AKCP Introduces the securityProbe for Environmental and Security Monitoring

September 12, 2007; 09:39 AM
The securityProbe combines sensors and cameras which alert to unauthorized intruders, security breaches, high temperatures, smoke, water leakages, power outages and much more. Up to 4 pan-and-tilt cameras can be integrated with a wide assortment of physical sensors. Our advanced Event Notification Wizards makes it easy to keep the user informed via email, SMS, telephone call, web-browser, and other channels.

The AKCP securityProbe product line is the successor to our popular sensorProbe8Linux monitoring devices. The securityProbe includes all of the features that the sensorProbe8Linux has but with added capabilities. It features a faster CPU and graphics card than its predecessor, but with the same easy to use web based interface. Despite these advances the pricing will remain the same as the sensorProbe8Linux line.

The new securityProbe features a 32-bit Xscale PXA270 312 MHz processor, 128mb of nonvolatile flash memory for storage, a 10/100 mbps Ethernet port, serial port, USB port, RS485 port and Modbus port. It has 8 full autosense RJ-45 ports for connection to AKCP intelligent sensors, The securityProbe runs the embedded Linux Operating System including web server, https (SSL), Bash, Perl, vi, Telnet, PHP, Email and Nagios.

This new and improved monitoring device from AKCP also has enhanced camera controls via the 4 built-in pan-tilt controllers. The securityProbe features a higher resolution of 640x480 pixels with a frame rate of 15 frames per second, and 30 frames per second for a 320x240 picture size. Other new features include support for a Modbus slave and the ability to add language packs.

The securityProbe is also available with an additional 20 dry input contacts
(securityProbe-X20) and an additional 60 dry input contacts (securityProbe-X60). The securityProbe replaces the cameraProbe8 with a bundle that includes the securityProbe and the new AKCP Pan Tilt Dome Camera.