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ZX55-IP Perimeter security solution

ZX55 Infrared Imager.

The Bosch ZX55 Infrared Imager is a camera specifically designed for perimeter protection. It is ideal where the end user has long fence-lines that would require perhaps 3 or 4 standard CCTV cameras to take in the same coverage and critical information.

Powerful camera lens.

The ZX55 is fitted as standard with a powerful 9-90 mm lens and uses Black Diamond infrared technology for illumination. Bosch claim that with the correct field of view, identification can be achieved at up to 100m however usable images can be achieved at up to 300m making this camera a very high performance unit.

Analytics

If you require alarm event notification there is the ZX55-IP it has all the features we have listed above but in addition has on board analytics . Together with the Black diamond illumination, night-time pictures are excellent. The IR technology  helps eliminate hot-spot foregrounds as well as underexposed backgrounds. Black diamond technology also is effective at reducing image noise, this means better compression increasing storage and reducing costs.

All weather construction.

The camera is designed to perform in all weathers as you would expect and has a rugged design to suit all needs.It has been designed to survive a 250km/h wind loading.

Conclusion

Although the camera is not cheap you would not expect this with all the technology and the specification. It wins on performance and reduces costs because this one IP camera solution can be deployed in place of 3-4 standard cameras fitted with IR technology and sensor detection . Visit  Bosch IFSEC IP cameras for more information on both the ZX55 and the ZX55-IP camera solution.

VCL Dome servicing.

VCL Dome camera.  Buy spares

VCL in their time produced and sold one of the most successful dome cameras in both the UK and Europe. During the early part of this decade the VCL dome camera was renowned for its picture quality and ease of programming. Many  companies across the UK had the dome installed and there are still many thousands of them out there, many are still working perfectly well.

VCL dome repair.

Time however is moving on. A dome of course has moving parts, the most vulnerable of these to wear being the slip rings and both the pan and tilt motors. The VCL dome cameras can of course still be repaired and there are still companies that will do this. However these repairs are rarely cheap and as to how long they will last , who knows . Add to this the expense in certain cases of hiring a cherry picker to both remove and then re-install the camera and you start to look at thousands rather than hundreds of pounds.

VCL dome fix.

A solution is available though. Integrated CCTV have sourced a fix whereby the housing can be re-used and only the inner is replaced. This inner is produced by a renowned dome manufacturer and a lot of research has gone into manufacturing the bayonet to integrate seamlessly into many models of the old VCL dome housing. This fix is almost always a cheaper option than actually carrying out a full repair on the old inner. What is more the new camera comes with a full year guarantee therefore giving the end user confidence that he will not be re-hiring access equipment just a few weeks or months down the line to once again repair an ageing camera.

VCL camera repair solution.

So if you have grown frustrated with constantly being let down by a repair that never seems to last contact us and we will happily point you in the right direction.

Panasonic I-Pro Series

News from Panasonic about the I-Pro Series

Latest news from Panasonic as they announce the introduction into the market of their 3rd generation I-Pro Series. The release date is set for June 2010 and the highlight of the range is said to be the ‘smart HD’ technology that has been specially designed for this camera series.

Smart HD

In the form of a network  box camera this new range can all easily sit onto an end user network. The IP cameras that will work on the high compression H.264 format are the WV-SP302, 305 and 306 with further varifocal versions expected to be launched in July. Panasonic also intend to release a ‘smart HD’ recorder later in the year to compliment the new camera range.

Integrated CCTV and Security

Panasonic know that integrated CCTV and security are no longer the only solution that IP cameras will be used for in the future. With the introduction of the high quality that smart HD will bring, means, many different applications are starting to become possible. HD CCTV will undoubtedly transform the CCTV market place that we know today.