More Ethernet Extender Featured Stories
January 31, 2008
Patton Introduces World's First IP Camera Extender
By Brian Solomon
TMCnet Web Editor
Patton (News - Alert) Electronics has announced the Patton Model 1173, the world’s first IP
Camera Extender. The announcement was made at IIPSEC 2008 in Coventry, UK earlier this week.
“The market trend is everything over Ethernet
,” said Patton project manager Johnnie Grant. “Patton technology takes video-over-Ethernet faster and farther over voice-grade copper. The 1173 addresses an amazing breadth of applications.”
The Model 1173 is enclosed in metal and operates at temperatures of -10° to 70°C. It has the ability to support video deployment without infrastructure upgrades in a wide variety of scenarios including banks, retail outlets, railways, power plants, marine vessels and agricultural operations. Additional protection from condensing humidity is provided by optional conformal coating.
Patton’s newest product is compatible with any IP camera on the market, and can deliver high-quality streaming video over regular copper phone wire at speeds of up to 50 Mbps. Patton’s Model 1173 reduces infrastructure costs for video-over-Ethernet applications, and also simplifies installation by eliminating new CAT5 or co-axial cable requirements.
The 1173 can extend IP video at 4 Mbps up to 6000 feet—a distance fifteen times that of the Ethernet distance limitation. It is completely transparent to WMV, MPEG-4, and MJPEG compression
schemes.
In locations where video surveillance is needed, the IP Camera extender can prolong the life of aging twisted-pair infrastructure. In locations with installed CAT5, the 1173 extends video far beyond the 328 foot limit, thereby enhancing the CAT5 network.
Brian Solomon is a Web Editor for TMCnet, covering news in the IP communications, call center and customer relationship management industries. To see more of his articles, please visit Brian Solomon’s columnist page.
Don't forget to check out TMCnet’s White Paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users.
Internet Protocol (IP) | X |
IP stands for Internet Protocol, a data-networking protocol developed throughout the 1980s. It is the established standard protocol for transmitting and receiving data
in packets over the Internet. I...more |
Compression | X |
There are many types of compression (see CODEC). This tutorial explains IP compression. Payload Compression reduces the size of the data (content).
There are many compression techniques which reduce...more |
Ethernet | X |
An industry-standard network hardware specification (IEEE 802.3) developed by IEEE that offers dedicated network (and Internet) access. Standard Ethernet is half-duplex transmission system. That is, d...more |
More Ethernet Extender Featured Stories