Overcoming existing infrastructure obstacles.

The Problem:
In order to comply with high crime area concerns; a multi-tenant community management company in the Sacramento, California area was required to provide video surveillance of specifi ed common areas for several communities. The common areas included swimming pools, learning centers, and entrances or exits. The topography of every community was unique; each having a variety of obstacles between where a camera location was required and a central location (office) for recording. The trenching required to run wire to each camera would cost thousand of dollars but the budget for each project would not cover the cost.

The Solution:
To overcome the need for trenching, Remote Monitoring Technologies utilized advanced Mobotix IP-based cameras with wireless MESH technology to seamlessly integrate with wired devices. Each rugged, yet attractive high resolution camera has onboard two-way audio, motion detection and alert management with redundant data archiving capability onsite and offsite.

Conclusions:
Remote Monitoring Technologies specializes in powerful, sophisticated web-based solutions for proactive multi-site remote community management. Multiple-use devices enabled on the standards based TCP/IP infrastructure can improve ROI. Save money on unnecessary travel between properties; experience live synchronized audio /video conferences with the click of a mouse.

The possibilities are endless: converse via any camera, turn on lights, open doors or gates, check weather conditions. Mobotix cameras offer a hedge against obsolesce with a future-ready solution. Whether your camera network consists of one camera or thousands; enterprise scalabilit allows the system to grow with need.

While software is not required to access the camera network; MxControl Center software is available allowing every camera installed at any community in the world to be managed locally from a community office as well as corporate headquarters miles away. Remote administration allows live secure access to the camera network. A community may share camera data with authorized personnel, courtesy patrols, local law enforcement or even contract with 3rd party surveillance and access control monitoring companies. On-site personnel may access the wireless MESH network for connectivity via notebook PC’s, PDA’s or cell phone.

A neighbor's car was broken into and items stolen from it. Knowing I had a camera on our front yard, they asked if anything was captured by it. After a quick visual review of the archives; nothing looked out of the ordinary, so I decided to review the footage with audio.  This is what was discovered. If you listen closely you can hear the distinctive sound the offender's vehicle makes; then at the end of this video, you can hear the car window being smashed.