Smartvue surveillance system available in India

The camera and network video recorders (NVRs) were engineered by Mistral for Smartvue and Mistral has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Smartvue to make the product available in India and Sri Lanka.

The surveillance solution includes wireless and wired IP cameras, NVRs, and a peer- to-peer server application - Insightserver2; all designed to work in a plug-and-play manner.

The wireless IP camera of the Mistral Smartvue system provides high-quality video using megapixel sensors and also supports two-way audio communications.

It uses a combination of the latest 802.11n wireless standard and advanced transcoding to transfer the recorded video and audio streams to viewers, through the NVR.

Each NVR can support a maximum of 20 cameras, and can store up to a month's video/audio.

It can also be connected to external storage devices like JBOD, NAS and SAN using its eSATA3 or Gigabit Ethernet connectors, ensuring almost limitless storage to users with high-capacity needs.

The NVR provides a web-based user interface for configuring the camera network and viewing the recorded/live video.

Video management is provided through the Insightserver2; a carrier grade peer-to-peer server, that provides remote access to cameras across multiple NVRs spread across the world.

It facilitates the management of millions of users, cameras, and network video recorders from a single interface.

The plug-n-play design of the Mistral Smartvue system with self-configuring video networking ensures that almost anyone can install it.

The Mistral Smartvue IP surveillance solution is based on the latest 802.11n WLAN technology, offering higher throughput and longer range; as compared to 802.11b/g standards.

The IP camera offers a design small enough to fit in the palm of a hand and can be fitted easily in places where other cameras cannot be placed.

The camera uses a 2 megapixel sensor to capture detailed video images.

It also supports an automatic low-light mode for 1.0 lux night-time performance.

The solution supports H.264, MPEG4, JPEG and G.711 formats.

H.264 video compression allows the solution to use close to five times less bandwidth than most other network cameras, facilitating savings in bandwidth and storage space.

Standard with 1Terabyte storage, the NVR offers high storage capacity.

Featuring a built-in two-way audio including a microphone and speaker with a carrier-grade VOIP server, the IP camera facilitates two-way communication with remotely located users.

The Mistral Smartvue system can send audio and video alerts via e-mail and SMS to any internet-enabled device like, Iphone, Gphone, and WAP mobile phone.

The Mistral Smartvue solution can scale from a small set-up, consisting of two camera/single NVR, to multi-location/multiple-NVR solutions.

The solution is optimised for almost any multi-location surveillance with peer-to-peer remote server that enables support for management of one to million locations from a single website.

It is an ideal video surveillance solution for government, defence, industries, education and research, commercial establishments, corporate, hospitality, retail and residences.

The solution will be available in India in the first quarter of 2009.

The Mistral Smartvue product line will be sold in India through a distribution channel, which is in the process of being established.