Over the years Matlock Bath has grown into a popular tourism destination and today is well known for its cavern tours and cable cars. During peak season it can attract up to 10,000 visitors a day. With demand in the town growing since it first installed its CCTV network Derbyshire Dales District Council found themselves adding new cameras as hot spot areas were identified. When TrellisWorks was approached the original system had nearly trebled and the council was facing repeated call outs for maintenance with unreliable connectivity and constant breakdowns.
Case Study
Optimising CCTV
in tourism beauty spot
Derbyshire Dales District Council turned to TrellisWorks to help reconfigure a failing CCTV network which had more than trebled in size since it was first installed.
The Challenges
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Growing system
As Matlock grew in popularity new locations were identified as in need of monitoring adding to the system
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Constant breakdowns
CCTV suffered heavily with faults that caused a constant need for maintenance due to unreliable connections
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No central documentation
There was no singular maintenance documentation for the whole system making maintenance difficult
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Difficult terrain
Matlock Bath is set amongst very hilly terrain with the need for several links at the top of the historic Heights of Abraham cable cars which are over 1000ft above sea level
TrellisWorks carried out a full audit of the CCTV system to plot each of the camera and radio locations. Each network device was reconfigured and provided with a unique IP address making them easier to locate and reduce interference.
Two new radio links were added to boost bandwidth using 60Ghz. This sped up the wireless links and reduced interference providing a more reliable network.
By optimising the existing network rather than completely changing it TrellisWorks was able to deliver a more reliable network with reduced faults and improved connectivity,
The Successes
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Reliable connectivity - eliminating call outs
By optimising the network TrellisWorks was able to eliminate repeated faults on the system
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Cost effective
No need to update the whole system, created a solution which worked with the existing network
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Futureproofing ongoing maintenance
Created a centralised, up to date plan for the whole system to make maintenance easier in the future
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Providing best practice
Following the success of the project Derbyshire Dales District Council is looking to replicate the solution into neighbouring towns
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