Dahua Small Business Solutions: Fire Lanes, Speeding, Loss Prevention and More
Between 2022 and 2024 Dahua repackaged much of its technology into ready-made solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. These include plug-and-play IP systems, AI intrusion detection with AcuPick search, fire-lane and speeding detection, early fire warning, retail loss prevention, office visitor management and elevator control, plus a free online tool for designing systems. Here's what each solution does and the business problem it solves.
Simpler entry-level IP systems (April 2022)
- Plug and play: cameras connected to an NVR's built-in PoE ports set themselves up automatically, and the NVR detects cameras on an external PoE switch.
- PoE and Wi-Fi options to reduce cabling.
- The DMSS app can find, initialise and add devices; the COS Pro installer app handles channel management, cloud upgrades and remote fault checks.
- Password recovery via keychain binding in DMSS, handy when a recorder password has been forgotten.
Five AI solutions (October 2024)
- Control centre: DSS software, display walls and NVR or EVS storage to manage several subsystems from one room.
- Fire-lane parking detection: AI watches emergency routes around the clock and alerts staff when a vehicle blocks one.
- Over-speed detection: measures vehicle speed in business parks and campuses, shows it on a display and plays an audio warning.
- Precautionary fire prevention: thermal temperature monitoring to catch hot spots early in warehouses. See our thermal and fire detection article.
- EAS loss prevention: links shop security tags with cameras at the exits, cutting false alarms and making incidents easier to review.
Six more solutions (December 2024)
- Elevator control: restricts lift access to particular floors by credential and schedule, with an audit trail.
- AI surveillance: intrusion detection without blind spots, plus AcuPick search.
- Meeting rooms: an interactive whiteboard, camera, microphones and speakers with collaboration software. See our DeepHub article.
- In-store advertising with AI visitor analytics to measure footfall.
- Office management: security, attendance and visitor management.
- Villa interconnection: joins video, intercom and alarm (even from different makers) so the owner can arm, view and get alerts from a phone or tablet.
Free system design tool (May 2024)
Dahua's web-based Project Design Tool helps installers choose cameras, simulate the scene (including walls that create blind spots) and export device lists, installation reports and system plans, with no software to install.
Products for small business systems
- NVRs: DHI-NVR2108-8P-4KS2 8-channel 4K PoE and DHI-NVR4108-8P-4KS2
- Cameras: DH-IPC-HDW2649TMP-S-PV 6MP TiOC Lite and DH-IPC-HDW3849HP-AS-PV-PRO 8MP TiOC PRO
- Network: DH-CS4010-8GT-110 cloud-managed PoE switch
- Audio: DH-VCS-SH30 15W outdoor IP speaker for warnings and announcements
Read our Dahua IP camera buying guide or browse the Dahua range.
Our take
The interesting shift here is from selling cameras to solving specific problems: a blocked fire lane, speeding vans in a yard, a lost recorder password. For small businesses, framing CCTV around the problem makes it much easier to see what's worth paying for.
Got a specific security problem to solve? Call 01902 902251. We ship nationally to England, Scotland and Wales.
Quick questions
Can CCTV detect cars parked in a fire lane?
Yes. Dahua's fire-lane solution uses AI to detect vehicles in emergency routes and alert staff.
What is plug and play on an NVR?
Cameras connected to the NVR's built-in PoE ports are found and set up automatically.
What is the COS Pro app?
Dahua's installer app for setting up and maintaining customer systems remotely.
Is Dahua's design tool free?
Dahua says its web-based Project Design Tool is free to use with no software download.
Sources: Dahua MENA press releases, 11 April 2022, 28 May 2024, 14 October 2024 and 6 December 2024.
