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IndigoVision IP Video Streamlines Austrian Logistics Network
IndigoVision's complete end-to-end IP Video solution is helping global logistics specialist Kühne+Nagel to streamline and secure its distribution network in Austria. The new networked digital CCTV system provides both security surveillance and a video record of truck and parcel movements throughout their 5 Austrian distribution centers in Vienna, Schwechat Airport, Port Enns, Salzburg and Linz.
As a truck arrives at a distribution center an operator tracks its movement with a PTZ dome, which monitors and records the unloading process together with the truck license plate, the driver's identity and the truck's arrival time. This video record provides an important element in their packet tracking system and provides visual evidence in the event of a shipping problem. The CCTV system also provides traditional security surveillance to protect against intruders and possible theft both inside and outside of the warehouse.
The system was designed and installed by IndigoVision's local partner C&C Salzgeber GmbH in Vienna and used both Kühne+Nagel's existing network infrastructure and much of the original analog CCTV system wiring at each of the distribution centers. The analog feed from each CCTV camera is connected to an IndigoVision 8000 rack module, which converts the signal to high-quality full framerate digital video for transmission over the IP network. IndigoVision's MPEG-4 compression technology ensures DVD-quality video can be transmitted over large distances with minimal impact on network bandwidth. ‘Control Center', IndigoVision's IP Video and Alarm Management software is used by the operators to view live and recorded video from any of the cameras. Up to 30 days of video is recorded using an IndigoVision Network Video Recorder (NVR) located at each site.
