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Whenever expensive items are involved, security is always a major concern. If you‘ve fulfilled a childhood dream of owning your own large boat, you would prefer to keep it safe from theft and vandalism, even when you‘re not there to keep an eye on it yourself. This explains why Herrington Harbor North Marina in Maryland had Basler network cameras installed to protect their grounds and everything on them.
Basler Network Cameras Watch over US Herrington Harbor Marinas
Date: 2011/03/03
Source: Basler
Camera installation was completed by Surveillance Secure, a security services provider based in Rockville, Maryland. To protect the Basler network cameras from adverse weather conditions, dust and moisture, they were placed in protective outdoor housings. Existing poles at Herrington Harbor North were used to install the cameras and to supply them with power. To be able to transmit the images from the Basler cameras back to the marina office, a number of transmitters and receivers were installed.
The video footage from all of the Basler network cameras installed at the site must be stored for a period of six months and this requirement results in a large amount of stored video data. To lower storage costs as well as bandwidth consumption, the Basler allows multiple streaming using several M-JPEG streams and an MPEG-4 or an H.264 stream at the same time. This means that several streams can be set up for different purposes. For example, one stream could be set with a low image size for the operator to view, and a second stream could be set for the maximum image size and only recorded by the NVR if motion is detected. On each stream, the user can also adjust the output scaling, frame rate scaling, AOI and encoder mode to reduce the amount of bandwidth required by the camera.
With the new Basler network cameras installed, boat owners at the Herrington Harbor North marina have peace of mind. They can rest assured that their property is protected at all times and that they will always have a safe harbor to return to.