Multicamera video alarm system for remote monitoring and method

A method for providing a surveillance system for radio transmission of surveillance information from a first location to a second location, comprising:

• providing a plurality of cameras mountable at said first location in a plurality of different positions, said plurality of cameras being operable to produce video information;
• providing a plurality of motion detectors to be positioned in a known relationship for association with respective of said plurality of cameras whereby when a respective motion detector is tripped then a respective camera is indicated, said plurality of motion detectors producing a plurality of motion detector outputs;
• providing an encoder that receives said video information and combines said video information with said plurality of motion detector outputs to produce said surveillance information;
• providing a radio transmitter to transmit said surveillance information from said first location;
• providing a radio receiver to receive said surveillance information at said second location;
• providing a decoder at said second location that decodes said surveillance information to produce an alert signal indicative of when and which motion detector is tripped from said plurality of motion detectors;
• and
• connecting a monitor at said second location to said radio receiver, said monitor being operable to display a portion of said video information based on said alert signal indicative of when and which motion detector is tripped from said plurality of motion detectors.