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C-AllView PTZ cameras for challenging coastal environments

Dorset-based security installer Secure Alarms is using the new Ganz C-Allview high speed PTZ domes in a number of high security coastal sites.

"The cameras offer important advantages over traditional domes," says Secure Alarms engineer-supervisor Rob Cutler, "including their built-in wipers."

"The wipers are a huge bonus for the locations where we are using them, as the wet conditions can be a real problem. The models also stand up well to the corrosive coastal atmosphere."

In fact the ruggedised C-Allview is sealed to IP67, making it suitable for a wide range of external applications where physical abuse and extreme environmental conditions are likely.

Secure Alarms installs and maintains systems for a wide range of customers in the Poole area, including leisure centres, shipyards and industrial sites.

"The company's engineers have found the C-Allview not only tough, but also easy to work with.  Customers have also been impressed with the model's competitive pricing," explains Mr Cutler.

"Our field staff love the multiple protocols which are built-into the camera heads because these allow the cameras to be easily integrated with other equipment on site.  It makes the job very fast and straightforward."

"The competitive pricing of the C-Allview is also making it more affordable for customers to replace expensive, competitor equipment when it reaches the end of its useful life," he adds.

The C-Allview features optically flat glass, which does not distort images as in the way that traditional dome cameras can.  It also delivers brighter, clearer images at higher zoom rates.

This greater range gives engineers more flexibility when it comes to fitting in adverse conditions.

The C-AllView PTZ camera is cast from aluminium, hard anodised and powder-coated to ensure protection from scratching, oxidisation and attack from solvents.  The replaceable front glass window is also toughened.

"Following the success of our first C-Allview installations earlier this year we now have a number of major customers also looking at them," adds Mr Culter.