The domes are installed at Rowneybury House in Hertfordshire – ‘Beckingham Palace’ to the tabloid press. The couple bought the former orphanage in 1999 and have developed it into a 1930s Georgian-style mansion which incorporates an indoor swimming pool, cinema and a snooker room.
The CMOR domes are at the forefront of the recently upgraded CCTV system. Tony Adams, who oversees the security arrangements at all of the Beckham’s properties around the world, said: “Although we have been one of the first to use the CMOR domes, I was convinced from the results of the on-site trials that they could help us take security to a higher level.”
The domes offer an innovative solution to providing non-obtrusive lighting for CCTV cameras in night time conditions. They have built-in long range infrared lighting which achieves levels of illumination far higher than that generated by conventional fixed IR lighting, Videoswitch says.
With CMOR’s targeted IR lighting, incidents of up to 100 metres away from the dome can be observed and tracked with full 360deg pan and tilt coverage.
Unwanted visitors observed
“Now that we have the CMOR domes it seems quite archaic that we previously relied on conventional infrared lighting units, the bulbs of which needed to be replaced on a regular basis,” said Tony Adams.
For security reasons the exact number of CMOR domes deployed around Rowneybury House cannot be disclosed but according to Adams there are more than enough to ensure that any unwanted visitors can be observed by operators in the estate’s 24/7 control room.
The images captured by the domes are recorded onto Videoswitch DVRs. Adams said: “Our on-site security personnel are finding the PTZ function of the domes very easy to operate and they are impressed with the high quality of the images.”
The success of the CCTV upgrade at Rowneybury House has led to Videoswitch being awarded the contract to provide CMOR domes and DVRs for the Beckhams’ 250 acre estate in the South of France.
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