DVTel iSOC Version 6

12 Jan 2010
by: By John Adams
RELEASED in Australia by Pacific Communications at Security 2009, DVTel’s iSOC Version 6 is a wall-to-wall physical security management system that functions through a dynamic workstation.

DVTel’s intelligent Security Operations Center (iSOC) V6 is an open platform management system which includes a growing family of DVTel modules including Latitude Network Video Management System, Scenetracker Situational Awareness and Adaptive Visualisation Technology (AVT), CaseBuilder Incident Reporting and management Software, Longitude IP Access Control and Mentor Agent Recording and Training Software.

 

Importantly, DVTel’s iSOC V6 offers high definition quality combined with real time, multi-compression standard support of H.264 and MPEG4. According to DVTel, iSOC is the only open standards, IP-based security management system that combines video, audio, data, access control, sensors, trend analysis and alarm management functionality in a single enterprise physical security centre.

 

The key to DVTEL iSOC V6 is the system’s dynamic workstation which combines a range of modules for the most flexible and powerful operation possible. The iSOC V6 dynamic workspace allows specific users within the organization to tailor their own security operation center to their specific objectives and allow immediate intelligent action while reacting to a threat or situation. The many modules available within the iSOC create what DVTel describes as ‘a virtual reality for everything the security professional needs in a physical security solution’.

 

“There are not only multiple solutions within iSOC, the system offers complete integration between all these solutions on a single workstation and does so in intuitive ways”

 

 

Pacific Communications’ Mark Shannon says that with DVTEL iSOC Version 6 it’s possible to access the system’s intuitiveness to manage and automate different tasks, use the rules-based engine to run multiple analyses and create various reports. 

 

According to Shannon, the iSOC Version 6 has all the ease of Version 5 but is a major enhancement with H.264 integration and far greater capability.

 

“This system has a great deal of power,” says Shannon. “There are not only multiple solutions within iSOC, the system offers complete integration between all these solutions on a single workstation and does so in intuitive ways.

 

“For a start there’s a new GUI with a new shape and look to enhance display of video, with improved video display and controls. The controls to manage the video pop up on the tile itself – they’re not elsewhere on the screen. It’s dynamic and easier to use.

 

“For instance, you can create a catalogue of footage and data from other solutions within iSOC with maps, instructions, documents, spreadsheets – whatever relates to the event,” he explains. “This can all be stored in one server location or burned on a DVD.

 

“Some of the other great features include the fact each workstation can have up to 10 monitors and each monitor can support 25 cameras – this can be used as a video wall if required.

 

“And operating the system could not be more intuitive. You can add icons for click and drag – you can define spot monitors and double click on the camera and footage will go to that monitor. There’s great usability.”

Shannon says the ability to link the different solutions within iSOC make it a unique solution.

 

“Consider the way the graphics and maps integrate,” he enthuses. “I can click on a map of Australia, through to Sydney, to a suburb, to a site, to a building using multimedia tiles. Because they’re not video tiles, that means information can be incorporated.”

 

“An alarm can pop-up, you can send an email, capture and playback pre-incident video footage, you can bring it up on any tile you like, on any workstation or on any monitor – it’s set up to be very user friendly – very capable and very functional.”

 

Importantly, there’s integration with Cardax, Andover, Lenel and Forcefield access control solutions – all of which gives the system greater flexibility.

 

“DVTEL is a powerful system - the biggest site in Australia is 4000 cameras – this solution has a 10GB fibre backbone with multiple 1GB fibres along it to handle every individual locations, and 1.5 Petabytes of storage – that’s 1.5 million Terabytes.”

 

“Pacific Communications has hundreds of DVTel sites across Australia and with this powerful new iSOC Version 6 we look forward to hundreds more.”

 

 

“Operating the system could not be more intuitive. You can add icons for click and drag – you can define spot monitors and double click on the camera and footage will go to that monitor. There’s great usability”