Anabon field guides · Surveillance Knowledge
Form factors, lenses, night imaging, deterrence, panoramic and thermal technology explained in the installer's terms — what to spec for which job.
Two 4MP views in one housing, one cable and one mount, but two channels on the recorder. What CS-I85N L-180 and CS-I8RN S-2.8mm print, how to count them, and when a stitched 180° unit is the better call.
Discreet is not covert. Where a pinhole camera is appropriate on a commercial site, where privacy rules in the US and Canada stop you, and the printed facts of the CASE pinhole CS-I2PN S-3.7mm. Not legal advice.
The memory slot on a camera covers link outages; it does not replace the recorder. Which card to specify, how long it records, and which CASE SKUs print 512 GB, 1 TB or no slot at all.
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.
