Case studies

A charity that flies needy and vulnerable people for medical purposes is using dome cameras from Rainbow at a facility within Houston Hobby Airport.  Angel Flight South Central helps patients who do not have access to conventional transport or who are too ill to be driven or fly on a commercial service.  Private pilots volunteer their planes and time to take people from their local airstrip to hospitals and clinics in other cities, often combining in relays so that a journey of thousan...

MissionThe Institute for Children's Emergency Surgery and Traumatology in Moscow needed cutting-edge technology solutions for its new surgery ward to provide improved medical care to children with serious injuries and in need of emergency medical care, as well as to secure the hospital premises with a reliable video surveillance system.SolutionTo address its needs, the hospital decided to install network video surveillance systems for both medical and security purposes.  Axis network camera...

In the Am Bachgraben retirement home in Allschwil and Schönenbuch (AZB), Interflex AG uses an extensive online and offline security solution for both time & attendance recording and staff rostering as well as to provide efficient access control for residents and staff alike.  Attendance time recording and rostering is handled perfectly for all employees.  A LEGIC badge is used as the ID medium for both residents and staff.  Two hundred residents are accommodated at the re...

When you have over 2,500 employees, 70 separate premises and demanding security requirements, providing effective access control is a significant challenge.  And this is exactly the challenge that the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) was recently facing.  Using products from the versatile Bewator Entro 5 range, however, specialist security installer, Presec Systems Ltd, was able to develop and implement a solution that is cost-effective, convenient and versatile.EMAS ha...

More than a hundred of Rainbow CCTV's lenses have been installed at the US Army’s Fort Leonard Wood complex in Missouri, USA.  The vari-focal lens is designed for applications requiring an extremely wide field of view. The lens model L163VDC4P has a focal length of 1.6~3.4mm to provide a horizontal field of view of 180°.  The DC auto-iris lens has an aperture of F1.4~360 and is compatible with 1/3” and 1/4” cameras. The units have been installed as part of an ex...

The Challenge Traditionally the CCTV infrastructure in Ipswich had been focused primarily on individual installations where, without integration, there was no potential to share images with other locations, so the adoption of the DV-IP Servers - offering a Video over IP network solution - represented a dramatic enhancement in capability for the council. In the lead-up and implementation stages of the project there was close collaboration between the local systems integrators, Ipswich Council an...

When you include the suburbs, the city of Lyon, France, with 445,452 inhabitants and a surface area of 47.87 square metres is the second largest city of France. Lyon was in need of a video surveillance system to monitor the access and exit of pedestrians and cars in the city center. Transmission of video, intercom and data over an IP network for opening fences were just some of the requirements. Siqura B.V. offered the complete IP-surveillance solution optimized to fit the purpose of...

BWA Tehnology's equipment is in use in many German enterprises and governmental agencies.  Typical applications include long-term surveillance with independent power consumption for monitoring of entrances, inventory or investigations into corruption.  DiREX-Pro DVRs are also ideal for military applications, as they can be used with night-vision equipment.  With integrated support of WiFi/cellular data transmission, this solution is perfectly suited for covert deployment and...

High impact dome cameras from Rainbow have been installed at a flagship leisure venue in Cardiff. Technology at the Liquid Nightclub allows managers to transmit aromas onto the dance floor and create computer graphics, which transform the building into a swimming pool or the Albert Hall.The site is using 60 of the dome cameras on dance floors and in bar areas.  These 1/3" cameras use a DSP image sensor and are available as colour or black and white models.  The monochrome uni...

Situated in Sheffield, in the heart of the Don Valley, the Valley Leisure Park complements the adjacent Sheffield Arena and Don Valley stadium, as one of Sheffield's premier leisure facilities.  Attracting thousands of visitors each week, the leisure park boasts one of the UK's largest multiplex cinemas with over 20 screens, a large Hollywood Bowl complex, and multiple restaurants, including Old Orleans, Frankie and Benny's, Chiquito, The Boardwalk and a Burger King.As part of t...

Salford Rugby Club has completed an upgrade of its security system, based on DS2 digital technology from Dedicated Micros.Staff at the club's retail unit decided to invest in the latest digital video recording technology following problems with the quality of images from the old analog system.  A DS2 digital multiplexer has been installed in the club's on-site offices, housing the ticket office, the stock warehouse and the Reds' popular shop, selling t-shirts, rugby balls and ot...

Network cameras from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed in The Rose Bowl, home to the Hampshire County Cricket Club and the venue for the first day of the recent England versus India one-day series.   AXIS 214 PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) Network Cameras have been installed by iCode Systems Limited as part of a comprehensive upgrade of the stadium's surveillance system over the last year.  The upgrade, which was installed by Taylor Ma...

Häfele supplied the Schlosshotel in Kitzbuhel (Austria) with 220 door terminals for guests‘ rooms and administrative areas plus emergency escape door furniture, 25 wall-mounted terminals for the wellness area and the main entrance door plus 90 changing room locks for the SPA area. All these locking and access authorisations are operated by the LEGIC transponder system which functions as a key in this case.  In addition, other services such as the thermal baths, ski lift and indoo...

Exotic environmentThe jungle paths wind their way through the rainforest, round 500 different types of plants, 14-m high trees, under waterfalls and over a mangrove swamp in temperatures of 28 °C with close to 60 % humidity. In the world's largest freestanding hall, 66,000 m² and five million m³ of interior space, the Tropical Islands Resort Berlin-Brandenburg is an authentic man-made tropical landscape.  The huge hall with its 10,000 m² of rainforest and housing Euro...

By concentrating on backdoor threats (thieves, vandals & intruders) security systems often neglect the threat posed by visitors to a site.  Net2 access control provides security against both, as well as helping a site to conform to health and safety regulations.    An ordinary pass based visitor management system may be efficient at recording arrival and departure times, but it's limited to just that.  Unlike Net2, it can't restrict visitors' movements ar...

Over the years, the BMW International Open in Munich has gained a reputation with the world's golfing elite as one of the most important golf tournaments in Europe.  This year for the first time, Regensburg-based company Dallmeier participated, presenting its CCTV/IP solutions for major sporting events. As an organizer of amateur as well as professional golf tournaments around the world for 22 years, BMW recognises the growing importance of the sport for its target audiences.  The...