ANALOG VIDEO: SAY IT ISN’T SO
to digital video, “you really move to information, more information in greater detail.” At Canada’s Vancouver Community College, there is coexistence among analog and digital. The college installed a combination of 26 1-megapixel HD cameras, four 2-megapixel HD cameras, and three 3-megapixel HD cameras to monitor high- traffic areas, particularly where cash-handling pro- cesses occur. It also installed 16 analog video encod- ers to enhance the performance of its existing analog cameras. The technology comes from Avigilon. Surinder Aulakh, director of safety and security at the college, says, “We have established a strong security program, including a 14-member security team and an advanced HD surveillance system to protect our students and staff from any potential harm.” Aulakh identified the need to upgrade from its seven-year-old analog-based system to a more advanced and powerful surveillance system for greater protection. “I was spending more time repairing and main- taining our old system than actually using it,” Aulakh comments. “In addition, I knew it was time to move out of the analog world and into the HD
world for greater performance and reliability.” He claims that with his previous analog system, he was only able to capture useable evidence about 10 percent of the time. Like many educational institutions, Vancouver Community College operates within a fairly tight budget, so finding an HD surveillance system that could leverage its existing infrastructure, but easily scale to meet future needs was a top priority. “This was an important capital expenditure for us, and we needed to demonstrate that we could use existing cameras and gradually transition over to full HD as budget allows,” Aulakh says. Video management systems can also bridge the gap between analog and digital video. The Trenton, New Jersey, Housing Authority (THA) previously relied on unarmed officers patrolling various developments to maintain safety and secu- rity. THA selected integrator ComTec Systems Inc. of Vineland, N.J. “One of the challenges in our industry is gathering information from loca- tions across an entire city and sending it back to one location. And how do you balance cost and technology effectively, so it works?” asks Michael Vertolli, president of ComTec Systems. It designed a unique wireless network to transmit security video, access and other data to a command and control center. The wireless solution proved to be especially economical, because it did not require putting fiber in the ground and trenching or digging up existing environments.
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Using technology from Honeywell, multiple operators can share incidents with other operators using simple drag- and-drop functionality. This increases operator productivity and, most impor- tantly, reduces investigation time. Police can come to the THA command center to view criminal activity, and camera shots can be sent to a patrol car, further aiding investigations. In many ways, it’s less a matter of analog versus IP digital versus HDcctv. It’s more a matter of system integra- tors “broadening their selection,” Bard describes. “There are excellent analog products. And there are great products as end users make the transition to IP. It can be a natural progression, depending on applying digital video at the right loca- tion and for the right reason.” ■
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