Zerodegrees, the microbrewery and restaurant chain, has installed a new IP-surveillance system at its Bristol-based restaurant in response to local authority licensing requirements for 30-days of recording in public entertainment facilities.
Some 16 Axis Communications network cameras, two Axis video servers and Milestone XProtect software has been deployed at the restaurant. After the trial this summer, Zerodegrees is planning to replicate the system in each of its six other sites located in Greater Londonโs Blackheath and Beckenham, plus in a restaurant in Reading and three sites in Bexleyheath, Kent.
For the Bristol-based restaurant, Zerodegrees has selected four AXIS 211 Power over Ethernet Network Cameras, three AXIS 205 Network Cameras, nine AXIS 2110 Network Cameras and deployed two AXIS 241Q video servers to digitise output from eight existing analogue CCTV cameras. The company deployed Milestone XProtect to manage and store the video output from 24 cameras for a 30-day period.
Nick Desai, co-owner and director of Zerodegrees said that they set the system up to deliver high quality pictures: โWe needed high quality video across most of the site – particularly in doorways, the stock room, as and covering the safes, bars and waitress stations.โ Besides meeting local authority licensing requirements the system also helps head office staff to view the Bristol restaurant remotely. Nick Desai said: โWe are also using the link for ongoing people counting as well as analysis of ways of improving quality of service and the look and feel of the venue.โ
The restaurant employs 45. The 24 cameras cover most of the 12,500 square foot site. There are also plans to integrate the network cameras with Milestone XProtect Transact software to provide automated monitoring of cash handling at all tills, allowing managers to assess whether any discrepancies between takings and cash register receipts are due to genuine wrong-doing or simply mistakes in the delivery of change and collection of tips.
Nick Desai summed up: โWe are impressed with the quality of the cameras and the use of Power over Ethernet cameras made these easier to install.โ
