Ochtum Park outlet is made up of over 50 businesses carrying many world leading brands, occupying an area of 22,000 square metres and attracts 2.5 million visitors every year.

The management required a modern, discrete and unobtrusive system. Sebastian Kühne, the spokesman for the owners explained: "We wanted coverage of the outdoor areas to be as complete as possible, but without having to install huge numbers of cameras. After all, we want our visitors to feel comfortable here, not as if they are constantly being watched."

Ochtum Park found the solution in the Panomera multifocal sensor technology from Dallmeier. With its patented camera technology, which unlike single sensor cameras works with multiple lenses, this system can monitor a huge expanse in the highest possible resolution from a single installation location. And in addition: "The cameras have been painted the same RAL colour as the building façades, so they blend discreetly with the overall image", explains Dirk Lüders, Sales Manager with Dallmeier and joint manager of the Ochtum Park project.

"One of the challenges we faced at Ochtum Park was that we were asked not to undertake any large-scale cable laying to transmit the images to the security office" explains Christian Linthaler, Sales Manager with Dallmeier. "So we set up a wireless local loop to carry the streams."

A major consideration for Ochtum Park was that the cameras should be extremely sensitive to light, so that they would still deliver detailed image material with high colour fidelity even at night with poor light conditions. For this reason, the Panomera Nightline series was chosen, because it is equipped with the very latest generation of image sensors and encoders, which is highly sensitive to light and infrared radiation. The Nightline cameras are equipped with an ambient light sensor and a removable IR cut filter and can switch between day and night mode automatically. They are ideally suited to situations in which exceptional contrast, brilliant clarity and high colour fidelity even in poor light conditions, or exceptional infrared sensitivity for outstanding results in night mode are required. "We can identify individuals from a distance of 160 m, and even read car licence plates at night. The resolution is really incredible", says Sebastian Kühne.

The camera images are recorded on multiple Dallmeier IPS 2400 appliances, powerful video appliances with integrated storage system for reliable recording and storage of the video material.  The video streams are analysed centrally in the security office at Ochtum Park. "Operation is really simple and intuitive", Sebastian Kühne concluded.