Longwatch releases Version 5.1 Video Surveillance

The latest release from Longwatch is available in three platforms that eliminate the need for custom programming to set up a video surveillance system.

The Longwatch Video System Version 5.1 is available in three platforms that faciltate easy installation, configuration and application.

The platforms eliminate the custom programming needed with traditional video systems and create fast track integration with a process control, HMI/SCADA or automation control system.

The result reduces false alarms, labor costs, support costs, and improves decision-making speed and accuracy, all saving money.

The platforms include Console Recorder Platform which monitors what operators are watching on HMI displays and records their keystroke actions.

Playback reveals what operators saw on the screen during an event and actions taken.

A small software module acts as a camera to record what is on the system screen, including mouse movements.

The result is video that can be used for root cause analysis, process documentation, operator training and process improvement.

The Video Historian Platform automatically links and synchronises historical trend information and stored video from multiple cameras in the field or process.

This enables the operator to actually see what happened when various trend conditions occurred.

It also includes a patent-pending process tab that automatically links SQL database messages from alarm, quality and other MES databases with video from automatically selected cameras.

The result ranges from seeing what happened when an alarm was posted in the HMI/SCADA/DCS system, to having a video traveler of a manufacturing or batch work order as it works its way through the plant.

The Surveillance Platform eliminates blind spots in video surveillance by providing the most flexible and efficient networking support available.

Event messages automatically contain video snippets that show what happened before, during and after an event, to help reduce false alarms and to help inform first responders when necessary.

Events can be triggered by security alarms, door switches, level or leak sensors, limit switches, or a variety of hardware and software-generated signals.

Video can be sent over wired or wireless networks, including instrumentation networks, ranging from 9600 baud serial up to satellite, broadband and fiber.

Each of the platforms is supplied on a CD-ROM, which allows fast installation and integration with cameras of all types, industrial networks, and HMI/SCADA systems, DCSes, process historians, and control systems of all types.

Longwatch Version 5.1 is available immediately from authorized Longwatch distributors, resellers and OEMs.

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