Industrial

Background

Plustek Inc., the leading manufacturer of innovative Linux-based, standalone Network Video Recorders (NVR), today announced that the leading telecommunication company in Japan deployed an array of Plustek Slim240 NVRs with Multimanager CMS software to manage 56 cameras installed in central cities and provided video back-up and monitoring at the company's headquarter.

The telecommunication company is Japan's premier provider of leading-edge mobile voice, data and multimedia services. With more than 59 million customers in Japan, the company is one of the world's largest mobile communications operators.

Solution

Cooperating with AUG and ADI, the telecommunication company installed 56 Axis IP cameras which are dedicated to monitoring entrances and activity at the two factory and office locations. Managements wanted to better monitor and supervise operations and workflow at both locations, explained Ronald Douglas, IT Manager of the leader in telecommunication. Moreover, they wanted to prevent a repeat of a string of negative incidents that had occurred in the worker’s locker room.

Plustek’s Linux-embedded NVR Slim240 can be set up in minutes and requires no PC to run. It connects up to four IP cameras and is ready to record and view via an Internet browser. The NVR Slim240 provides video compression in Motion-JPEG, MPEG-4 and H.264. After the tragic events in Japan in March of this year, there were numerous power outages and the Internet proved highly unstable. During this critical period, Plustek’s solutions proved their superior durability and reliability.

Result

To meet their increased security needs, the common telecommunication carrier chose Plustek technology to enable staff to view surveillance video live at various locations, record and back-up video at each local site, and provide remote monitoring and video back-up at the headquarters. 

Prior to upgrading to Plustek technology, the company utilized traditional CCTV, but as Douglas related, “The resolution wasn’t sharp enough to identify anyone’s face.” There were other system limitations, “We could only monitor at each location, and it was not easy to back-up our recorded video.” Now, Plustek’s Multimanager centralized management software enables security staff to view live and playback video simultaneously and to schedule automatic video back-ups to desired, remote locations. All video are stored for approximately 28 days in order to facilitate any needed incident investigation.

Douglas and his team have been quite pleased with their upgrade to Plustek technology. “The system is very stable and reliable, and the quality of live and playback video is excellent.” Douglas also appreciates Multimanager’s auto back-up feature, as well as many other Plustek benefits, “The price is right and Plustek’s system design reduced the workload so it was installed in only two months. In addition, Plustek really stood by us during this installation with their excellent technicians and efficient delivery of needed services.

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Plustek Slim 240 and Slim 380, the most innovative Linux-based standalone network video recorders (NVRs), boast several powerful features that make them unique remote monitoring solutions. For example, their heat dissipation outer design, coupled with their embedded switch port, allow users to set connected network cameras in five easy steps. This, in turn, enables simple multi-site local recording, which saves video feeds directly into an internal storage system to bypass the need to run any computers. Remote users can view live streams, playback, and even backup data to any predefined server through Plustek’s free video management software.

Plustek Slim NVR’s unique features can fully be utilized even in the most difficult to monitor environments. With its miniature and fanless design, the Plustek Slim can easily tolerate the extreme heat conditions of construction sites up to 149°F. In addition, the time stamp feature empowers users to keep track of construction progress and effortlessly revisit past accidents. Another much favored feature of the Slim for construction sites is its ability to help prevent theft and vandalism. While its petite size keeps it out of intruders, the event alert feature immediately notifies users when it senses possible ill-intended trespassers. Its size advantage also makes it extremely useful at places with space constraints such as public transfer boxes, gas stations, gate entrances, and areas with high ceilings. With the Slim users will find a peace of mind no matter how far away they are – not only will the videos be stored locally, users can also set scheduled backups to remote servers to protect recorded data. They can even specify frame rate to select the most appropriate tradeoff between quality and backup cost for their company. Videos are recorded in the convenient standard AVI format, making later playback through any media players a breeze.

Other key benefits of Plustek’s Slim series include its flawless integration with IP megapixel cameras. The biggest value of IP surveillance comes from its ability to connect with IP megapixel cameras to attain resolution levels unachievable by its traditional CCTV counterpart. The Slim series are ideal compliments for megapixel cameras as these standalone NVRs do not add additional overheads to servers even when using high frame rate settings. As a result, video recordings can go uninterrupted even when remote central server shuts down or during peak traffic hours. Users never have to worry about losing critical footages again.

In terms of energy consumption, the Slim 240 and Slim 380 are also one of the best of their kind. They run Linux-based systems and have an extremely low energy consumption level of eight watts. Coupled with the ability to integrate with solar energy, the Slim series are exceptionally energy efficient and perfect for multi-site use. Users can use Multi-Manager to easily manage over 128 channels by streaming multiple videos on the same screen. Additionally, users on the go can access individual site’s feeds through their mobile devices. The system flexible design also allows for setting multiple permission levels. With tiered access privileges, recorded data can be retrieved securely and remotely via web and / or FTP. For more features and benefits of the Plustek Slim series, please visit www.smartnvr.com