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APS chooses Videotec PTZ systems for their video surveillance

APS is Arizona's Leading Producer of Electric Power and the State's largest electric utility, providing reliable power with quality service at a reasonable cost for over 100 years.

APS serves over 1.1 million customers in 11 of 15 counties in Arizona.

APS needs to monitor their critical infrastructure and their substations located all over the state and in areas often difficult to reach. APS had already a video surveillance system in place equipped with a series of thermal imaging PTZ.

Due the high-failure rate and high cost of maintenance of these units, APS moved to this Videotec’s solution for effective day/night surveillance. ULISSE positioning system integrates a high performance P&T head with housing, telemetry receiver and two infrared LED illuminators without external rotating cables.

The rotation on the horizontal axis is continuous with a variable speed up to 40°/s while the amplitude on the vertical axis varies from +90° to -40° with a max speed of 30°/s. ULISSE controls patrol with a tracking accuracy of 0.02° on preset positions recall.

The ULISSE PTZ with twin 20 degree IRBD Illuminators have been fitted with a 1/2" CCD camera and a mechanical zoom lens which gives about 900' (275m) FOV in black and 1350' (400m) FOV in daylight. Integration with different cameras and motorized zoom lens combination is straight forward thank to its side opening housing and connection boards with preinstalled BNC.

The Ulisse can be integrated in several different installations thanks to the several integrated protocols or in IP based systems thanks to its seamlessly integration with most VMS. APS deployed 40 of these units in 2010 to monitor APS substations, with a typical install consisting of two to nine units.

Active infrared night vision like ULISSE PTZ incorporates illuminators that produce high levels of infrared light, and the resulting images are typically higher resolution than other night vision technologies.

Gianni Viero, VP at Videotec Security Inc: “Working close with APS, we offered a valuable solution with one of our state-of-the-art solution for effective day/night surveillance.”

Gary Couch Physical Security Engineer at APS confirmed: “With Videotec’s unit it has allowed us to make a unit to suit our surveillance requirements”.

For more info visit:- http://www.videotec.com/en/page_427.html

About VIDEOTEC
Videotec produces professional and certified accessories for video-surveillance, such as housings and outdoor positioning systems for cameras, video management systems and devices for digital analysis of the video signals. Videotec offers today a network of services and support through its subsidiaries in France, USA and Hong Kong.

About Videotec:
Videotec S.p.A. was founded in Italy in 1986 to specialise in the creation of functional, attractively designed CCTV products. The wide range of innovating, top quality products for modern CCTV systems has made a crucial contribution to Videotec’s great success. Adoption of the ISO 9001 standard implies commitment on a daily basis to quality and to proper company procedures for the whole production range. Videotec supplies numerous distributors of CCTV products on a worldwide basis through its headquarters in Italy and branches in France, the United States and Hong Kong and is able to offer the highest quality standards at the most competitive prices in the world. For further information visit:- www.videotec.com

Photo (above) reproduced by kind permission of Videotec