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From Convergent Design - nanoFlash and VMS-HD users
nanoFlash Users,
See link below for nanoFlash formal release 1.6.29, with important bug
fixes, recommended for all users.
Please download and install at your convenience. Just to mention a couple of notes briefly, the explicit "File Format" option
in the System menu has been removed
and is now part of the "File=" option in the System menu.
Also, Low Power mode has been disabled (System-> Power Saving) as Convergent is
continuing to chase down
a small bug there in which once in a while the nanoFlash will not wake up
properly out of low power.
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Visit Red Hen at
the FalconView Symposium 2010
Georgia Tech Research Institute will be hosting the FalconView Symposium on August 23-25, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Customer Spotlight: Hydro One
 Hydro One is the
largest electric utility serving customers within the province
of Ontario, Canada. The company manages 30,000
km of transmission lines. As a proactive organization, Hydro One strives to
detect anomalies in the system before they fail. Leading this effort is Mr.
Derrick Brydges, a certified H&S (Health & Safety) rep and Certified Level 2 Thermographer. Derrick is Hydro
One's specialist responsible for aerial surveys of the company's transmission
lines. Hydro One also employs a Thermographer whose primary role is to patrol
the Distribution system from the ground, while Derrick uses a helicopter and
ground vehicle depending on the distance and terrain. The 30,000 kilometers patrolled
by Derrick, is strictly transmission lines of 115, 230 and 500KV. The goal is to
ensure that the data collected can be used to pin-point areas of interest, any
detected anomalies are reported and addressed on a priority basis.
Keeping information current is
one of the best ways to be proactive in maintenance. By doing so, Hydro One
ultimately saves their customers and stakeholders' time and money by enabling
crews to schedule the maintenance instead of waiting for an outage to occur.
According to Brydges, "A
planned repair helps reduce the costs of locating the fault on say a 100
kilometer Transmission line. This would require requesting a helicopter patrol,
assembling the personnel and material. An unplanned outage can also affect the
generation plants which may have to bottleneck electricity. With a planned
outage everything is planned and prepared which drastically reduces the outage
times and costs."
Essential to this aerial data collation effort, are the
sophisticated camera equipment and Red Hen technology mounted on the
helicopter, as well as the software applications for processing the data and
creating work products. At the front of the data collection platform, mounted
to the belly of the helicopter is a custom built PolyTech Kelvin 350
gyro-stabilized Gimbal which includes: a FLIR 570 IR, Sony Video camera and
Canon PowerShot G5 still frame camera. The cameras can all be operated at the
same time. A Red Hen sDVR records video from the FLIR and Sony camera while
"indexing" the video with GPS metadata.
Images
from the Canon are geo-tagged after the mission using Red Hen's FieldTools
software to match the sDVR GPS track logs to the images. When patrolling from a
ground vehicle, Derrick uses a Nikon DSLR camera with a Red Hen Blue2CAN for
instantaneous geo-tagging of the image.
All the geo-tagged data is
imported into one of Red Hen's software solutions: isWhere for Google Earth and
GeoVideo for ERSI ArcGIS so Hydro One can leverage Red Hen media with their own TLGIS
(Transmission Lines Geographic Information System) data in ArcMap.
Recently Derrick with team members,
Len Gunson and Bradley Smith, used the cameras and the Red Hen systems to upgrade
Hydro One's TLGIS. The team is regularly capturing many kilometers of transmission line video and digital images of structures. In one project, the team captured over
1,100 structures which had to be processed and Geo-referenced in the TLGIS
application.
Accuracy of data and efficient
usage are what make Red Hen products so valuable to Derrick and the Hydro One
team. To ensure success and reduce downtime, the Hydro One team invested in the
customized Red Hen training offered. Like many of Red Hen's customers, Derrick
heard about our products from talking to contacts within his industry.
"Red Hen products have made my job much easier, enabling me to promote
other programs that would not have been possible otherwise," comments
Brydges.
Hydro One at a Glance:
Specialist: Derrick
Brydges; Certified H&S Rep and Certified Level 2 Thermographer
Location:Ontario, Canada
Industry: Transmission
Lines and Electric Power
Aircraft: Bell
Long Ranger
Equipment:Red Hen's Blue2CAN, sDVR, isWhere for Google Earth
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US Federal Year-End Coming Up
"Use It or Lose It" Time
 September 30, 2010 is the End of Fiscal Year for the US Government.
It's
not too soon to start thinking how you can "use it before you lose it"
with your budget. Please contact your representative 970-493-3952 or
800-237-4182 and be sure to get a GSA discount. |
Refurbished (Almost New) sDVR Available for Quick Sale
Save thousands over new with this barely-used one-year-old unit.
 This unit has never seen production work and was only used less than a handful of times in proof-of-concept exercises. Comes the original Pelican hard shell case and all accessories. It even includes an extra solid-state hard drive. The previous owner was very meticulous in the use and care of this unit. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to own a nearly brand-new sDVR at a deep discount.
Please contact your Red Hen representative at 970-493-3952 or
800-237-4182 for pricing.
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Featured Product: GeoVideo
Did you know you can easily view geo-tagged video, photo and audio
data in the ubiquitous ESRI ArcGIS desktop environment?
 With GeoVideo and the supporting hardware from Red Hen Systems the video data you collect is automatically associated with the location where it is taken, and the path of data collection can be saved as a shapefile or a geodatabase index layer. During playback information contained in the rich audiovisual content will easily be translated into point feature database attributes, including associated video and still images captured. With date, time, and location data combined with your audiovisual content you will be able to make better informed decisions. Some of the great features and benefits of GeoVideo are: - Compatible with all Red Hen VMS and sDVR
solutions
- Spatial random access
- Dynamic map updates
- Video controls
For more information or to place your order call 970-493-3952 or 800-237-4182. |
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