Electronic surveillance

Audio Adds Value to Remote Video Surveillance

According to worldpipelines.com, remote video surveillance monitoring with audio talk down capabilities is proving to be a very effective and powerful combination for protecting remote and isolated pipelines. Alarm monitoring services and security guard companies increasingly substitute manned guards with video surveillance and centralised control centres, which monitor the feeds.

Network audio enables an effective way to intervene directly at the scene of an incident. When video surveillance cameras or perimeter detection devices identify a breach of the perimeter or people loitering, an alarm message is displayed in the control centre. This can either automatically trigger a pre-recorded audio message to be played back at the scene of the incident, or the operator can quickly assess the situation from video footage and live feeds before responding by speaking through a microphone.