Intrusion
Anyone across the fence line, anywhere along it.
When the stock is the target and the perimeter is half a mile
Most sites protect things kept inside a building. A scrap yard keeps everything outdoors, on ground, over an area big enough that walking the fence takes twenty minutes. When metal prices move, the yard itself becomes worth breaking into.
What actually happens
The pattern on these sites
Entry is usually through the fence rather than the gate, at the point furthest from the office and the lights. Non-ferrous goes first because it is worth carrying. On yards that run a weighbridge there is a second problem entirely, which is material leaving legitimately at the wrong declared weight.
Long perimeters and stock piles. The fence line is the zone that matters, and because it is long it is usually covered by several cameras whose zones join up. Cutting through a fence takes time, which is what makes the detection worth having rather than the response being too late.
Where the noise comes fromPlant left running, dust, rain on the lens, and site dogs. Long perimeters also mean cameras pointed at public land beyond the fence, which is where drawing the zone to the fence line rather than the frame edge does most of the work.
Detection
What to switch on here, and why
Loitering
Someone outside the fence choosing a spot.
Vehicles
A van parked against the perimeter after dark.
People counting
How many came in against how many came back out.
Monitoring
It reaches your central station, not a separate app
Events map to the zone and area your platform already expects, with the clip attached, so an operator verifies before a keyholder is called out. MDIX integrates with Immix, Bold Manitou and Stages.
Questions
The things people ask on the first call
Our perimeter needs a lot of cameras. How does that affect cost?
Licensing is per camera, so a long perimeter does cost more than a small compound. It does not cost more in bandwidth or in cloud charges, because detection runs on site and only events leave.
Can it cover a fence line that several cameras share?
Yes. Each camera carries its own zone along its own section of fence, and events from all of them map to the same zone and area in your monitoring platform, so an operator sees one perimeter rather than nine cameras.
Will dust, rain and poor light stop it working?
Detection works from whatever the camera produces, including infrared at night. Heavy rain directly on a lens degrades any camera and this is no exception, which is an argument for hood and housing placement rather than for a different detection method.
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