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Physical Security Security surveillance applications run over IP video systems are a promising market for designers and installers of structured cabling systems, as IP security technology evolves quickly. This topic center provides information on these as well as other security applications including access control and alarm systems. Here you’ll find detail on the analog conversion to IP-based security systems.
Physical Security News & Products
HD camera consumes little bandwidth
(Sep 2, 2010)
H.264 advanced compression technology enables bit rates between 2 and 6 Mbits/sec.
IP video surveillance software available for free
(Aug 26, 2010)
XProtect Go allows users to view and manage up to eight cameras.
UTP cable runs surveillance cameras without a LAN
(Aug 26, 2010)
Midspan PoE and transceivers enabled a Chicago luxury property to be secured before the LAN was in place.
ShowMeCables adds HD BNC video cables
(Aug 17, 2010)
The online retailer has introduced premium-grade BNC-type HD video cables aimed at video production professionals.
Megapixel IP cameras watch over massive biker rally
(Aug 6, 2010)
It only takes 10 IQinVision cameras to keep track of 30,000 daily visitors to a South Dakota bar.
JVC upgrades analog cameras
(Aug 3, 2010)
Released late last year, the cameras now boast 580 TV lines of resolution and 52-dB SNR.
Integrating megapixel cameras with video management systems
(Aug 2, 2010)
A partnership between Infinova and Video Insight eases the transition from analog to digital.
Belden intros line of compression connectors, coax cables, tools for field AV, security apps
(Jul 28, 2010)
The new products align with Belden coaxial cable tolerances to ensure maximum signal reliability and performance for field audio/video, safety and security applications.
General Cable appoints new market manager for broadcast, commercial AV lines
(Jul 28, 2010)
Joe Zajac has been appointed as market development manager for General Cable's professional broadcast and commercial AV product lines.
Input sought for IP video analytics spec
(Jul 27, 2010)
The PSIA is taking comments until August 13, after which it will issue a final spec.
The Cabling Blog
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
Another materials supplier raises prices for cable manufacturers
Today Dow Wire and Cable announced price increases on several cable-manufacturing compounds. The increases will take effect October 1 and affect Dow's customers in North and South America.Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) based specialty compounds,...
FEP supply situation - Let's blame China
For several years China's ravenous consumption rate of just about everything has made an impact on supply-and-demand levels of, well, just about everything. In the past we have reported about the price of copper being affected by China's consumption of...
Is a TIA Cat 7 standard on the horizon?
A source with connections to the Telecommunications Industry Association's TR-42 Engineering Committee says that sometime next year, the group may take up an issue it has long tabled - the development of specifications for Category 7 twisted-pair cabling...
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Field Testing Installed Optical Fiber Cabling
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40/100 Gigabit Ethernet: Understanding the next generation of network technology
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