Bank Remote Monitoring Solution

Keywords: monitoring, monitoring system, network monitoring, monitoring equipment

1. Demand Analysis

• Bank points remote monitoring network. It is basically required in 19 points to install PC DVR and transmit video signal or alarm signal with ADSL network in order to intensively manage at control center.
• Require all points monitoring with alarm linkage
• Due to system budget restraint, it should be considered about cost
• All points cameras arrange as below:

2. Designment Essentials

2.1 Such projects belong to the remote monitoring system for bank clerk, which is formed relatively simple and cover the below points:

• Choose fitted camera and control equipment to ensure monitoring quality
• For high required monitoring system of bank, we in order to enhance security rate need establish all-directional and multi-method monitoring & detecting system. Thus it is required to set up "integrated video & alarm system" in base of "video monitoring system", use "physical protection+technical protection" to realize "quick to police, exact judgment, instant record, effective alarm" and suchlike chain-reactions. Therefore, we ca know that such system achieves defined functions depends on whether DVR is designed with alarm input and humanity linkage.
• The other essential lies in signal remote transmission of all points, as well as the management framework of remote control. The former determines whether control center can conveniently control remote monitoring; and the latter determines how control center control so many points. Thereby, during designment process, it is needed not only that DVR has advanced compression ability and strong transmission ability, but also that there is a well-organized management platform (software) which can integrate all resources coming from front business points and terminals clients. Even more it can effectively and convenient manage system.

2.2 Based on the above, we select most advanced IDRS6000S series monitoring system which provides sync & linkage functions, as below, with strong alarm function:

• Once alarm detector is activated, signal will be instantly transmitted to local control room, auto activate warning light or dial up 110 to police.
• Meanwhile, IDRS server window will pop up electronic map, display alarmed location
• After alarm, control server automatically opens emergent light for recording work so as to see spot clearly; or light is controlled by guarder in order to watch spot scene at any time.
• After detector is activated, related cameras will automatically record; additionally system supports record before alarm. Thus the whole event process can be got.
• If front-end installs intelligent high speed dome camera, as soon as alarm happens dome automatically directs to alarmed area with fastest reaction to record spot event, which makes guarder be easy to verify event. By this way it saves manual managed time and buys time for warning deal.
• With log managing function, system can automatically save alarm information for later check.
• With IDRS remote alarm function, as soon as local alarm happens system automatically transmits alarm information to control center or other net receivers for alarm (e.g. local police station). Net alarm receiver will pop up electronic map with alarmed location; automatically upload & pop up alarm image; automatically alarm with recording; display & save alarm information; open warning light, audio dialer and suchlike warning devices, besides, it is operable to control local alarm output by remote client, such as open/close acousto-optic alarm or audio dialer and control switch of light. Therefore, system makes reaction scope lager, strengthens supervision & management mechanism, avoids negative effect caused by guards and enhances security condition.

2.3 Centralized management platform adopts "IDRS integration management system", as follows:

2.31 System construction
 

2.32 Important parts

• Front-end equipment

This part refers to all points cameras, lenses, pan/tilts, housings and matched devices, as well as converting analog signal into digital signal then saving and uploading them to "IDRS6000S server". The adopted IDRS6000S server absorbs most advanced H.264 compression skill which is based on MPEG-4 format. H.264 format overcomes MPEG-4 & H.263 weakness, absorbing new coding method in mix coding framework, so it raises coding efficiency and faces to practical application. Comparing with other formats, H.264 has owned features: interframe coding, variable bit rate compensation predicting skill; intraframe coding, multi-directional space predicting skill; deblocking filter, remove blocking effect; 4×4 integer orthogonal transform & quantization strategy; improved motion vector prediction coding; higher efficient CABAC/CAVLC skill; RDOpt skill. Moreover, due to being made by two international associations, H.264 standard will be popular in the future.

• Video workstation

As the important equipment, video workstation refers to all "monitor servers", composed by multimedia PC, encoding hard disk and "workstation software". Video workstation is mainly responsible for connecting all front "IDRS monitor servers" (DVR) and "IDRS net video sever" (DVS), and controlling remote image display, record, PTZ or receiving alarm signal. In the restraint from PC-self and bandwidth, one station can only remotely control & manage finite DVRs or DVSs images (max 24 channels by far), so if the front points are numerous, it is needed to set up multi-workstation.

• Central server

Referring to a heavy net-monitoring system with scores or hundreds of points, followed by related DVR or DVS increasing, control center needs more "video workstations" to manage scattered DVRs or DVSs. Meanwhile, In order to satisfy user, it is also needed to set up multi-level center, even to monitor different temporary visitors or clients. So if there is no a unified rule and "manager" to control all aspects working, it must be into a mass in whole system. In such a condition, our "central server" accordingly appears, playing the role of managing system. The "central server" is the control center and information authentication center, being in charge of managing main control devices (DVR, DVS, video workstation) and various clients. The affairs include all devices’ information log & registered authentication, all clients’ information log & registered authentication, and intra-system relations configuration, intra-system authority configuration, remote control & change for device parameter & settings, as well as resource allocation & objective service. The "central server" comprises of multimedia PC and "central server software", usually installed in top control center.

• Network client

Network client mainly refers to the "low level personal client" excluding all control centers but intermittent online with remote monitoring requirement and without video storing function. Such clients are relatively scattered personals with low monitoring requirement of remote view or control. Therefore, we put such kind of clients as "network clients" in order to distinguish it from those clients in control center. Network client is also composed by multimedia PC and "client software". Due to relative fewer requirements, it is usually operated with laptop.

2.33 System operation

• When all control center or client starts remote monitoring, please at first login "central server" with "name & password" authentication.
• Central server can identify and authenticate information based on existed data

After authentication, user enters related windows with displaying involved resources (i.e. all operable monitoring points), easy monitoring according to list.