- Digital Video Trip Wire Technology
- Image archival storage to 2000 images
- Advanced Power Management
- Compact & Lightweight
- Integrated Modem & MIDS Receiver
- Motorized Remote Focus with Auto-focus
- Quick Change Lenses - Imaging to 600m
- Updated GUI
An Integrated Sensor System
The LYNX-500 is a man portable unattended surveillance system
that integrates sensors and imagers to monitor and report on
activities in remote areas. This system is designed for easy
deployment in DoD and DHS applications such as threat
surveillance, force and perimeter protection, border security,
situational awareness, and facilities monitoring. The deployed
system monitors itself and alerts the user when motion events
occur within a designated target area. This persistant
all-weather system uses a thermal camera triggered by passive
infrared (PIR), seismic or magnetic sensors and captures targets
up to 600 meters away. The captured images are compressed and
sent as individual images or loop animation movies via Iridium
or Globalstar satellite or over non-line-of-sight RF
communications link.
Advanced Capture Technology
Operating from a low power sleep state, the LYNX-500 wakes
to a sensor event and captures images using video trip wires
that discriminate based on target size. This detection
technology is more advanced than both analog video and timed
detection methods, giving the user the ‘right image’ when events
occur. To conserve power, the system then sleeps and awaits the
next event. Sensor and video events are both needed to trigger a
capture, reducing false alarms.
Advanced optics
Uncooled microbolometer with 76,400 pixels. Reduced pixel
pitch reduces optics size and weight. Lenses are field
changeable in seconds. Motorized focus is remotely adjustable or
automatic. A suite of available lenses includes 30°, 15°, 10°
and 5° horizontal fields of view for standard (N50) recognition
ranges for personnel to 600m.
Rugged
The camera body and the lens are each independently sealed
and purged to maintain the best possible performance in the
toughest conditions. Lenses are available with diamond hard
coatings for the ultimate in protection. The LYNX-500 is rated
from –25 to +60°C.
Data Communications
Data communications including control and image retrieval
can be either local or long range. Local control uses a
high-speed Ethernet connection or RS-232.
