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Comments (16)
Luis Sadio
Ethan,
Will you make test with shadows or rain?
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Undisclosed #1
Quite disappointing that Axis would make you give up 2 I/O ports to use what is essentially a 'paperclip shunt', instead of making a checkbox in the software.
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ROSS Vanderklok
Does Avigilon analytics still only work if it is Avigilon from end to end? Or are other VMS' writing these Avigilon analytic cameras in now?
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Undisclosed Integrator #2
I cringe when I see the workarounds in the articles. That 10-15 minutes per camera somehow equates to "free" in sales lingo simply because it can be done.
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Undisclosed Integrator #3
If I got it right, the VMD software has to reside on the VMS server or a separate server, its not running in the camera itself?
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Mike Davis
John,
You shoud have included a Mobotix M15 with MxActivitySensor, you can pick the lens type Color, B/W or Thermal. If you pick thermal you have VMD in complete darkeness. I know you have testes VMD on a Q24 in the past but from our experiece the M15 has been the best solution for most applications requiring outdoor VMD. Actvity sensor eliminates all wind, rain, leaves and reflected light issues. The only issues we have run into is animal detection which it cannot filter out and complete sun blow out of the image in the South Florida sun. The sun blowout can be reduced using advanced setup options to where it only happens on extremely bright days with moving clouds, maybe a couple of time a month. As far as setup is concerned the default settings are highly effective and only take a minute to enable. More extreme situations will take some added time, but not 10 to 15 minutes once your used to programming the camera.
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Undisclosed Integrator #4
So, I tested Axis VMD3 last week as a potential VideoIQ alternative (I used VideoIQ a lot before the Avigilon Aquisition). My particular scene included leafy shadows from tall trees above, and it triggered VMD3 like crazy. I'm pretty sure VideoIQ would have rejected those correctly. Also, every freaking animal triggers VMD3. In my test scenes I could probably filter out the worst of this using minimum size restrictions, but for many perimiter protection scenarios I am often covering a VERY deep depth of field, and a possum in the foreground may appear bigger than a person in the background.
It would be nice if Axis offered a way to overlay the detection boxes on the recorded video. When you have multiple ignore regions, ignore small objects, and ignore swaying objects all turned on it can be difficult to tell which filter needs to be tweaked to eliminate a given false alarm. Does camera center play back the video with detection boxes?
From my perspective, VMD3 is still a LONG way from replacing VideoIQ as my goto analytic solution for perimiter protection. That said, it is a huge improvement over standard motion detection. VMS vendors could only benefit by adding support; less money on hard drives means more money for cameras and VMS licenses.
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Ethan Ace
Note: Exacq added support for VMD 3 as an analytic in recent versions. Recording can be set up using Event Linking, which we've added to the report above, as well.
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