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Facilities Management With A1 Control Room For Sale

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Facilities Management With A1 Control Room

Facilities Management With A1 Control Room For Sale In Northern NSW.

Facilities Management With AI Control Room – A facilities management with an in-house A1 grade alarm monitoring centre located at Banora Point in Northern NSW is for sale.

Established in 1985, the company has annual revenues of $A33.03 million and EBITDA of $8.05 million and has 650 staff managing 462 sites with its diverse client base delivering dual income streams from facilities management and alarm monitoring verticals.

The business features a long-term management team, with one owner willing to stay on and the sale includes the company’s own IP software for workforce management, multiple ISO accreditations, an excellent reputation and scope for expansion within existing markets.

According to the broker, this business will be sold via an expressions of interest campaign with a October 17 2024 closing date – you can express you interest here – or read more SEN news here.

“Facilities Management With A1 Control Room For Sale In Sydney.”

Scenes from Security and Integrate 2024

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Scenes From Security and Integrate 2024
Scenes From Security and Integrate 2024 At ICC In Sydney.

Scenes from Security and Integrate 2024 At ICC In Sydney.

Scenes from Security and Integrate 2024 – Security and Integrate Expo at the ICC in Sydney last week was a great event with plenty to see, though lots of security people confessed that the best part of it was catching up with colleagues and friends in the aisles and at the external events after hours.

We’ve split our images up into 2 groups – people and products – this first group is all about people. When it comes to products, there were some neat things at Security and Integrate, including stuff we were not expecting to see.

These included some enhanced controllers from Gallagher, Bosch’s very tidy Solution 4000 alarm and access control panel, a couple of familiar-looking cameras on the Inner Range stand and an extraordinary spread of camera tech from Hanwha.

We also like Dormakaba’s IP safe lock, the Triton multi-sensor, a familiar-looking wireless alarm system from Dahua, wheeled robots from Ultimate Security, and a neat residential tower entry solution from ICT. There were also neat lateral application cameras like water level for flood prone areas from Hikvision, Siemon cabling gear and loads more.

We’ll get those images up shortly, but meanwhile, here are some faces from Security & Integrate – note that the next event on the Australian security calendar is SAGE, opening at the Realm Hotel in Canberra on November 21. You can learn more here or read more SEN news here!

Scenes From Security Integrate 2024

“Scenes From Security and Integrate 2024 At ICC In Sydney.”

Scenes From Security & Integrate 2024
Scenes From Security & Integrate 2024 At ICC In Sydney.

Alice Springs Locksmiths For Sale

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Alice Springs Locksmiths For Sale
Alice Springs Locksmiths For Sale Asking $249,000.

Alice Springs Locksmiths For Sale Asking $249,000.

Alice Springs Locksmiths For Sale – Alice Springs Locksmiths, the longest running locksmith and security system service provider in Central Australia, is for sale with an asking price of $249,000 + SAV.

Alice Springs Locksmiths is the sole service provider for a large number of restricted key systems throughout the region and has a large and diversified client base, ranging from small business owners to government agencies, indigenous organisations and the general public. They are the sole distributor for BiLock in Central Australia

According to the broker this is a highly profitable and stable trading history, has experienced staff in place, is an independent business no franchise fees or restrictions on what can be sold.

The final sale price will include the value of tools, equipment and stock, which the broker has valued at around $170,000.

You can contact the broker here or read more SEN news here.

“Alice Springs Locksmith For Sale Asking $249,000.”

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera Review

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP
Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera.

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera Review

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera Specifications and Build Quality

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera – Panasonic WV-S2550L is an i-PRO 5MP vandal resistant dome camera featuring native H.265 + Smart Coding, colour night vision rated at 0.0044-.07 lux, integrated IR, Super Dynamic WDR performance of 120dB, FIPS 140-2 Level 1, IK10 and 50J against vandalism, IP66 and NEMA 4X against dust and water.

Note this story was first published in 2020 and it’s been updated as part of SEN website’s SEO upgrade – Panasonic is now known as i-PRO and the range is distributed locally by BGW Technologies.

Panasonic has a long history of making lovely CCTV cameras and pulling the Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera out of its box the first thing that hits me is the build quality and the way everything fits together. This is a rugged dome with a high specification that’s designed for challenging environments. I have no problem putting the camera together after adding the attachment plate and base bracket. It powers up and I’m able to access it via Panasonic’s EasyIP browser with no problem.

The WV-S2550L is built around a 1/2.8 MOS sensor with a maximum resolution of 5MP at 30ips and offers H.265, H.264 and JPEG compression options – I stick with native H.265. Resolution settings at the upper end include 3072 x 1728 pixels, 2560 x 1440 pixels and 1920 x 1080 pixels. This camera can handle a minimum scene illumination of 0.07 lux in colour or 0.04 in black and white.

The angle of view from the 2.9-9.9mm lens (3.3x optical) with its magnesium fluoride coating is a little narrower than I’m used to – it gives 103-33 degrees. For my busy street scene, this turns out to be a good range. Vertical angle is 19-55, which I found gave me all I really needed. You tweak the pan and tilt manually by loosening grub screws – it’s -180 to +180 for pan, with a tilt angle of -30 to 85 degrees. I found these adjustments easy to do one handed.

According to Panasonic, Intelligent Auto (iA) monitors scene dynamics and motion to adjust key camera settings automatically in real-time, reducing distortion such as motion blur on moving objects. Meanwhile, H.265 Smart Coding technology means bandwidth efficiency is intelligently increased for longer recording and less storage. Other features include Super Dynamic, WDR of 120dB, BLC, Enhanced Super Dynamic, day/night, ICR, auto back focus and focus assist and auto focus.

Out of the box, the camera supports full data encryption streaming to SD card edge recording, while FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliance gives end-to-end system encryption with supported VMS and devices to protect from IP snooping/spoofing and to detect data alteration. There’s support for IPv6 and IPv4, TCP/IP, UDP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, RTP, FTP, SMTP, DNS, NTP, SNMP, DHCPv6, MLD, ICMP, ARP, IEEE 802.1X, DiffServ. Depending on network environment, the camera can support 14 simultaneous users.

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera
Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera.

This camera has 2-way audio with a built-in microphone, 3 external inputs and 2 external outputs including a 3.5 audio jack, an excellent operating temperature range of -40 to 60C and a stingy V DC power draw of 840mA at 10W. Audio compression options include G.726 (ADPCM) at 16 kbps/32 kbps, G.711 at 64 kbps and AAC-LC*6 at 64 kbps, 96 kbps or 128 kbps. This up-spec of ancillaries is typical of a Panasonic camera.

The WV-S2550L is compatible with SDXC/SDHC/SD memory cards to a maximum of 256GB, as well as SDHC and SDXC cards. It’s also compatible with iPad, iPhone and Android mobile terminals and there’s email notification of alarm events, HTTP alarm notification, indication on browser, FTP image transfer and a Panasonic alarm protocol output.

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera is physically quite imposing at 154mm x 103mm high with a main body of die cast aluminium in Panasonic grey and a clear resin dome bubble. With the base bracket attached, weight is around 1.6kg and all the outer fixings are corrosion-resistant with a secure screw head design.

Finally, there’s integrated IR with a range of 40 metres and there are loads of settings to play with. When we tested the Panasonic i-PRO Bullet last year we found IR range and spread was a real strength – IR is likely to reward users needing 24-hour coverage of scenes.

Test Driving The Panasonic Dome

The camera is set up out the front of the office and is running on SEN’s dedicated test network, which is now corralled from the general data network. This subnet comprises an Optiplex 9020, a NetGear GS108P PoE switch and the test camera.

I have resolution settings at super fine – 3072 x 1728 pixels, priority at VBR, 30ips, iA on and maximum bitrate set to 8192. This is higher than you’d go in many applications but through the test I find bitrates varies considerably – with nothing moving in the scene, bitrate gets down to 750kbps at times, which is brilliant. Because I have a lot of tree movement close to the lens it’s this factor that impacts most on bitrate in my application. If I zoom the foliage out of the field of view it makes a massive different to the burden static scenes pose on storage.

WDR performance

I kick off testing in the morning at around 10.30am with loads of sun – more than 70,000 lux face on. It’s a challenging application for any camera, let alone a dome with bubble. My initial impressions are that WDR performance is good – there’s no ghosting of the bubble or internal elements of the lens. General detail is high, with good resolution, sharpness and contrast.

There’s some chromatic aberration at the wide end that’s a little better than average and zooming in significantly reduces it. There’s also some barrel distortion in this lens – around 6-7 per cent – and I decide to tweak it out in settings. After tweaking I decide less is more – too much adjustment changes the perspective of objects in the scene more than I’m happy with and I opt for just a nudge of flattening.

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera
Although you can see that leaf blur lower left I get all the moving and static plates in this scene – the farthest is around 25m from the lens. Camera is zoomed. 

Colour rendition

Colour rendition is a strength, even across challenging variably lit scenes. The shaded parts are still apparent, and the bright parts are brighter but there’s no heavy shade and no overexposure. This means the camera is balancing light levels across the scene well and exposing uniformly. Depth of field is solid thanks to that strong resolution. I’m able to get useful detail all the way to Albion Street – around 100m from the lens.

Best sharpness is when you zoom and then refocus but as this is a dome camera, zooming can take you away from your field of view. Something I enjoy is the speed of the zoom and focus and the value of increased pixel density – I’m only going to 1.6x but the resolution of this camera makes that slightly longer focal length really pay off.

I notice the camera system is prioritising low bit rate in H.265 – it’s working hard to keep the bitrate as low as possible. This might be why movement leads to a bit of softness at the edges, even though people and vehicles are still pretty well rendered – including moving faces and plates. Given the brightness of the day, this softness around moving trees and people, particularly in shadow, isn’t shutter speed but more likely tone mapping artefacts or generalisations in processing. Later, I distinctly notice when shutter speed drops back.

Face Recognition

Looking at faster moving vehicles there’s a definitely trail of artefacts but this doesn’t seem to be rendered in snapshots. Performance when it comes to identification of people and vehicles – even small vehicles like motorcycles – is better than my instinct tells me it should be. Whether this comes down to iA, to compression, or to any of Panasonic’s other smart i-PRO features, I can’t tell. But what the combination of functionality, decent zoom, H.265 compression and high resolution gives me on the street is plates and faces deeper into the scene than you’d ever get with 1080p at a very low overall bitrate. Getting static plates at 25 metres at 2.8mm without needing to zoom optically or digitally is sweet.

Low Light Performance

Performance is consistent throughout the day, though I notice that as the street between the towers loses light in the mid to late afternoon, I start to lose some details I had in full sun. Then as things get uniformly gloomy, performance against tone mapping/blur improves – I can’t help wondering if there’s some impact from WDR software. Not only that, the image gets brighter overall as the scene gets uniformly darker. The afternoon plods along. Notwithstanding the slight evidence of tone mapping artefacts around moving objects, depth of field is good, and colour is held all the way into a scene with no signs of over exposure.

I leave the office for a few hours then return around 7.30pm. Things are getting gloomy on the street but the image stream from the Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera is interestingly bright – it even shows distinct lightening towards the end of the street where there’s a less shaded horizon – the sun has gone down by now. I still see the tone mapping around moving parts of the scene, but it has no impact on faces to 20m. They are court admissible. I notice that while I still have faces, I’ve lost moving plates.

By around 7.50pm the shutter speed has noticeably slowed down – pedestrian faces are getting softer, though still court admissible. At 8pm the camera is contriving to surprise me with its levels of detail, especially with optical zoom wound in 1.6x. I’d like to go further but once again I’m zooming out of my field of view the way it always happens with fixed dome cameras. This is something installers would have to manage in the field. It would be easy for me to pull the Magic Arm off the front of the office, remove the bubble and tweak pan and tilt vectors to improve my angle of attack on the scene but I don’t want to bother.

There’d be even more inertia if you needed a scissor lift to gain access and the answer is to take future zoom choices into account during commissioning.

By 8.10pm it’s sub 10 lux out front and shutter speed has well and truly fallen away. I’ve lost plates, even on zoom, and sauntering pedestrians are starting to drag tails of artefacts and blur, as are moving cars. Tree branches are also doing a little bit of painting in the air, though I can also discern individual leaves. Regardless, situational awareness remains strong, depth of field is solid, colour rendition is good, there are no strange colour casts in the scene and noise remains very low at all times.

An interesting thing is that I still have static plates a long way from the camera courtesy of that 5MP resolution – I’m am still getting them at more than 25 metres.

IR Performance

By 8.20 the light is well and truly gone and there’s now a cast showing from the low-pressure sodium lamps up the street – you can see the difference between the LED lights close to the office and the sodium. Something I can also see clearly now is that the camera handles blooming very well and there’s no ghosting of the bubble or lens elements with direct light at night. Depth of field remains strong. The Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera is still in colour even with ambient light around 4-7 lux outside on the street – at this point I realise I’m going to have to force this Panasonic dome into night mode to see IR performance.

About 10 seconds later I can see IR performance at night is solid. While I expected it would be, I wasn’t expecting this quality of throw and spread. There are applications that would suit this camera almost for IR coverage alone. On default settings the range is out to 25 metres (it’s more but that’s all I can see in this application) with coverage greater than the angle of view. Despite this performance, it’s not so strong as to create flare although there are near structures in the scene.

Regardless, in night mode with IR activated the shutter speed is master of ceremonies and I’m no longer getting plates, though vehicle type is readily discernible – nor am I getting faces, though I find I often get strong detail of shoes and other objects.

Next morning, I arrive back at the office relatively early before the sun has risen. As soon as I look at the screen it’s brought home once again how well this camera performs in uniformly dark scenes – my street scene is much brighter on screen than off. Something I do notice when a dark vehicle then a white vehicle drive along the street is that it has an impact on the whole scene at this time of day.

The overall scene is brightened when a white car goes past, while I find the darker contrast preferable when the dark car goes by. At 7am I’m not getting fast moving plates, but faces are court admissible and then as the morning goes on I once again have plates at around 8.30am on an overcast day.

Conclusion

Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera is a robust camera with an excellent specification that’s capable of taking the worst the environment can throw at it. Built quality is high, installation and adjustment is easy, and the accessories all fit together well. Finding a cable path through the base bracket is a snip thanks to a range of cut-outs and sensible cable lengths and all adjustments are easy to do.

Taken as a whole, Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera – performance is strong. Resolution is high, bitrate is often surprisingly low, WDR performance is excellent, depth of field is good, colour rendition is natural, there’s good sharpness and contrast. Adjusting zoom and refocus is easy and the process is rapid. The camera does well through a range of lighting conditions and manages to never overexpose or under expose in challenging scenes. At night there’s no blooming, no ghosting of the lens or dome bubble and the IR capability is top notch, with flare very well managed and great reach and coverage.

From early in the morning – around 6am in Sydney summer – to 8pm in the evening, the camera delivers court admissible faces. Outside these hours, I found faces were better in day mode than they were with IR activated in night mode. While court admissible faces and plates are available during the day (for moving plates) and into the early evening (for moving faces), the camera engine and its firmware show some consistent tone mapping when it comes to moving objects – this happens in all lighting conditions and is evidenced around moving branches, vehicles and the legs of pedestrians.

To find out more details about this Dome camera please click here and you can also read more articles and other product reviews from SEN news here.

Features of the Panasonic WV-S2550L 5MP Dome Camera

* Self-Learning ROI encoding (Auto VIQS) Compresses Quiet Areas
* Region of Interest
* 5MP, 30ips, Super Dynamic 120dB
* iA (intelligent Auto)
* Color night vision (0.0044 to 0.07 lx)
* H.265 Smart Coding
* FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliant.

Do not Ignore Blown Fuses

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Do not Ignore Blown Fuses
Do not Ignore Blown Fuses When Troubleshooting Security Systems.

Do not Ignore Blown Fuses When Troubleshooting Security Systems.

Do not Ignore Blown Fuses – If you find a blown fuse in a circuit or piece of equipment bear in mind that it represents a symptom not the cause of the problem.

That said, the issue may be a lack of preventative maintenance, which should encourage a tech to give the system a detailed maintenance check, replacing all fuses, as well as checking terminations, ground and battery health.

If the cause is not functional obsolescence, a blown fuse means either a spike has been induced into the circuit or a circuit has reached overload because a higher wattage device or component has been connected to it.

If you’re upgrading a circuit to carry a higher wattage – more likely in an access control or automation system than an alarm system – be sure to check the wire size before you start beefing up fuses – the last thing you want to do is increase the risk of fire.

A basic glass fuse in a stable low voltage environment can have a working life of 20 or 30 years, so it’s worth thinking about what have caused failure. Moisture will have the greatest impact, so consider water ingress and ventilation as contributing factors.

Moisture alters filler packings of fuse links, impacting on performance. Paper labels lifting off controllers or housings can be a tell-tale. The issue is more likely if the fuses were improperly stored, or the controller has spent a long period decommissioned during which the warmth generated by circuit resistance has not kept it dry.

If fuses are dated, it’s good practice to swap them out after 10 years during the course of other maintenance so as to avoid exposing the customer to unnecessary expense, inconvenience and risk.

You can learn more about glass fuses here or read more SEN news here.

“Do not Ignore Blown Fuses When Troubleshooting Security Systems.”

Carrier Sells Aritech

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Carrier Sells Aritech

Carrier Sells Aritech To Lone Star Subsidiary.

Sale of Carrier to Aritech – Carrier has entered an agreement to sell security manufacturer Aritech, to a subsidiary of Lone Star Funds.

The divestment of Carrier’s Global Commercial & Residential Fire business includes Aritech, Kidde Commercial, Airsense, EMS and Edwards.

Lone Star Funds is an organization that advises funds that invest in real estate, corporate equities, credit and other financial assets worldwide. Lone Star’s strategy is to rebuild value in strong brands after a period of underinvestment by former owners.

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Carrier Sells Aritech

The sale is expected to close in late 2024, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until then, the Aritech, Kidde Commercial, Airsense, EMS and Edwards teams will continue to operate as part of Carrier.

Customers will not be impacted by the transaction. In any case, the Aritech, Kidde Commercial, Airsense, EMS and Edwards employees say they are excited about this new chapter.

You can read more about Airtech here or read more amazing stories from SEN.News here.

“Carrier Sells Aritech To Lone Star Subsidiary.”

Canberra Light Rail Seeks CCTV

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Canberra Light Rail Seeks CCTV

Canberra Light Rail Seeks CCTV For Stage 2 – City to Commonwealth Park.

Canberra Light Rail Seeks CCTV – Canberra Light Rail is seeking integration of operations-related systems ticketing, information displays, Wi-Fi and CCTV for Stage 2 – City to Commonwealth Park.

The Canberra Light Rail Stage 2A (LRS2A) Project is an extension of the existing light rail system (LRS1) between Gungahlin and the City.

Powered renewable energy, the LRS2A Project comprises 1.7km of wire-free light rail from the existing terminus in Alinga Street through to a new terminus stop at Commonwealth Park and includes the construction of 2 intermediate stops at Edinburgh Avenue and City South.

LRS2A will be integrated seamlessly with LRS1 with the light rail vehicles travelling the full length of the combined LRS1-LRS2A line. As part of the project, a new bridge will be built over Parkes Way, and a new traction power substation (TPS 6) will be built adjacent to the Swinden Street Stop.

The project includes electrical adjustments and communication adjustments, along with integration of operations-related systems (ticketing, information displays, Wi-Fi and CCTV.

Construction will be from early 2025 to 2027, with testing and commissioning from late 2026 to 2027, while operations will commence early 2028.

This Canberra Light Rail Seeks CCTV tender closes on 31 December – You can learn more about work packages here – there’s more SEN news here.

“Canberra Light Rail Seeks CCTV For Stage 2 – City to Commonwealth Park.”

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Securitas Sales Grow 7 Per Cent

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Securitas Sales Grow 7 Per Cent, Operating Margin Up 6.9 Per Cent.

Securitas Sales Grow 7 Per Cent – Global security giant Securitas AG has reports sales in Q2 have increased 7 per cent, with operating margin up by 6.9 per cent. The figures include Stanley Security’s 12 months adjusted estimated EBITDA.

According to Securitas president and CEO, Magnus Ahlqvist, the company has delivered solid performance in all business segments and is currently generating 1.25 billion Swedish Kroner in recurring revenue (SEK-USD is roughly par).

We delivered good performance throughout the business with an operating margin of 6.9 per cent in the second quarter, with an improved margin development in our European operations,” Ahlqvist said.

In accordance with our strategy, the group’s operating margin was supported by strong improvement both in security services and in technology and solutions“.

Organic sales growth was 5 per cent and real sales growth in our technology and solutions business was good, at 8 per cent, excluding the impact from the divestment of Securitas Argentina, supporting the mix change into higher margin business lines“.

Meanwhile, operating cash flow in the second quarter improved compared to last year in line with our expectations after the weaker first quarter,” Ahlqvist said. “We are in a solid position to deliver a strong full-year 2024 outcome.

According to Ahlqvist, the management team is shaping Securitas for long-term sustainable shareholder value, and the core of that execution is operational value creation through growth in technology and solutions, portfolio profitability in security services, cost efficiency and digital innovation.

2 years after the acquisition of Stanley Security, our global Technology business is stronger than ever before,” Ahlqvist said. “Based on our leading global market position and our unique client offering, we delivered healthy organic sales growth of 8 per cent in technology in the second quarter.

With more than 1.25 billion of recurring monthly revenue in the strategically important and high-margin monitoring and maintenance business…the majority of the integration activities completed in North America and with good progress in Europe, we can accelerate our focus on commercial activities to continue growing the business going forward.

Securitas Australia has made a number of key hires over the last 12 months, with further additions in recent months suggesting the company is gearing up for local expansion of its high-value technology business on the back of powerful global performance.

You can learn more about Securitas Australia here or read more SEN news here.

“Securitas Sales Grow 7 Per Cent, Operating Margin Up 6.9 Per Cent.”

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Hikvision Unveils Darkfighter 2.0

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Hikvision Unveils Darkfighter 2.0

Hikvision Unveils Darkfighter 2.0 Featuring AI Image Signal Processing.

Hikvision Unveils Darkfighter 2.0 – Hikvision has unveiled its new DarkFighter 2.0 technology, which uses AI image signal processing (ISP) algorithms to optimize night-time imagery.

According to Hikvision, DarkFighter 2.0 uses one or two 1/1.8-inch CMOS sensors and a lens with a fast aperture of F1.0, along with AI-enhanced ISP algorithms to produce the best possible images in low-light environments.

Hikvision engineers say this technology outperforms traditional ISP methods by incorporating AI-powered noise reduction to improve low-light imagery and enhance detail reproduction.

Engineers say DarkFighter 2.0 excels at capturing still images and objects moving at different speeds, making it ideal for security applications in complex urban environments.

Darkfighter 2.0 technology has Hikvision’s auto wide dynamic range, which blends multiple exposure data, to help prevent overexposure in bright areas and retain detail in dark areas.

The technology uses superfast frame rates to reduce blur and increase detail, delivering 4K at 60ips and 2MP at 120ips.

Another development is Hikvision Multi-Speed Capture, which simultaneously captures images of objects moving at different speeds, such as a car and a person, in low light by setting shutter speeds according to object types in the angle of view.

According to Hikvision, DarkFighter 2.0 is being integrated across Hikvision’s camera lineups, starting with the Gen-2 DeepinView models. These new DeepinView cameras come equipped with full DarkFighter 2.0 features and other enhancements, such as dual AI capabilities.

Dual AI functionality enables the simultaneous operation of 2 AI algorithms. For example, perimeter protection and ANPR can operate simultaneously on 1 Gen-2 DeepinView camera at a parking lot, making it more versatile for complex applications.

DarkFighter 2.0 will be available in DeepinView-Series Omni Cameras, Ultra-Series X6 Cameras, and Ultra-Series PTZs. You can learn more about DarkFighter 2.0 here or read more SEN news here.

“Hikvision Unveils Darkfighter 2.0 Featuring AI Image Signal Processing.”

TP-Link VIGI Solar 4G PT Camera Arrives

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TP-Link VIGI Solar 4G PT Camera Arrives
Hans Li with TP-Link VIGI Solar 4G PT Camera Arrives At SEN For Testing.

TP-Link VIGI Solar 4G PT Camera Arrives At SEN For Testing.

TP-Link VIGI Solar 4G PT Camera Arrives – The other day there was a knock at the SEN office door and Hans Li brought in a large box containing the company’s VIGI SP9030 solar 4G CCTV system.

It’s always nice to catch up with Hans and it was doubly so after he dished up a 2-minute tutorial that helped the SEN team wrap its head around a basic piece of functionality that had stalled our review of the Tapo video intercom on our front door.

Back with the VIGI Solar 4G PT, this system combines a 90W solar panel, a 30Ah lithium battery with heater, adjustable mounting bracket, an MPPT charge controller and a VIGI C540-4G 4MP outdoor colour 4G pan/tilt network camera with a 4mm fixed lens.

The system is IP66-rated for dust and water resistance, while the mount is adjustable to 5/15/25/35/45 and 55-degree angles. Overall dimensions are 998mm long x 516mm wide, while total weight is 15kg and operating temperature is -30 to 60C.  

The camera we’re going to be testing is the TP-Link VIGI C540-4G 4MP outdoor colour 4G pan tilt with a 4mm fixed lens and support for 256GB storage onboard. It also has duplex comms, audible and visual warnings, human and vehicle detection AI, as well as area intrusion and line crossing, and VIGI app management.

We’ve been looking for an excuse to escape to the country for months and with a Telstra 4G SIM at the ready we can’t wait to have a play with this VIGI Solar 4G PT camera solution in a remote application.

Stand by for our full review in SEN coming soon – and look out for that Tapo video intercom review, too (thanks, Hans)!

You can learn more about TP-Link here or read more SEN news here

“TP-Link VIGI Solar 4G PT Camera Arrives At SEN For Testing.”