The Avigilon Control Center software is the mainstay used in the control rooms of the First Direct Arena stadium to manage the IP cameras located inside and outside the venue. With ACC Mobile, operators can view live images on their mobile devices.

Avigilon First Direct Arena

The First Direct Arena, located in Leeds (West Yorkshite – United Kingdom), It was inaugurated in the autumn of 2013. A fan-shaped venue in which more than 100 people are scheduled to be held. 140 Events per year, such as professional sports events and concerts. Such a spectacular setting, with the capacity to 13.500 People, required a sophisticated high-definition video surveillance system to manage, efficiently, All Areas, both those corresponding to the customers who attend the events and the area dedicated to employees.

To respond to these requirements, the security project was entrusted to the company Reflex Systems, which provided a solution that integrated video surveillance, Access Control & Perimeter & Intrusion Detection.

Under the recommendation of Reflex Systems, First Direct Arena chose the software Avigilon Control Center (Acc) for its ability to effectively manage a large-scale IP surveillance system. It also helped in this decision that this tool had already been installed in other similar venues such as the Slovnaft Arena stadiums (Slovakia) and Rogers Centre (Canada).

First Direct Arena uses a high-definition video surveillance system to effectively and efficiently monitor the flow of people. With ACC software, Security personnel are able to control a wide variety of situations, such as altercations in the stands or possible robberies, in an organized way.”The Avigilon system helps us mitigate some of the problems that usually occur in this type of venue where so many people come. Nos permite estar atentos ante posibles altercados y también nos facilita la identificación de posibles interferencias en el flujo de tráfico en los alrededores del estadio. ACC has allowed us to manage our multiple cameras much better and act more quickly.", explains Lee Sinnott, facilities manager at First Direct Arena.

Managing a large-scale video surveillance system is a daunting task for security personnel, but with Avigilon's intuitive ACC software, it has been simplified: The system allows you to download the parts of the files that are needed at a given time, providing clear and efficient images. With Avigilon's solution, the security team at the stadium is able to manage dozens of IP cameras that monitor the square, parking, Internal Zones and Entry Points. Avigilon system operators use ACC Mobile to view live and recorded footage remotely from their smartphones and tablets. Whereas with network video recorders (Nvr) Avigilon, The equipment is capable of storing up to 30 Days of continuous surveillance images.

Avigilon First Direct Arena

'Redundant' control rooms

In addition to the main control room, which is located on the ground floor and from where everything that happens is supervised. 24 hours of the day, First Direct Arena uses a second control room during events to keep an eye on the exterior and interior of the venue. With ACC software, Perfect synchronization is achieved in the communication of the operators working in both rooms.

"Our old system only provided mirror images of the other screen. If an operator was viewing an image in the main control room, in the other, the same image was seen. With Avigilon we have full control of the functions of both locations. If one of the control rooms is disconnected, The security team can continue their work without missing a beat in the other room. This kind of flexibility gives us greater control and functionality”, says Sinnott.

Proceeds

The result of having installed the Avigilon solution is that with the, the First Direct Arena's security team is able to monitor and manage the venue's activity, both in the stands and outside. In addition, Its advanced search features help the security team locate and evaluate recorded footage in no time. Finally,, with the ACC platform they can also control a large number of IP cameras and record images without freezing or slowing down the system.


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By • 7 Jul, 2014
• Section: Case studies, Access control, MAIN HIGHLIGHT, Detection, Infrastructure, Intrusion, Video surveillance