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  Farmers in the South West have recently been warned to be aware of sheep rustlers in operation. This blog post will look at ways that you can help protect your flock and keep them safe.   Farming UK reported that 200 incidences of sheep rustling have been reported in 3 months in the Wiltshire area. Whilst tragically, only 1% of UK rustling cases traditionally lead to conviction due to insufficient evidence.   This news story has caused concern to us being so close to our home here in Bristol, but also due to the great impact it has on farmers whom we work so closely with.   Below we’ve listed our top tips to help you protect your animals, your land, and your livelihood.   TecTRACER paint. Using TecTRACER paint to mark your flock works by using thousands of forensic coded microdots that stick to the fleeces and coats and are virtually impossible to remove. They can then be easily read by the police and traced back to their owner. The forensic codes a...

With Christmas just around the corner, we can’t put off thinking about shopping anymore! This blog will cover our top gifts this Christmas to help you choose the perfect present before it’s too late! We can guarantee Christmas delivery up until the 23rd of December. Wildlife Cameras Our bird box cameras and wildlife cameras are an excellent Christmas present for anyone who loves nature and wildlife. We have a camera for everyone from the super techy to the tech-averse. All of which come with a handy set up guide, and we have lots of helpful videos so it should be super easy for your loved one to get set up. Below is an overview of the selection we have available. WiFi Bird Box Camera We really must give a special mention to our best selling and much-loved WiFi Bird Box Camera . This camera uses the WiFi in your home to allow you to see the critters in your garden on your phone, tablet or PC from anywhere. If your loved one isn’t that great with tech, our helpful video guide will ...

As an authorised Hikvision wholesaler, we work to bring our trade customers a complete range of professional security solutions. With this in mind, we are proud to say that we can now supply Hikvision thermal cameras , unleashing some of the most advanced security features available on the market today. Once the exclusive domain of costly industrial systems and military equipment, this new range of thermal imaging equipment looks just like standard CCTV cameras, and can connect to any one of Hikvision’s professional NVRs. This not only makes it realistic option for customers on mid-sized budgets, but means they can seemlessly integrate into an existing IP security system. How do thermal cameras work? Whilst traditional CCTV cameras pick up visible light and some infrared (so-called “near infrared”), thermal cameras detect infrared with much, much longer wavelengths. This means they can detect the ambient heat that is emitted by everyday objects. Because subjects such as vehicles and ...

In the past couple of weeks you no doubt have noticed the avalanche of emails from companies asking you to confirm that you still want to receive marketing materials from them. This is because of the impending onset – on May 25th – of GDPR. For those living in blissful, blissful ignorance, GDPR (or the General Data Protection Regulation) is a landmark new piece of EU legislation, that dictates how companies can use your personal data. This has massive implications for industries such as email marketing, which now requires companies to ensure that customers have actively opted in to receive communications…hence the emails. What is getting less attention, however, is that GDPR also has massive implications for any company that uses CCTV. Whilst it can be tempting for smaller businesses to try and think that they can fly under the radar, the potentially massive size of the fines should make all business owners sit up and pay attention – up to 40% of revenue, or €20,000,000, whichever is ...

Whilst it’s still not exactly a household name, Hikvision is now established enough to be familiar to many people outside of the niche worlds of CCTV and security. Thanks in part to their aggressive funding for research & development, they are now firmly in place as the largest manufacturer of security cameras in the world, with their equipment used in everything from airports to arenas. However, Hikvision very specifically market their cameras towards installers and tradespeople, which can throw up frustrating barriers for DIY users who want to purchase and set up their own home systems. This is where their increasingly popular range of HiWatch CCTV equipment proves invaluable. What is HiWatch? HiWatch is the name given to Hikvision’s most cost effective range, specifically designed for home CCTV use, and by DIY installers. Most of Hikvision’s professional cameras are sold behind trade-only logins – and those that aren’t will be grey market models that they often remotely disabl...

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Time was, it was a simple thing to figure out how many CCTV cameras you could have running in your security system at any one time  – just look at the number of plugs on the back of the recorder. These days however,  the use of IP cameras makes this a far more confusing question. Network Video Recorders (or NVRs) are designed to work with a wide range of IP camera resolutions, from 1 megapixel (720p) models to huge beasts recording at 8 megapixels and over, and as a result the maximum number of cameras they can record at any one time can vary significantly. So if this is the case, just how do you figure out how many IP cameras you can connect to your recorder or network? Bandwidth is key The most important thing to understand when planning an IP camera system, is that everything is dictated by bandwidth, or the amount of data being handled by the network. Simply put, if your network is a water pipe, then the bandwidth would be the amount of water flowing through it. Much l...