Wireless Surveillance is
Heating Up!
In this issue:
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HauteSpot presents seminar at
ISCWest 2009 - We give you a brief
preview of the upcoming seminar on Open Standard IP Video
Surveillance
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HauteRouterOS new
features released - Mobile Mesh is now Go!
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"From the Lab"
- Creating TDM (T-1/E-1) links over HauteSpot wireless
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Training and
certification - What is being developed for HauteSpot
wireless equipment
On Wednesday,
April 1st at 2pm, Bob Ehlers will be presenting a seminar on
Open Standard Video Wireless Surveillance as part of the
International Security Conference and Expo West 2009 in Las
Vegas.
 Summary:
"Extending real time access to video surveillance sources is
becoming a huge issue. It is no longer sufficient to just record
surveillance video on an NVR. Security officers, law
enforcement, public safety, DHS have requirements to view real
time video surveillance from their laptops, PDAs, and mobile
phones from any location around the world. This means the need
to support a variety of devices, resolutions, frame rates,
encoding standards and data rates. Using industry standards like
MPEG4 H.264, RTP, RTSP, as well as de facto standards like
Flash, Windows Media Player and Quicktime, it is possible to
provide secure access to real time video surveillance to
virtually any device anywhere. This session we will explore the
architecture for delivering this capability. Suitable for IP/IT
professionals, integrators." This
will be a vendor agnostic overview of possible open
architectures that can be used to build IP surveillance
networks. Our focus will be on Central Station Surveillance
Networks which are capable of sending secure, live streaming
video from customer premise cameras, to the Central Station and
then out to clients on the Internet. But the architecture could
be used for almost any IP surveillance network.
We will discuss industry standard efforts by
SIA, PSIA, and ONVIF, as well as how to leverage existing
standards used for IPTV, Content Distribution Networks, and
broadcast production (SMPTE, IEEE, ITU).
We promise not to make this a vendor sales
pitch! If you have not already registered for ISC West, you can
get a $50 discount on seminars or free exhibits pass by going
here.
We will be exhibiting with
RGB Spectrum in booth
15131. If you would like
to meet any time during ISC, please send an email to
sales@hautespot.net .
We can arrange a time to meet exclusively
with you.
If the audience feedback is positive, we may offer
this same seminar through one of our distributors later this
year. There is also a LinkedIn Event where you
can indicate that you are going and see who else is going
here. We hope to
see you at this informative and educational presentation.
 A
new version of
HauteRouterOS for the
HauteWRAP product family has just been released. For
existing customers, you can download an upgrade package from our
support web site. In this new release there are many
exciting enhancements:
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Layer 2 Mesh networking support has been
stabilized. This important enhancement means that mobile
mesh networks, which are truly dynamic, can be easily
deployed with good results for video. The mesh protocol is
derived from the still pending 802.11s specification. It
operates at layer 2, allowing for faster forwarding,
seamless operation of MAC layer discovery tools, and better
scalability than WDS only based mesh.
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HSNM - The HauteSpot Network Manager is a
utility that allows you to manage and monitor your wireless
and wired networks. It runs under MS Windows, or under Wine
on Linux systems, and is very easy to use. It provides
simple device monitoring, dependency alarming, and full
diagnostics of HauteWRAP devices.
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HS Configurator- The HSCONF utility
provides a robust device management interface for all
HauteWRAP devices. Find your routers using MAC address or IP
address, then connect and configure them using this GUI
interface tool.
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Web Interface - The HauteWRAP web
management interface has been redesigned for easier use.
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Manuals - The user manuals for both the
HauteWRAP and HSNM have been updated to reflect the new
operating system and feature capabilities.
There is no need to update stable working
systems if you do not need these additional features. However,
all new systems will ship with the new and improved
HauteRouterOS operating system. As with all software upgrades
from HauteSpot Networks, there is no charge.
We have been asked about offering training and
certification on our products. To date, our philosophy has been
to carefully choose system integrators that have the required skills to successfully install our equipment.
Then we work with them on their first few
installations to help them become familiar with the
product and self-sufficient. This philosophy does not scale very
well for us nor does it allow system integrators who are skilled
in CCTV or other areas of surveillance and security to develop
the skills needed to install and use a wireless IP surveillance
network. So, we are working on a training and
certification program. The program will be on-line and would
combine Flash movies, hands on training on remote systems, and
reading manuals and deployment guides. At the end of each module
there will be a test, again taken on line. Successfully passing
all of the courses in a line of study will lead to
certification. There are three levels of
certification we are considering:
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HauteSpot Wireless Network
Installer - This program will be targeted at
security system installers who have little to no knowledge
of IP networking or RF. The program will start by teaching
basic IP networking skills, then add RF basics, followed by
product specific installation and configuration skills. Upon
successful completion, the person will be qualified to
configure and install outdoor wireless networking equipment
under most conditions.
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HauteSpot Wireless Network
Administrator - This program will be targeted at
experienced IT network professionals and will focus on
wireless technologies, wireless routing and QoS, and device
configuration. An entry test will be required showing that
the applicant has solid understandings of TCP/IP networking,
firewalling, routing, and related topics. Applicants that do
not meet the criteria for entry into the program by passing
the entrance exam will be referred to standardized industry
training which will need to be completed before taking this
course. At the completion of the program, a Network
Administrator will be fully capable of diagnosing and
optimizing wireless networks using HauteSpot products.
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HauteSpot Wireless Network
Designer - This program will be targeted at
HauteSpot Wireless Network Administrators who want to move
into a planning, design and consulting role. Advanced RF and
wireless network design concepts will be applied. Applicants
will learn how to use simulation modeling tools, conduct
detailed surveys, select property equipment, and specify
network topographies. At the completion of this program, the
Designer will be fully capable of planning and implementing
the most complex wireless network designs.
Our objective is to keep the cost and time
requirements of this certification and training program to a
minimum so that the maximum number of people can participate.
Eventually it would be our intent to make
reseller qualifications dependent on having appropriately
trained and certified staff.
Before we finalize our training syllabus and
start development of the courses, we wanted to offer our
customers the opportunity to provide input to this effort.
Please send us any ideas you have regarding training and
certification, including course requirements, content, methods
of delivery, etc to
support@hautespot.net. We will do our best to incorporate
your input into our training development.
Last month HauteSpot Networks finalized
distribution capabilities with both
Anixter and
Graybar Electric. In both
cases, customers can order HauteSpot products through these
distributors under their normal terms. Customers may need to
talk to HauteSpot sales reps in order to determine the proper
equipment for their needs. They can then provide the list of
material to either of the distributors for fulfillment. Since
this is a new capability, not all distributor locations may be aware of how to order our products. Please
ask them to
call HauteSpot Networks directly for fulfillment details.
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