Axis Network Radar Tested (D2050-VE)

Author: Ethan Ace, Published on Dec 19, 2017

Axis is expanding into a new market - radar.

The company has released their D2050-VE Network Radar Detector, claiming to minimize false alarms, in any weather, day or night.

We bought and tested the D2050-VE to see how it performed, testing:

  • Detection range
  • False alarm issues
  • VMS integration
  • Setup and calibration
  • PTZ autotracking

And more. See our full results inside.

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RMD ***** ******* ** ***

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VMS ***********

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Detection *****

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Comments (16)

Scott Sheldrake

12/19/17 04:21pm

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12/19/17 05:53pm

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IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 12/20/17 05:29pm

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In reply to Undisclosed #3 | 12/21/17 12:05pm

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08/08/18 03:14am

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Daniel Cyr

Sirix Video Monitoring Central | 08/27/18 12:15am

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Daniel Cyr | 08/27/18 02:58pm

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Sirix Video Monitoring Central | 08/27/18 06:34pm

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