Byrd

Hi Newbie Poster here. Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I live in an estate and we are currently discussing the issue of perimeter security. We currently have a 24 hour Guarding service who patrol our parimeter, but this is not a great idea for obvious reasons. One of the ideas of the management commitee is to install IR beams all the way around and then IR CCTV cameras in some high risk locations. Being a software developer, I thought why cant those cameras be used to detect the motion? I did a bit of research and happened across 2 interesting items. The first being http://www.c3ss.co.za/ They use very high tech equipment and seem to be quite sucsessfull - however their pricing is about $120 000 over our modest budget. I also happened across the Geovision range of cards. I thought that using IR cams in conjunction with Geovision's motion detection facility that we could forgo the beams and just have cameras all the way around the estate. If any motion was detected in demarcated zones then the guard would be alerted to it and would be able to decide on what action to take. Another question I have is - how easy is it to set the Geovision software up to run in one configuration during the day and then automaticaly switch over to a different configuration during the night. We may want the zones changed from day to night. Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated.

The problem, as always, is budget - and there will unlikely be budget for both. If we were to select one route or the other, which one in your opinion Rory? IE Beams Beams with a few cameras ( about 10 % coverage) or only cameras but with motion detection?

It should be OK if there are false positives, to a degree of course We want the guards to actualy be looking at what is going on and not slacking off. What we dont want however is a false sense of security where motion is not detected and brought to their attention .. Thx for the comments