MAKING A REMOTE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FROM A PC

MAKING A REMOTE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FROM A PC

DANTANI SULE
cidamo2003@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT
This Article presents how a remote surveillance system (RSS) can be made from a personal computer (PC). The RSS is made to work as Digital video Recorder/Player, Digital time lapse recorder, alarm monitor, and video motion detector. The article further reveals how money is saved on cctv equipment by mere use of real time cctv monitoring package.
SECTION ONE
INTRODUCTION
All organization has valuable assets and properties, these assets and properties among other things may include; Human, buildings, weapons, materials, documents, equipment, machines, products, money, food, drinks and so on.
The assets are classified into three namely
(1.) TANGIBLE,
(2.) INTANGIBLE,
(3.) CURRENT
TANGIBLE ASSETS:- These are assets or physical properties that are visible as one goes round the premises of the organization. It is farther classified into three groups namely; 1. Land and Buildings,
2. Plants and machineries, furniture, equipment, fixtures, fittings, motor vehicle, trucks ships, aircrafts e.t.c.
3. Stocks, work in progress, raw materials and finished goods.
INTANGEBLE ASSETS:- These are goodwill, cash an hand and cash in the Bank.
CURRENT ASSETS:-These are assets that are constantly consumed, sold and renewed. They fall into the last category of the tangible assets. They are prone to attacks by both internal and external unauthorized persons.
For organizations to maintain and secure there assets from attacks internally and externally, there is the need to put in place a system that will dictate, report and if possible arrest intruders from vandalizing/steeling the asset of the organization. The entire system that will carryout these work is known as electronic security system.
Every electronic security system composes of alarms and alarm monitoring, access control system, CCTV system and intercom system as its major components.
Nowadays, most organizations purses computer systems and also have there networks. These facilities can be enhanced to function for local and remote video monitoring. In this vain, let journey to the would of making a remote surveillance system from a personal computer system.
Part two of this article explains a typical video tape-based cctv system including its components and some components which might not be required in this work but used in other fields. Part three deals with the subject matter (making a remote surveillance system from a personal computer system). It also presents the installation of a typical real time CCTV monitoring package. Part four is some discussions and conclusion.