Optex Europe – leader in detection technology – has teamed up with the leading CCTV lighting manufacturer illuminator business Raytec, to launch an enhanced version of its combined camera/PIR REDWATCH detector. The result is guaranteed detection performance, 24-hours a day.

The new REDWATCH option integrates detection pattern and camera lens view with zero maintenance, long life LED illumination from the Raytec Infra-Red (IR) range.

REDWATCH, part of the REDWALL family of proven external detectors, has multiple benefits including an advanced high quality colour/mono camera with varifocal lens integrated with the PIR, providing the first ‘true’ BS8418 compliant RVRC-required sensor, and an effective operational mounting height increased from 2.3 metres (providing a 50 x 30 metre detection range) to four metres (a 30 x 20 metre detection pattern).

“The matched fields of view of camera and detector as required under BS8418, ensure that all sensor activation is verified by the video camera and vice versa, thus dramatically reducing false and unwanted alarm activations and improving the efficiency of the monitored response,” explains Nigel Hackett, Sales Director for Optex Europe’s RVR Division.

“The addition of a new IR unit matched precisely to the beam pattern and the camera lens view ensures intruders at night can be properly seen, providing the RVRC operator with good quality images and minimal noise for optimum performance,” he adds.

Raytec provides a full range of IR and White-Light illuminators for the CCTV professional. All of its illuminators offer industry-leading performance with low running costs and low maintenance.

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