Mobotix Releases 'Move' Into 21st Century

Published Jun 20, 2018 14:09 PM

For years, Mobotix stood resolutely against, well, every other manufacturer, selling it as a virtue:

MOBOTIX equipment is designed with no moving parts to provide the best overall return on investment

Now, Mobotix has moved with their new Move line:

In this note, we examine the manufacturing, the feature sets and how it impacts Mobotix's competitive positioning.

Contract *************

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*** ******* **** ** ***** ******* S/G **********, *** ******* **** **** are ******* ******* **** *******, *********, and ***** ***** *** ****** ***********. Cameras **** ******* ***** ****** *** onboard *********, *** ***** ************ *** not *** *********.  

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*** **** ********* *** ******* **** be ******* *** ******* ***** *** Move ******** **** ** ********** ****** to ****** **** **** ***** ****** priced *** ***** **** ***********. ****** ******* can ***** *********, *.*., ***** / FLIR, ** *** ******* *** ** too **** *** *********** *************** *** low ** ***** ********.

** ******, ***** ******* ** *** finalized *** *** *** ******* ** not ******** ** ****, ** ****** be *******. ** ** **** ** test **** **** *** ********.

Comments (9)
UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Jun 20, 2018

looks like Dynacolor from first glance...especially the bullet.

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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Jun 21, 2018

that PTZ with the black body, looks a lot like the ptz on Dynacolor's home page:

 

http://www.dynacolor.com.tw/

 

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Greg Levorchick
Jun 20, 2018

Looking forward to the new products.  As long as the quality is maintained, these look to be some welcome additions.

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UI
Undisclosed Integrator #2
Jun 20, 2018

I saw a lookalike of the IR PTZ at the Flir booth, same OEM partner?

U
Undisclosed #3
Jun 21, 2018
IPVMU Certified

Mobotix has not disclosed who the manufacturer is, but did specify that it was "not Chinese."

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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Jun 21, 2018

John/IPVM Team, 

Are there any known security flaws with the Dynacolor products?  Anything similar to the AXIS issues, or worse (Dahua and HIK)?  

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Ethan Ace
Jun 21, 2018

A search of CVE authorities doesn't turn up anything Dynacolor. 

Whether there were known vulnerabilities or not would be moot anyway if Mobotix is running their own firmware on the cameras.

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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #4
Jun 26, 2018

It's nice to see Mobotix trying to launch a complete solution with the MOVE and a storage/recording platform planned for future release.  I prefer to sell & support the IoT models due to their image quality, intelligence and reliability.    But I can see applications where these might make a good enhancement to an IoT system.

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Tom Sharples
Jul 23, 2018

Seems to me that most of the huge advantage Mobotix has in terms of low power requirements, small footprint and ease of outdoor physical installation would go away with their new PTZ models. In the rare occasions where I need that functionality I'd be much more inclined to go with Axis than try out unproven stuff on a customer.