Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Intercomp's PT300 portable wheel load scale is now available with RFX wireless weighing as standard equipment. Standard alkaline batteries that last up to 300 hours are used and encryption ensures secure wireless connection. Lightweight (weighing only 37lb) and accurate, this all-aluminium design is available in capacities up to 20,000lb. Intercomp says the user will also find new and improved menu options and enhanced diagnostic menus.

Microbus has launched its latest IP network-enabled Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras specially developed for ANPR recognition systems over LAN/WAN video networks. According to the company, adding embedded IP encoding inside the Rapier 25 and 50 cameras offers ANPR providers significantly lower implementation costs and flexible networking capabilities whilst maintaining all the remote setup capabilities for camera, lens and IR configuration. A Rapier IP camera can stream images from both the

Sony Corporation has announced it will incorporate the new Intersil Security Link Over Coax (SLOC) technology into a number of its 2011 IP camera models, which will further enable the adoption of IP video surveillance. The SLOC technology, developed by the Intersil Techwell team, allows simultaneous transmission of analogue CVBS video and digital IP video over a single coaxial cable, enabling megapixel IP cameras to operate on existing CCTV coaxial infrastructure at distances of up to 500m. This hybrid surv

ComNet (Communication Networks) has introduced a high-capacity managed Ethernet switch. The Comworx CNGE2FE24MSPoE is the company's first environmentally hardened Managed Ethernet Switch that provides a high port density in a compact package and provides power over Ethernet to peripheral devices such as IP cameras and video encoders.

Pelco has announced the release of its first product that conforms to standards developed by the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF), with the release of Digital Sentry video management software version 7.2. "Digital Sentry software is built on open standards to give integrators and customers the flexibility they need in designing and deploying IP video security solutions," says Yvonne Schwemmer, product marketing manager for Pelco by Schneider Electric. "With ONVIF conformance, customers now have a

Image Sensing Systems (ISS) and its partner Econolite have announced the Autoscope Encore, the next generation of Autoscope. A true multitasking video detection solution, the new device features powerful network browser navigation, comprehensive data collection, internet access via web server, and software development tools to achieve efficiencies and seamlessly integrate with other ITS systems. According to the partners, this offers unparalleled control, security, and immediate data and video access.

AMG Systems has unveiled Skywave II which the company says is especially adapted for transmitting video and telemetry in the 5.5 GHz to 5.7 GHz licence-free band. Offering various configurations from simple point-to-point to multiple camera applications, Skywave II comes with two different options: using IP cameras, in which case customers only require the radio network components from AMG, and NVR software in the receiving control centre. It is also possible to use standard analogue cameras with the additi

Videotec has announced that its series of IP-based positioning systems, Ulisse, Ulisse Compact and Maxmus, support the ONVIF protocol. As a result, the entire range of Videotec IP-based PTZ can be integrated easily into a digital system and offer IP control of all PTZ functions. All video and telemetry data are converted and sent over the network. The company claims the system offers the highest video compression rate via MPEG-4 technology for live video. The max frame rate is 25fps with max picture resolut