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A specialist in transmission for CCTV, surveillance and industrial control, KBC Networks has one of the broadest product ranges in the industry for IP, analogue and HD video transmission. Unlike standard products, our units are designed and built to perform in the most demanding environments.

WESII - Faster Wireless

KBC's WESII wireless point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Ethernet units are now available globally.

Supporting a 10/100 Ethernet interface, the units provide wireless connectivity for IP devices including megapixel or HD cameras, DVRs, encoders & decoders and web servers. IEEE802.11a/n and 802.11h compliance means that the units operate in the license-free 5GHz band; feature MIMO technology to increase throughput and transmission distance and comply with ETSI DFS and TPS standards (Dynamic Frequency Selection and Transmit Power Control). The units provide up to100Mbps of throughput and employ WPA2 security using AES or TKIP encryption to prevent unauthorised access.

Designed for Faster Set-up

WESII units come with the option of a number of directional and omni-directional antennas and are straightforward to set up, featuring a site survey tool to allow an appropriate transmission frequency to be selected, and an alignment tool for the best possible antenna positioning.

Ideal for where cabling isn't cost-effective
or practical to install

The new wireless units are suitable for cities and town centres, university campuses, industrial and commercial facilities, highways, railways, ports and harbours, government and military sites and borders and perimeters. The WESII units are designed to transmit constant streaming video and can be used to send and receive Ethernet data packets or to operates as Wifi Access Point. A WES system can be implemented as a long-range, point-to-point, wireless bridge or as a multipoint receive antenna communicating to numerous transmitting client or station devices.

With weatherproof casings and wide operating temperature ranges (-40 - +74°C) WESII units provide a truly flexible and low-cost transmission option for situations where it’s not possible or cost-efficient to run cable.

Meet the KBC APAC Team

KBC APAC will be at Safety & Security Asia 2011, 12-14 October 2011 Venue: Suntec Singapore. We would love to meet you. It will be a great opportunity to meet the team, discuss your technical challenges, find out more about our range of transmission products and discover what new products and technologies are just around the KBC corner.

Full HD-SDI video
High Definition Video Quality for CCTV

With high definition video now commonplace in the home, the transition to uncompressed HD CCTV has begun. All major camera manufacturers now produce HD cameras allowing users to take advantage of significantly improved levels of image capture and analysis. With our range of ruggedized, digital video, fibre interfaces, users can now combine the benefits of high definition with the simplicity of an analogue system.

The benefits of high definition surveillance are significant. Uncompressed HD surveillance systems allow incredibly detailed images to be captured in real-time over a wide field of view so that at the control room, extremely accurate display, recording and detection can be carried out. However with much greater signal bandwidths involved, a copper system, would fail to transmit an HD video signal very far.

Built to perform in unconditioned environments, KBC digital video units support HD video transmission up to 40km. The complete range includes a series of fibre optic extenders that allow HD video signals to be transferred from camera to control room without any distance issues, and electrical splitters that are ideal for multiple advertising screens in stations and airports

.KBC’s HD-SDI and HD-SDI plus PTZ units support video transmission up to 40km offering non-compressed, real-time, video transmission suitable for even the most demanding video applications.

• Data rates from 143Mbps to 1.85Gbps
• Embedded audio, data and EDH data
• Wide operating temperature range
• Single fibre interface
• Singlemode & multimode models
• Compact and 3U chassis card configurations
• RS422 simplex data

KBC SFP Modules Available Now

The KBC SFP range provides true flexibility to our range of SFP-based industrial Ethernet switches. The units are available for twisted pair and multimode and singlemode fibre in both 100m and 1000m formats over a range of optical budgets, offering choice, quality and outstanding value.

KBC ThruLink Meets the IP Challenge

The transition from analogue to IP has dramatically lowered operational costs and increased system flexibility for CCTV systems; however, IP transmission can add complexity and has brought with it, a new set of problems for installers. From overcoming firewall restrictions to streaming live video securely over a public network. KBC's ThruLink has been able to provide a simple and secure solution to many of those challenges

In a recent CCTV project, ThruLink provided a secure solution and solved the transmission problems faced by the installers. The CCTV system in question comprises multiple camera locations, each with between 5 and 7 PTZ cameras and an NVR. At each of the locations, the cameras outputs are digitised and transmitted wirelessly to a local gathering point within a street cabinet. From here, the camera streams are sent back to a number of viewing stations by a router, over standard ADSL broadband links.

With the first camera and remote viewing station set up, the system worked well. However as soon as the system tried to access more than one camera, problems began to arise. The issue lay with port forwarding. With the IP system using a fixed port for the entire network of cameras and with no way of defining individual ports per encoder, the system would only ever link to one external IP address. In short, back at the viewing station, there seemed to be no way of switching between cameras.

The Solution

A standard capacity ThruLink was installed at each gathering point with another at the viewing point. This allowed a secure 'pipe' to be set up between the locations over the internet. This pipe enables the cameras and the viewing station to appear to be on one LAN. As far as the viewing station is concerned, the camera signals now look like they come from within its own internal network, and so port forwarding doesn't apply.

Outcome

With the port forwarding issue resolved, the camera system and monitoring stations (all with access to the entire camera and NVR network) are now operational. The encrypted VPNs created by ThruLink enable the camera signals to be sent securely between locations, and allow the end user to view and switch between cameras as required.

The installer also has a ThruLink unit installed at its own offices allowing network support to be carried out remotely and securely.

User:

Switching between camera sites and individual cameras from a number of remote viewing stations

Secure video streaming over a public network

Significantly reduced ongoing transmission & maintenance costs

Installer:

Port forwarding issue solved

Industrially hardened ThruLink units - The units operate flawlessly within the high temperature environments of the street cabinets

Rapid, straightforward set-up

Ability to carry out remote system monitoring and access the entire CCTV network for maintenance

No maintenance of VPN tunnel

Operation of KBC products relies on correct system design and installation. We’re happy to provide technical support and pre-sales assistance, so please contact your nearest KBC office for further information about any KBC products.

Due to ongoing technological improvements, product specifications are subject to change without notice. KBC is not liable for any errors, omissions or changes of any description of the goods contained herein. KBC makes no warranty that the products conform to any description contained herein. Do not rely solely on any representations, statements, or assertions concerning these Products contained herein.

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