Surveillance Solutions:   Active Webcam helps secure and monitor people, facilities and assets in a wide range of security applications. Our surveillance model is designed for commercial applications that require recording one or more either network IP cameras or traditional analog CCTV cameras connected to surveillance computer.   The surveillance system is made up of two primary components: the surveillance computer and the PY Software Web server system, which is used to provide remote access to live and recorded video of one or more surveillance computers. The surveillance computer captures, compresses, and stores video from connected cameras. You can playback recorded video, control PTZ cameras, detect motion and trigger notification via e-mail or pager.   The PY Software Web server enables remote access to one or more surveillance computers over Internet. The Web server provides a single unified view of multiple systems via Web browser. It also implements storage of recorded events, automated monitoring surveillance outages, remote control PTZ cameras, and sending alerts via e-mail or pager.

Ways to Use:   Banking Financial institutions can install activewebcam at offices to increase security. Separate video files of each specific action can be stored onto a central Web server for potential future investigation. High image quality leads to easy identification of people and at the cashier in the branch office. Ability to encrypt video files gives additional proof of identity.   Buildings, offices, shopping-malls and parking lots Activewebcam can monitor buildings, offices, shopping-malls and parking lots securely and easily, thus making these places safer for all visitors. At night, surveillance system can be used to monitor the facility. In the event of an unauthorized entry, motion detection can initiate recording of the intruder and send an immediate notification to security.   Retail Activewebcam provide additional security over traditional analog systems for retail stores who are constantly exposed to the threat of robbery. Live video is transmitted over Internet and can be stored on a web server in a secure place, rather than on a tape cassette that is reachable by potential criminals.   Home security During the day, you can watch your children, parents, pets etc. remotely trough Internet. At night, motion detection can trigger an alarm, start recording video, and scare off intruders with a sound siren.

Advantages of Digital Surveillance versus Analog Surveillance:   Digital Surveillance: Analog Surveillance: Quality images stayed same all time Reduced picture quality as time progresses Multiplexer not required (built in) Short recording time Built in motion detector Complicated search task Ease of video archiving Chewed up tapes getting stuck in VCR Storing video data on DVD disks Remotely access from anywhere Local and remote Pan/Tilt/Zoom camera control Ability to record while search function operate Encrypted and password protected recording and transmission Sending alarm notifications by email (photo and text)

See Also:   Screen Shots - see Active WebCam in action. Ways to use - solutions based on Active WebCam software. Online Tutorial - Active WebCam documentation. System Calculator - calculate hard drive size, CPU speed, and bandwidth required to record and watch surveillance camera.