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The Beacon 8.0

4K (8MP = 4x1080P) IP PTZ Camera with 40x Optical Zoom

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The Beacon 8.0 has a range of up to 2 miles and features high resolution, wide angle coverage that creates a fuller picture of the scene than any other camera, IR LEDs for nighttime visibility at distances up to 820 feet and weatherproofing so you can utilize this powerhouse wherever you need it most.

With its powerful infrared night vision capabilities, you'll be able to monitor large spaces with ease no matter what time of day or night it is! This product will give your business all the tools it needs to succeed in today's competitive market. You won't regret investing in this long-range commercial-grade PTZ camera!

The Beacon's 58.4-2.08 degree viewing angle let's you see more field of view than that offered by competitors while its automatic motion detection feature monitors boarder crossing without constant feed monitoring – just set your parameters and walk away!

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The Beacon 8.0 is the most powerful PTZ camera we offer.

The Beacon 8.0 has a range of up to 2 miles and features high resolution, wide angle coverage that creates a fuller picture of the scene than any other camera, IR LEDs for nighttime visibility at distances up to 820 feet and weatherproofing so you can utilize this powerhouse wherever you need it most.

With its powerful infrared night vision capabilities, you'll be able to monitor large spaces with ease no matter what time of day or night it is! This product will give your business all the tools it needs to succeed in today's competitive market. You won't regret investing in this long-range commercial-grade PTZ camera!

The Beacon's 58.4-2.08 degree viewing angle let's you see more field of view than that offered by competitors while its automatic motion detection feature monitors boarder crossing without constant feed monitoring – just set your parameters and walk away!


Resolution

4K UHD

4K @ 30 FPS; 3840 x 2160

Detect:~2 miles
Recognize: 2500 FT
Identify: 1500 FT


Processing Power and Compression: Not All 4K Cameras are Created Equal


Indoor/Outdoor

weatherproof

IP66
Full protection from dust, rain, snow, dew, frost, and sprinklers.

You can even wash them off with a hose.


Temp

temperature rating

Extreme Cold Temperature rated from -40°F to 158°F

Humidity is rated between up to 95%.


Lens

ptz lens

Motorized PTZ Varifocal: 5.7 - 228mm
58.4° - 2.08° of coverage

Digital Zoom and Optical Zoom

Learn about Digital vs Optical Zoom


Day/Night

night footage

Long-Range Auto-follow Infrared night vision up to 820 FT

Color video possible until 0.003 lux

How to get the best footage at night


Special

special features

NDAA Approved M-Star SoC

Audio Input and Output
Audio Input/Output FAQ

True WDR (120db)

Pan: 360° (endless) rotation
Tilt: -15° ~ +90° (auto reverse)

Seeing in shadows: Understanding WDR


detection

Detect someone up to 2 miles

"Detecting" a face means being able to tell that a human face is in the picture.

recognize

Recognize someone up to 2500 feet

"Recognizing" a face refers to being able to say "I have seen that person before" - even if you don't know or can't place who it is.

identify

Identify someone up to 1500 feet

"Identification" refers to being able to make out identifiable marks with enough certainty to make a sketch or claim.


What makes the Beacon 8.0 Unique:

PTZ Controls

Pan, Tilt and Zoom Controls

This camera can Pan left to right, Tilt up and Down, and Zoom in and Out. You can control it with an of our software interfaces: our PC/Mac Software, Webview, or by using the NVR itself. A physical joystick is not required.

You can pan 360 degrees in an endless manner (you can keep turning left or right forever, without the cable getting tangled or caught).

You can tilt between –15° ~ +90°.



pan tilt zoom pans back and forth on patrol

Presets, Patrols and Patterns

This PTZ can save and perform Presets, Patrols, and Patterns.

Presets are preset positions of the PTZ. For example, you could save the driveway that you have to drive through to enter your property as a preset. Upon telling the camera to view that preset, your PTZ will move to look at that area and then zoom in to the level defined by your preset. You can define 255 presets.

Patrols are a series of presets with a defined amount of time spent at each. Unlike Patterns, where the movement is part of the process, patrols are used to quickly move from point A to point B. A patrol is often used to check important entry points of buildings repeatedly - look at the warehouse bay, then the front door, then the loading dock, etc.

Patterns are recorded movements you can replay, and are like macros that can be performed at any time. For example, you could have a Pattern that involves zooming in rapidly to a preset level of zoom and then zooming back out again that you use to ID faces at distance or zoom in on licence plates. Another popular macro style is to create one that moves the PTZ at a steady speed along a predetermined route; patterns like this can be very valuable for following a product on an assembly line or the flow of traffic. Patterns can also be used to slowly pan across a field or other action where the points of interest are not known in advance.

A total of 16 Patrols and Patterns can be stored.

Patterns and Patrols can be performed automatically.



Wide Dynamic Range

Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)

This IP camera has Wide Dynamic Range.

Wide Dynamic Range splits each frame/image into many boxes and it scans for in inaccuracies and adds the right amount exposure to create a balanced and high resolution video shot. Very useful when recording in situations where there can be a large difference in light levels.

Seeing in shadows: Understanding WDR



Commercial-Grade Aluminum Molding

Commercial-Grade Aluminum Molding

This camera is commercial-grade and is made of cast aluminum and ceramic molding, instead of the typical plastic molding common in the industry.

This product has passed vibration tests, can withstand an electrical surge up to 6,000 volts, and the casing will prevent intrusion of both dust and water into the internal component space. The screws and mounting hardware are made of stainless steel that has passed SUS410 salt spray anti-corrosion testing. We use automotive-grade LEDs and anti-reflection glass (which means better infrared results). In short, this camera is going to hold up over time.



Admiral Line Camera Features:

plug and play

Plug & Play with Admiral & Imperial NVRs

This camera will plug and play with our Admiral and Imperial line of NVRs.

Please note that our camera models with model numbers in the 26xxx format record in the new, more efficient H.265 compression codex and are intended to work with our Imperial and Admiral NVRs.



email alerts on motion

Get Alerted when there's Motion

With this camera and an SCW Admiral or Imperial NVR, you can send Snapshot Email Alerts.

You can set up your recorder to email a series of pictures to you when motion is detected by one of your SCW cameras (or if one of our other VCA events is observed). You can choose specific dates and times for these alerts to be active and other times for these alerts to be ignored. Some Snapshot email options are based upon your current recording mode.



Motion Detection, Continuous, and Event Recording Modes

Customizable Motion Detection Recording

With this camera and an SCW Admiral or Imperial NVR, you have video analytics-based motion detection.

Motion detection can also be used to send you email alerts when motion is detected or to record when recording on motion events. You can modify the sensitivity level so that more or less movement is required for the motion detection to trigger. You can create inclusion areas (places where you care if there is motion) and define the rest as exclusion areas (places where you don't care if there is motion). So, for example, you could create a motion based alert to notify you if someone was in your yard, but ignore them if they were on the sidewalk or in the street.



No Delays

No Recording Delay; See What Happened before Motion was Detected

Many consumer-grade cameras use PIR sensors to trigger a camera to turn on when something gets close enough to the sensor. This is a bad design as there's a slight delay (0.5-3 seconds) that can cause the camera to not record what happened. Our cameras not only don't have a recording delay but allow you to record up to 30 seconds before the motion.

Don't miss out on important motion events: go back in time, before the event, to understand why it happened.



Cloud Firmware Update

1 Click Firmware Update

Tired of chasing down firmware from the manufacturer, downloading the firmware, uploading the firmware to the device, and then restarting the device? Don't bother!

This device checks for firmware and then downloads and installs it, itself, with one click.



3 year warranty

3-Year Warranty

This camera has an industry leading 3-year warranty. This camera can also be upgraded to a 5-year warranty.



Anti Reflective Glass

Anti-Reflective Glass

This camera has Anti-Reflective Glass.

Anti-Reflective Glass allows better light transmission vs standard glass. Standard glass cameras often come with a foam ring around the lens to prevent infrared light from bouncing back off the glass and entering the lens. This bounce-back can cause extreme differences in infrared lighting, which makes some items too bright and others too washed out if the ring is loose, ripped, or removed. Anti-Reflective Glass prevents this issue. Also, people have a tendency to accidentally destroy, damage, throw away or lose these foam rings. Anti-Reflective Glass reduces maintenance and user error.



Auto Grade LEDs

Auto Grade LEDs

This camera has Auto Grade LEDs.

Many IP cameras include low-quality infrared bulbs that fail over time. This camera has Automotive Grade LEDs, and you should expect the same sort of longevity from them as the headlights in your car.



Headlight Compensation

Headlight Compensation

This camera has Headlight Compensation.

Vehicle headlights directly into the camera lens can render many cameras useless. Headlight compensation reduces glare and overexposure due to car headlights.

At SCW, we try not to use the misleading term "License Plate Camera." The term "License plate cameras" is used rather flippantly by the security camera industry, has no real definition as a term, and can sometimes mean simply the presence of HLC; be careful with companies offering a simple solution to a very complex task of capturing license plates.

For more info, please read our knowledge base article on What they don't tell you about License Plate Cameras.



Automatic Defog

See through Fog with Automatic Defog

This camera has Automatic Defog.

Our automatic defog feature allows you to cut through fog, air pollution, and other atmospheric haze.



Adjustable Shutter Speed

Adjustable Shutter Speed for Customizable Performance in Low Light

This camera has an Adjustable Shutter Speed in a range between 1/30s to 1/100,000 of a second.

The shutter in a camera controls how long the camera takes to take a picture, but faster doesn't mean better. The faster that a camera shutter opens and closes, the more likely that you will get a clear, blur-free image. The longer that the shutter is open, the more light you let in and the better your image will be in low light. Shutters that are open for an extremely long time allow you to take color pictures at night/twilight without having to switch to infrared mode, but can result in motion blur.

There's no one-size fits all approach to shutter speed, so we give you full control (and free tech support) to set it up the best way possible.



H.265 Recording

H.265 Recording

This device can record in H.265

H.265, also known as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) or MPEG-H Part 2, is the video compression standard which replaces H.264. HEVC was a collaboration by many parties including Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Dolby, and the Moving Picture Experts Group. In comparison to H.264, H.265 offers about double the data compression ratio at the same level of video quality, which means both substantially improved video quality at the same bitrate and lower storage requirements.

H.265 saves hard drive space and increases the quality of an image by splitting the screen into a grid and only updating the sections that changed from the previous frame. This focuses nearly all of the processing power of the camera on the areas of the screen with activity. The image quality differences of H.265 is most noticeable in situations such as attempting to watch your camera remotely if your internet upload speed is slow.

You can also record in H.264 if you need backwards compatibility.



ONVIF Conformant

ONVIF Conformant

This device is ONVIF Conformant.

ONVIF is an open industry standard encoding language for the interface of IP-based physical security products.



Power over Ethernet

POE (Power over Ethernet)

This camera can be powered via an ethernet cable.

POE allows a Cat5 cable to both carry data and power, making it so that you only have to run one cable. You will need either a POE injector, a POE switch or one of our NVRs with built-in SCWEasyConnect POE to power a camera via ethernet.

**There is an optional wall plug adapter on most of our camera models. This wall plug adapter is only used by clients who cannot run POE cables.



UL Listed

UL Listed and FCC Certified

This product is UL Listed and FCC certified

UL is a safety consulting and certification company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, and provides safety-related certification, validation, testing, inspection, and auditing of SCW products.

The Federal Communications Commission has certified that the electromagnetic interference from the device is under limits approved by the FCC.



American-Based Technical Support after the sale. For FREE. Forever.

Real review from Larry, who had this to say:

The most important part of a purchase like this is the support for technical assistance when there is a question or when there is a problem, and they always exceed expectations!


All of our equipment comes with Free Technical Support that is US based (Our Warehouse and Staff are located in Asheville, NC). We're happy to help you via chat, email, screen share / remote support sessions, and phones. Our number is 866-414-2553 and we're open from 9-7 M-F (EST).


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The Beacon 8.0 - 26ZV8M

 

Pan and Tilt Controls

26ZV8M
Pan Range
360° (endless)
Pan Speed
0.1°/s ~ 180°/s; Preset speed: 300°/s
Tilt Range
–15° ~ +90° (auto reverse)
Tilt Speed
0.1° ~ 180°/s / Preset speed: 240°/s
Max Presets
1024
Home Position
Supported
Patrol Types
Preset patrol, route patrol, recorded patrol
Patrol Stay Time
15s (minimum) - 1800s (Maximum)
Max Patterns
TBD

Image Specifications

26ZV8M
Image Sensor
1/1.8", 4K megapixel, progressive scan, CMOS
Processor Manufacturer
M-Star
Min. Illumination
Color video possible until 0.003Lux (F1.5, AGC ON)
0 lux with IR on
Iris
Auto/Manual, F1.5 ~ F4.8
Shutter
Auto/Manual; shutter time: 1 ~ 1/100000s
Lens
5.7-228 mm (40x optical zoom)
58.4° - 2.08° of horizontal coverage (36.8°-1.3° vertical)
Day & Night
IR-cut filter with auto switch (ICR)
Digital Noise Reduction
2D/3D DNR
Wide Dynamic Range
Digital WDR
Digital Defog
Yes
Max. Image Resolution
3840 × 2160; 8 Megapixel
Frame Rate
4K (3840 × 2160) 30FPS; (1920*1080) 30 fps
Image Settings
Saturation, brightness, contrast, sharpness, compensation, backlight compensation, region of interest, evaluative metering.
BLC
Yes, zone configurable for up to 8 areas

Networking Specifications

26ZV8M
Video Compression
H.265, H.264, MJPEG
Camera Streams
Main Stream: up to 4K (3840 × 2160) 30 fps;

Sub Stream: up to 1080P (1920×1080): Max.30 fps;
Mobile Data-Sensitive Stream: up to D1 (720×576): Max. 30 fps
Bit Rate
32 Kbps ~ 16Mbps
Edge Storage
Micro SD, up to 256 GB
Protocols
IPv4, IGMP, ICMP, ARP, TCP, UDP, DHCP, PPPoE, RTP, RTSP, RTCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, FTP, UPnP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, 802.1x, SNMP, QoS, RTMP, SSL/TLS
Interoperability
ONVIF(Profile S, Profile G, Profile T)

Inputs / Outputs

26ZV8M
Communication Interface
1 RJ45 10M/100M Base-TX Ethernet
Alarm Inputs/Outputs
7 input; 2 output
Alarm Triggers
Motion detection, tampering alarm, network disconnect, IP address conflict, storage exception
Audio Inputs/Outputs
1 Input / 1 Output
Audio Compression and Features
Two way Audio Supported; G.711 Audio Compression

General Specifications

26ZV8M
Operating Conditions
-40°F ~ 158°F, Humidity ≤ 95% RH(non-condensing)
Rain/Snow/Dust Prevention
Structure and window designed to battle bad weather
Power Supply
24 V AC±25%, 24V DC±25%, 802.3bt PoE++ (Included Injector)
Power Consumption
Power consumption: Up to 61W
Surge Protection
6KV
Weather Proof Rating
IP66
Dimensions
Φ10.6” x 19.6"
Electrical Box Mount
EBM26ZV (Requires arm mount)
IR Range
Smart IR, 820 foot IR
Weight
21.5 Lbs


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