Bearbox CCTV Monitoring
BearBox offer a full CCTV over IP installation service, allowing your staff to monitor your sites in real-time, or to view recorded movies from any web-based computer - anywhere.
How does it work?
- Images are recorded at regular intervals on to a hard-drive (off site backup is also available) and full-motion video is recorded whenever motion is detected or the camera is “triggered” by an external event, such as a door being opened.
- Video is recorded for up to 30 days and both real-time and recorded video can be viewed directly from any internet enabled computer.
- There is no limit to the number of cameras that can be installed, and BearBox offers a wide range of cameras to fit your budget, including wireless and cameras with both low-light and infra-red capabilities.
- Each camera is set with individual access privileges, ensuring, for example, that areas where staff work during the day cannot be viewed during working hours if that is company policy.
- Video images are fully integrated with the BearBox Access Log storing images alongside access activity.
Internal and external IP Cameras
24x7 monitoring captured to computer hard drive
| Feature | The Competition | BearBox |
|---|---|---|
| Security | Anyone with access to hardware can make copies of (or destroy) video. | Password protected system allows you to control who can view live or recorded video. |
| Off-site backup | Images stored on dedicated hardware - must manually be copied to CD/DVD if backup is required. | Images/video can be mirrored in realtime to an off-site location if required. Also the BearBox system can be set to email images every time motion is detected. |
| Number of cameras | 24 (limited by hardware). | Unlimited |
| Remote viewing | Video can only be viewed locally or by remotely taking control of local PC (requires custom software/high-speed network connection). | View real-time or recorded video from any computer on the Internet. View feeds from multiple sites from a single screen. |
| Displays | Individual screens required for each video stream. Set-up (deciding which image appear on which screen) must be performed by installation company. | 42" or 50" LCD screen can display up to 16 feeds simultaneiously. Feed layout can be determined by customer at any time via BearBox website. |
| Digital video recorder | Expensive DVR required - requires engineer on site to modify/repair. Additional features (e.g. motion detection) require expensive and error-prone additional sub-boards. | IP cameras do not use DVR - images/ video captured directly to hard-drive. Uses remotely configurable computer - motion capture comes as standard. |
| Camera installation | Cable required to each camera. | Combination of wireless and Ethernet cabling offers high-speed, cost-effective installation. |
| Integration with Access Control | None. The two systems are entirely separate. | CCTV images appear alongside access information displayed on the BearBox website. |
Sequential images of all motion detection available in access log
Real-time video of multiple locations from BearBox website