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chneider Electric
has launched its new Pelco Spectra High-
definition (HD) 1080 dome positioning system in SouthAfrica.
The new system features a clearer image with stronger resolu-
tion, without sacrificing low-light or programmable performance.
The Spectra HD 1080, built on the Sarix technology platform, is
an all-digital system that delivers 2.0 megapixel resolution, high-
profile H.264 compression and built-in analytics.
Key features of the new Spectra HD 1080 system include:
• The best image quality: The Spectra HD 1080 delivers the clearest
possible images with its 1/2.8-inch Exmor CMOS imager with an inte-
grated 20x or 30x optical zoom lens options, delivering 2.0 megapixel
resolutions (1920x1080 at 25IPS).
• Sarix technology at its core: Built on the Sarix technology platform,
it features a dual-processor design for guaranteed streams and high-
profile H.264, which is 10 percent more efficient than base-profile H.264,
for more efficient compression.
• Easy configuration: Sharing a common browser with all Sarix-based
cameras means easy configuration, and allows users to have advanced
pan/ tilt management features through a browser.
• Solid pendant design, optically perfect bubble: Spectra HD 1080’s
solid pendant design eliminates the subtle vibrations that can occur in
demanding installations, ensuring a better image. The optically perfect
dome delivers flawless image quality over the entire viewing range of
the system.
• Built-in analytics: The Spectra HD 1080
system comes with a powerful suite of
advanced analytics built into the cam-
era system, including object tracking,
which allows users to define the size
of the object of interest and track the
subject through the full 360 degree
rotation of the camera.
Enquiries: Belinda Aslett.Tel. 011 254 6400 or
email
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s part of its VPS initiative,
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
announces released an upgraded VPSRemote service
solution in November. VPSRemote is a solution for the remote
monitoring and general and preventive maintenance of sys-
tems.The upgraded
VPSRemote now allows users to link their plants around the
world and provide
support and engineering services from specified locations
on the network.The upgradedVPSRemote solution can now be
used with information systems as well as control systems.Vigi-
lantPlant Services: A suite of services that realizesYokogawa’s
VigilantPlant control business concept by helping customers
achieve the ideal plant.
As plant control systems grow more complex and so-
phisticated, they are increasingly used together with safety
instrumented systems, manufacturing execution systems, and
the like. Manufacturers with global operations thus need the
capability to provide remote operation support and engineer-
ing services for both the control and the information systems
used at their plants.
Yokogawa has upgradedVPSRemote to add flexibility in how
these services are provided:
• Support of the use of dedicated networks by customers
for the remote operation support and engineering: With
this upgrade to VPSRemote, customers now can set up
a dedicated network linking their plants and engineering
departments. Via this network, company personnel can
share access to system displays and, in real time, perform
operations, set parameters, and change settings from any
location on the network. Thus, for example, operators at
a main factory can check the condition of a system at a
new plant in another country. If required, they can provide
remote support to an operator while viewing the target
system’s display.
• Information systems support: Previously, VPSRemote could
only be used with the CENTUM integrated production
control system and the ProSafe-RS safety instrumented
system. The upgraded VPSRemote service now covers
information systems such as the Exaquantum plant in-
formation management system. Using VPSRemote, both
Yokogawa’s Global Response Centres and Yokogawa’s
customers now have the ability to remotely monitor and
maintain the control and information systems at plants 24
hours a day, all year round.
Enquiries: Charles van Haght.Tel. 011 831 6300 or email charles.
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New optical zoom high-speed dome positioning systems
Upgraded remote
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