Hanssen recalls a situation involving a large corporate client, which called with a complaint about its video system going offline. “What happened was that in an attempt to go green, the company was turning off power to sections of the facility,” he recalls. “The integrator had not ensured the cameras were powered by mission critical power, and therefore they were not exempt from those power cycles.”
Hanssen’s recollection points up the need for security dealers and integrators to strive for nothing less than excellence when designing a video surveillance system.