New video management software (VMS) is in use at Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBU) in the Turkish capital. ASBU has a historic city centre location, and around 5,500 students join annually.
A 350-camera surveillance system, monitored 24/7 from ASBU’s dedicated control room, had been expanded several times over the years. But the resulting mix of six vendor brands had left the VMS struggling, with frozen live images, a hard-to-manage amount of data, and difficult to use controls.
IDIS integration partner 11S Savunma Sanayi ve Güvenlik Sistemleri was asked to devise an upgrade. In an on-site proof of concept demonstration, the company showed how IDIS’s VMS, IDIS Solution Suite, (ISS Expert) could register all the mix-and-match cameras and devices, including recorders and a 3×3 video wall. With the project now completed, the result is an end to complexity, the integrator reports, allowing seamless control, full functionality of all cameras regardless of the brand, and easier working for operators. They can now control the system from their workstations as well as from the video wall, with browser features allowing the university’s fire system to display on the same screen. IDIS MapVue is also being added, with a schematic showing the locations of the cameras, for domain awareness and navigational playback.
A further hundred cameras will be added in the next phase of the project when two renovated accommodation buildings will get upgraded surveillance. The new cameras will include IDIS 12MP Fisheyes and domes, which are suited the makers add for the historic setting where ceiling heights are up to 9m, and where full coverage with high-definition image capture is required.
To save bandwidth and reduce the storage, cameras in corridors, the basement, and other key areas have been set to record only when motion is detected, using a mix of IDIS Motion Adaptive Transmission, and via the inter-operability forum ONVIF motion detection on the other brands.
ASBU’s security staff can comply with requests from law enforcement agencies for video evidence. Bookmarked event recording means that ASBU operators can skip from scene to scene when reviewing recordings. In the next project phase, IDIS Deep Learning Analytics (IDLA) tools will be added for automated footage review. The IDIS solution allows for expansion of a system, for example with IDIS 310D servers that will allow more cameras to be added and increase storage capacity to ensure longer retention periods without increasing storage costs thanks to IDIS Intelligent Codec.
Zafer Buldu, Manager of Hardware & Technical Services at ASBU, said: “IDIS Solution Suite solved all the problems we had with our complex and ageing system, with an easy upgrade that extends the life and performance of all our cameras.”
And Koray Ozyildirim, IDIS Turkey Country Manager said: “IDIS Solution Suite has turned ASBU’s cluttered and failing system into a powerful, integrated surveillance solution that is easy to use, adapt, and upgrade, with the assurance of an extended lifespan backed by industry-best warranties.”
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