VerifiedAlarmsNetwork
How it works......
Modern network enabled cameras (see http://www.verifiedalarms.com/ camerassupported.html) can be used
as a standalone form of surveillance for a home or a small business or it could be linked to a professionally
installed intruder or fire alarm system to give a verification of the nature of the alarm..... Is there really an
intruder in the property or is the alarm caused by some other action, for example the weather, lightning,
thunder etc. Or has an animal made its way into the building? Or is it a member of staff who has incorrectly
operated the alarm?
This flexibility that these cameras provide leads to issues with bandwidth and delivery.
Because of the size of the images and the potentially high numbers of images sent it is necessary to have the
remote location on a connection with a huge incoming data “pipe”. This way images can be streamed easily
and quickly into receiving servers.
VerifiedAlarms operates country servers located currently in the UK, Europe and USA. Other country servers
will be added as time progresses (if you are interested in a franchise please contact us at
These servers are manufactured by Initsys and they, in turn, control a bank of Mass Video Storage
Devices(MVSD). Each server can control up to a Petabyte of MVSD.
New MVSD are added from time to time to keep the available space well above the expected demand from
subscribers. And we keep our bandwidth controlled so that when you need to send a vital alarm you can.
As soon as an image arrives at a MVSD its location, size and other network information is relayed to the
country server and that data is used to decide the next course of action. It could be that you wish to be
informed by SMS message or email or indeed you could subscribe to one of our partner commercial Alarm
Receiving Stations (ARC) to link the alarm images to actual data from an on-site intruder/fire or other alarm.
The ARC operators then have images to verify that the alarm is true or false.
Of course the images remain on the server until they are overwritten or are deleted by the owner.
The owner can view these at any time by simply logging into the country server and selecting the images.
This is all achieved through a standard security enabled browser.
Alarms are handled by Initsys Merlin2DotZero the 3
rd
dimension in alarm handling, incorporating audio and
video to alarm data.
Other systems may exist that allow remote transmission of CCTV, but you need to ask yourself....
“Is it a professional service? Does it guarantee delivery of my alarm to the alarm receiving centre? And are
my cameras protected from unauthorised viewing by just anyone at any time?”
