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Comments (43)
Jeremy Ellis
Solid products, solid pre and post sale support.
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Dori Ribak
06/06/18 02:44pm
Interesting they chose to have no feet measurement.
Also i don't see this calibration process being realistic for more than couple of cameras job.
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Jordi Ibero
06/06/18 03:44pm
Interesting. Using OV but performing better than their competitors that use the same technology.
Would be nice to compare with Avigilon, Davantis, Xtralis, etc.
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John Bazyk
IPVMU Certified | 06/06/18 04:45pm
Great writeup, thank you guys for the hard work that goes into these.
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Michael Miller
Approximately how long does it take per camera to calibrate and confirm the correct calibration?
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Undisclosed #2
Concerning XProtect:
Via Bosch's Integration Partner Program (IPP), users of Milestone XProtect can take advantage of two plugins:
https://ipp.boschsecurity.com/en/integrated-solutions/partners-solution-advisor/find-a-partner-solution?partner=Milestone%20Systems
Analytic Service Plugin:
Enhanced Metadata Plugin:
Furthermore, I hope the plugins are a precursor to "forensic" search for Bosch products in XProtect.
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Michael Miller
Are the bounding boxes burned in the video when used with Exacq, Milestone, and Genetec? Or can they be turned on/off when needed?
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Scott Sheldrake
First off, nice work on the test, as John B says, you put some serious effort into these and it is appreciated.
Do you know if these cameras have an alarm output (ie NO/NC) that can be linked to an event?
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3
Can you run all available analytics at the same time on camera? Or how many of them can be run at the same time?
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #4
Please note that for the calibration of newest camera types like FLEXIDOME 7000, you only need to enter the mounting hight of the camera. All other informations are availlable for the camera by its integrated position sensors. That's pretty easy.
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Steve Beck
Ethan- Great job on this report. A few questions.
On a scale from 1-10, how hard was for you to calibrate these Bosch cameras? I know you had to do a lot different scenarios for this report so i know that took hours. My gut tells me the average industry installer can't handle this.
Also, what did the IR in the bullet model do to the analytics false alarm? Any difference?
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Itamar Kerbel
What is the price of these cameras when compared to Avigilon?
I found that it is very easy to train technicians to install Avigilon cameras.
On the other hand, they are expensive. When comparing the 2 and taking into account the long calibration of Bosch which is more cost-effective?
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Undisclosed End User #7
When I write a sow, how much detail do you recommend I add describing analytics. I.e.
1. Should I describe in great detail the analytic expectation for each camera?
2. Should I give a maximum allowable false alarm rate? What would be a fair false alarm rate for these analytics based on your tests, seems like perhaps 1 a week?
When I read the test, I think of these things as how do I get my integrator to set the cameras to their greatest potential and know they calibrated them effectively?
Based on your finding and the discussion it also looks like to be fair I have to build in some value to my coast estimate for this analytic tuning evolution.
NOTICE: This comment has been moved to its own discussion: End User: How Do I Specify Video Analytics Performance / False Alarm Rate?
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Undisclosed Integrator #8
Bosch is implementing developments coming from their Automotive Industry regarding video analytics used in drive assistant software. They are way ahead of the competition in this area I suppose.
Also worth mentioning the Forensic Search function, which means that all metadata is stored with video material, so you can not only create 8 preconfigured IVA rules for analytics events, but lookup recordings later by any IVA query you create, even if it was not a preprogrammed rule. It is also working with Genetec as far as I know, if you record on BOSCH VRM system or internal SD card.
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Undisclosed Distributor #9
Hello,
when you talk about calibration, you don't mention that all the new series (4000i,5000i,6000i,7000) have an integrated accelerometer that automatically sets tilt and rotation of the camera as well, for the models with motorized lens (bullet and dome) the focal lenght. The only parameter that must be set manually is the height from the ground in meters, rendering calibration a matter of seconds
Moreover, in order to exclude small animals, oscillating objects and so on, there are dozens of rules that can do the difference, for example the aspect ratio of the object and its absolute size, the fact that it's moving in a restricted area (think about a tree that is oscillating strongly) and so on; from our direct experience I can guarantee that the false alarm ratio can reach 1/2 FA/Month per camera in complex scenarios (moving trees/bushes, some animal walking around, normal wind and rain).
You did'nt mention VCA Task editor function as well, that gives the installer the chance of modifying (with a little coding) the behavior of every single VCA task in order to limit false alarm rate.
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #10
Once you know how to Calibrate them the process is quite simple and fairly quick. I would rather have the analytics work then have no setup and the false, and don't work as needed.
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Undisclosed Integrator #8
Thank you for the article. Do video stream settings impact IVA functionality ? Resolution, compression, etc. ?
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