Industry Articles
Access Control and Fire Safety
Paul Wong, Technical & Product Development Manager at Norbain, reviews modern Access Control Systems and their operation in the event of Fire Alerts.
Access For All - The Disability Discrimination Act
The Disability Discrimination Act comes into force on 1 October 2004 and places new responsibilities on all organisations to ensure that people with disabilities can gain full access to buildings and facilities.
Analogue vs Digital
The age of analogue is far from over but that electrical contractors need to equip themselves with digital skills if they are to have a significant role in the future CCTV industry.
BS8418 - Code of Practice
Integrated systems – combining CCTV, Access Control and Intruder Detection – are emerging as a key characteristic of the security industry. A new Code of Practice sets out to raise the standard of their installation and operation.
Digital Video Recorders - views from the Marketplace
With so much choice in DVRs available, what are the issues installers and end users should consider?
IP and the future of CCTV
CCTV is still dominated by the traditional analogue devices and transmission, and even when, for instance, DVRs overtake VCRs in annual sales, it will still be some time before IP dominates the scene.
IR : Domes and Infra-Red Lighting
Dome cameras offer great flexibility and user-appeal during the day, but don’t work quite as well at night. Right? Wrong, says Shaun Cutler of Derwent Systems. He argues that with the right lighting – which is too often overlooked – domes can offer improved performance at night.
IR : Illuminating Infra-Red
With twelve hours or less of daylight for half the year, night-time illumination should be considered in any installation.
Legislation : Data Protection Act : Clarified or Confused?
Ian Fowler, Norbain’s Technical Training Manager, reviews the Information Commissioner’s latest advice on the DPA and suggests that rather than clarifying the law, the IC may have inadvertently put the industry back a step in its crusade to raise standards.
Legislation : Staying within the Law
Data Protection and Human Rights legislation are important considerations for anyone designing, installing or using a CCTV system. However, there’s much more involved than is sometimes supposed.
Meeting the skills gap
Ian Fowler, Technical Training Manager of Norbain, believes that the CCTV industry faces a skills challenge, and that regular reviews of training needs are needed for companies to adequately meet the challenge.
Monitoring images remotely
Ian Fowler argues that there are different reasons for choosing a particular transmission solution, and that finding the ‘best-fit’ solution for a particular environment should remain every installer’s first priority.
White Paper: Vista PowerDome Lite VPD4
When Vista released the PowerDome Lite VPD4 (VPD-4WP-P-C), a high-speed colour dome camera, designed as the ideal, cost effective solution for the smaller retail market, they wanted to test the reliability of the camera and prove the high quality of the product. HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing) standards were chosen to show if there were any inherent design faults or any build problems, testing the camera far beyond its specified range of -10ºC to +40ºC.
