Essential Install | Security
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The Dahua
ITC237-PU1A has
a 10.5-42mm lens
and is ideal for long
distance ANPR as far
as 40 metres.
Comelit has supplied
the IP video entry
system for the Circus
West development
at Battersea Power
Station in London
The stainless steel VTO2000A also offers an unlock
feature via the mobile App. Complementing the outdoor
stations is the VTH1560B 7in colour TFT LCD indoor
monitor with an eight-channel input, snapshot function
during surveillance and call, PoE power, SD card storage
and video record.
Residents at one of the UK’s most iconic developments
– Circus West at Battersea Power Station in London – are
using an IP video entry system from Comelit.
Phase one of the development comprises of
865 apartments at the Circus West site and features
Comelit’s IP-enabled ViP entry system that resides on a
shared network. The apartments are fitted with ICONA
monitors, while more than 50 entrances are equipped
with a mixture of 3one6 Sense flush-mounted panels,
Vandalcom digital panels and Vandalcom single button
panels. User-friendly help points have also been fitted
in car parking areas to enable residents to communicate
with the concierge/security office.
The ICONA monitors inside each apartment feature
a 4.3in colour screen with capacitive, touchscreen and
swipe activation. Monitors are available in flush-mounted,
wall-mounted and desktop versions.
The 3one6 entrance panels comprise a contemporary,
intuitive and highly customisable solution. They feature
an LCD graphic display, housed in 4mm mirror-finish or
brushed steel, and concealed loudspeaker.
Harnessing the benefits of IP technology, the ViP
system is integrated into the development’s shared
network, enhancing the performance of video
communications. The network itself, supplied by
Skanska Konnect, incorporates the site’s access control
system, as well as the Comelit video entry system,
which comprises over 900 devices. Being IP-based, the
system has no distance limitations and can provide an
unlimited number of users with simultaneous video and
audio communications.
The on-site concierge is able to manage calls made
from call points to apartments and can also directly call
individual apartments. Residents are also able to contact
the concierge via the intercom directory on their ICONA
monitors and can communicate with the other apartments
via the same directory, which can be programmed by the
installer on request.
Due to open this summer, Circus West is going to
be one of London’s newest residential sites, located
between the historic Power Station itself and the 200-acre
Battersea Park. As well as the apartments situated within
eight blocks, the development will feature a select range
of independent shops, restaurants and cafes at Circus
West Village. Residents will also have access to private
gardens and a residents’ club with a bar, private dining
area, library and screening room.
Francesca Boeris, Comelit’s MD, says: “For more
than half a century Comelit has been a leading global
manufacturer of video and audio door entry products.
The company offers the most up-to-date systems in the
industry and these continue to evolve as technology
moves forward. Comelit designs and manufactures
class-leading video door entry panels and monitors, IP
and analogue high-definition surveillance solutions and
domestic home automation systems.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have been chosen
to take part in this iconic and exceptional project.
With our emphasis on cutting-edge product design
and aesthetics, we are proud to be associated with
a development which showcases some of the best
designers in the world.”
Invision says the new LILIN M series cameras
feature 1080P at 30fps frame rate, built-in Sense up+
technology to deliver video in low-light conditions. They
utilise intelligent image signal processing, 2D WDR
function, ePTZ, Region of Interest (ROI), AGC control,
and 3D Noise Reduction.
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