Not just the RAID level within a system counts – the selection of the storage concept and the connection with the data-generating devices also have their influence. In general, a distinction is made between network attached (central) and directly attached (local) storage. iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) is a standard for storage networks based on IP technology, and it is used for centralized management of storage within a LAN. It is used in particular when multiple devices generate data that are stored on a shared storage system. It can

Our advice: Use recorders with an integrated RAID system such as the G-Scope/8000 and expand the storage up to the capacity you need using SAS-connected JBODs (Just a Bunch Of Discs). They are cost-effective expansion units, which are controlled by the RAID controller of the recorder. n

be used to save space, for improved administration or to combine the (individually small) storage requirements of multiple units into a larger array.

Assuming RAID 6 is used by default, the following variants exist: For maximum storage capacity, all available disks (n) are combined to form a large storage system, a “volume group”. The net capacity (RAID 6 = n-2 – see above) is then divided into individual partitions (Virtual Disks). Each partition contains a corresponding portion of the available storage capacity. The data generating computers (in our application DVRs or NVRs, i.e. recorders) now use logical, virtual locations instead of local storage media. A potential bottleneck is the centralized storage management, which receives and distributes the data from all recorders – at a limited data throughput. The advantage, however, is that the RAID 6 reliability costs only 2 hard disks for the total capacity of all recorders.

For even more data security, multiple volume groups within a RAID system are each configured with a RAID 6 system. Each volume group is a separate partition (Virtual Disk). Each recorder uses a separate volume group for its data. Each volume group is controlled separately. Benefits are even greater reliability and more efficient management by the RAID controller with a correspondingly higher data throughput per recorder. However, this concept costs significantly more hard drives – namely exactly twice the number of volume groups – that are not available for user data.

Management of the RAID system is simplified. The performance of the individual units increases. Writing, reading and access are faster.

When a hard drive fails within a volume group, only one recorder is affected.

* Written by: Christoph Bast, Research & Development, Geutebruck GmbH

SAS Storage – the direct link SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) is a storage system directly attached to the computer (also known as: Direct Attached Storage (DAS) or Server Attached Storage). There is a dedicated, direct cable connection between the computer and storage unit via a SCSI cable. The distance between the two is limited to a few meters. The overall performance of the RAID system is 100 per cent available for the connected recorder, but only for this recorder. Each additional recorder needs its own storage system.

The advantage is very high data throughput and therefore optimum disk access. This approach is recommended if the storage requirements for an individual recorder are high, for example when the images from a large number of high-resolution cameras need to be stored over a long period of time.

A G-Scope/8000 with integrated RAID system can be expanded using JBODs to a database size of 256 TB.

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Petra

A Rose-red City Luminus Technology has installed an IP video surveillance solution at the historic city of Petra in Jordan.

The solution incorporates 550 Vivotek 30x PTZ cameras and hemispheric cameras, as well as Vivotek’s VAST video management solution.

N ancient historical and archeological city in southern Jordan, Petra is famous for its rock-cut architecture and complex water management system. Established as early as 312 BC, its residents’ advanced ability to control flash floods with an array of dams, cisterns and water conduits led to a city that thrived at the centre of a trading network connecting Petra with Gaza in the west, with Bosra and Damascus in the north, with Aqaba on the Red Sea, and across the Persian Gulf. Today, as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city of Petra thrives again as a tourist destination.

Despite its ability to withstand more than 2 millennia of floods, earthquakes and invasions, Petra is under threat as never before. Known as the Rose City for the alluring colour of the quartz clast iron and manganese-rich matrix sandstone from which it was carved, the site is now visited

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by such a large number of tourists that its ancient structures and rock-cut architecture are in danger of being damaged. Such damage is a threat to the cultural heritage of the region, and the tourism and economy of the state of Jordan. Acting against these threats, the Petra National Trust was founded in 1989, and has worked together with international organizations to protect the site. Recently, it was decided that the entire site must be monitored in a way that ensured the protection of the ancient city, while blending in with the natural beauty of the surroundings.

Amman-based electronic security integrator Luminus Technology was brought in to investigate how such a system could be established. Under the leadership of managing director, Hamzeh Labadi, Luminus set about looking for surveillance systems that were powerful enough to provide protection across the site, durable enough to withstand the elements, and discrete enough to blend into the beautiful city. VIVOTEK’s wide range of multipurpose and specialist IP cameras, combined with its advanced Network Video Recorders (NVR) and network video management software, VAST, offered Luminus Technology a way to manage internal and external cameras across this complex site.

Despite its ability to withstand more than 2 millennia of floods, earthquakes and invasions, Petra is under threat as never before.

To monitor the site, 550 VIVOTEK IP network cameras were installed strategically around Petra’s majestic structures and natural valleys. Key among these were the SD8364E PTZ for its ability to provide broad coverage at high resolutions while withstanding extreme environments. The SD8364E’s 1080p resolution with high image quality and 30x optical zoom lens empowers operators with wide angles of view, strong zoom capability and quality optics to snare the finer details of anything out of the ordinary. To protect the SD8364E against Petra’s desert conditions, as well as detecting any incidents of attempted vandalism, an IP67 and NEMA 4X-rated housing guards the camera body allowing for a wide operating temperature range of between -40C and 55C. Thanks to WDR Pro technology, the SD8364E can also cope with challenging lighting conditions, which is a useful feature when operating in the network of narrow valleys and caverns, which are subject to bright sunlight and deep shadows in the same scenes.

Complementing the SD8364E is the FE8180, which Vivotek calls the world’s smallest fisheye camera, thanks to a diameter of 90mm. Its compact size means it’s able to blend into the surroundings of sites such as Petra, yet can cover broad spaces in detail. A single FE8180 can give the situational awareness of 3 or 4 fixed narrow angle CCTV cameras, reducing installation costs.

Managing hundreds of cameras, as well as multiple ND8422P and ND8322P NVRs, is VIVOTEK’s VAST video management software. VIVOTEK VAST is a professional video management software designed for managing all VIVOTEK IP surveillance products.

It integrates the new generation H.265 video codec and supports cameras and stations in an hierarchical structure allowing monitoring, recording, playback

and event-trigger management, combining efficiency with ease of use. VAST includes a video wall solution and VAST Matrix, which is ideal for an application of this size with hundreds of cameras requiring live monitoring.

VAST integrates VIVOTEK network cameras to provide diverse solutions and applications, such as seamless recording with the cameras for uninterrupted video recording, Panoramic PTZ for 360-degree seamless surveillance solution and VCA metadata Integration like line crossing detection, Loitering detection and field detection. Together, cameras, NVRs and VAST VMS offer the security team monitoring and protecting the city of Petra a seamless operation.

“We are proud to be able to make a considerable contribution to protect the Seven Wonders of the World-Petra through VIVOTEK’s advanced IP surveillance solution,” says Labadi. “From network cameras, network video recorders and PoE solutions to VAST, VIVOTEK provided a total surveillance solution for this massive and difficult project.” n

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What’s new in the industry.

QXS Hybrid Disk – Flash For Less l QXS from Quantum combines flash drives, high performance and standard hard drives in a single storage array. Quantum’s patented Q-Tier software manages the drives optimising performance – delivering flash speeds at 30 per cent of the cost of all flash arrays. This means faster write times for more cameras and larger live VMS databases. QXS is ideal for virtualised VMS installations, analytics, and enterprise grade deployments. QXS is mil-spec hardened and NEBS rated; certified with leading VMS solutions. Sizing and cost generally suits medium to large projects. Learn more: Quantum Australia 1800 999 285 or ANZsales@quantum.com Mention SEN and receive 10 per cent off your quote until 30 June.

Distributor: Quantum Australia Contact: 1800 999 285

Axis M30 Series Camera l THE compact palm-sized design of the AXIS M30 Series allows it to be discreetly installed in indoor locations. These cameras can easily be repainted. The 3 new models offer HDTV image quality, wide dynamic range (WDR) technology to adapt to variable lighting conditions and Axis’ Zipstream technology to reduce storage and bandwidth requirements. These fixed focal length cameras can be mounted on walls or ceilings and levelled and directed using a 3-axis camera angle adjustment.

AXIS M3044-V provides HDTV 720p video at up to 30 fps. AXIS M3045-V provides HDTV 1080p video at 30 fps and offers HDMI support that enables live streaming to an HDTV monitor for public viewing. AXIS M3046-V provides 4MP resolution at up to 30 fps and offers HDMI support as well. AXIS M3046-V can also be used as an alternative to a camera with varifocal lens – its 4MP resolution and digital PTZ capability enable sharp, cropped out views in HDTV 1080p, for example, with a horizontal field of view between 95-degrees and 125-degrees.

The new cameras in the AXIS M30 Series provide multiple, individually configurable H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams. They offer video motion detection and active tampering alarm as well as support for third party video analytics applications such as people counting. Axis’ Corridor Format makes full use of the sensor when monitoring narrow areas. These cameras have an Ethernet connector for network connectivity as well as power (PoE) and an integrated MicroSD/microSDHC memory card slot for edge storage applications.

Distributor: Axis Communications Contact: +61 3 9982 1111

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Mobotix v25 Vandalism Camera l THIS new v25 is the first Mobotix vandalism indoor camera and along with the standard lens options theres an on-wall audio kit with the suitable vandalism sets.

This is a complete standalone video surveillance system, including SD card or NAS event recording, alarming, professional video management (VMS) and video analysis functions like heat map and object statistics are available.

The v25 body with MOBOTIX 6MP Moonlight day or night sensor technology is compatible with all standard lens options, including the new 103-degree lens to cover a complete room without any blind spots.

Distributor: Central Security Distribution Contact: 1300 319 499

CSD Releases Mobotix AU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Preconfigured for Australian Requirements l THE unrivalled quality and technically flexible and customisable camera solutions from the German manufacturer has just become a whole lot easier to use. CSD has released Mobotix AU which is a plug and play solution incorporating preconfigured Mobotix Cameras, a NAS Storage Device and PoE Switch. This new development opens up the doors for all those integrators looking for a quality alternative that does not require days of training to be able to use. Affordability, simplicity, feature-packed and reliable, the Mobotix AU product range offers the perfect alternative.

Distributor: Central Security Distribution Contact: 1300 319 499

Panoramic Ultra IR Illuminators: 360-degrees at Night l LIGHTING manufacturer Raytec has introduced new Panoramic Ultra IR illuminators.

Designed for PTZ domes, wide angle and multi-sensor cameras, they provide powerful 180-degree illumination to deliver outstanding night-time images at distances up to 150m+.

Using the latest Platinum Elite LEDs the illuminators deliver exceptionally even 360-degree surveillance with only 2 units - perfectly illuminating multiple subjects at different depths of scene so that your camera never misses an event! Covering huge areas, Panoramic Ultra allows your camera to fully zoom into any incident and achieve accurate subject identification. Now with a 10 per cent price reduction.

Visit www.rayteccctv.com to see the amazing video footage.

Distributor: Hills Contact: 1800 685 487

Bosch FLEXIDOME IP micro 5000 l BOSCHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HD 1080p and 5MP vandalresistant microdome cameras from Bosch are professional surveillance cameras that provide high quality HD and MP images for demanding security and surveillance network requirements. The camera comes with a choice of lenses including an ultra-wide angle lens which provides outstanding performance without the need for de-warping software.

The cameras are available in 1080p and 5MP versions and there is a special version designed for Interior Vehicle Mounting (IVM) using an M12 connector. Ideal for indoor or outdoor use, the compact aesthetic design is suitable for installations where housing size and appearance are important. The cast-aluminum housing, polycarbonate window, and hardened inner liner can withstand the equivalent of 55 kg (120 lbs) of force (IK08). This camera is protected against water and dust to IP66 standards. Mounting options are numerous, including surface, wall, and suspended ceiling mounting.

Distributor: Bosch Security Systems Contact: 1300 1 BOSCH (26724)

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What’s new in the industry.

TAPS Vision 360 l TOTAL Asset Protection Solutions (TAPS) has released the 3Sixty i-Cam, enhancing its existing commercial range of Vision 360 panoramic cameras. This unit can be screwed into any existing light fitting or a standard lamp and moved from room to room, front porch to garage with no requirement for any wiring in the home or office as and when required.

According to Terry Ho, director of TAPS, the 3Sixty i-Cam is the world’s most innovative 360-degree panoramic camera especially for the DIY market. It is shaped like a light globe, works as a light globe with 3 x 1 watt LEDs, but has a 360-degree panoramic field of view CCTV camera built-in. The unit has built-in storage, 2-way audio, motion detection, SMS of event alerts to mobile phone and when connected to a WIFI access point, it can be viewed and controlled from anywhere to anywhere.

The free mobile app allows users a multi-function platform to control the device with digital PTZ, looking up, down and around the entire field of view, as well as talking to and see family while you are away.

Distributor: Total Asset Protection Solutions Contact: terry@tapshk.com

Bosch AVIOTEC IP starlight 8000 Video Fire Detection l NEW from Bosch is AVIOTEC IP starlight 8000, a CCTV camera that incorporates a

video-based fire detection system that spots fires and disturbances, predicts behavior to reduce false alarms and speeds reaction time – helping security managers react to threats proactively. AVIOTEC IP starlight 8000 detects flames and smoke at the source, making it faster to react.

AVIOTEC works with algorithms in which images are analysed and processed. These algorithms base on a physical fire model and can easily be adjusted to the customer’s needs. The high quality Bosch cameras being a part of AVIOTEC IP starlight 8000 allow to detect flames and smoke within seconds even in challenging conditions. The alarm will be transmitted via network and/or relay. The detection is integrated into the cameras itself, making further analysis unnecessary. In parallel, the Intelligent Video Analytics runs automatic surveillance tasks, e.g. crossing line, following route, idle object.

Distributor: Bosch Security Systems Contact: 1300 1 BOSCH (26724)

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CSD Releases Hikvision H.264+ Compression Technology l CSD has released Hikvision H.264+ Compression Technology, which it says will dramatically change the small to medium surveillance market in Australia. The H.264+ NVR range includes various models from 4 to 16 channels and the cameras have 2MP and 4MP variants as standard options with outstanding WDR capabilities.

Hikvision H.264+ is available from mid-March at all CSD branches across Australia.

Distributor: Central Security Distribution Contact: 1300 319 499

AXIS Camera Station 5 VMS

Ness LUX HW PIR

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l NESS has released the LUX HW PIR – a hardwired motion detector with a white LED night-light. LUX HW features a quad sensor for superior detection, 15m x 15m detection coverage, look-down creep zone, high RF immunity, white light immunity, adjustable range, adjustable digital pulse count and of course the handy LUX night-light. For safety and convenience, LUX HW’s night-light function provides a motion-activated cone of light to help you find your way at night. The night-light can operate in automatic or manual modes and can even be triggered by an external input. LUX HW is automationready with a high sensitivity Fast Out output and smart external control of the night-light.

LUX HW is a high sensitivity PIR and PET AWARE sensor rolled into one with a unique adjustable sensor mask providing easy configuration of Normal, No Creep and Pet modes. LUX HW, with Quad Detection, Pet mode, Night-Light and Automation mode – a combination that can’t be beaten!

introduces hardware decoding, integration of third-party IP cameras, and Axis-optimized rendering for highdefinition identification and smooth videos with up to 3 4K video streams. A new mobile viewing app allows for easy remote monitoring. The user interface of AXIS Camera Station has been designed for ease of use.

The operator mode provides a dedicated interface for efficient operation that meets the requirements of the occasional user as well as the more active user in installations such as larger retail stores, schools, and manufacturing facilities. AXIS Camera Station 5 introduces support for hardware decoding and Axis Optimized Rendering. The new scrubbing function allows users to quickly search through video footage from multiple cameras at the same time. A free mobile viewing app available for Android and iOS-based mobile devices allows users to view live video from cameras as well as recorded video footage.

AXIS Camera Station 5 supports 360-degree overview recording, H.264 compression, multi-view streaming, Axis’ Corridor Format, Axis’ Zipstream technology, and advanced camera-based video motion detection.

Additional functionality can easily be added with ACAP applications. AXIS Camera Station 5 allows users to take full advantage of Axis’ wide range of video surveillance cameras and technologies. It supports 360-degree overview recording, H.264 compression, multi-view streaming, Axis’ Corridor Format, Axis’ Zipstream technology, and advanced camera-based video motion detection. Additional functionality can easily be added with ACAP applications. Existing AXIS Camera Station customers with up to 32 devices and all AXIS S10 Recorder customers regardless of system size will benefit from a free upgrade to AXIS Camera Station 5.

Distributor: Ness Corp Contact: +61 2 8825 9222

Distributor: Axis Communications Contact: +61 3 9982 1111

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Help desk ■ Below are the approximate recommendations for rest times (complete rest, that is) between sets according to your goal, per the National Streng th and Conditioning Association (NSCA). *Note that since fat loss depends primarily on diet, there is no official rest-period prescription for it, although we feel that both short and long rests work, depending on the program.

Q: Is it really possible to bridge a sensor so it won’t detect intrusion?

A: It’s possible to blind any PIR (or dual technology sensor, reed, etc) by bridging the alarm circuit when the system is in off mode during the day.

If there’s a short in an alarm circuit, no sensor will be able to change state and quite obviously, that means no alarm will be activated. The way around this is for sensor tampering to be reported at the monitoring station and the keypad 24-hours a day. Very basic 4-zone and 8-zone panels won’t be able to handle this without some kind of help from the installer but bigger panels are designed to get around the vulnerability. As we all know, resistance across a panel is 2k2 when the alarm is in safe mode.

In well-designed panels there’s a 2k2 resistor wired in series across the alarm trigger contact, with a 6k8 resistor wired in series across a normally closed tamper switch. In safe mode, loop resistance is 2k2. If an alarm is triggered the loop goes short, should the wires be cut the loop goes open and if at any time tamper is activated these 2k2 and 6k8 resistors give the zone loop a tamper resistance of 9k. It’s this electrical resistance that’s interpreted as a tamper and bigger panels look out for it 24x7. Essentially the 2 resistors that replace the ordinary EOL allow the system to monitor 2 parameters on the same zone so there’s no need to wire tamper separately.

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Our panel of experts answers your questions.

If a system was installed incorrectly by someone unfamiliar with advanced panel design, then there’s vulnerability. Building 24-hour tamper in a basic 4 or 8-zone system would mean pulling 6-core cable and designating one zone as a 24-hour tamper. It’s uncommon for domestic or small commercial alarm systems to go in with an external siren these days, so you could either use the 24-hour siren tamper zone exclusively, or share that zone with a strobe or an internal screamer. Sure, you wouldn’t get accurate zone tamper but a general system tamper would be more than sufficient in most cases. Regardless, a quality modern sensor with housing tamper will report any attempt to meddle with it.

Q: Your article in SEN’s March issue which highlighted the performance of a 15-50mm lens on a low cost IP camera was fascinating. Do you think every application should feature a much smaller angle of view than we typically see?

A: There are applications in which those landscape-style, 100-degree-plus fields of view are ideal – lobbies, transport, foyers, meeting rooms. Unless situational awareness is all you want, these spaces need to be compact and applications should be tested to ensure a particular camera and lens meets a particular operational requirement. While the tiny

Fujinon 15-50 F1.5

hyperfocal distance of wide angle lenses keeps everything in focus optically, pixel spread means resolution is spread very thin. In good light, wide angle lenses work better with larger sensors that have more pixels, yet they are too often found on cameras with the smallest and least expensive sensors. In short, resolution is important and you can definitely gain resolution by reducing angle of view.

There’s a rather sniffy trend among photography aficionados to decry the quest for sharpness because there’s so much that’s more important in terms of composition, geometry and subject agency in still photography. While the latter is important for investigators, sharpness is the key for security people, day or night. A soft and blurry image is no use for video surveillance unless it governs real time response teams. Security investigators must be unabashed pixel peepers.

Q: I read recently an article by an Australian consultant which showed a 4K camera had trouble with motion blur in low light conditions. Were all the camera settings identical, were the findings of the article consistent with SEN’s testing and does this mean 4K is not suitable for security applications?

A: You’re talking about Luke Percy-Dove’s application test and he’s confirmed that all the camera settings were as far as possible, identical. So yes, in

A soft and blurry image is no use for video surveillance unless it governs real time response teams. Security investigators must be unabashed pixel peepers. that application with that 4K camera, 4K performed less well than HD. We’ve certainly experienced motion blur with 4K and higher resolution megapixel cameras during tests at night. And we made similar findings at SecTech last year. The best low light cameras we’ve tested at SEN and the most resistant to motion blur were 1080p.

However, they were not perfect and some were very poor against motion blur. From memory the best we’ve seen with blur in low light was a Dallmeier DF5200-HD-DN but this observation is subjective and not based on direct comparison.

At issue with 4K are the laws of physics – more pixels on a chip mean smaller pixels, mean less transmission of light means more amplification, means more noise, means more noise suppression and rebuild artefacts, means more processing required, means more latency. More pixels on a chip means more processing, means more latency – both mean blur of fastmoving objects in a scene – especially objects moving at right angles to the lens.

4K is great in appropriate light levels – nothing comes close to it for wide and deep coverage of street scenes and public spaces – if you need such performance, 4K is pure gold. But it’s not for dim-lit laneways, LPR, or for assuring users of court-admissible facial ID on the street in ambient light levels between 5-10 lux.

For low light applications, 720p and 1080p cameras offer the best resistance to blur but you need to watch your depth of field and select an appropriate focal length to maximise detail in a scene. 4K is so strong in daylight - and down to about 25 lux with foot traffic - that I think some applications should not do without it and in those cases, 4K and 720/1080p cameras should be used to cover parts of the same scenes.

You simply need to pick your application.

In support of Percy-Dove’s findings, don’t trust to integrated IR with 4K either – it helps but it’s nowhere near as good as a quality unassisted low light HD camera.

Q: We’ve seen a CCTV camera installed outside under an eave with an exposed RJ-45 plug and no drip loop – will the ingress of water from the periodic hosing of this facility fry the camera over a period of time?

A: Typically, what will happen in such cases is a short across the terminations of the Cat-5 plug, loss of power and loss of the image stream. The cable will need re-terminating. Unless there’s an associated spike, the camera will generally be ok. Given PoE plus carries around 25W maximum, a spike would be unusual. A weatherproof connector boot on the cable should resolve this issue, in combination with a drip loop. By default, IP66-rated cameras should ship with weatherproof connectors on the camera-side. If this is an IP66-rated camera, there must be a cableside connector in a box somewhere that was never installed.

hardwired systems. All other things being equal, the biggest advantage of hardwire is no batteries. If you have say, 10 devices including sensors, sensor cameras, smokies, reeds internal and external sirens, the cost of battery replacement, given it entails a call-out, will inevitably become an issue. If the user does not or cannot replace batteries, then at some point in the future a wireless security and automation system will become more expensive than a hardwired system due to call-out costs. Bear in mind that a larger system - a university or hospital - will have many more devices than a domestic or small commercial solution.

Q: Given the UL listing of Z-Wave, do you think wireless will become default for alarm and automation systems in the future? Is there any reason to use hardwired systems now?

A: Z-Wave is solid, flexible and well on the way to becoming a global standard for security and automation but wireless is still more prone to interference than

Q: What is the best colour temperature for video surveillance?

A: Look, it’s probably not colour temperature that gives you colour images of reasonable quality – colour temp is not a huge deal when it comes to CCTV. Ideal seeing conditions might be around 3000K but that varies by sensor. Consider that a blue sky is 9000K, midday sun is 6000K, high power fluoro tubes are 5000K, high pressure sodium is 2700, soft white LED, warm fluoro and incandescent are around 2500K, tungsten is 2000K, that magic half hour morning and late afternoon for period drama shoots is also 2000 lux and low pressure sodium street light is around 1800K. The lower the K, the more orangered, the higher the K the more whiteblue. Typically, digital camera AWB will happily handle between 3000-7000K and investigators could legitimately balance colour temp using Photoshop to gain more detail from very warm images – though this only works up to a point. Ideal colour temp for facial tones, garment colours and small details would be 2500-4000K. n

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