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Many clients of Camvista, are operating their CCTV network security cameras, to be monitored by Remote Alert, by utilising the latest 3G GPRS mobile phone technology. Allowing deployment of CCTV cameras in hours, rather than waiting for days, or weeks, to have a telephone line installed, and ADSL broadband enabled, before security cameras, to be used for remote security monitoring, can be installed and up and working in security mode.

GPRS 3G cell phone mobile technology, now available throughout the Uk, is extremely cost effective, and in most cases for Remote Alert customers, a cheaper and much easier option than installing a PSTN telephone line with ADSL broadband. Our Remote Alert online security camera monitoring solution works perfectly well with 3G and GPRS mobile Internet connections. Helping our Remote Alert clients to save money, for CCTV camera monitoring, by using the latest 3G cellular mobile phone technology available in the UK Read the rest of this entry »

Slough based Accident Repair Centre, Caversham Coachworks, have been operating a Remote Alert security monitoring camera system, for over 6 months, overlooking their vehicle compound and car parking area at their business premises in the Slough Industrial Estate.. Managing Director, Ranjit Gill, was worried about the security of his 30 bay vehicle compound at the rear of of his Accident Repair Centre, as well as the staff car parking area, so he decided to look for a cost effective surveillance camera system that will allow him to remotely monitor, and record snapshot images of all vehicles, and cars, arriving and leaving through the one entrance area to the vehicle compound and staff car parking area. His main concern, was movement of vehicles at night times and especially during weekends. Read the rest of this entry »

 Client Brief
A Scottish based Quarry company required a security camera monitoring solution that would allow management at their Quarry head office to remotely monitor, and record security camera snapshots of all Lorries arriving and leaving their busy Quarry site to match up with their weigh bridge records.  They also required snapshot images to confirm and check that each Lorry unloaded the correct consignment and did not contaminate their Quarry site with other products.

Solution
Camvista arranged for two high-resolution Mobotix surveillance cameras to be installed at the Scottish Quarry.  The two security cameras were positioned to monitor the entrance to the Quarry site, and also to overlook the area where all lorries unload their consignments.  Motion detection sensors were also set up so all movement in front of the Mobotix security cameras would allow all triggered high quality images to be recorded on Remote Alert.  All recorded images from the Scottish Quarry are saved on Remote Alert for up to 10 days.  Head Office can view the two Mobotix mega pixel cameras, live, remotely, or can view all saved snapshot images by accessing their Remote Alert account on a hourly or daily basis.  Management at Head Office now have a record of how many Lorries attended their Quarry site, hourly or daily, and can confirm that all Lorries unloaded the required products at their Quarry site.  Already, since Remote Alert has been in operation, snapshots have been sent to one Transport Company to prove that their lorry had delivered the incorrect load to the Quarry site. 

Many Remote Alert customers, are using our online security camera monitoring application, not just for security camera monitoring but for other important business monitoring applications. Remote Alert is ideal, for Retail sector, Tourism and Visitor attractions, Bars and Restaurants who would like to manage customer throughput, indoors, or outdoors, at their business premises. For example, one of our first Remote Alert client’s, a small Jewellery shop in Edinburgh, purchased our Remote Alert security camera monitoring package, to allow management to monitor an indoor IP wireless security camera system, remotely. The Edinburgh based Jewellery shop, currently has a number of indoor CCTV security cameras in operation, with a security video recorder, where they can view all CCTV camera footage from videos 24 hours a day. However, their traditional CCTV camera system doesn’t allow them to view the cameras, or video footage, remotely, from a computer device. Read the rest of this entry »

Many Remote Alert customers, when purchasing our security camera monitoring package, request if our range of wireless CCTV network cameras will allow them to view car registration plates, in car parks, driveways, online, from our Remote Alert security camera monitoring application.

To show a working example, from a Fife based Taxi car company, of an IP security wireless camera in operation, overlooking the parking area where his taxi cars are cleaned and fuelled, the saved pictures clearly show a good view of the car registration number.  The saved images have been taken by one of our wireless CCTV security cameras, Y-cam, which has a weatherproof housing for outdoor camera installations.  In darkness, at nightimes, the security camera images will produce a different result because infrared led’s normally reflect on vehicle registration plates.

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A local Fife based Taxi company purchased our Remote Alert security camera monitoring application along with an YCam outdoor IP wireless camera sysyem, from our IP camera online store, in order to keep an eye on his taxi cars, and taxi drivers arriving back at the taxi headquarters.  The Fife taxi car owner installed the outdoor security camera, set the witeless IP camera on his wireless network in his office, and within minutes was able to view Remote Alert online from the comfort of his computer. 

Feedback from the Fife based Taxi owner has been extremely positive, as he was, prior to reading about Remote Alert, considering to purchase a wireless CCTV security camera system at the cost of over £1,000.  This price did not include having to also buy a security digital video recorder to view all recorded camera images.

So far, total outlay has been £210 for the wireless YCam with outdoor housing, and he also signed up to the Remote Alert 100MB package @ £11.75 per month.  Already, according to the Fife Taxi company, Remote Alert has already paid for itself, as the Fife Taxi owner has been enjoying a nice holiday, abroad, and is now more relaxed, than normal on holiday, as he is able to remote monitor, from his computer laptop, on the beaches of Spanish island, Majorca.   From the feedback from the Taxi owner, his fleet of three taxis are still operating normally, and being cleaned and fuelled, by his taxi drivers, to the standard that he expects when he’s working at his taxi company in Fife.  Another happy Remote Alert customer enjoying our security camera monitoring service from the beaches in sunny Majorca.  His 2 week holiday was purchased from the savings that he made by not having to buy an expensive CCTV security camera and a DVR security recording system. 

Remote Alert is proving to be very popular in the farm and agricultural security camera sector. Many farmers, throughout the UK are ordering Remote Alert to help protect and secure, online, their diesel storage pumps and farm fuel tanks as well as their fertiliser supplies stored on their farms. With the recent dramatic price increases, with diesel, and fertiliser, many sneak thiefs are unfortunately targetting farms to steal very valuable agricultural products on farms located in the countryside. Our Remote Alert security camera online monitoring service is proving to be ideal and a very valuable security tool to help improve and increase farm security. Operating farm security cameras, at the entrance to farm buildings, farm steadings, inside and outside, and overlooking diesel fuel tanks on farms will help to greatly improve farm security. Any movement, infront of the Remote Alert security cameras will be saved on the Remote Alert web-interface and allow farmers, in seconds, to view all recorded incidents on computers and hand held web enabled devices. Our low price IP wireless farm security cameras, can be installed indoors and outdoors and have motion detection and infrared functions, and are very easy and simple to install. Ideal to help farmers in the agricultural sector to greatly improve and enhance their farm security. Also, by having farm security cameras, visible on farm buildings and entrances to farms will greatly assist as a deterrent to prevent any would be thief wanting to steal valuable fertiliser or diesel fuel. Looking to improve the security on your farm? If so, contact us NOW.  A great low cost investment to upgrade the security of your farm.   Buy HERE

Our New YCAM Outdoor Housings

We have just taken delivery of the first outdoor housings for the Y-Cam outdoor security cameras. The Ycam outdoor camera housings are as rare as hens teeth so book your order for outdoor Ycam housings while you can.  We have are few outdoor Ycam housings earmarked for our demos to add to the Remote Alert Solution to show people how adding a security camera to your home or small business can be very easy and cost affective solution for guarding your car, garage, house and business premises.  Book NOW your Ycam outdoor static security cameras from our online security camera store - HERE

They retail at around £59.99

Packages are Available using the Knight and Housing £210

Add our Remote Alert Package at £11.75 per month and you have a great system

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When setting the Infrared IR LED lighting on the YCAM Knight or Black you select Camera in the admin section, folowed by Night Vision Setup, you will be presented with the following page like below:- 

In our experience we find that the above settings work well indoors when there are a lot of reflections from surfaces See Below:-

If we were looking through glass we would switch off the “Infrared LED Control” and switch on “Moonlight mode” This would give a good low light image at night.

Switching “Black and white mode” off gives a good low light colour image see below:-

Our suggestion is to play around with the setting at different times of the day and night to find which  settings suits your required image using the built in Infrared LED Lighting on this wireless IP Camera, and on YCAM have launched the outdoor housing it makes the Knight and Black camera a lot more flexible. TIP Remember keep a note of settings and a snap shot to help to see best images.

Y-cam Solutions Ltd launched their new External housing for their popular Y-cam wireless surveillance IP cameras at IFSEC 2008, early May, at the NEC Exhibition centre in Birmingham, England.  The new outdoor housing units can be used with the Y-cam White, Y-cam Knight and Y-cam Black wireless IP security video cameras.  For the last 12 months, Y-cams could only be installed indoors for security monitoring.  Now with the launch of the Y-cam external housing units, Y-cams can be installed outdoors allowing a really cost effective outdoor wireless security camera solution.  Great news for Remote Alert users who want to online security monitor outside their houses, driveways, offices, factories or business premises., to name a few outdoor security camera situations for Remote Alert users.  See below a picture of the new outdoor Y-cam housing for their security cameras that was launched in early May 2008 at IFSEC Security Exhibition at Birmingham.  BUY you outdoor wireless Y-cams NOW from our Online IP security camera store.  

Outdoor Y-Cam making an appearance @IFSEC 2008