CSS Total Security - Advanced RealTime Digital CCTV Installation

In late 2004 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) went to market with a competitive tender to completely overhaul their surveillance and intercom systems.

In late 2004 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) went to market with a competitive tender to completely overhaul their surveillance and intercom systems. Having just completed a successful access control upgrade to Cardax FT, RBNZ was looking to achieve similar results with their CCTV and intercom systems. Guided by their initial market expectations and available budget, RBNZ was hopeful they could replace their obsolete Maxpro analogue matrix switch and enter the world of Digital CCTV with relatively modest camera image rates of 6 - 8 IPS.
At the end of the tender process, one solution emerged as a clear winner on price, features and performance. Nedax Systems (NZ) Ltd offered a turnkey, fully digital CCTV and intercom solution. The proposed solution was based on the latest generation of Cieffe Spectiva Real Time Digital Video Management System and Jacques Electronics IP Intercom. The solution offered:

• a fully digital TCP/IP based solution • real time (25 IPS) broadcast quality video and audio performance for all live and recorded cameras
• multi-compression support on per camera basis (choice of Wavelet, Enpacta or MPEG4 Main Profile)
• full redundancy for all system components
• full integration with Cardax FT
• flexible architecture allowing for future expansion
• future-proof DSP based hardware platform protecting investment
• superior system engineering ensuring 100% deployment success and minimal installation time.

Design Brief
The primary requirements of the project as set out by RBNZ were identified as follows:
• surveillance and recording of all site cameras at full resolution, min 6 - 8 IPS, min 60 days archive length
• surveillance and recording of all critical cameras at full resolution, 25 IPS, min 60 days archive length
• maximum possible visual quality for all cameras (100+ in total)
• removal of the analogue matrix switch if possible
• upgrade of existing camera, intercom and cable infrastructure with minimum disruption to operations
• seamless integration across all three systems (Cardax FT Access Control, CCTV and Intercom)
• 99.999% system uptime for general cameras
• 100% system uptime for key cameras
• flexibility to easily relocate and replicate the entire control room or recording infrastructure
• mixture of analogue CCTV monitors and PC LCD monitors at the control room
• ease of maintenance
• future proof with upgrade path
• capacity and potential for future expansion

The latest generation of Cieffe Spectiva v2 Digital Video Management System hardware offered a very competitive, cost effective, high performance solution due to its advanced MPEG4 Main Profile DSP based compression hardware delivering real advantages and cost savings to thisproject. Full resolution, real time performance for the entire system, broadcast level visual quality, motion detection and object movement analysis along with extremely small image file sizes (0.5 KB - 8 KB) were considered key factors which significantly contributed to reducing the overall project costs. The Jacques IP intercom range was selected for its fully TCP/IP based architecture, real time network audio transmission with low latency and consistent multi point performance. CSS is firmly established as one of the UK consultants offering the most advanced security technology available internationally. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.