CCTV experts EyeLynx adopt impossibly small PC for rapid deployment system
Tiny Green PC has announced that EyeLynx, a leading manufacturer of CCTV surveillance systems has standardised on its Fit PC2 as the processing platform for the Pharos™ all-in-one surveillance system for rapid deployment applications.
Widely used by police forces, building contractors and event organisers, the EyeLynx Pharos™ all-in-one surveillance system is the only true High Definition (HD) Rapid Deployment surveillance system on the market with Edge Recording Cluster ERC™ capability. With SharpView NVR software running on an ultra-compact and low power Tiny Green PC Fit PC2, Pharos™ records multiple slave HD cameras 24/7 and whenever the perimeter is compromised or a potential intruder approaches too close to the fence, SharpView will send a snapshot alert to the control centre or assigned person’s mobile devices for visual verification. Pharos™ has been used at some extremely high profile events, including the previous two Conservative Party conferences in Manchester and Birmingham for example.
Commenting on his choice of Tiny Green PC for the PC platform, EyeLynx Managing Director Jay Patel said, “SharpView is an efficient software solution that records HD video from multiple cameras and processes the images in real time. The challenge was to find a very low power PC, small enough to be hidden in the camera case and able to run for several days from a battery system.“
EyeLynx also offers an industrial grade stand-alone 12V battery power system of 100 to 300Ah with solar/wind charging options to give Pharos a real go-anywhere at any time capability. TinyGreenPC Fit PC2 draws just 8W allowing the whole system to run from these batteries for several days without recharging. The TeraByte Hard Disk fitted as standard can store over 30 days of evidential quality HD video, based on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, the PC offers more than enough power to run the efficient SharpView NVR software. Yet all this is packaged in a case just 10cm x 11.5cm by 2cm deep – less than a quarter of the area of an A4 sheet of paper.
Summarising, Jay Patel concludes, “EyeLynx doesn’t compromise quality for performance. Tiny Green PC Fit PC does more with less, providing us with both. It delivers ample computing power to run our SharpView NVR software and can be tucked away securely in the camera case. It also supports the low power side of the equation too so Fit PC is the perfect solution for our Pharos™ high performance, rapid deployment CCTV system.”
About Tiny Green PC
Tiny Green PC, a division of Anders Electronics plc, is a leading supplier of ultra-small, ultra-robust, ultra-low energy, fanless computing solutions used across Security, Education, Medical, Industrial, Signage and many other sectors. The company is the official European home of Fit PC, Intense PC™ and Utilite™.
Adding value through custom design and configuration services, software integration, installation and financing, Tiny Green PC helps companies improve their green credentials and reduce their energy usage, whilst providing ‘genius’ technical solutions that do the job better, faster and cheaper, making great long-term commercial sense.
Tiny Green PC is headquartered in London with offices in Italy covering Europe, the Middle East, North America and Asia.
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