The installation and design was carried out by Security Design Services.
Key elements of the scheme include the linking back, over fibre, of 21 geographically dispersed campus buildings – using a number of Digital Sprite 2 DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) and the associated NetVu ObserVer GUI (Graphic User Interface) – to a new control room in the Estates Services and Security building at the Leicester campus.
Additionally, Security Design Services installed 26 smaller ECO DVRs to link-back 26 lifts at various locations across the campus, over the network, and has also started a rolling upgrade programme of existing CCTV cameras.
De Montford has approximately 20,500 students and 3,240 members of staff on its campus.
Steve Critchlow, general manager of Security Design Services, said: “Going down the NetVu Connected route has allowed us to put the Estate Services and Security team in a position to monitor CCTV cameras across the campus by removing the legacy – and disparate – monitoring systems.”
Morgan Lloyd, Security Team Leader at De Montfort, added: “With remote monitoring and compatibility between the various NetVu Connected elements we are able to respond faster to situations as they develop.”
The CCTV upgrade is part of a wider five year university security upgrade plan.
