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<strong>IP</strong>-in-Action<strong><strong>IP</strong>focus</strong>Norbain provides cost-effectivesurveillance for Repton Prep SchoolHidden away in the quiet Derbyshire countryside,Repton Preparatory School has recently benefittedfrom a CCTV solution to support its Access Controlsystem - both supplied by Norbain and installed bySpectre UK Ltd.A boarding and day school for 450 boys and girlsaged 3 to 13, Repton School enjoys an enviablereputation. Providing a comfortable and reassuringenvironment in which to learn, Repton PreparatorySchool had previously deployed a Paxton AccessControl system, to ensure controlled access to theschool's buildings.Installed by Spectre UK Ltd, the system proved sosuccessful that the school was keen to complement itwith a CCTV camera network, to provide additionalsecurity and further reassurance for both pupils andstaff."Having experienced their expertise andprofessionalism with the Access Control project, weonce again turned to Spectre UK Ltd," explainsRichard Fletcher, Bursar for Repton PreparatorySchool. "After technical liaison and site visits, Spectrespecified a package of the latest CCTV technology,designed to meet our security and budgetrequirements.""With a 54-acre site consisting of listed buildings, vastgrounds and a public right of way running through it,specifying and installing the correct technology was atechnical challenge," adds Judith Clarke, OperationsManager for Spectre UK Ltd. "One of the toughestchallenges was finding the best solution to transmitimages from cameras situated across a road, to themain school building."Providing the solution, we used NVT UTP videoCodestuff helps Manchester Airportto go digitalCCTV upgrade to 1000 camera site helps airportto improve efficiency, reduce complexity and cutmaintenance costCodestuff, a leading provider of innovative videomanagement systems, has announced a projecthelping Manchester Airport to upgrade its aginganalogue CCTV system to a fully digital core. The8 month project will improve a wide range ofCCTV related tasks from baggage systemmonitoring, car park customer service, aircraftstands and pedestrian safety management acrossa 625 hectare site used by over 18 millionpassengers and staff each year.Keen to update its existing CCTV network,Manchester Airport chose the Quorum platformfor video recording, playback, management andarchiving alongside a new fully digital core.Quorum was selected based on its scalability anddepth of features as well as Codestuff’s ability toprovide custom modification to allow the existingmanagement and control systems to interfacedirectly into the upgraded CCTV system.“The new digital core and Quorum platform willprovide the airport with many more capabilitiesand give us the flexibility to simply deploy newmonitoring PC workstations, simplifiedarchitecture and the ability to upgrade to <strong>IP</strong>cameras in the future,” explains Geoff Densham,Project Manager at Manchester Airport. “Weoriginally ran into difficulties working with a thirdparty supplier so we approached Codestuffdirectly and this has accelerated the design andimplementation phase and the first stage will golive in May.”Manchester Airport is the only global gateway toNorthern England. Over 75 airlines offer directflights to over 190 destinations worldwide andemploys around 19,000 people on-site.The new Quorum platform will allow the airportto improve the management groups of the 100users within the user groups across the site. Thesystem will allow new PC based monitoringstations to be simply deployed and will share theexisting data network to transport video dataaround as well as for archival procedures whichtransmission equipment, employing NVT NV-214A-Mtransceivers at the camera end to transmit video overCat5 UTP cable, routed via a span over the roadway.This delivers interference-free high-quality video tothe school's Dedicated Micros SD 8 Channel DVR, via aNVT NV-1672 DigitalEQTM receiver hub - all sourcedthrough Norbain."Delivering the correct mix of the latest securitytechnology has been the key to the success of boththe Access Control and CCTV systems at the school,"explains Judith Clarke. "With access to the bestperforming products in the vast security market placevia Norbain, we have supplied an economical andhigh-performance CCTV camera network that benefitsthe school on a daily basis, and will continue to do sofor years to come."are part of its regulatory compliancerequirements.“This is one of the largest projects of its kind inthe UK,” explains James Ritchie, ManagingDirector of Codestuff, “and is a great example ofhow organisations can use Quorum to retain theirinvestment in older analogue cameras whilegaining many of the benefits of newer digitaltechnology for transmission, control andrecording.”issue 30_19

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