IDIS together with integration partner Apex Network Solutions, has provided the video surveillance solutions for two large high schools that form part of the Wade Deacon Trust across Merseyside.
The Wade Deacon High School, which is the Trust’s largest school, sought to overcome the shortcomings of its existing, early generation IP CCTV system, and problems including rising maintenance costs, poor usability, and variable image quality. Apex was tasked with delivering a solution that would offer the lowest cost of ownership (TCO) with a minimal ongoing operating burden, and a solution that easy adaptability to meet any future requirements.
Keeping installation costs down, Apex designed a seamless end-to-end and NDAA-compliant IDIS DirectIP solution comprising three 32-channel 4K recorders and a mix of close to ninety 5MP and 12MP IR domes, bullet, and fisheye cameras. The system is designed for unobtrusive coverage of corridors, indoor communal areas, entrances, building perimeters, and high-value sporting facilities which are vulnerable to vandalism out-of-hours. Every IDIS camera has the advantage of plug-and-play set-up, which allowed the Apex engineers to complete the upgrade during term time without any disruption to learning.
The Wade Deacon Trust’s Hillside High School in Bootle also needed to update its aging CCTV system, but the installation would be more challenging due to the school’s 1930s architecture, with a lack of ceiling voids for easy cable runs, long corridors, and solid floor construction. The school also wanted to address usability, gaps in coverage, variable image quality, and rising maintenance costs.
Apex designed an end-to-end solution taking advantage of IDIS plug-and-play deployment and seamless device compatibility, enabling full system functionality without installation glitches – particularly valuable at older sites such as Hillside, where cabling options are limited. The expanded system now includes seventy high-definition internal and external domes and bullets and the 12MP IDIS Super Fisheye – between them ensuring HD and ultra-HD image capture, even in challenging lighting conditions, thanks to the cameras being equipped with true WDR and IR LED. As a result, the school’s new system now ensures comprehensive coverage of corridors, communal areas, entrances, and school grounds, and it is easier for staff to work with thanks to the IDIS Center VMS management software, which makes it simple to live view, playback and retrieve recorded footage and allows role-based access rights to be easily configured.
