Security & Surveillance
Power to the people
Founded in 2009 Jabbakam has developed a unique web-based video surveillance system, which combines IP camera technology with social networking. CIE finds out how it works
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n terms of providing a full security solution, Jabbakam claims that it is able to offer a truly unique web-based system that can outshine traditional CCTV based video surveillance offerings. Jabbakam provides the intelligent software which allows a user to set up, manage and view video footage captured by IP (web enabled) cameras. Jabbakam can supply customers with its own branded, entry level IP camera but the software is fully compatible with a wide range of cameras produced by security camera specialists such as Y-Cams and Axis Cameras. The system is also totally flexible – as well as being fully scalable. A Jabbakam network can be formed by just two users monitoring only a single camera. At the opposite end of the scale, an international community of users can share video footage captured across the globe. Users don't even need to be at their desks because it's entirely possible to access video footage using a standard smartphone. Crucially, the network has been designed to offer a level of security which no traditional CCTV base system is able to match. That's because the video footage is recorded onto Jabbakam's own secure, internet-based servers. Conventional CCTV systems are vulnerable to being stolen or vandalised – meaning that the video evidence is destroyed or stolen. In the case of this system, all video data is immediately transmitted off-site (via the Internet) and therefore can’t be destroyed or removed..
Where can it be used? Installing the system is simple and straightforward because all it requires are two chief components: - the IP based camera itself and an internet connexion. Most premises already have a broadband link installed (thereby saving on costs), so it's just a case of plugging the IP camera into an internet router. No real software knowledge is required because the camera automatically configures itself and creates the necessary connexion back to Jabbakam's servers. The cameras work
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best with a direct [Ethernet] cable connexion to the router but some IP cameras can offer a wireless (Wi-Fi) link back to the router instead. A cost effective way of creating the necessary camera to router link is to employ powerline (mains electricity) network adapters. All that is required is an Ethernet cable from the router into a nearby mains socket. A second powerline adapter is then installed at a mains socket next to the camera. Given that a camera needs a power source anyway, this approach will work in most situations. The company’s own-branded IP camera is adequate for indoor surveillance operation but more sophisticated CCTV cameras, that offer all-weather protection and/or night vision, are compatible. There's a common assumption that because recording video footage is data intensive, it therefore requires a high speed internet connexion. This is not actually the case. With Jabbakam, video footage is recorded on an exception basis (usually when triggered by movement or another user-defined event). So it is only transmitting a fraction of the data generated by conventional CCTV systems which depend on the continual streaming and monitoring of video
footage.This has immediate consequences that enable a Jabbakam system to be deployed in the remotest of locations. In certain circumstances regular
broadband internet won't be available. Normally connecting a video camera to a satellite based system instead is expensive and uneconomic for the protection of all but, the most sensitive of sites (such as military installations). However, Jabbakam's low bandwidth requirement means it can operate over a competitively priced satellite data system such as the one offered by the Hughes IPoS network. The system's low power requirements also mean that it can be deployed in areas where there's no nearby electrical supply. Additionally, it would be quite possible to use solar panels at those remote sites that have absolutely no access to mains power.
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Industrial examples An example of how a Jabbakam network can be deployed in even the remotest of locations has been provided by an
installation carried out by Anglian Water. “We chose to pilot Jabbakam at these remote locations because if it worked there it would work anywhere," explained Lynda Chamberlain, Anglian Water’s Security Manager. "This pilot has shown us that the system can work well in such locations thanks to the use of satellite.” Anglian Water used the Hughes IPoS network to connect its Northamptonshire sites to the Jabbakam IP video surveillance network via the satellite internet links.
When deployed, the system works smoothly. Whenever an event occurs at a site, Jabbakam alerts the relevant manager that something may be amiss. It does so via a text message or email. That message arrives with an attached image plus the necessary link (URL) to view the video footage in question. This information enables a manager to make an information decision about the situation and then take appropriate action as necessary. Unlike conventional CCTV system, those responsible for monitoring video footage are by no means tied down to a desk. That's because video footage held on the Jabbakam's cloud based servers can be viewed on most smartphones. As long as your smartphone
has an internet connection, users can make changes to monitoring parameters and view camera footage from anywhere in the world.
Jabbakam applies equally well to a consumer environment rather than commercial applications. Consumers can set up set up cameras and there are a growing number of examples in which people have created a shared Jabbakam network.
At a time when cut backs to police could start to impact on service levels the concept of Community Monitored TV is becoming an increasingly popular one. Web based video surveillance systems are proving that they can be more than a match for conventional CCTV based systems.
The Jabbakam system doesn’t require a highly trained operative to install it. All companies or people need is a basic knowledge of how the internet works along with an ability to securely mount a surveillance camera is all that is really required.
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