Smart Alarm, Human & Vehicle Classification and the full AI suite are three different promises printed on different CASE SKUs. Here is what each level does, which SKUs print it and how to pick the level per job.
Which CASE cameras print a built-in microphone, a speaker and audio I/O, what each audio job (record, talk-down, two-way talk) needs, how to wire external speakers, and the US and Canadian legal checklist before audio recording is switched on.
The printed IR distance is how far the illuminator reaches, not how far a face can be identified. How lens angle, pixel density, smart IR and the site turn IR reach into usable evidence, with CASE rows as printed.
Hazardous-area basics for integrators: NEC Class/Division against ATEX and IECEx Zones, how to read an Ex marking, what a certificate does and does not cover, and how the CASE Project Series explosion-proof line is quoted per project.
When a PTZ earns its mount and when fixed cameras do the job: presets, auto tracking, the eye-safe laser deterrent on CS-P48 63X and CS-P88 44X, thermal PTZ, PoE+ vs PoE++ power rows and the exact 3-year PTZ warranty.
Why a glass entrance or an open dock door turns people into silhouettes, what digital WDR, true WDR, 120dB, BLC and HLC each do, which CASE SKUs print TWDR, and the placement moves that work when the sensor cannot.
One ceiling fisheye or several fixed cameras? How dewarping works, what ceiling height does to detail at the edges, where heatmaps pay, and when a 180° or multi-sensor unit is the better indoor answer.
An IR camera lights the scene with invisible light; a thermal camera reads the heat the scene emits. What that changes for detection range, temperature measurement and fire detection, and where thermal is not a fire alarm.
A stitched 180° camera gives the NVR one wide image; a non-stitched dual-lens unit gives it two channels. What that changes for channels, bandwidth and mounting, and when one panoramic camera beats two.
A recording-only camera documents the incident; an active deterrence camera tries to interrupt it. How EW and AEW work, where they pay, and how to set expectations with the customer.
