(IDS: Obersulm, Germany) -- Would you open the machine every time to check the interaction of components or wear? There’s no point in that. It is much easier to keep an eye on the situation by using a camera.

Models from the consumer sector are quite common, but they also come with downsides: They are often only available for a very limited time, and spare parts are usually hard to obtain. IDS Imaging Development Systems is therefore launching the “uEye Live” camera series with the uEye SCP and uEye SLE product lines. They specialize in monitoring tasks, deliver various live streams, and even allow event recording.

The GigE cameras are designed for stand-alone operation. In addition to easy access via the web front end (HTTP), users benefit from video streaming, hardware-accelerated video encoding, and event-based recording in the camera memory. This means that if an incident occurs, the cameras provide a valuable “window into the past.”

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