Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Smooth Sailing

Press Release

Project Scope: A ferry boat operation needed a video surveillance solution. the issues were, there was no physical way to install a hard connection between the cameras and the island, so a wireless system had to be used. We also had to take into account refraction due to the wireless signal going over the water. The wireless system also needed to allow for future addition of a PoS (Point of Sale) system that is going to be implemented on each of the boats.

Solution: Firetide wireless mesh network with a 70mbps pipe. With some proper up front engineering we were able to resolve the issue of refraction which is caused by the wireless signal reflecting off the water (more on this in another post). We implemented the VideoIQ iCVR camera. The iCVR camera is a stand alone IP camera with a built in hard drive that allows the video to be stored locally at the camera. Along with the built in hard drive the iCVR camera also provides video analytics allowing for object counting and other features that are going to be implemented. Because of the built in hard drive and no central managing server, we are able to control the amount of bandwidth sent across the wireless network, allowing us to use the bandwidth for future cameras and PoS system.

This system is currently in operation and we are working with the customer on a custom PoS system for his ferry operations. This project has also been submitted for an ASIS Award.

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