CCTV Solution Needed

[scrob]

Hi guys,

I'm hoping to draw on the experience and knowledge of this forum in helping beat our local thieves who have taken a fancy to our business twice in the past two months.

We need a CCTV system that is activated as soon as someone enters our yard, which sets off an alarm up in our house and allows us to watch the cameras to see what's going on. We have a dog, burglar alarm and all the rest but we want to go one step further and know they are there as soon as they walk into the yard. The alarm works but by the time it goes off, they have broken the door (AGAIN) and will be in the process of butchering the alarm, AGAIN.

I know a person who can set up the actual cameras and have them remote linked via the internet, so that's not an issue. The problem is how to have them activated?? Being outdoors, a motion detector will produce false alarms from cats, birds etc.

Can anyone recommend a solution to this?

Cheers,

Rob

[The Moose]

heya

can you be a bit more descriptive of your yard. how do they get in? climb a fence, walk through the gate etc etc etc??

the issue with all this stuff is you WILL get false alarms.

cheers

the moose

[jamesuk28]

scrob said:

Hi guys,

I'm hoping to draw on the experience and knowledge of this forum in helping beat our local thieves who have taken a fancy to our business twice in the past two months.

We need a CCTV system that is activated as soon as someone enters our yard, which sets off an alarm up in our house and allows us to watch the cameras to see what's going on. We have a dog, burglar alarm and all the rest but we want to go one step further and know they are there as soon as they walk into the yard. The alarm works but by the time it goes off, they have broken the door (AGAIN) and will be in the process of butchering the alarm, AGAIN.

I know a person who can set up the actual cameras and have them remote linked via the internet, so that's not an issue. The problem is how to have them activated?? Being outdoors, a motion detector will produce false alarms from cats, birds etc.

Can anyone recommend a solution to this?

Cheers,

Rob

Yep 2x Rottweilers, trust me you wont have anymore problems.

[Louis.]

jamesuk28 said:

scrob said:

Hi guys,

I'm hoping to draw on the experience and knowledge of this forum in helping beat our local thieves who have taken a fancy to our business twice in the past two months.

We need a CCTV system that is activated as soon as someone enters our yard, which sets off an alarm up in our house and allows us to watch the cameras to see what's going on. We have a dog, burglar alarm and all the rest but we want to go one step further and know they are there as soon as they walk into the yard. The alarm works but by the time it goes off, they have broken the door (AGAIN) and will be in the process of butchering the alarm, AGAIN.

I know a person who can set up the actual cameras and have them remote linked via the internet, so that's not an issue. The problem is how to have them activated?? Being outdoors, a motion detector will produce false alarms from cats, birds etc.

Can anyone recommend a solution to this?

Cheers,

Rob

Yep 2x Rottweilers, trust me you wont have anymore problems.

+1. Dropped a friend off at their house the other day and was "greeted" by a 70KG + Rottweiler (that I HAVE known since it was a puppy and used to take for walks!)) at the gate that was ready to tear me apart... very frightening moment ! ahah..

Also you mentioned motion detectors ? Are they motion detectors with lights which (the type of lights escapes my mind - maybe lamps?) switch on when motion is detected in their operational range ? These are always a good idea. Usually the first thing people invest in when kitting out security at premises.


For Fencing security sollutions, try these people:

http://www.jacksons-security.co.uk/

Don't worry, not all their products involve buying a huge gate. A lot of their products also attach onto existing fencing.

For surveillance equipment, try these guys:

http://www.extremecctv.com/home.php

Hope that helps..

Edited by Louis. on Monday 23 February 16:50

Edited by Louis. on Monday 23 February 16:51

[Boosted LS1]

jamesuk28 said:

scrob said:

Hi guys,

I'm hoping to draw on the experience and knowledge of this forum in helping beat our local thieves who have taken a fancy to our business twice in the past two months.

We need a CCTV system that is activated as soon as someone enters our yard, which sets off an alarm up in our house and allows us to watch the cameras to see what's going on. We have a dog, burglar alarm and all the rest but we want to go one step further and know they are there as soon as they walk into the yard. The alarm works but by the time it goes off, they have broken the door (AGAIN) and will be in the process of butchering the alarm, AGAIN.

I know a person who can set up the actual cameras and have them remote linked via the internet, so that's not an issue. The problem is how to have them activated?? Being outdoors, a motion detector will produce false alarms from cats, birds etc.

Can anyone recommend a solution to this?

Cheers,

Rob

Yep 2x Rottweilers, trust me you wont have anymore problems.

Unless they get distracted by Fifi, the poodle in season.

[Corsa Turbos]

Y3k.com have been used by a few people I know. I know they are able to provide units with a sensitivity setup, so you can set it to start recording (and beep) when there is continious movement in the area. Best to give a few companies call with your requirements.

[TSS]

Corsa Turbos said:

Y3k.com have been used by a few people I know. I know they are able to provide units with a sensitivity setup, so you can set it to start recording (and beep) when there is continious movement in the area. Best to give a few companies call with your requirements.

We bought a system from them. They are cheap, but build quality is not always the best and we’ve had to replace quite a few bits in the last 2 years. If I was buying a system again I’d probably pay a bit more and use a different supplier.

[HRG]

There used to be a system called the Video Detective. You could define heights, directions of movement (in or out of the building), time of day when it would activate. Basically it would record everything to HDD then drop what it didn't want.

Not sure what happened to it, but an excellent bit of kit in it's day.

[transactor]

Some of the VCL (honeywell) PTZ domes will do the job, the newer ones have alarms which connect to your dvr when motion is picked up, you can set tours or just use them manually via a keyboard

other ptz cameras will do the same job but im used to VCL and use them myself, have one on my house along with fixed cameras and IR Floodlights

theyre not cheap tho, ext ones cost around £1200 but theyre frequently on ebay for much less

you can hook up detectors, alarms and all sorts into the dvr which you can view over the net or even get it to call/text a specific number when an alarm is triggered

get yourself over to cctvforum.com theres quite a bit of info there

[Boosted LS1]

Could you use pressure pads or lasers instead of motion detectors?

[VEX]

Most good DVR systems will allow you to set a sensitivity level to cancel out birds etc.

You can also set it to trigger alarms, detect motion in specified areas and be viewable over the internet.

V.

[plungin]

hello scrob,

not sure if you found what your looking for yet, I was looking for a system that would send me live text message alert when there was an intruder (b$%tard) and came across these: http://www.burginit.co.uk/products.html
they also do a german CCTV system VSCS, that's what we went for it's got amazing motion detection:
http://www.burginit.co.uk/services.html
works a dream & dead secure to login remotely from anywhere...
hope it helps