The four-channel SPE-400 and 16 channel rack-mounted SPE-1600R, designed to house up to four SPE-400B four-channel encoder blades, as well as the SPE-100 single channel encoder, should provide a ‘cost effective and easy-to-implement method of adding analogue cameras to an IP/network based video surveillance system’.
According to Samsung, the encoders have been made to enable images captured by an analogue camera to be transmitted in real-time across a network at 4-CIF resolution.
A multi-streaming feature has been added so that the encoders can provide H.264, Mpeg-4 or Mjpeg compression.
Coverting analogue into network-based solution
“Our encoder series provide a very installer friendly method of converting an analogue CCTV system into a network based surveillance solution,” John Fisk, European IP product manager for Samsung Techwin Europe, said.
“Our design engineers have used their knowledge of IP and network technology to include features which can bring operational and cost saving benefits to customers. For example, of particular importance to customers who want to add analogue speed domes onto a network, is that all three encoders support both the Samsung and Pelco D/P telemetry protocols.”
Images and email notifications for alarms
In the event of an alarm, the encoders can be programmed to trigger a dome to move to a preset position, Samsung said. In the case of the SPE-100 and SPE-400, images relating to the alarm can be recorded onto an SD card and an e-mail notification sent.
The SPE-100 has a video loop designed to allow captured images to be shared with other devices, such as a display monitor or locally based DVR, before they are encoded for transmission over a network.
The SPE-100 and SPE-400 have been built with bi-directional audio to facilitate communication between a camera’s location and a control room, whilst both models also allow authorised users to gain access to live images, or images recorded onto a memory card inserted in the encoders’ SD slots, via a web browser.