Timetech Volume 2 2018

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TimeTech LAUNCHING

NEW LOOK

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Table of Contents 04 - 07

New Logo: Behind the Scenes - Greta Kruger

08 - 09

Thermal PTZ Camera

10 - 11

Analog Thermal PTZ Camera

12 - 13

Career Bliss - Elize Horn

14 - 15

Quotes for the Future - Marieta du Toit

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Secretary Day

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Birthday Celebrations

18 - 20

Inverse-Square Law - Tinus Diedericks

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Freedom Day

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Worker’s Day

23 - 25

Flir & Davantis Protecting the Perimeter of Atlantic Beach Golf Estate - Suné Diedericks

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26 - 27

It’s all in the preparation - Jeanette Wrigley

28 - 31

Another One From Me - Herman Snyman

32 - 33

What are we missing? - Quintin Havemann

34 - 35

Flir Thermal PathfindIR - Hendri Verster

36 - 37

Liquid Technology

38 -39

Words, Training & Knowledge - Wilke Pretorius

40 - 57

Extract: Smart Security Handbook

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Mother’s Day

59 - 74

Davantis: Daview Mini

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Securex

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World Environment Day

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Yout Day l Father’s Day

78 - 79

Meet The Team

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NEW LOGO, behind the scenes Greta talks...

A logo should not become easily outdated; this is how your clients will recognise your company in the long term (think into the future)

What is a logo supposed to do for a company?

• Your logo should act like a small ad for your company • Communicate brand values and goals to the marketplace (who you are) • Convey a sense of reliability and experience to existing clients and future clients • A good logo is timeless but current and easily recognisable • Attract and retain your target market • The colours / font / icons / wordmarks should represent the personality of your business There are seven types of logo representations to consider: • Lettermark / Monogram • Wordmark / Logotypes • Logo Symbol / Pictorial Marks • Emblem • Mascot • Combination Mark • Abstract Mark

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Logo role vs. brand strategy Most companies make the mistake of thinking their logo is their branding. Your logo is a symbol that provides the public with brand recognition.

Your brand is the foundation of your promise to your clients; it’s the central system for your identity and marketing communication.

What is the role of a logo?

A logo should portray the values and goals of the company, it should reflect growth and professionalism, a logo is only one piece of a branding strategy.

A logo should not become easily outdated; this is how your clients will recognise your company in the long term (think into the future).

In your client’s mind, your brand is a mental picture of whom you represent to the public. A brand is influenced by words, visuals, elements and creativity. Think of it as the mental picture of which you as a company represent to consumers, it is influenced by the elements, creativity, words and visuals that encircle it.

What is Branding?

Three core components are present in your brand strategy: • Purpose (the functional and intentional purpose of your business) • Consistency (without this you are lost) • Emotional Impact (this is how clients connect with you)

Brand Objectives: • Confirms credibility • Delivers your message clearly • Motivates client purchases • Emotionally connects target prospects with products • Creates user loyalty

Back to the new logo and what’s up with all that...

How was the new Timeless Technologies logo designed?

Questions that were asked before logo design commenced: • What would create confidence in the Timeless Technologies brand?

• What would differentiate the new logo from others in the industry?

Timeless Technologies wanted to reposition the company as reliable, up to date, on top of their game and well established in their field.

Here follows a short rationale of the thought process that got Timeless Technologies their new logo design.

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Symbolism: Timeless Technologies has always had a Monogram in their logo, since the first Batman Typeface the company used in 2001. So why NOT change all that?

Because having a Monogram worked then and it’s working now, but it did need a makeover.

You might ask what is a Monogram... a motif made by one letter or overlapping letters or combining two or more letters.

Timeless Technologies = Tt Is there a reason for the first “T” being a capital and the second “t” being a drop cap? Nope, no reason at all except that it is visually appealing.

Naturally some research was done into an icon, pictograms and symbols that could be used in an industry related manner and therefore the company ended up with a therefore ( ) sign.

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What is this “therefore” sign?

A short Wiki explanation: “In logical argument and mathematical proof, the therefore sign ( ) is generally used before a logical consequence, such as the conclusion of a syllogism (deductive reasoning / logical argument).”

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Style: Clean cut, orderly and functional, just like Timeless Technologies.

Relationship: How does this logo relate to the personality of the company, the vision; values and goals?

Quoting owner Tinus Diedericks “keep it simple stupid”.

Bold, simple and sophisticated, that is what was aimed for. Mission accomplished!

Colour: Colour is king in the world of design, marketing & advertising and nowhere more crucial than in a logo design. A logo’s appearance and personality is defined by the colour/s used.

Grey: neutral & cool, works well with most colours (grey is but a tint of black: stableness; respect; practicality; authority).

Orange: often used to draw attention and stimulate emotions, this colour represents enthusiasm and creativity. Over the years Timeless Technologies has almost gotten to a point of “owning this colour”. In the whole history of the company this colour has never been negotiable. You can add a colour, but do not touch the orange (one can not help but to smile slightly).

The therefore sign ( ) a mathematical symbol used in logical statements or mathematical proofs such as x = y and y = z (therefore) x = z Therefore ( ) was reworked (if you wish) into a vertical dotted line showing logical systematic thinking.

Orange has always been used in the history of Timeless Technologies as a preferential colour. It is eye catching, highly visible and demands a “look-over-here” presence.

Timeless Technologies offer logical solutions in the industry they operate in, therefore ( ) it made sense to use it as a subtle symbolic nuance without it being blatantly obvious.

Hopefully you have a good insight into the work and thought that has gone into the new look of this established company.

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Clever? Timeless Technologies think so!

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Well folks, Timeless Technologies is proud of the new logo.

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On a different note, there has not only been a change to the Corporate Identity everyone is raving about.

After many years trading as a Closed Corporation in the industry, Timeless Technologies are now a full on (PTY) Ltd. Congratulations!

Past to Present

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Thermal PTZ Camera TD - 319S TD - 340S TD - 619S TD - 640S Thermal

NET

HD-SDI

Image Flip

D/N ICR

20X

WDR

Al

IP67

DNR

Features Uncooled Amorphns Silicon FPA, resolution: 384X288 / 640X480; 1/2.8” CMOS color visual camera, 2.14MP, 20X optical zoom; Dual HD-SDI outputs for color visual camera and thermal imaging camera; Dual H.264 output for color visual camera and thermal imaging camera; Optional digital Gyro for image stabilization; Wide Dynamic Range (WDR); Day/night (ICR); Soft PTZ address, self-adaption of protocol and baud rate; 10.8~28V wide range voltage input; Waterproof index: IP67; Auto power-off with low power supply.

Dimensions 4.5mm

275mm

4-M5

Ø120mm

Ø190mm

Front View

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Bottom View

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Technical Data PATC-FZ319S2008(G) Model TD - 319S Thermal Camera Thermal Imaging Imaging Camera

PATC-FZ340S2008(G) TD - 340S

Sensor Type

Uncooled Amorphns Silicon FPA

Working Band

8μm~14μm

Resolution

384 x 288

Sensor Size

17μm

NETD(300K)

≤60mk

PATC-FZ619S2008(G) TD - 619S

PATC-FZ640S2008(G) TD - 640S

640 x 480

FOV

19mm: 19.5° x 14.7°

Image Enhancement

Support

40mm: 9.3° x 7°

19mm: 32.0 x 24.2°

Digital Zoom

1X, 2X, 4X

Video Display

Black Hot / White Hot

Detecting Range

Vehicle: 2570m Man: 550m

Vehicle: 5400m Man: 1170m

Vehicle: 2570m Man: 550m

Vehicle: 5400m Man: 1170m

Recognition Range

Vehicle: 640m Man: 130m

Vehicle: 1350m Man: 290m

Vehicle: 640m Man: 130m

Vehicle: 1350m Man: 290m

Daylight Camera Daylight Imaging Camera Video Sensor

1/2.8" CMOS , 2.13MP

Signal System (NET)

1080P/30, 1080P/25, 720P/60, 720P/50, 720P/30, 720P/25

Signal System (SDI)

1080P30, 1080I60, 720P60, 720P30, 1080P25, 1080I 50, 720P50, 720P25

Zoom

Optical: 20X, Digital: 12X

Lens

f=4.7mm ~ 94mm, F1.6 ~ F3.5

View Angle

59.5° (H) ~ 3.3° (V)

Min Illumination

Color : 0.0013Lux; Mono: 0.0008Lux

S/N Ratio

Not less than 50 dB

BLC

On / Off

DNR

1~5 Steps / Off

Day/Night

Auto / Manual

WDR

On / Off

Pan Range

360° Continuous

Pan Speed

Control speed: 0.04° ~ 100°/s, adjustable; Preset speed: 100°/s

Tilt Range

-15°~ 90° (Auto Flip)

Tilt Speed

Control speed: 0.04° ~ 90°/s, adjustable; Preset speed: 90°/s

Preset No

256

Preset Precision

±0.2°

Digital Gyro

1 Axis(Optional)

Network Network Image Resolution

1920 * 1080@30fps

Image Compression

H.264

Audio Compression

AAC

Protocols

HTTP, RTSP, TCP, UDP, ONVIF

Simultaneous Live View

Up to 10

Dual Stream

Yes

Ethernet Interface

10 / 100M

Audio Interface

1 LINE IN

General General Control Interface

RS-485

Address

0 ~ 255

Comm Protocol

PELCO-P / PELCO-D (Self-Adaptive)

Baud Rate

2400bps, 4800bps, 9600bps, 19200bps (Self-Adaptive)

Voltage

DC 10.8 ~ 28V

Power

35W / 50W (Heater On)

Working Temperature

-35°C ~ +55°C

IP Index

IP67

Dimension

Φ190(mm) x 275(mm)

Weight

6.3±0.1Kg

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Analog Thermal PTZ Camera Analog Thermal PTZ Camera

TD - 319Z TDTD - 319Z - 340Z TDTD - 340Z - 619Z TDTD - 619Z - 640Z TD - 640Z Thermal

DIS

DIS

DNR

DNR

TVL

550

IP67

Al

550

IP67

Al

Thermal

TVL

36X

D/N ICR 36X

D/N ICR

WDR WDR

Features

Features

Up to 640*480 high sensitive thermal imager, 17μm, NETD 60mK;

Up to 640*480 high sensitive thermal imager, 17μm, NETD 60mK;

Integrated HAD 36X visual zoom module, 550 TVL;

Integrated HAD 36X visual zoom module, 550 TVL;

Aluminum PTZ case with high strength, full weather proof;

Aluminum PTZ case with high strength, full weather proof;

IP index up to IP67;

IP index up to IP67;

Built-in defogging device, working temperature range -20°C~+55°C;

Built-in defogging device, working temperature range -20°C~+55°C;

3 video outputs: thermal video, visual video and switch video;

3 video outputs: thermal video, visual video and switch video;

PrecisePTZ PTZsystem systemwith withhigh high holding torque, PTZ positioning precision to +/-0.2°; Precise holding torque, PTZ positioning precision up toup+/-0.2°;

Protocol&&baud baudrate rateself-adaptive, self-adaptive, soft address supported; Protocol soft address supported;

Optionaldamping dampingsystem systemfor for tough applications; Optional tough applications; Image flip flipfor forstand stand/ /ceiling ceilingmount. mount.

Image

Dimensions Dimensions 322mm 322mm 227mm 227mm 150mm

3-Ø6(EQS) 3-Ø6(EQS)

.5

67

7

5

5

M4

R9

100mm

7

R9

.5

R8

Ø90

M4

12mm

4-Φ3.5

4-Φ3.5

208mm

R

67

R8

Ø90

208mm

R

100mm

20°

150mm

20°

12mm

Mounting Plate

Mounting Plate

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Wall Bracket

Wall Bracket

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Technical Data Model Model

TD - 319Z PATC-Z31936

TD - 340Z PATC-Z34036

TD - 619Z PATC-Z61936

TD - 640Z PATC-Z64036

384 x 288

640 x 480

640 x 480

40mm

19mm

40mm

Thermal Imaging Imaging Camera Camera Thermal Sensor Type

Uncooled Amorphns Silicon FPA

Resolution

384 x 288

Sensor Size

17μm

Focal

19mm

Focus

Fixed

Image Frame Rate

50HZ(PAL) / 60HZ(NTSC)

NETD(300K)

≤60mK

FOV

19.5° x 14.7°

9.3° x 7°

32.0° x 24.2°

15.5° x 11.6°

Detecting Range

Vehicle: 2570m Man: 550m

Vehicle: 5400m Man: 1170m

Vehicle: 2570m Man: 550m

Vehicle: 5400m Man: 1170m

Recognition Range

Vehicle: 640m Man: 130m

Vehicle : 1350m Man: 290m

Vehicle: 640m Man: 130m

Vehicle: 1350m Man: 290m

Digital Zoom

1X, 2X, 4X

Video Display

Black Hot / White Hot

Daylight Imaging ImagingCamera Camera Daylight Video Sensor

1/4" SONY EX - View HAD CCD

Effective Pixel

PAL: 752(H)×582(V); NTSC: 768(H)×494(V)

Resolution

550 TVL

Video System

PAL / NTSC

Zoom

Optical: 36X / Digital: 12X

Lens

f=3.4mm ~ 122.4mm, F1.6 ~ F4.5

View Angle

57.8°(H) ~ 1.7°(V)

Min Illumination

Color : 1.4Lux; Mono: 0.01Lux

WB

Auto

Focus

Auto / Manual

IRIS

Auto / Manual

S/N Ratio

Not less than 50 dB

BLC

On / Off

Digital Image Stabilization

On / Off

DNR

1-5 Steps / Off

Day / Night

Auto / Manual

WDR

Yes

PTZ PTZ Pan Range

360° Continuous

Pan Speed

Control Speed: 0.04° ~ 90°/s; adjustable; Preset Speed: 120°/s

Tilt Range

-15° ~ 90° (Auto Flip)

Tilt Speed

Control Speed: 0.3° ~ 60°/s, adjustable; Preset Speed: 90°/s

Preset No

256

Preset Precision

±0.2°

General General Video Output

1 Channel Thermal Imaging Video; 1 Channel Visual Video; 1 Channel Switch Video;

Address

0 ~ 255

Power

35W / 50W (Heater On)

Working Temperature

-20°C ~ +55°C

IP Index

IP67

Anti-Vibration

Pan 9G, Tilt 15G

Wind Resistance

180 Km/h

Dimension

Φ190(mm) x 275(mm), W/O Damper; Φ190(mm) x 300(mm), With Damper (Optional);

Weight

6Kg W/O Damper; 7Kg With Damper (Optional)

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Career Bliss Elize’s insight into work vs a career - very wise words!

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else…

“Everyone needs a little career inspiration from time to time. Whether it’s to reframe your workplace goals, or to give serious thought as to why you’re working a specific job in the first place.”

- Author Unknown The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!

If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you

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are living. Wherever you are—if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.

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YOU own YOUR CAREER

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Quotes

For The Future “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” - Ella Fitzgerald “Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” - Henry J Kaiser “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J Marine “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” - Helen Keller “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” - Sally Berger “Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.”

- Abraham Joshua Heschel “Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.” - Jim Rohn “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt

“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” - Jack Canfield “If you have positive energy you will always attract positive outcomes.” - Steve Backley

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Ideas, Plans, Actions, Success Marieta’s favourite quotes to live by...

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

- Colin Powell “Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.”

- Abraham Lincoln “It only takes one person to change your life - YOU!” - Ruth Casey “The PAST is when you LEARNED the lesson. The FUTURE is where you APPLY the lesson.”

- Author Unknown “Great is he who is not ashamed to admit that he does not know.”

- Tractate Hagigah

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25 April 2018 Secretary Day

SECRETARY

juggler

assistant

Meeting Coordinator

Appointment Keeper

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL Clerical Genius

Document Manager

communicator

Administrative Professionals Week began 22 April and ended 28 April

Making office life better one task at a time!

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Celebrate with us!

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“There are two great days in a person’s life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.”

- William Barclay

The following personnel celebrated their birthdays: Tinus: Elize: Wilke: Quintin:

13 January 16 January 30 March 07 May

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INVERSE-SQUARE LAW?

What does it have to do with cameras?

Tinus gives some insight When I tackle a new topic, the first thing that comes to mind for me, together with a recurring question as a result: “What does it have to do with cameras, optical and thermal cameras?” Well, I am glad you asked, since this is one of the most important aspects you have to know when you can call yourself a camera supplier/ installer or a CCTV expert! To be bold, and by virtue of having asked my piers whether they were aware of the above, an astonishing high percentage had no clue what it was about, and even more so what it meant within their world of so-called expertise! This included business owners, design engineers, sales managers, sales staff, project managers and technicians.

Let me try to explain, you will not understand why the system does not work as expected if you are unaware of the effect the above has when installing an optical camera with illuminators or a thermal camera. The same old question/s will arise: Why can I not see the person?

OR I can see the person but the person does not get detected. (Needless to say and to keep in mind, I do not include fog or the influence of the four categories thereof, or even atmospheric attenuation as examples.)

We are looking at the effect of distance on radiation from source in best conditions. In more scientific words, it means that when you double the distance you reduce the illumination/radiation to one quarter, or

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similarly, to halve the illumination/radiation you have to increase the distance with a factor of 1.4 (square root of 2), or similarly, to double the illumination/radiation you have to reduce the distance with a factor of 0.7 (square root of ½).

Why so?

When you have a source of sort, you will have flux (flow of a physical property in space) emanating from this source into space. In the CCTV world it means an IR illuminator or light with an optical camera or a person/heat source in front of a thermal camera. The amount of flux or the amount of flux lines/radiation is very much dependent on the strength of the source.

The amount of flux lines/radiation stays constant with the increase of distance.

The more flux lines/radiation or the greater the density of flux lines you have at source, the stronger the field will be. Now we get the next important statement, please try and follow this……The density of flux lines (or to use different words, the amount of radiation power/energy) at this point away from the source, is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source.

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Why, why, why…..because the surface area of the source/sphere will increase with the square of the radius. If you are still with me, then you will understand the strength of the field is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from this source.

I know, this is a mouthful, a picture is always better!

I believe that the above makes the understanding much more clear!

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So, what does the CCTV industry do to combat this, they use more focussed light sources, which travels at a frequency which is beyond eye response (>850nm) and they reach towards laser light sources (which has its own danger areas to consider similar to safety, power etc.) as well.

In general, when you do your design with optical camera and illuminators, even when you do your design with relation to thermal camera and object distances, please over-engineer your design.

Remember that you will lose energy away from the source, illuminator or heat source, double the distance will equate to one quarter of the amount of energy.

Yes, integrators think that remaining cheaper use less equipment – go further – saving on the equipment amount is best, but unfortunately science is fixed and to comply with science in ensuring a perfect working system, it will come at a price. Cheaper is not always better, but achieving the correct solution on behalf of the customer, is best!

“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” - Carl Sagan 20

“The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” - Thomas Berger

Freedom Day 27 April 2018 “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” - Nelson Mandela.

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01 MAY 2018

HAPPY

W RKER’S DAY

Remember, there is no substitute for hard work!

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FLIR & Davantis

Protecting the Perimeter of Atlantic Beach Golf Estate

The award-winning FC-Series S camera sets the industry standard for high- quality thermal security cameras, ideal for perimeter protection applications. The FC-Series S is capable of replacing multiple visible cameras and any additional lighting and infrastructure needed to support them at a very low running cost. This camera comes with a 3 year full product and a 10 detector warrantee.

Using this remarkable technology with Davantis video analytics system makes it Ideal for large-scale areas of security functions and external properties with security guards, with either its own control room, or a link to a CMS (central monitoring station).

Original Video

Using Flir’s remarkable technology with Davantis video analytics system makes it Ideal for large-scale areas.

Suné talks...

Davantis Video Analytics operates in two 2 phases. During the first phase, video from the camera is continuously monitored by the algorithm for any objects moving in the field of view.

The video then split into the static background and motion foreground (all moving objects). Objects in the foreground is then compared to a database of approx. 600 000 images. This database consists of people, animals and vehicles in various light and weather conditions.

The algorithm rates the objects in order to classify if it is a person or a vehicle.

Motion Foreground

Static Backround

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During phase two, any moving object that matches the database is applied to the pre-set rules. If there is a violation of the rules, an alarm event is generated and the video is recorded. An event notification is also sent to the Control Room Monitoring Software (CMS), where the operator immediately has access to a snapshot of the intrusion as well as the live video from the camera.

The Davantis Video Analytics Server has a mobile app that will give instant access to the live video from any camera as well as any alarm that have been triggered on the system. This easy access to your site ensures that you will not miss any alarms or actions.

Davantis is also i-LIDS certified.

The operator has to determine if the person is a threat and respond according to the sites standard operating procedure.

Furthermore, he needs to acknowledge the alarm by selecting the appropriate category/disposition from a drop down list and save the alarm event.

http://www.davantis.com/en/content /tecnology-i-lids-certification

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For more information on this certification please visit the links below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uplo ads/system/uploads/attachment_dat a/ file/143870/ilids-brochure.pdf

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“The object of golf is not just to win.

It is to play like a gentleman, and win.”

- Phil Mickelson

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It’s all in the preparation

Become the Jamie Oliver of the integrators this year by preparing 95% of the time and executing the other 5%

Jeanette gives some good advice!

Installation tips minimizing insect penetration and water ingress saving you the dime...

Over the past few months we have been receiving a lot of repairs for the main bullet board and the server board in the FC series. These faulty boards can be traced to insect penetration; water ingress; power surge; lightning; cable breakage and cable faults. We, here at Timeless Technologies, would like to avoid unnecessary costs by giving you a few installation tips minimizing insect penetration and water ingress saving you the dime.

Proper installations of the seal plate and panel mount gland seals are critical to the long-term reliability.

Preparation of the camera: Step 1: Remove the top cover with 3mm hex key.

Step 2: Remove the rear cable gland and replace it with the cable gland plug. Use the gasket and nut that were removed with the cable gland.

Step 3: Loosen the four captive screws and remove the seal plate, O-ring and plug.

Seal plate removed

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Removed parts

Step 4: Cut a small cross-slit in the black mount gasket and push the cable through the gasket. Pull the cable through the opening on the bottom of the camera.

Step 5: Clean the O-ring and O-ring groove on the bottom of the camera then press the O-ring in its groove.

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“There are no secrets to success.

It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

- Colin Powell

Step 6: For each cable, punch a hole in the centre of the gland seal from the top, using the 3mm hex key, then insert the cable from the bottom through the hole.

Step 7: Place the gland plate back into position and tighten the four 3mm captive screws using a torque value of 1.8nm.

Step 8: Check the length of each cable to ensure that there is an appropriate bend radius and terminate cable.

Step 9: Push the cable back through the gland seal in order for the seal to be extended down not up.

Step 10: Connect all the cables. Ensure that any ground wire that was removed during installation is reconnected. Replace the cover.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

- Benjamin Franklin

With these few steps the unit is nicely sealed. Become the Jamie Oliver of the integrators this year by preparing 95% of the time and executing the other 5%.

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Another One From Me A discussion by Herman As if they didn’t learn anything from the last time they asked me to write an article…

They did it again!

I thought long and hard on what subject I should choose and decided on perimeter camera placement. I have too much to say on this subject but I will try to stick to the 500 words I was asked to write (I promise to try my best though). Hopefully it will be a good read, so please let us know what you think.

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Protecting a perimeter is more than just slapping some cameras on poles and displaying them somewhere in a control room. Working with this on a daily basis, it became an everyday way of life for us, we sometimes forget that it’s all about protecting people’s lives and assets...the first being the most important. The best equipment available on the market can easily be out performed by a cheap hit and run system that was properly installed by some “Bakkie-brigade” installer.

The effects of a poorly designed system can be unmeasurable. Apart from the financial side with variation orders to add more equipment, countless kilometres driven and spending hours and hours on site making something work that doesn’t want to, there is also the good name of your company, product and suppliers that is on the line. All these above mentioned things could easily be overcome with proper planning. Proof is always in the pudding and I’ve seen on many occasions that a good word from a happy client is the best form of advertising in our industry.

I believe in keeping things simple. Simple works very well so don’t try to be funny.

Your client asked for a perimeter solution, not a redesign of the space shuttle.

Colonel Yster Swart said it best in the TV series “Die Vierde Kabinet”, (for all our SA guys ), a basic rendition for our friends across the pond: people who think they are smart are not always as smart as they think.

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Here are some common sense tips and tricks I stick to when assisting with the design of a perimeter camera solution. Although I’m writing this with perimeter detection, using thermal cameras and true video analytics in mind, it should apply to most camera solutions out there.

Perimeter camera placement

01 KNOW YOUR PRODUCT! Not really much to say about this. Knowing the capabilities of the products will help you design the system in such a way that any possible disadvantages will become insignificant.

Different lens sizes have different DRI info (Detection, Recognition and Identification).

Dead zones vary between different lens sizes and camera heights. If you are going to be responsible for the system to work, you first have to be sure that your product does.

02 ALWAYS OVER DESIGN If your product does not come with a manufacturer disclaimer in its documentation (usually in the fine print), ask the manufacturer to give you something in writing. Equipment is tested under specific conditions.

Actual achievable detection distances may vary depending on camera or analytic parameter set-up, environmental conditions and user experience. Sand baking in the sun all day long will not give

as much contrast in the image as a cool grassy back ground. Stretching camera distances to the max, just to save the costs of another camera may cause low contrast, resulting in a missed intrusion for which the designer/installer may be held liable for.

03 PLAN AHEAD Trees grow. Two years down the line you still need to be able to cover the perimeter effectively. Discuss scheduled maintenance of foliage with the client beforehand.

04 WALK THE PERIMETER (and take your measuring wheel with). Google Earth is not very accurate when it comes to distances and may not be up to date with roads or new developments. It also does not show the undulations of the terrain. Walking the perimeter will give you a feel for the environment. Remember, when it comes to analytics, it is all about contrast in the image. Installing a thermal camera with a

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nice cool background like a patch of grass or cool brush will make an intruder stand out like a sore thumb.

05 STICK TO THE 30/70 PRINCIPLE, 30% inside, 70% outside as far as possible. The idea is to detect an intruder before he gets to the fence. Intruders can bypass a physical electric barrier in a matter of seconds. Detecting the intruder before he enters will give your guards a few seconds longer to react, either by audibly challenging the intruder, increasing their presence in the area or turning on lighting.

These may possibly make the intruder think twice, all because the control room had advanced warning.

This might not always be possible due to the environment, fence line or other factors. Also some homeowners tend to get upset when cameras can see their daughters lying next to a swimming pool, especially because thermal technology can tell you if the person is hot or not… as if we needed technology to do that. Luckily there is a solution for this called “Privacy Masking”.

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06 MAKE SURE CAMERA COVERAGES OVERLAP Your camera needs to effectively cover the next camera and its dead spot. No one will fight with you if two cameras alarms for the same event, but the changes needed if they don’t, may be costly.

07 Always look towards a corner Installing a camera on the corner of a perimeter is, in my opinion, very dumb. It creates a dead zone that will allow tampering with the camera as well as an opportunity for undetected intrusions. I often swop direction for this reason or on long ranges.

Apart from better coverage, it might also have a cost saving as two cameras may end up requiring only one field kiosk.

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08 Bi-directional camera placement is a NO-GO! Another mistake I have seen…

Installing two cameras on the same pole looking in opposite directions… with nothing covering them… Really? C’mon guys. This is a clear indication that the installer had no idea what he was doing.

Effectively the installer is supplying the intruder with a pole to hold onto in order to climb over the fence while carrying your laptop under his arm. Rather place them apart and have them covering each other’s dead zone.

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What are we missing?

Quintin contemplates...

We always have to keep growing with the industry and should never be in a position where we do not know or do not know where to find out.

Taking a look at the security industry, we tend to stick with what we know and what we feel comfortable with.

It brings to mind, what are we missing?

Taking a look at the FLIR solutions, we think about thermal and most likely about the FC-S series and maybe the PT-series. Great products without a doubt!

If a solution then calls for a product that is not available in this range, what do we do?

Maybe we should rather ask what now?

Looking at FLIR, they have produced a new range of products to cover wider areas at shorter distances. This is the FB-O series of cameras. If analytics is required, then Davantis has a full range of analytic servers, including the new Davantis mini 4ch server, that is ideal for small sites.

FLIR even has a range with built in analytics.

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DISCO Digging a bit deeper, it is not well known that FLIR has a full range of IP colour cameras, recorders and a VMS enterprise solution that can manage up to 10 000 cameras.

In this range of products they have 4K (12MP) cameras that have been available for several years. There is a bullet and mini

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Of course there is also the 1080P range of cameras.

On some of the full HD cameras, Ioimage analytics is built into the cameras. The alarms from these cameras are recognised by the FLIR recorders to produce an alarm in the control room.

On the full range FLIR has adaptive streaming built into the cameras and recording systems. The cameras being viewed will only stream according to what is being viewed. For example, a FLIR 12MP camera being displayed in a multi tile view at D1 will only stream D1. When that camera is viewed in full HD, it will stream at the required bandwidth and when the user is zooming into the image, only then will it utilize the full bandwidth setting to view 12MP. In short, this reduces the load on the network to minimize buffering and lag on real-time.

OVER dome options with several lens options, a box camera with 4K lens options and a hemispherical (360 degree) 12MP camera.

There is also a quad or 1440p range of products. These work at 30Hz, but at 1080p work at 60Hz. This means these are 50 frames per second cameras when used at full HD.

With regards to the FLIR thermal Dual PT range, the FLIR recording devices are fully integrated and display an image within an image to see both the thermal camera and the colour camera in the same tile.

The user can select which of the two should be the bigger image in the tile.

So back to the question what are we missing and what now? We always have to keep growing with the industry and should never be in a position where we do not know or do not know where to find out.

It will only mean you do not know what you are missing.

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”

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FLIR Thermal PathfindIR Hendri explores the benefits

The Flir Thermal PathFindIR Camera is absolutely one of the best inventions; people do not realize the advantages off the Flir PathFindIR. In my experience with the Flir Thermal Handhelds, The PathFindIR is one off the options that can be incorporated in certain instances as one of many options to create a workable solution.

The PathFindIR, which is a Thermal Camera that was developed to make night time driving safer, but has been incorporated in to the security idustry with very positive results.

The Camera comes as a mountable camera with brackets and all the cables are included.

The camera allows you to see People and Animals clearly in total darkness.

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PathFindIR II sees heat only and allows you to see four times further than headlights, without being blinded by the glare of oncoming headlights.

It is the one thing that can help you avoid traffic accidents. With PathFindIR, you can see pedestrians, cars, animals, and virtually any other hazard from farther away.

In my experience security, especially rural security companies, uses the PathFindIR with great success due to the fact that you can drive without headlights or remain in a static position where nobody can see you, but you can see them.

Benefits of PathFindIR II: • See in total darkness • Automatic detection and alerts of pedestrians and animals • See pedestrians and vehicles past the glare of oncoming headlights • See many hazards over four times farther away than with headlights • See through dust and smoke • Have more time to react • Help avoid accidents and stay safe Video of the PathFindIR: https://youtu.be/ldqRiGYD1QE References: Flir PathFindIR Brochure.

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Words, Training & Knowledge Wilke pursues knowledge

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” ― Albert Einstein When I was in school I wasn’t a straight A student, actually I was far from it. I struggled to achieve good grades and after a while I even started to think that I was just not smart and that I would never achieve good grades.

In 2011 I started with an education degree at the University of Pretoria because my father said that it would be a good foundation I did not really know what I wanted to study. While studying education I was also a personal trainer. In the five years of training and educating people my view of learning and teaching changed dramatically.

My career in the security industry started in 2015 and I had little to no experience.

Luckily I had the know how to teach myself on topics that I had little or no experience with.

In a time span of only three years I have been able to gather the amount of experience to train professional people about the work we do. My goal is to share with you how I did it and how I am still doing it.

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In my experience training in this industry, and most industries, is only a starting point and I will explain why. Two years ago I did a certified training course on a virtual management system (VMS). The course was three days and after which I qualified as a certified installer of this specific VMS. Unfortunately after the course I knew that I would not able to install this system because the training lacked a few points that were essential to the success of the trainees, but I learned a lot of new words. I remember the first thing I wrote down and it was “Focal Length”.

I started to do three things: Google; Ask; Talk then Teach about the words that I did not understand. This started to enable me to comprehend more than just the words.

01 When I googled words I started to grasp the meanings, but I did not understand the words. In the process of googling the words I came upon new words that I did not understand and I wrote these down.

02 After googling the words I started to ask people about them. The people I asked had the applicable knowledge which made it easy for me to now have understanding. New word came up yet again and once again I wrote them down.

03 When I had understanding, I started to talk about the words and soon it became general knowledge. While talking about the words new questions and words arose and I wrotethem down.

04 Having general knowledge I could now analyse, explain and teach what the words mean with ease. While teaching, new words and questions arose again, and I wrote them down.

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook”

Creating a Smart Thermal Video Security System The Basics of Video Security System Design Security systems have four key objectives: • Deter. Discourage potential intruders from entering a site by the use of signage, audible sirens and alarms, loudspeaker announcements • Detect. Find actual intruders and track them through the site; alert the guard station to the trespass; display imagery of the potential threat; and direct security forces to the affected area • Delay. Use a fence, a roadblock, water, hedges, or other landscape features to slow down intruders on their way through a site • Deny. Keep intruders away from site assets with electrification of the fence around the perimeter and staff response Some experts expand on these concepts. For example, the North American Energy Reliability Corporation (NERC) suggests a slightly different “systems approach” to assure the physical security of vulnerable electrical substations.

In its Critical Infrastructure Protection standard CIP-014 (referred to in Chapter 1), NERC outlines a total of six functions. The first three are the same as above: Deter, Detect, and Delay. But in place of Deny, NERC specifies three more specific steps: Assess, Communicate, and Respond.

Creating an outdoor security system around smart thermal video technology allows us to implement or control several of these functions with a single intelligent device. Table 2 matches the capabilities of smart thermal cameras against the requirements of a total security system. (Delay applies exclusively to physical barriers, so it is not included.)

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Table 2: Building a security system around smart thermal video technology

From this comparison we can see that a properly designed smart thermal video security system can supplement, control, or actually replace other measures often used to implement essential security functions. For example: • Volumetric video detection on a site’s perimeter detects beyond the fence line • Map-based displays precisely locate an intrusion, making response easier

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” • PTZ steering allows close-up display of a detected intrusion for more reliable assessment of the level of threat.

We will now look at what it takes to create such a system.

Equipment Requirements A successful smart thermal video security system starts with putting the right hardware in the appropriate places. There are three major decision points in this process: • Choosing the right video cameras for the site • Locating them for total coverage with no blind spots • Creating the necessary infrastructure to support the system

Selecting the Cameras There are two fundamental questions that determine what equipment to choose for your site. What kind of cameras should you use? And how many do you need for full coverage?

By now it’s clear that smart thermal video cameras are the foundation of an accurate security system. But most sites, especially larger ones, should have a combination of thermal video cameras and visible light units with pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) capabilities, or IP dome cameras. The thermal cameras will provide the basic security functions, including detection, initial assessment, and tracking of potential intruder “targets.” The PTZ cameras will support these functions by showing close-up views of any detected targets so security staff can identify the exact nature of a threat.

The criteria for selecting thermal cameras are somewhat different from those for visible-light cameras.

Thermal Camera Detection Ratings Reliable site security requires seamless video coverage of the perimeter. The most important factors in achieving this are the reach of the cameras and their field of view (FOV, or lateral coverage).

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” The reach of smart thermal cameras is rated according to their automated detection range. This is the maximum distance at which a thermal camera can reliably detect a human being in motion.

There are two ways to measure the automated detection range of a camera: with a subject walking across the camera’s field of view, or with the same person walking “inbound” or directly toward the camera. A person walking toward a camera does not appear to be moving much compared with a person walking across the field of view. The camera sees mostly leg motion, which makes it harder to detect the target.

Figure 13 below illustrates the inbound measurement procedure. This is the best way to rate a security camera, because it gives you a real-world, worst-case figure for reliable detection.

You are assured that the camera will always detect potential intruders within that range.

Figure 13: Determining a camera’s true detection range

When examining the specifications of cameras, make sure the manufacturer specifies “inbound detection ranges.” Unless the camera specification explicitly states “Inbound Detection,” assume it is crossfield, and test its inbound range yourself.

Also consider the environmental factors that affect inbound detection. Make sure the specifications for any camera under consideration include the distance at which a pedestrian can reliably be detected under conditions that reduce image contrast, such as rain, snow, and fog.

These precautions will help you design a system without security gaps.

Thermal Camera Site Coverage For total security on an outdoor site you obviously have to find cameras that can detect suspicious movement from one end of the site to the other. Since thermal cameras are generally not equipped with variable zoom lenses, you must select those with fixed detection ranges that match the dimensions of your site.

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” For total security on an outdoor site you obviously have to find cameras that can detect suspicious movement from one end of the site to the other. Since thermal cameras are generally not equipped with variable zoom lenses, you must select those with fixed detection ranges that match the dimensions of your site.

• Longer detection ranges make better economic sense for very large sites, because they reduce the number of cameras needed for full coverage. At this writing the maximum available detection range is approximately 600m (1,965 ft).

• For distances too long to be covered by a single camera, use the fewest number of cameras that will do the job. The longer their automated detection range, the fewer cameras you will need.

• On smaller sites, or for blind spots within a larger site, choose cameras with the minimum detection range for the dimensions being covered. Detection ranges as short as 35m (115 ft) are available.

• Large areas and buffer zones benefit from using a 640 x 480 camera which covers about 4 times the area of a 320 x 240 camera with the same field of view.

The other camera characteristic to keep in mind when determining coverage is FOV, which is measured in degrees of coverage. It’s a fact of optics that the longer a camera’s reach (detection range in thermal cameras), the narrower its FOV. Table 3 shows some typical thermal camera coverage specifications.

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Table 3: Smart Camera Coverage Specifications

FOV combined with detection range creates a cone-shaped detection zone (see Error!

Reference source not found.) with the pointed end of the cone closer to the camera. Smart cameras with wide detection zones (640 x 480) are ideal for volumetric coverage of an asset as well as establishing a buffer zone along perimeters (see the Detect row in Table 3).

Geo-Registration Later in this chapter we will cover the various programmable functions available in many smart thermal video cameras. Here, however, we will take a brief look at geo-registration, the function that enables thermal cameras to provide precise coordinates for the location of any intrusion. This will help us understand how thermal cameras can instruct PTZ visible-light cameras to focus on that exact spot.

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” As mentioned in Chapter 2, some smart thermal cameras have a geo-registration function.

This allows the mapping of all objects in a camera’s FOV to GPS coordinates. The camera’s software uses these references to determine the true size and location of every object it sees.

It won’t favor a dog over an invading human just because the dog is closer to the camera and takes up more of the frame. It can figure out that the human, which looks smaller because it is farther away, is actually bigger, and is a potential threat. If the camera detects such a threat it will alert the security force, providing accurate GPS coordinates for the object so the staff can investigate quickly.

Add the right interface and the smart thermal camera can go one step further. Using the GPS information, it can steer a PTZ camera to focus on the location of the intrusion.

PTZ Functionality PTZ cameras are often used to scan outdoor areas. Affordable PTZs are visible-light devices, so when they are used by themselves they provide only passive surveillance. Match them with smart thermal video cameras, however, and they become an active and valuable adjunct to an outdoor site security system.

As the name implies, these cameras can pan 360º to cover all corners of a site, tilt up and down to focus on different areas within the site, and zoom in on an area or target of interest, giving security staff a clearer view. The zoom capability gives them an advantage over most thermal cameras in displaying detailed imagery of a potential threat.

But while PTZ cameras can be useful for validating the nature of an alert, there’s almost no chance a PTZ will be looking in the right place when an intrusion occurs. Its narrow FOV relative to the wide areas under surveillance almost guarantees that events will go undetected, and trying to steer PTZs over a large area manually is like searching for a needle in a haystack.

A PTZ camera steered by GPS coordinates from a smart thermal camera is a different story. It will pinpoint the location of an alert, zoom in on it, and follow the activity in real time.

The resulting imagery gives security operators what they need to quickly assess the nature of the alarm and react appropriately, as shown in Figure 14.

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Figure 14: Long-range smart thermal cameras for detection (left) and auto-zoom PTZs for assessment (right).

There are many PTZ cameras available today. One of the leading makers offers models with zoom ratios from 12x to 28x. Select the one that can fill the display screen with the information you would like to capture (a face, a license plate number) when the object is at your site’s perimeter and the camera is zoomed out to maximum telephoto.

Avoiding Blind Spots A camera’s field of view doesn’t begin where it’s mounted. It can only detect at a measurable distance in front of it. The area in between is the camera’s blind spot, and your security design has to take it into account, or someone will be able to walk right under a camera undetected.

Following one simple guideline will make sure this does not happen: The view of each camera should cover the next camera’s blind spot.

Take, for example, sites with one camera per side. Some outdoor surveillance designs will narrow a security camera’s field of view to increase its detection distance (Figure 15) in an effort to decrease costs by reducing the number of cameras needed.

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Figure 15: Narrow FOV creates blind spots

Figure 16: Wider FOV provides total coverage

This is not necessarily a bad concept, but it’s important to understand that doing so also makes the blind spot under each camera larger. You must then add blind spot coverage, sometimes doubling the number of cameras required. It’s a strategy that all too often backfires in economic terms.

Figure 16 shows how using cameras with a wider FOV solves the problem, making “blind spot cameras” unnecessary and saving money in the process.

The principle of having one smart thermal camera cover the blind spot of the next one also applies when one side of a site perimeter is so long that you need more than one camera to cover it. Figure 17 demonstrates how the blind spot of one security camera can be covered by the one behind it.

Figure 17: Addressing camera blind spots

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” In this case the cameras are mounted at twenty feet off the ground with a seven degree horizontal field of view. In the top design, the coverage range of “Camera 1” stops near the base of the pole of “Camera 2,” leaving approximately 60 meters of unprotected area where intruders can enter undetected.

The secure approach is shown in the bottom design. Here, a longer- range camera is used to extend the automated detection zone of “Camera 1” to cover the blind spot under “Camera 2.”

Choosing the right equipment and making sure it can cover the entire site without gaps in coverage is crucial to the success of a security system design. We now turn to a more practical matter: putting the system in place.

Designing the Support Infrastructure Outdoor security projects encompass many costs. These include engineering firms to design plans for construction and trenching, contractors to install electrical and communication wiring, and on-site provisioning. In just about all cases these expenses add up to more than the cost of the cameras.

In Chapter 3 we saw that building your system on smart thermal video technology and selecting automated detection ranges and FOVs appropriate to your site will reduce infrastructure costs by as much as 50%. You need less equipment because smart thermal video cameras cover more area than visible-light units. That translates into a reduced need for installation and support. And the longer or wider the range of these cameras, the fewer you will need.

But you can also employ other, less obvious strategies related to camera enclosures and mounting methods that will further reduce infrastructure requirements.

Packaging, Poles and Mounts How a camera is protected from the elements is a significant factor in determining the reliability of a security system, and that has a long-term impact on your budget. Replacing a camera that’s malfunctioning because of exposure to the elements can be a costly proposition, particularly if it’s sitting at the top of a 40-foot pole.

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” Many so-called outdoor video surveillance cameras are really indoor cameras with an add-on protective enclosure to keep out rain. They are susceptible to extreme temperatures, sand, dust, and humidity.

Even moderate changes in outdoor temperatures can cause expansion and contraction in the housing, allowing grit, dust, or humidity to enter and affect the electronics and optics. This exposure degrades the camera’s ability to accurately detect targets and shortens its service life.

Figure 18: Security camera in a NEMA enclosure

Outdoor cameras must be designed from the outset to withstand changing temperatures and extreme environmental conditions. To protect your equipment investment and avoid the ancillary costs of replacement, choose cameras in nitrogen- pressurized housings, sealed to handle temperature changes and keep out humidity, snow or even blowing sand.

Figure 19: Geo-registered camera on building covers site perimeter

Look for a NEMA 4X or IP66 (or higher) rating in the camera’s specifications. This identifies a camera that will operate reliably even in such environments as the -58ºF cold of the Canada Oil Sands or the 158ºF heat of a Middle East desert. Figure 18 shows a security camera in a NEMA enclosure mounted on an existing building (see below for advantages of building mounts).

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” Outdoor cameras must be designed from the outset to withstand changing temperatures and extreme environmental conditions. To protect your equipment investment and avoid the ancillary costs of replacement, choose cameras in nitrogen- pressurized housings, sealed to handle temperature changes and keep out humidity, snow or even blowing sand.

Look for a NEMA 4X or IP66 (or higher) rating in the camera’s specifications. This identifies a camera that will operate reliably even in such environments as the -58ºF cold of the Canada Oil Sands or the 158ºF heat of a Middle East desert. Figure 18 shows a security camera in a NEMA enclosure mounted on an existing building (see below for advantages of building mounts).

Mounting Locations Large sites usually require remote cameras positioned far from the security operations center. These are often mounted high off the ground on poles to get a clear view of the perimeter and to discourage tampering.

What kind of pole you use can affect camera performance. Concrete, aluminum, or steel poles are preferred because of their stability and their resistance to weather. Avoid telephone/utility and standard wooden surveillance poles. Not only do wooden poles sway in the wind, the wood will shrink, causing detection zones to shift unpredictably.

Existing buildings and other structures also provide good mounting locations for cameras, as seen in Figure 18 above. The mounts are easier and much less expensive to install than poles.

In addition, many structures will already have power and communications wiring in place, eliminating the cost and trouble of running new cables.

As Figure 19 illustrates, smart thermal video cameras with geo-registration have the flexibility to take advantage of building mounting by programming the camera’s coverage zone according to size and location. Simply aim the camera directly at a fence line, which is the outer border of the zone. The camera correctly detects intrusions the instant they enter the secure area while ignoring objects outside the detection zone.

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” Wired or Wireless You can eliminate many infrastructure implementation costs by avoiding the need to run power and communication lines to pole-mounted cameras.

Choose power-efficient cameras and you may be able to run them on batteries, with a solar panel to recharge the batteries during the day. Fortunately, today’s smart thermal cameras draw far less power than they did just a few years ago. The latest model from one of the industry’s leading suppliers delivers 4X the processing capability using only 40% of the power of its immediate predecessor.

Likewise, wireless networking removes the need to run communications lines.

As detailed in earlier chapters, smart thermal cameras feature powerful built-in processing that analyzes video to detect objects that violate a site’s alarm policies.

A video processing board sits inside the camera housing to both digitize and analyze video in real time, while stabilizing the video to ensure a clear, stable image and enable even small objects to be detected.

Figure 20: Camera location and calibration

Each system is highly configurable. You can adapt it to the exact requirements of your individual site. This includes setting alarm policies that specify when and where alarms are generated, and defining the types of objects that can trigger alarms. You can even adjust video bandwidth to stay within the site’s network capacity.

That configurability lets smart thermal video cameras achieve many of the objectives outlined by well-established guidelines, such as NERC’s CIP 014 document. Of course the security operator has to define and activate detection parameters relevant to the site and assets being secured.

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” Fortunately this is not difficult. In modern cameras it is a simple matter of configuring on screen menus and either choosing among options or providing information.

Let’s look at a typical user interface to show how a few of the more important camera functions can be adapted to a specific site.

Establishing Coverage When a smart thermal camera is first installed, its actual physical location has to be entered into the system, and then the camera must be calibrated. This establishes the area of coverage for that particular camera. It also allows geo-registration, which enables the camera to determine the location and size of objects they detect and to steer PTZ cameras for close- up views.

Error! Reference source not found. shows how this is done. The client software shows imagery from the camera along with a menu for setting camera position. The user enters the camera’s latitude, longitude, and altitude (meaning height from the ground) – into the “Camera Position” boxes on the left by viewing the camera’s physical location on Google Earth and clicking on it. The values can also be entered manually.

Once the camera’s position is registered, it’s an equally simple matter to calibrate it for geo-registration purposes. This allows the camera to determine the true size and location of every object it sees. It also gives it the ability to direct security operatives to the spot where an intrusion has occurred, and to steer a PTZ camera to that location for a close-up view.

Geo-registered calibration is done just like camera position, with one additional step.

The user first clicks on a point in the image.

He or she then enters its location in the boxes on the right side of the menu exactly as before. This operation must be done for at least two different points in the image. The camera’s processor can now determine

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” exactly how far away each object is, and calculate its actual size.

Setting Alarm Policies You control alarm generation by setting up zones and applying alarm policies to them.

By default, any object moving within an alarm zone generates an alarm; however, you can set the system to be more selective as to when alarms occur, even in an alarm zone. For example, you may not want alarms generated during working hours for objects that move within a work zone; or you may want only certain objects—differentiated by speed, size, or heading—to generate alarms. There are many other parameters you can set to define what kind of movement constitutes a threat or an actual intrusion.

Mounting Locations A zone is any part of the area covered by a camera that you define. You can then specify whether to generate alarms or even track moving objects in this zone.

One leading smart thermal camera system supports three types of zones: alarm zones where moving objects can generate alarms; mask zones where all movement is ignored; and ignore zones where objects originating in the zone are not tracked (though currently detected objects continue to be tracked.) Error! Reference source not found. represents the menu screen for setting those policies.

In this case the area in the top right of image has been designated an ignore zone. Objects originating here will not be tracked. However, objects already being tracked that move into the ignore zone will continue to be detected.

The large area in the lower left is an alarm zone, and all moving objects there will be tracked if they satisfy the policies set for that zone.

The mask zone in the lower right does not have motion tracking, while objects in the undefined area in the upper left are tracked but do not generate alarms.

Various tabs in this and subordinate menus allow the operator to adjust these parameters. Flexibility is built into the system, allowing you to map out areas that you want to protect, and determine the degree of protection.

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” Alarm Rules Every outdoor security system should first and foremost help the security force work more efficiently and effectively. The key to achieving that goal is to alert them to every credible threat while reducing false alarms to the vanishing point.

You can program highly specific rules and policies about what to track and what to ignore into smart thermal video cameras. This gives the cameras the ability to discriminate very accurately between potential breaches and objects that pose little or no threat. Figure 4-10 shows a menu for setting these rules.

The first step in setting any type of rule – time range, detection type, object attribute – is very straightforward. You first create a rule set as follows: Click New and assign a name to the rule set (you’ll be renaming it from a default name) • Select the alarm rule at bottom left • Define one or more rules • Click Save You can then designate a variety of rules that you want applied to the detection and tracking of moving objects. The parameters include • Designating a zone for detection behavior • Specifying a from-zone (only objects that enter from a specific zone will be alarmed) • Setting times when the rules are in effect • Specifying target attributes: height, width, direction of movement, speed, aspect ratio, etc.

The parameters you select for detecting and tracking objects will determine the accuracy of the alerts the system will deliver and the volume of policy-based alarms it will generate.

Fortunately, as you can see, it’s relatively easy to adjust the rules for maximum efficacy.

To review, the rules can include such parameters as:

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Extract: ” Smart Video Security Handbook” Once the relevant parameters are set, the smart thermal camera will only alert on objects that constitute threats under these rules. The camera has been customized to the security concerns of that particular site.

In this chapter we have tried to present some of the major considerations to keep in mind when designing a smart thermal video security system for outdoor sites, along with a description of the tools available to help in this effort. In Chapter 5 you will see sample sites that users of smart thermal video systems have created to protect their sites and the assets they contain.

In Volume 3: Model Site Designs

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Committed to the success of each project We study each case and advise you on the best solution, guiding you through every phase of the project, starting with the sales visit, through system design, planning and commissioning.

We share knowledge Our excellent technical service is highly committed and provides remote support. We are always there for you.

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click 1 Snapshot Photo with a box highlighting the cause of the alarm.

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Our app gives you access to your premises and powers the most common actions quickly and easily.

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We develop our own state-of-the-art technology, which is compatible with all the security systems on the market.

Everything we produce is of the highest quality, and we are 100 % committed to our customers’ projects, to ensure total success every time.

We look forward to seeing you at www.davantis.com

DAVANTIS TEChNOLOgIES · BCN Eureka Building 08193 · Bellaterra · Barcelone sales +34 935 868 993 · support +34 935 868 990 info@davantis.com

DAVANTIS TEChNOLOgIES · MAD fuerteventura, 4 · ground floor 28703 s.s. de los Reyes · Madrid sales +34 918 294 186 info@davantis.com

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