With more than 250 stations located all over Morocco under the Total Group banner, Total petrol stations are the top three petrol suppliers in Morocco and provide clean and reliable fuels for the vehicles across the country. As plenty of customers and vehicles flow in and out every day, it is imperative for Total petrol station to guarantee the safety of the customers and employees with top-class surveillance products.

In addition, the weather in Morocco is very tough with high temperatures, under which the surveillance products would operate abnormally, resulting in system outages or image distortion. Therefore, choosing reliable products with high-temperature resistance was another critical concern for Total petrol stations.

In order to secure the petrol stations and their local areas such as restaurants and super markets 24/7 day & night, Hikvision introduced the DS-2CC192P-IR3 IR cameras to meet these demanding requirements. This camera adopts H.264 video codec and 1/3” Sony Super HAD CCD, delivering excellent video resolution of up to 540 TVL with IR distance coverage of 30 to 40 metres. This largely caters to the customer’s demand of long distance monitoring coverage with clear images at night. Moreover, the DS-2CC192P-IR3 has minimum illumination of 0.1Lux at F1.2 while the IR LEDs are off, and 0Lux while the IR LEDs are on, which enables the product to monitor the security status uninterrupted 24/7. Back light compensation and auto white balance are also supported for the product to capture clear images in various lighting conditions, which fully match the requirement of the Total petrol stations, as there is a sharp illumination contrast in and outside the station during the day in particular. Most importantly, this product carries an IP66 rating which enables the product to withstand the extremely rough weather conditions, such as high temperature, dust and wind, and therefore dramatically reduces the maintenance costs.

Since there are 30 petrol station site surveillance points throughout Morocco, Total asked for a centralised platform to monitor and operate from its headquarters (Casablanca). It was made possible with Hikvision's DS-7000HI-S series standalone DVRs and the advanced iVMS-4000 video management software. Hikvision DS-7000HI-S Series standalone DVR has a maximum 16-channel video input, while 8-channel and 4-channel inputs are also an option. This product can deliver high-quality video in playback with a resolution of up to 4CIF by adopting the H.264 video standard codec. Featuring dual compression stream, the DS-7000HI-S Series standalone DVR allows the main stream to locally store the high-quality video footages, with a sub-stream for remote preview with minimal network bandwidth occupation.

In addition, Hikvision client software iVMS-4000 was used for building a powerful video surveillance system with efficient installation and excellent performance. It supports remote preview and playback, as well as being able to remotely configure the parameters, which helps the security staff in the Total Group (Headquarter in Morocco) to view the on-site scenes, as well as to centrally manage the surveillance system more conveniently.