Case Studies
October 2010
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Traffic monitoring in Africa
Many base stations do not have fixed telecommunications links and rely on
physical guarding. It is a common experience that this approach does not
give the level of security and protection to ensue the sites are “on line”
100%. Common problems are theft of diesel, random theft of materials, and
general vandalism.
Using the 2G/3G camera solution gives a security system that can monitor
key elements of the base station and also capture illegal action by the
security force.
The typical system has two cameras per site, use the system break out box
to enable external alarms, lights and sirens, and to be able to monitor voice.
The system enables rapid alarm notification to a single control centre, back
up with video recordings as well as being able to connect existing cameras
to the system.
Already the system has captured a mobile operator employee who was
caught stealing diesel fuel.
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Distance learning broadcast
The camera has (PIR) motion sensor, microphone and speaker, and a general
purpose input and output, a ‘record’ switch, with a rechargeable battery giving circa 2
hours backup, and a removable mini-SD memory storage card.
In ‘live’ mode the camera is capable of streaming audio and video on demand at up
to 10 frames per second, with a video image size of QCIF (176x144 pixels). The
camera supports a ‘digital ptz’ facility which allows the user to zoom into any one of 9
zones in the main image.
The camera allows for bi-directional audio between the camera and handset.
If the local ‘record’ button is pressed, the camera creates a recording in the same
manner as for an alarm event.
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Transport
A woman in Pretoria was able to instigate an arrest in her Eastern Cape holiday.
She was sent an SMS alert and she witnessed one of the guards, again from her
own security company in Boknes, inside her holiday home. She notified the
police immediately and the perpetrator was apprehended.
Mr. Garth Calitz from Secunda was at work when his IRIS SMS came through at
around midday. He raced over to his home and managed to detain the burglar
until the police arrived. The burglar is currently in jail awaiting trial.
A mobile network operator installed the cameras to protect their base stations.
Within 24 hours a non authorized employee was caught by the system stealing
equipment. That employee has now been dismissed.
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