INSTITUTIONAL AUDIO SURVEILLANCE By: Don McClatchie Of all the five senses possessed by mankind the sense of sound (hearing) is the second most useful sense we have, the first of them being sight. CCTV cameras allow us to record the sights and they are used extensively in
FM SYSTEMS, INC. Santa Ana CA. has developed an intercom and signaling product that uses the existing coax in any CCTV installation for two-way audio communication. For access control it also provides a contact closure in each direction for alarms or to open doors.
Camera-Com is an ad-on audio surveillance system used to enhance the security of any CCTV video installation. The addition of audio dramatically improves the response time of security personnel.
Up until now, CCTV surveillance has been mostly a Silent World. Without sound, much of what you do see on the monitor screen provides considerably less security value than if you can also hear what is going on.
Hearing and speech are one of mankind's most powerful tools. We rely heavily on the use of these faculties for our day to day living. Yet in the average security installation this audio information is not available to security personnel responsible for the safety and
If there is anything the major news gathering organizations have learned over the past few years, it is that coverage of world events is no longer purely prime time, but in fact, anytime
