MONMOUTH JUNCTION,
NJ - January 13, 2010 - Infinova today announced that it will showcase its V2216
VMS (video management system), which makes it possible for IP and analog surveillance
cameras and equipment to co-exist and be managed as a single seamless solution,
at ISC West in Las Vegas March 24-26 at the Sands Exposition Center, Booth 5123.
In this solution, the existing analog equipment, including cameras, control
room, video wall and cabling remain untouched while the V2216 software integrates
with the present keyboard, sitting on top of the system to manage the IP equipment
using the already-installed analog control system.
"This
co-existence solution is just one more choice that Infinova integrators can
provide to their customers," explains Mark S. Wilson, Infinova vice president,
marketing. "Analog surveillance system customers wanting to test the advantages
of IP video asked us for a solution that would buy them budget time without
having to scrap so much of their analog equipment and immediately retrain their
people on a digital system.
"The V2216
VMS provides such a solution, which lets customers extend the life of their
existing analog equipment by having it co-exist with their new IP video equipment,
yet control both with their present analog system," Wilson adds.
With the system,
organizations wanting to migrate to IP video no longer need to convert analog
signals to digital signals by buying and installing rack encoders for their
analog cameras. Since the analog side of the system is not even touched by the
co-existent system, security staff can continue to use their present, familiar
video wall, system keyboards and joysticks to manage both the presently-installed
analog equipment and their new digital equipment without any retraining.
In the coexistence
system, the system keyboards connect to the V2216 VMS, not the matrix switchers.
Operators use their traditional keyboard commands to manage both the analog
and digital solutions.
Uniquely, the
V2216 VMS also interfaces with the system's analog matrix switchers at the same
time as well as the IP cameras. If an Infinova matrix switcher is used, no additional
equipment is needed. For matrix switchers from other companies, Infinova provides
a protocol converter box. As a result, on the combined video wall, the analog
and IP solutions co-exist but are still separate. Transparent to the operator,
with no mouse needed, the system sends IP camera images to the digital monitors
and analog camera signals to the analog monitors.
"With
this co-existent solution, customers can begin using an IP solution simply by
adding IP cameras, digital monitors and Infinova's V2216 VMS," Wilson adds.
"Not having to scrap existing control room equipment becomes especially
important in the current business environment."
The VMS also
has a built-in DVR and access control module to manage contacts and alarms from
access control equipment. For door access control, the V2216 VMS displays card
swipe information on the monitor and switches video to the camera viewing the
door area.
The Infinova
V2216 VMS is available now. More information is available at www.infinova.com.