A utility required 24/7-site surveillance to protect overhead line cable replacement machinery; Ogier’s Scan-360 radar was chosen. The camera is integrated with the monitoring company Remote Surveillance‘s site security system and provides 24/7 security at remote sites, throughout the south west of England.
At such sites, tracks are laid for vehicles to access the site. Specialised line replacing equipment, cable and other temporary plant is installed for weeks at a time.
James Leventhal, Director of Remote Surveillance says: “The Scan 360 is installed in over 20 of our customer sites, the performance, detection and false detection rates are by far the best we have had from any sensor technology.”
A stand alone integrated solution combines the Scan-360 Radar, Redvision camera, 4G-transmission with local recording and alarm integration, all powered by solar energy, with battery back-up. According to Ogier, radar offers improved detection over passive infra-red (PIR) sensors because, unlike PIR sensors, which measure heat emitted from an object, radar is an active system that measures the entire environment.
The product firm likens radar to a bright searchlight that illuminates a large area and detects all objects. PIR sensors can only look in the darkness for any infra-red energy an object may emit. The Scan-360 radar detects and measures the target bearing, range, speed and amplitude.
About Ogier Electronics
Ogier Electronics design and manufacture microwave technology for the security, transport and broadband sectors. Its Scan-360 product and perimeter protection sensors are used in CCTV systems, mainly to monitor fence lines and movement of people and vehicles in areas such as remote utility installations, data centres, solar farms, building compounds and government buildings. Visit www.scan-360.org.uk.
