I’ve got to say it has been a crap day for me today. You know when you have a schedule to stick to and you are several hundred kilometres away from the office, something just has to go wrong. For me it started yesterday. Leaving home at 8am to drive to a site some 5 […]
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Other Good Educational CCTV Training Sites
While I don’t want you send you away from my site and I hope you get some value from the content here, I keep my eye out for other sites providing great contence.
CCTV Installation. Do You Provide What The Customer Wants or What They Need?
When you are asked to quote a CCTV installation, you have a choice. Quote what will win the work or what will do what the client needs. How to achieve both.
What does this door say to you?
Take a good look at this door. Does it say anything to you? To me it says security problem. Why? The door is controlled by a proximity card reader to unlock it. No big deal there. The prox reader has lost power and the fuse is on the other side of the door. No problems, […]
Evaluation of effective coverage from cameras in public areas
The following page is related to the Linkedin posts on CCTV for ID quality about achieving coverage in council areas with fixed position cameras instead of PTZ cameras. Diagram 1 shows the coverage of a 1.3MP 4:3 aspect IP camera with a 65 degree lens for use in a council area that wants . This […]
Covert Remote Surveillance
I was at a covert applications conference recently and was intrigued as to how IndigoVision encoders were being used. Actually not so much how but more the low bandwidth they were being used with. We often talk about giving great off site images at 250Kbps 12ips CIF and recording on site at 4CIF 25ips but […]
Wireless IP Video Helps Caribbean City Crack Down on Crime
The , located on the French archipelago of Guadeloupe in the , has used an IndigoVision city-wide wireless IP Video solution in its successful bid to reduce crime. Situated near the , Lamentin’s 16,000+ residents enjoy a good quality of life, blighted in certain areas with low-level crime. The need to combat , graffiti and […]
Discounted CCTV Products
I found this area on Amazon where items that have been ordered and then returned for what ever reason are tested and resold at a reduced price. I have linked to the CCTV Open Box section but you can also get video games like an X-box/Wii or anything else Amazon sells (basically anything) […]
How to Fix a Gas Lift Chair
I spend a large amount of time sitting on my but at the computer and have found over time my very comfortable gas lift chair keeps sinking down. Rather than replace it, I just made it not sink below my seating position as shown in this video. What you will need:[easyazon-image-link asin=”B00383VWE4″ alt=”40 Pc […]
Creating a National Office Presence
When tendering for larger CCTV projects across the country or even the world, the ability to portray a corporate image with multiple offices adds strength to your bid. I am based in Adelaide but if I was targeting for a major client in Perth wouldn’t my introduction letter and contact details look better if they […]
