{"id":2200,"date":"2026-06-15T13:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/?page_id=2200"},"modified":"2026-06-16T06:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:58:53","slug":"research-for-industrial-process-surveillance-cameras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/research-for-industrial-process-surveillance-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Research for industrial process surveillance cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello.<br><br>I&#8217;m looking again for <strong>industrial-class process surveillance cameras<\/strong>.<br>Nothing extraordinary: basically see if a door is open or closed, if the light is on or off, if somebody is currently inside or not&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They need to resist industrial environment, meaning dust, humidity, &#8220;extreme&#8221; temperatures (-20\u00b0C &#8211; +50\u00b0C), &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They need to be fitted with I.R. spots (for work in the darkness), optionally white lighting as well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They need (for convenience) to be powered by standard PoE (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Power_over_Ethernet#Power_sourcing_equipment\">EndSpan<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They don&#8217;t need WiFi (if present, it should be possible to disable it, for security reasons)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They need to\u00a0<strong>not rely<\/strong>\u00a0on any Internet connectivity, for security reasons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They need to\u00a0<strong>not rely\u00a0<\/strong>on any &#8220;cloud-based&#8221; service, even for configuration, as industrial facilities owners do not want their inside process to be watchable remotely by unknown third parties or foreign countries political authorities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They need to\u00a0<strong>not be bound\u00a0<\/strong>to a specific vendor (either at codec level as well as regarding the server-side of the project, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superblocks.com\/blog\/vendor-lock\">avoid Vendor Lock-in<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They must <strong>not<\/strong> contain any &#8220;A.I.-based face recognition feature&#8221;, with or without cloud connectivity, automatic picture storage or other &#8220;security feature&#8221; bullshit !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They need to deliver the video-signal in a standardized format (AVI, MJpeg, MPeg-4, H264, H265, &#8230;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They need to be able to deliver\u00a0<strong>low resolutions<\/strong>\u00a0streams (such as 1024&#215;768 or even less), as such industrial process monitoring does not need 4K resolutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They need to be able to deliver\u00a0<strong>low FPS<\/strong>\u00a0streams, for the same reason: a door does not open 30 times in a second, so&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For convenience, it is better to have a fixation that can be screwed directly on a electrical plastic box, with the cable passing in the center of it, so that once installed, no cable will be accessible neither visible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png 665w, https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They don&#8217;t need to implement image overlays, such as timestamps, channel name, &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They don&#8217;t need to implement movement detection, local recordings, &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They don&#8217;t need to implement configurable privacy maskable areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is intended to be used remotely, through low speed Internet access (such as aDSL), so the required bandwidth is important to <strong>keep reasonably low<\/strong>.<br>The video server will be <a href=\"https:\/\/zoneminder.com\/\"><strong><em>ZoneMinder<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, so we need the URL scheme that allows to fetch the video stream (either plain UDP or through RTSP), such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center alignwide wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>rtsp:\/\/user:Password@ipaddress:554\/ch1\/video<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are used to purchase it through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet.com.tw\/\">Planet<\/a>, but their last cameras are delivered with documentation (User Manuals) that are still referring to <strong>Windows XP<\/strong>, <strong>Internet Explorer<\/strong>, a proprietary plugin that requires <strong>ActiveX<\/strong>, &#8230;<br>&#8220;Technologies&#8221; that were largely outdated already at the very beginning of this millennium&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-3.png 616w, https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-3-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2201\" style=\"width:615px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2.png 316w, https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2203\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8204435240261091;width:621px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4.png 297w, https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopefully, we use the <a href=\"https:\/\/BFrere.world\/WITMUOSITW.pdf\"><strong><em>most used operating system in the world<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, since decades now, so wouldn&#8217;t purchase hardware that requires such old-fashioned and unmaintained &#8220;technologies&#8221; and non standard operating systems&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope your modern cameras are using the World-Wide Web standard <strong>since 2014<\/strong>: HTML5&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May you provide me a list of your appropriate cameras, and the corresponding price ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:Brent.Frere@AbilIT.eu\">Brent.Frere@AbilIT.eu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">An alternative solution, as we need three to four cameras by remote location, may be a coax\/PAL\/analog based solution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>three to four analog cameras<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>preferably powered by the coax cable (for convenience)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and a analog-to-IP encoder, that might deliver the four streams through IP simultaneously<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An example of such a converter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c7ebd8d6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6.png 480w, https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7.png 480w, https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/abilit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-7-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So a complete kit of three or four cameras and the analog-to-IP encoder may be a good solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello. I&#8217;m looking again for industrial-class process surveillance cameras.Nothing extraordinary: basically see if a door is open or closed, if the light is on or off, if somebody is currently inside or not&#8230; For convenience, it is better to have a fixation that can be screwed directly on a electrical plastic box, with the cable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2200","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2200"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2211,"href":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2200\/revisions\/2211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilit.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}