CCTV

Software

Nowadays, most CCTV equipment manufacturers develop software to manage the images generated by surveillance cameras, whether they are digital or analogue cameras. This type of software is called VMS (Video Management Software). The main function of a VMS software is to manage the images and data (IVS) coming from the cameras, so that this information can be processed by operators or by automated procedures and provide a timely response to a particular event.

The capabilities of this type of software are growing every day, as today it allows us to integrate various physical security technologies such as intrusion systems, access control systems, fire systems or even BIM systems, which can converge on a single platform and make video surveillance systems more efficient.

Another widely used CCTV software in the world of CCTV is Video Analytics. Video Analytics is software that extracts useful information from video images, converting the video into data that can tell us something or send an alarm depending on the type of data. A very common video analytics is LPR (License Plate Recognition), which is responsible for identifying the license plates of a vehicle through an algorithm in charge of identifying and separating that data from the video.

Another very common analytic is VMD (Video Motion Detection), which simply reacts to any movement that exists in a given image. Grupo Covix can provide the CCTV software that best suits your needs, whether it is a simple VMS, or a complex video analytics that requires integration for a turnkey project.

Cameras

Cameras are a fundamental part of a CCTV system, they are the source that will feed video to the system. Although analog cameras are still used, digital cameras are mostly used today due in large part to the fact that they are configured within a TCP/IP network receiving an IP address and thus achieving easy management and administration. There are 4 main types of cameras, fixed for indoors, fixed for outdoors, PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) for indoors, and PTZ for outdoors.

There are accessories for all these cameras that will make their installation and use easier. Grupo Covix has a wide range of cameras for closed circuits such as: cameras with night vision, with motion detection, thermal, wireless, HD, thermographic, dome and bullet, long-range thermal and multispectral systems, LPR (License Plate Recognition), etc.

Storage

As CCTV systems evolved, cameras and recorders evolved, giving way to digital technologies in video surveillance systems and since then the way of storing video was done in digital recorders (DVR) which mainly used HDD to store video of better resolutions and with higher image quality.

Technological advancement has pushed video surveillance systems to use network technologies, allowing high-quality camera images to be stored regardless of where these images come from on devices called network recorders (NVRs). This gives us the ability to store significant amounts of video in services that we now know as “the cloud”, an online service that does not require the physical installation of equipment in the same location as the security cameras and that is compatible with multiple brands of manufacturers. One of the most important advantages of the new video surveillance systems is the ability to access these images from any mobile or desktop device and from anywhere, using secure methods of accessing information, giving users peace of mind knowing that their information is well protected.

​Accessories

CCTV accessories are accessories that will help us to adapt the cameras, either to improve their mounting, or to achieve some additional functionality in particular, such as adapting infrared emitters to achieve greater distance night vision.

There are dome, mini-dome, wall, ceiling, indoor, outdoor, etc. mounts for cameras. In addition to mounting accessories, there are accessories to encapsulate the cameras and protect them from vandalism or extreme climates. These accessories are also called housings.

Cables, eliminators, power supplies, transceivers, connectors, cabinets, bases, etc., are part of the wide range of accessories that Grupo Covix can choose to deliver a turnkey CCTV project.