14 May 2015
Widely used by police forces, building contractors and event organisers, EyeLynx's PharosTM
all-in-one surveillance system is the only true High Definition (HD) Rapid
Deployment surveillance system on the market with Edge Recording Cluster ERCTM
capability.
Within surveillance systems, the image processing and
recording computer is the invisible but essential core engine whose performance
is key to the effectiveness of the system. For rapid deployment systems used
for crowd control, the performance requirements are no less – but the size and
the power used are also critical. These cameras need to operate reliably from a
portable power source like a battery for days at a time capturing images and
storing them for subsequent review and analysis.
Widely used by police
forces, building contractors and event organisers, EyeLynx's PharosTM
all-in-one surveillance system is the only true High Definition (HD) Rapid
Deployment surveillance system on the market with Edge Recording Cluster ERCTM
capability. With SharpView NVR software running on an ultra-compact and low
power TinyGreenPC FitPC2i, PharosTM records multiple slave HD
cameras 24/7 and whenever the perimeter is compromised or a potential intruder
approaches too close to the fence, SharpView will send a snapshot alert to the
control centre or assigned person's mobile devices for visual verification.
PharosTM has been used at some extremely high profile events,
including the previous two Conservative Party conferences in Manchester and
Birmingham for example.
Commenting on his
choice of TinyGreenPC for the PC platform, EyeLynx Managing Director Jay Patel
said, “SharpView is an efficient software solution that records HD video from
multiple cameras and processes the images in real time. The challenge was to
find a very low power PC, small enough to be hidden in the camera case and able
to run for several days from a battery system.
EyeLynx also offers an industrial
grade stand alone 12V battery power system of 100 to 300Ah with solar/wind
charging options to give Pharos a real go-anywhere at any time capability.
TinyGreenPC FitPC2i draws just 8W allowing the whole system to run from these
batteries for several days without recharging. The TeraByte Hard Disk fitted as
standard can store over 30 days of evidential quality HD video, based on a
1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, the PC offers more than enough power to run the
efficient SharpView NVR software. Yet all this is packaged in a case just 10cm
x 11.5cm by 2cm deep – less than a quarter of the area of an A4 sheet of paper.
Summarizing, Jay Patel
concludes, “EyeLynx doesn’t compromise quality for performance. TinyGreenPC
FitPC does more with less, providing us with both. It delivers ample computing
power to run our SharpView NVR software and can be tucked away securely in the
camera case. It also supports the low power side of the equation too so FitPC
is the perfect solution for our PharosTM high
performance, rapid deployment CCTV system.”
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