Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior and activities of the people mainly at the public places, airports, offices, homes and other sensitive areas. There are immediate needs for the security and surveillance systems in the public and commercial places. Implementing a video surveillance system is cheap as compared to hiring the security experts to observe the human activities. Surveillance is a great way of monitoring home, offices and public places.
Surveillance cameras are already being used at the airports, bands, commercial plazas, hotels, embassies and stores as the security tool. Video surveillance technology is also a great way of patrolling the traffic flow, monitor pedestrian congestions and detects the accidents on the highways. Digital video security system consists of the software and hardware components.
These components collect the video camera information and transmit via fiber optic cable, wireless technologies or over the IP-based networks. Power and data can be carried over the same cable by using a technique known as PoE i.e. Power Over Ethernet.
The transmitted data can be stored onto DVR (Digital Video Recorder) for further use. Choosing security surveillance systems requires a lot of considerations and the information about the CCTV cameras.
Surveillance System Buying Tips
There are three different types of the surveillance technologies i.e. time lapse systems, PC based systems and hardware based systems. Before buying a surveillance system you should ask the following questions to yourself.
- What’s the priority of your surveillance system?
- Do you want to observe the general comings and goings?
- Will the video camera be subject to physical damage?
- How your surveillance system be monitored.
- What do you consider that are your biggest security threats.
- Have you ever had problems of theft?
You need to consider the following things before buying the surveillance camera.
- Avoid dummy camera.
- Do no record audio.
- Know what you want to see.
- Check warranty of your camera.
- After buying, mount the video camera at the door so that you can monitor everyone is coming and going in/out of your home and office.
Classifications of the Video Surveillance Cameras
- Out door cameras
- Infrared cameras
- Day/night security cameras
- Dome cameras
- Mini security cameras
- Bullet Cameras
Video Surveillance cameras provide the following features.
- Remote monitoring
- Prevent Theft
- Lower power usage.
- Surveillance data is transmitted to the destinations through the Ethernet, fiber optic or wireless mediums.
- No computer skills are required to operate them.
- High resolution recordings.
- Easy to use and flexible
- Little or no maintenance is required.
- No technical expertise is required to operate the camera.