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Pinfields Limited was created by the merger in 2003 of two long
established
Midlands based accountancy practices. Based in
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Pinfields has a long established background,
with the business first being set up in 1938, and they are committed to
providing high quality financial advice to small and medium
enterprises.
Due to
their continuing growth, Pinfields moved into new purpose built offices
in August 2009. The new offices are 5,500 sq ft over three floors. Prior
to this move they discussed their monitoring and access control
requirements with Ecl-ips, a local business who specialise in monitoring
and surveillance using IP technology.
Nick
Pinfield commented, “We knew of Ecl-ips as we have provided accountancy
services to them and through this relationship we were aware of the
innovative solutions that they could provide. We were particularly
impressed with their use of high resolution cameras which could be
viewed over the Internet. This would mean we could access the cameras
from anywhere in the world, as long as we had Internet access.”
The Requirements
Pinfields had a number of distinct requirements:
• To
restrict access to the front door, but have the ability to open it
remotely from anywhere in the office.
• To
know who had entered or left the building at any point in time.
• A
time and attendance system.
•
Surveillance of the building - both internally and externally.
The
Products
After
surveying the building and discussing the exact requirements with the
client, Aaron Kernaghan, Managing Director of Ecl-ips, recommended a
solution that combined the Mobotix IP Surveillance cameras and a door
entry and access control system from Access Control Technology (ACT).
After
surveying the building and discussing the exact requirements with the
client, Aaron Kernaghan, Managing Director of Ecl-ips, recommended a
solution that combined the Mobotix IP Surveillance cameras and a door
entry and access control system from Access Control Technology (ACT).
Due
to Mobotix’s innovative Q24 hemispheric camera, Ecl-ips only had to
install one camera in the office building. Thanks to the 360° all-round
view, the Q24 is able to capture an entire room. With a panorama
function and a quad view, the camera can show images from four different
angles simultaneously. Currently the Mobotix Q24 is the only product on
the market that offers this functionality and reduces the amount of
cameras needed to provide surveillance of a room.
The
Mobotix M12 camera was situated at the front of the building to provide
external surveillance of the premises. As with the Q24, all of the
Mobotix cameras are high resolution cameras which store images that are
more revealing and provide stronger evidence than other formats.
Mobotix
cameras record approximately 30 times more detail than 95% of all
existing video systems worldwide. In virtually all applications, one
Mobotix camera can replace several standard CCTV systems because Mobotix
technology offers four times more coverage.
Ecl-ips
also installed a surveillance class network attached storage device
which is capable of recording and storing up to 28 days high definition
footage from the Mobotix cameras. Retrieval of these images is made
simple by the utilisation of an application called Mobotix Control
Centre, which has been set up and deployed on several client PCs within
the business.
The
ACT access control system recommended by Ecl-ips has exceeded the
expectations of Nick Pinfield and his team. Ecl-ips fitted an ACTpro
3000 door access controller which allows the staff to gain access to the
building via a key fob. This also records the exact time that they enter
and leave the building, and by doing so provides the restricted access
that was requested and delivers a time and attendance system.
With
the use of the ACTentry V-IP system, which combines door entry with
audio video over IP, visitors to the Pinfields office simply press the
door entry panel, which includes a camera, and from any PC in the
business that has the client software installed they can view who is at
the door and speak to them over the phone system before allowing them
access to the building.
Nick
Pinfield commented, “The system recommended and installed by Ecl-ips has
definitely exceeded my expectations. The quality of the Mobotix images
is superb and we can even zoom in and out of the recorded images as and
when we need to. I have found the system incredibly easy and intuitive
to use. The access control has enabled us to be able to monitor and
control our front door when reception is not attended. The time and
attendance system is also very simple but highly effective and has
fulfilled all of my requirements. This has also increased our
productivity”.
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