We live in a connected world and video is now an affordable add-on to any alarm system. Remote Video Monitoring allows Dealers & Integrators to offer enhanced services and reap recurring revenue from new and existing subscribers. False alarm prevention will help you and your customers avoid costly fines.
IP Alarms have developed complex Video Monitoring software with a focus on Any Panel - Any Camera.
Video Monitoring is an integral part of the IP Suite of software components for Central Stations. Video capability is provided in one of two ways: Via software applications that are hosted on a managed server or via software that resides on a server within your own infrastructure.
The Virtual Monitoring Platform is our managed solution and is a fully automated alarm and video monitoring platform that provides a web browser interface to subscribers and operators alike.
The Verified Response component runs on your own server and images are stored locally on a hard drive ready for review by a monitoring operator. Here is a more detailed comparison
Video monitoring is most effective when triggered by one of our supported IP or GPRS alarm panel adapters, however, even your existing PSTN & Cellular subscribers can benefit from integration to the Platform - albeit at a disadvantage due to slower alarm signal transmission times. If your I.T staff have the ability to write a signal from your receiver/automation system into a text file or database, or they can put together some code to consume a web service, then they have all the tools they need to interface your analogue systems to the digital world.
A typical event scenario for analogue alarm systems using the Contact ID protocol is for the panel modem to grab the phone line and wait two seconds for it to settle. Then it will dial a 10 or 11 digit number and wait a couple more seconds for the receiver to answer the call. Depending on the handshake order programmed into the receiver, it can be another two to five seconds before it starts to send its signal. Whilst all of this is happening, an intruder could be moving around the protected premises and valuable footage could be lost.
Using an IP Alarms supported IP/GPRS device for alarm transmission overcomes this delay by transmitting a Pre-Alarm message the instant a panel goes into an alarm condition. IP Signalling and Digital Video enable Dealers and Integrators to tie together multiple physical applications such as intruder, fire, medical and access control systems so that they can work together in a more unified manner.
