Sanyo network cameras create a safe environment in a hotel in the Sierra de Madrid

The Sheraton Santa María Hotel in El Paular, one of the most secluded rural hotels, but also more prestigious, of this hotel chain, has invested in Sanyo video surveillance cameras to create a completely safe environment for its guests, and at the same time deter and detect possible intruders.

Located just one hour north of Madrid, immersed in the natural beauty of the Sierra de Guadarrama, in the heart of the Lozoya Valley, in the municipality of Rascafría, next to the 15th century monastery from which it takes its name, el Hotel Sheraton Santa María de El Paular ha recurrido a las cámaras de red Full HD de Sanyo to create a safe environment for the thousands of tourists who come to this area of ​​the Sierra de Madrid every year.

The hotel's CCTV system had become obsolete since the analog cameras were not capable of delivering the quality images required by the hotel's security administration., in order to allow them to identify intruders, as well as the ability to read vehicle license plate numbers in order to identify their entry and exit and also maintain their record..

High definition cameras

To the company specialized in IP networks, Gesico, was asked to install new cameras that could meet the hotel's demanding needs. In addition to offering high resolution images, Another important requirement for the cameras was to be able to operate in adverse and diverse weather conditions due to the hotel being in an area that experiences both very hot and very cold weather conditions.. Gesico installed six Sanyo Full HD cameras to replace most of the existing analog cameras.

Sanyo's vandal-resistant VDC-HD3100P Full HD camera has the ability to capture images of 1920 x 1080 in color to 25 fps and is equipped with Dual Codec to support both the latest H.264 compression standard, as well as the MJPEG. Using technology developed by Sanyo's miniaturization experience, the cameras are a 40% smaller than conventional CCTV cameras.

Conrado Montalvo, technical director of Gesico, has explained: “The hotel takes the safety of its guests very seriously., but in any event, with the introduction of the new legislation in Spain, It was important that the system be updated. We have tested a large number of cameras from different manufacturers, but we were very impressed with the performance of the Sanyo HD camera. Being able to use cameras to zoom in and identify license plates was especially important to our customers., along with the clarity of the images. Both objectives are being achieved with Sanyo cameras, even in low light conditions. Some of the analogue cameras remain installed but will be replaced in the next phase of the CCTV system upgrade with more Sanyo cameras.”

Range of Sanyo cameras installed in the hotel:

• 6 cameras that include CS mount, Zoom Full HD, Full HD and vandal-proof PTZ
• Still images up to 4 megapixels
• Full HD resolution 1920 x 1080
• Quad current monitoring
• Dual H.264/MJPEG encoding
•Objetivos AF 160 x Zoom