May 19, 2008—IndigoVision’s complete end-to-end IP video system is providing the CCTV surveillance for an impressive integrated security system for the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, says the company. The metro area is home to more than 1.3 million people, covers an area of 770 square miles and includes the towns of Uitenhage and Despatch, together with Port Elizabeth, which will be a host city for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
The IP-CCTV system, which was supplied by Norbain South Africa, is part of an integrated security system that includes access control, intruder detection, perimeter security and fire detection, all of which were designed and installed by Afrisec. The systems are fully integrated across a newly installed 1000 Gbit LAN running on a fiber backbone, with wireless network links for more remote sites, says the company.
The system will also provide services such as IP telephony and intercoms. The initial phase of the project provides CCTV surveillance of the Port Elizabeth Central Business District (CBD) and the along the beachfront, using 45 fixed and PTZ dome cameras, monitored at a Central Security Control Room located in the South End district. There are also other satellite control rooms in Metro buildings in the CBD and on the Beachfront. Operators based in all the control rooms use IndigoVision’s ‘Control Center’ software to view live video from the cameras and analyze recorded footage from IndigoVision Network Video Recorders (NVRs), which provide 30+ days of recordings from all cameras.
For more information, see the IndigoVision Web site.
