Jay Ashworth
Well-Known Member
I am just Captain Questions, this month, ain't I? Virtual beer for everyone!
I'm working up a quote for security and situational awareness monitoring for a theatre hereabouts. The goal is to be able to use the cameras for user-absent security monitoring and recording, for user-present situational awareness ("what's going on in the scene shop"; "how big is the house"; "is the audience in from the lobby"; "how many people in the box office line") *and* to use the main auditorium camera for late-seater monitoring, in conjunction with the existing 70v system (which means low-latency to avoid sync problems)... this last idea in conjunction with a digital signage rollout, also from scratch.
I'm looking at some 4mp IP cameras from TrendNet that look very spiffy, and I'm contemplating a current version of ZoneMinder -- though I have to clear it with the contractor and the client. I *know* that approach would let me split the security camera monitors for backstage and booth monitoring, in addition to security recording.
It *might* let me split for the signage app as well, or I might need to make sure the cameras are dual-stream; I'm working on getting a single unit in hand to check for that.
Has anyone addressed these issues in a relatively recent time horizon? Which hole(s) were you trying to dig, and what shovels did you use? How'd it work out? Did you design/implement yourself, or have a contractor do parts?
I'm working up a quote for security and situational awareness monitoring for a theatre hereabouts. The goal is to be able to use the cameras for user-absent security monitoring and recording, for user-present situational awareness ("what's going on in the scene shop"; "how big is the house"; "is the audience in from the lobby"; "how many people in the box office line") *and* to use the main auditorium camera for late-seater monitoring, in conjunction with the existing 70v system (which means low-latency to avoid sync problems)... this last idea in conjunction with a digital signage rollout, also from scratch.
I'm looking at some 4mp IP cameras from TrendNet that look very spiffy, and I'm contemplating a current version of ZoneMinder -- though I have to clear it with the contractor and the client. I *know* that approach would let me split the security camera monitors for backstage and booth monitoring, in addition to security recording.
It *might* let me split for the signage app as well, or I might need to make sure the cameras are dual-stream; I'm working on getting a single unit in hand to check for that.
Has anyone addressed these issues in a relatively recent time horizon? Which hole(s) were you trying to dig, and what shovels did you use? How'd it work out? Did you design/implement yourself, or have a contractor do parts?