Detection product firm Optex Europe has teamed up with the CCTV lighting manufacturer Raytec, to launch a version of its combined camera/PIR REDWATCH detector.
The new REDWATCH option integrates detection pattern and camera lens view with LED illumination from the Raytec Infra-Red (IR) range.
REDWATCH, part of the REDWALL family of external detectors, has benefits, according to the firm, including a colour/mono camera with varifocal lens integrated with the PIR, providing the first ‘true’ BS8418 compliant RVRC-required sensor, and an effective operational mounting height increased from 2.3 metres (providing a 50 x 30 metre detection range) to four metres (a 30 x 20 metre detection pattern).
What they say
Nigel Hackett, Sales Director for Optex Europe’s RVR Division, says: “The matched fields of view of camera and detector as required under BS8418, ensure that all sensor activation is verified by the video camera and vice versa, thus dramatically reducing false and unwanted alarm activations and improving the efficiency of the monitored response.
“The addition of a new IR unit matched precisely to the beam pattern and the camera lens view ensures intruders at night can be properly seen, providing the RVRC operator with good quality images and minimal noise for optimum performance.” Raytec provides a range of IR and White-Light illuminators for CCTV.
