People flock to an event, cars make their way around parking garages, a camera records suspicious happenings – and at the center of it all, a control system that keeps an eye on everything. The ctrlX CORE from Bosch Rexroth unfurls its potential in an exceptional variety of building-related applications: from parking management through to security surveillance.
Modern buildings have long been more than just four walls: these days, they are also able to communicate. For intelligent applications to exist, though, systems are required which not only collect data, but also understand it and render it usable in real time. And this is exactly where the compact, open and high-performance control system ctrlX CORE steps in.
Three real examples show how versatile the solution can be – and without the need for new buildings or complex infrastructure. The ctrlX CORE can be seamlessly integrated into existing environments.
Imagine a sophisticated parking garage – several levels, intricate entrances and exits, often busy, fender to fender. How is it possible to keep track of such an environment?
A ctrlX CORE equipped with a Node-RED and an MQTT broker makes it possible. Cameras report every entry and exit while the control system keeps a tally of everything – and with complete accuracy, even in complex traffic situations. Instances in which drivers enter the garage but don’t ultimately park there are recognized, and double counting is prevented.
The capacity utilization captured in this way is sent to external systems or mobile applications in real time – allowing both the users and managers of the parking garage to see if and where a parking space is available.
A sold-out event, a full house – yet how many people are actually in the building? At venues such as concert halls or cultural centers, this isn’t just an organizational issue, but a key safety issue – if an emergency situation requires a rapid response, for example.
The intelligent control platform ctrlX CORE also demonstrates its value in busy public buildings of this kind. Cameras or sensors record the number of visitors as they enter, while the control system immediately aggregates, processes and visualizes the data. This enables security personnel to see how many people are in the building at any given time and take immediate action where necessary.
In such applications, it is particularly important to have real-time images that are as accurate as possible, as well as error-free, uninterrupted communications between the cameras and control system. While the cameras ensure the reliable identification of individual persons even with high density and changing light conditions, the control system processes and visualizes the captured data accurately and efficiently.
Due to its open architecture and the wide range of protocols and communication options, the ctrlX CORE can be easily linked to existing camera systems, displays and alarm systems. This results in reliable crowd control, ensuring public safety without disrupting flows.
In addition to tallying and control tasks, building automation is also playing an increasingly important role when it comes to safety – at historic or sensitive locations such as churches or museums, for example. In these environments, the focus isn’t just on processes such as early fire detection, but also on protection against vandalism, break-ins and tampering.
With the ctrlX CORE, cameras become smart safety and security systems. In this context, the control system is the perfect co-pilot to the camera’s intelligence: it not only distinguishes between smoke and flames, it can also process the number of visitors recorded by the camera for crowd control purposes and to provide protection against vandalism, ensuring safety, security and convenience. The control system also monitors whether the camera settings have been changed or whether the camera itself has been moved.
The ability to create specific visualizations or to directly connect with external components makes the ctrlX CORE a particularly versatile platform for multi-layered safety- and security-related applications.
The above examples show how the ctrlX CORE acts as a central intelligence system in modern buildings – inconspicuous but effective. Its open architecture, real-time capabilities and modularity enable tailor-made solutions for a wide variety of requirements in buildings that communicate and think ahead.
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