360 Vision Technology has been selected to supply its Invictus TX streaming camera surveillance technology for installation at South Tyneside Council (STC) car parks.

Part of a wider STC CCTV surveillance scheme, thirty 360 Vision Invictus TX cameras have been installed by integrated technology solutions provider, North, to provide 24-hour monitoring for car parks located across South Shields.

A new project

“Historically, South Shields had an existing public safety CCTV system, which was mainly street focused,” said Daniel Chappell, Technical Account Manager at North.

“However, this camera network had become unreliable with age, with some cameras being removed.

“As part of a project to overhaul the system, an opportunity arose for the STC car parks department to allocate to a new surveillance solution, to cover its twelve town centre car parks.

“After discussing the car parks’ CCTV requirements with long-term client STC, we set about securing a robust solution, with technical support supplied in discussions with the team at 360 Vision.

“We outlined the technical requirement and video transmission restrictions of the project to 360 Vision’s technical team and were delighted with the enthusiasm and technical understanding of the demanding requirements of this installation.

“While cameras were required to replace existing devices, mostly in existing camera tower locations, the choice of video transmission needed to be re-considered, as the legacy fibreoptic cabling had become unreliable and a replacement fibre network would have been prohibitively expensive.

“On consideration of the cabling issue, 360 Vision suggested that we consider their TX streaming camera option, to transmit camera video wirelessly, over 4G mobile networks,” added Chappell.

“This would have the benefit of substantially low-cost video transmission compared to the expense and civil works disruption required to own or lease a new fibre network, totally negating the need for fixed cabling.

“Taking-up the idea and to secure the best 4G network supplier for each TX camera, exact camera locations were provided and cross-referenced with network operators to provide the best quality of signal at each specific camera location.”

New technology by 360 Vision Technology

Utilising 4G unlimited data sim cards and backed-up by on-the-edge built-in camera recording, the new Invictus PTZ TX cameras are now securing STC car parks with video streaming, supplying high-quality wireless images to a Veracity Viewscape VMS in the main STC control room.

In addition to control room monitoring, authorised operatives in the field can view selected Invictus TX camera images using a laptop browser or mobile phone.

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