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Vicon’s Kollector digital security station has recently been installed at
The Oxford University Physical Chemistry Department.
The Physical Chemistry department building dates from 1941 and is located next
to Rhodes House Library. In 1956 it was the site of experiments that won the Nobel Prize for Sir Cyril Hinshelwood and Nickolay Semenov as a result of their research into the mechanisms of chemical reactions.
The Kollector range of digital recorders are standalone or networkable. They provide extended continuous record times well above the nearest competitor. Kollector can record from 16 cameras simultaneously and it has connections to alarm sensors and alarm relays.
At Oxford the Vicon digital station is being used for general surveillance of entrances, fire exit and internal doors on a nine camera system. The unit was installed by ADT (Hemel Hempstead) after demonstrations to the end user by Vicon technical staff. Facilities managers at the laboratory were particularly anxious to avoid the logistical problems inherent in tape storage and a digital archiving mechanism was appealing.
The Kollector stores its video on a 45Gb hard drive. Additional drives can be added for further extended recording. Live or recorded video is viewed through a PC monitor. Video scenes can be exported easily from the system in standard JPEG format to the hard drive or to removable media. The unit not only removes the need for videotape and monitors, but it also acts as a powerful multiplexer.
Current sponsors of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory include Mobil Oil, BP, the Ministry of Defence, Glaxo and Smith Kline Beecham. The laboratory accommodates 22 academic staff, including four Fellows of the Royal Society and the facility is recognised around the world as a centre of excellence.
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