bcSistemas puts IP surveillance technology at the service of biology at the Barcelona Zoo

The Barcelona Zoo has successfully completed the mating of two of its Komodo dragons after the birth in its facilities of twelve offspring of this saurian, with video surveillance technology from the IT professional services integrator, bcSystems, as a witness.

bcSystems has helped the veterinary department of the Barcelona Zoo to reproduce in captivity a pair of Komodo dragons, thanks to the installation of an IP CTTV system for image capture and real-time monitoring. This is the second park in Spain in which a Komodo dragon calf is born in captivity and the sixth in Europe. Este nacimiento se produce en el marco de un proyecto más amplio del centro para visualizar en tiempo real diferentes zonas de interés, assess animal behaviors and act in case of events that require it.

With this initiative, Barcelona Zoo has managed to control the mating of a pair of Komodo dragons, by installing cameras in different locations. In the outdoor enclosures where each specimen resides, allowing to record if there was copulation and how it developed while monitoring if there was damage or fights between them; in inland areas, where two high-definition cameras could record that the laying of the eggs occurred without problems, because it is usual for the female to end up devouring them and , In that case, To be able to act; and in the incubators where the eggs were moved, with the aim of viewing and recording during the 24 hours its evolution in the process of hatching and birth of the offspring.

Jaume Bordell, Corporate Director of Information Systems of Barcelona of Serveis Municipals, on which the Barcelona Zoo depends, has pointed out: "The ability of bcSistemas to understand and adapt its project implementation process to the needs and particularities of each species has been key to making the initiative a success.. In the case of the Komodo dragon, era básico disponer de un sistema que nos permitiera actuar ante cualquier posible complicación, Well, its reproduction in captivity is quite exceptional, as the statistics show".

Milestone IP Recording System

bcSistemas has carried out an implementation based on professional security products with cameras of different specifications, According to each need – since the initiative included in a first phase the installation of the same in different locations to monitor different animal species, From Lycaons to Komodo Dragons, passing through elephants, Giraffes, gorillas or anteaters-, a hardware-based IP recording system, and global management software based on a client-server architecture, Accessible through an open, easy-to-use interface, for real-time camera viewing, Point-in-time recording of images in open formats, and the ability to take snapshots for quick responses.

This IP recording system Milestone X-Protect Enterprise that allows you to have as many servers distributed as you want within the same network, It has no limit of cameras and allows the caregivers of each animal to access the cameras of their interest with a simple client application (Milestone Smart Client), It facilitates the import of plans to be able to manage more easily the areas to be controlled and offers them the easy review of the recordings, as well as activating them, Stop and export them in standard and open compression formats, widely supported by the vast majority of players, facilitating its dissemination in virtual and print media.

From the point of view of communications, bcSistemas in addition to leveraging the zoo's existing IP transport infrastructure to support camera traffic, has incorporated fiber lines and WIMAX antennas to make the union with the different locations, Creating a "private and secure" environment for communication between the cameras and the recording system. It is necessary to highlight the importance of the advanced IP communications layer in this type of IP Video Surveillance project, On its good design depends in many cases the success of the same even above the elements of the capture or storage of images.

According to José Antonio Illarregui, managing director of bcSistemas, "It's not the first time we've worked for Barcelona Zoo, In fact, We have been collaborating more than 7 years providing the most avant-garde IP surveillance technology to biology to make this Zoo one of the most important in the world".

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