6 Challenges Fleet Managers Solve Using Wireless Downloading

The benefits a fleet gains from a video surveillance solution includes increased safety, reduced risk and the ability to avoid false claims.
But not all fleets who make use of video surveillance systems choose wireless downloading as part of their video solution package. For those fleets that don’t, we find they typically experience 6 common and pervasive challenges which can often impede a fleet manager’s ability to access defendable video data — the whole reason they selected a video surveillance system in the first place.

Let’s take a look at the common challenges that are easily resolved with the use of wireless downloading.

• Challenge 1: Long Manual Retrieval Process
• Challenge 2: Lost or Misplaced Hard Drives
• Challenge 3: Increased Risk of Damaging Hard Drives
• Challenge 4: Facing the Elements
• Challenge 5: Re-installment Errors
• Challenge 6 : Off-line Systems

 

Challenge 1: Long Manual Retrieval Process

Consider the amount of time spent on retrieving footage for even just one video request submission.

The following steps each take significant amounts of time (some steps can chew through excessive amounts of time – such as sourcing a specific bus in a yard full of buses):

• Sourcing the bus
• Accessing the vehicle in the yard
• Pulling the hard drive
• Bringing the hard drive back to the office
• Downloading the data
• And finally returning the hard drive back to its original location

Now multiply the amount of time these steps take by the number of requests a fleet manager might receive each day, each week, each month. Can you afford to spend this amount of time on manual processes?

Challenge 2: Lost or Misplaced Hard Drives

As organized as a team may be, each fleet runs the risk of misplacing their hard drives and potentially forgetting to reinstall them on the bus. This risk increases with the size of the fleet. Is the risk worth it?

Challenge 3: Increased Risk of Damaging Hard Drives

The more often you remove and reinstall a hard drive, the more you run the risk of damaging that hard drive. Can you accept that you might find yourself without video backup when you need it most?

Challenge 4: Facing the Elements

Are your hard drives exposed to rain, snow or even sand as you transport them across the bus yard? These elements could negatively impact your hard drive’s ability to function as it was originally intended. Does this concern you?

Challenge 5: Re-installment Errors

Hard drives can easily be re-installed incorrectly and then you run the risk of having no defendable data when you need it most. Do you know how your system is performing at all times? Can you correct issues before they impact your ability to access video?

Challenge 6 : Off-line Systems

Systems can go off-line from time to time and operators can remain uninformed of the status of their video surveillance solutions without conducting a physical inspection of their cameras and hard drives. Could you save a lot of time and headaches if you knew the status of your system at all times?

Wireless Downloading can help a fleet manager overcome these challenges.

In all of the instances noted above, a fleet manager can find themselves with the unhappy task of reporting an incident has been improperly recorded — with no evidence to support or argue a claim, a query or an investigation.

Seon Commander Wireless Downloading can eliminate the need for manual video retrievals, reduce the risk of damaged hard drives, installment errors, and off-line systems, while freeing your staff to work on other duties and providing you with more peace-of-mind.