Fast-growing Bus Company Rides High with IP Video Surveillance from Toshiba
IRVINE, CA, October 07, 2013 -- Miller Transportation Inc. has been providing reliable charter bus service to the Indiana and Kentucky region for more than twenty-five years. Based in Indianapolis and Louisville, KY, Miller Transportation offers the largest selection of modern motor coaches in the midwest, specializing in charter, minibus, trolley and shuttle van transportation. It is renown in the industry for its superior professionalism with a fleet of CVSA-certified buses, uniformed drivers and a large service facility staffed with highly trained mechanics.
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Tens of thousands of people use chartered bus services every day to go to school and work, to visit entertaiment venues, or to vacation in places near and far. Additionally, factors such as an aging US population and higher fuel costs have led to increased travel by bus. To leverage the higher demand for chartered bus service, Miller built a $5 million state-of-the-art facility in Louisville, KY in 2013, consisting of a 26,000 square-foot bus maintenance center and a 24,000 square-foot administrative office connected by a walkway.
Miller turned to Toshiba authorized dealer, Indatus of Louisville, KY, a full-service data communications contractor, to provide phone systems, network infrastructure, cabling, building access and video surveillance for the new building.
Scott Langley, Project Manager for Indatus, led the design and installation: "Because it was new construction, we were able to install cutting-edge infrastructure and network cabling for both the company's LAN and for the video surveillance system. We also put in an access control and phone system. This is truly the latest in data communications technology."
When it came time to install the video surveillance system, Langley was asked to engineer it so that not only would it provide visual recordings of everyday threats, such as vandalism or theft, but it would also give management vantage points to remotely monitor the goings-on's inside the maintenance center with its bus lifts, wash bays, fueling station and busy mechanics. Additionally, Miller wanted cameras to capture buses coming in and out from its busy parking lot inthe rare event of an accident.
Indatus recommended that Miller install a Toshiba NVSe network video recorder in both the garage and the office building. Each NVSe is equipped with its own separate NIC cards, therefore keeping camera traffic off the company's LAN. As a safety precaution, Indatus purchased additional licenses for the two NVRs so in case one went down or was sent out for repairs, the other could pick up a few cameras from the other building. Toshiba Surveillix® central station software is installed on both NVSe units for complete remote access, set-up control, user administration, video backup, live viewing and powerful search capabilities. NVSe recorders have dual monitor support via HDMI and DVI, a feature that Indatus uses in the garage for viewing on a desktop monitor with sequencing for four cameras. Indatus also provided management with Surveillix mobile software
for viewing live cameras on smartphones and tablets.
Indatus installed a total of 34 Toshiba IP cameras in the garage and another 22 inside the administrative office. Toshiba IK-WD14A IP dome cameras with 1080p HD resolution were deployed inside the buildings while IK-WB80A IP bullet cameras went outside. Both cameras have the high resolution necessary to capture small details over large monitoring areas. For example, after the building was complete, someone drove over an island and left deep rut marks in the new sod. Miller was able to review the video and quickly identify the driver by using the NVSe's preview search.
The IK-WD14A camera offers built-in SRLED to help capture video in near complete darkness, along with a wide dynamic range for challenging back lighting environments. The camera also offers simultaneous H.264/MPEG4/MJPEG streaming for automatic bandwidth prioritization, enabling seamless full frame (1920 x 1080) video at up to 30 frames-per-second for both live viewing and recording. Imaging performance is further enhanced by the camera's one-touch 3x remote zoom, remote focus, and broad angle pan and tilt.
"High-definition is the most prominent trend in the IP camera space," explained Sergio Collazo, Director of Sales and Marketing for Toshiba Surveillance & IP Video. "The IK-WD14A is a natural
extension of Toshiba's IT culture and its strong history of innovation in consumer high-definition video."
Outdoors, Indatus selected the rugged Toshiba IK-WD80A IP bullet camera. It is IP-66 rated to withstand the punishment of wide temperature swings, rain, ice and snow. Plus, it is tamper- and vandal resistant in case intruders attempt to disable it. And like the IK-WD14A, it has advanced IR LEDs to provide 0.0 lux minimal illumination so nothing outside escapes detection.
With the Toshiba real-time IP video system in place Miller management is now able to keep a close eye on company operations, as well as to detect security-related incidents inside or outside its new facility, both on desktop or on the Toshiba Surveillix mobile app. As a result, the IP system has improved Miller employees' sense of security, and enhanced their service attitude and professionalism.
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