Applied Technology Monitoring (ATM), the provider of web-enabled security systems, has won a contract from Rush Croft School for its LookC Pro ix web-based digital CCTV system.
Applied Technology Monitoring (ATM), the provider of web-enabled security systems, has won a contract from Rush Croft School for its LookC Pro ix web-based digital CCTV system. The school, based in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, has replaced its VCR-based CCTV system with two LookC Pro ix servers which can support up to 16 cameras per server and provides digital images which can be viewed via the internet in real-time or historically. Rush Croft School has installed 20 cameras internally and externally to monitor internal student activities and external intruders. The system went live in April 2001. It enables the school’s staff to view images from up to four cameras at one time within a standard Windows interface. Peter Curry, Rush Croft School’s Premises Manager, says: ?LookC Pro has been very easy to install and requires minimal training, as any member of staff who is familiar with a Windows format can access the system in a simple and intuitive manner. The system is easier to maintain than the previous system as there are no cumbersome tapes to install and store. Digitally stored images are crisp and clear in replay, compared to images stored on tape, which are at a lower resolution and deteriorate with a number of replays.? The school wanted to prevent false fire alarms, which had been increasing. The previous system had been unable to monitor alarms adequately. Therefore, cameras have been installed in major traffic routes within the school where fire alarms had regularly been triggered unnecessarily. Since LookC went live, false fire alarm incidents have been reduced dramatically and the culprits identified. Patricia Cutler, Rush Croft headteacher, says: ?We now have no incidents of false fire alarms and the system also provides protection against vandalism and trespassing.?
About the product
LookC Pro ix allows real-time, high-resolution images from up to 16 cameras per server to be viewed by accessing any internet browser. The system records at one frame per second on all cameras so that pre and post capture of significant frames can be quickly found. For Rush Croft, this feature is especially useful for school break-times when student incidents tend to be more frequent. The LookC system is particularly appropriate in the light of the recent Association of Chief Police Officers’ policy that all police call outs to investigate intruder incidents must be verified. With LookC, images can be sent off-site to an alarm receiving station, which will then carry out a visual assessment and when validated, provide a confirmed alarm status to the police.
About ATM
Applied Technology Monitoring (ATM) designs and builds digital monitoring systems using CCTV. The LookC servers are Linux-based for system stability and housed in a tamper-proof unit with its own in-built uninterruptible power supply. LookC has already been adopted by the Carphone Warehouse and Sefton Council, Merseyside. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, ATM was established in 1993. See www.atmltd.co.uk.
