Project Description

This project involved turn-key design, manufacture and installation of a seven mile remotely viewable video buffer zone surveillance system along CSX railroad in Washington DC. The design includes state-of-the-art surveillance, chemical detection and processing equipment, as well as a comprehensive radiation monitoring system to test the concept of detecting levels above background from trains traveling at speeds up to 15 mph. More specifically the NCRRPP system will include the following:

Virtual Fence – 200 fixed cameras and 30 pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) high resolution, color, day/night cameras and 65 RFID active scanners covering the seven mile stretch of CSX railroad extending north from the intersection of the George Washington Parkway and route 233 to the northern shore of the Anacostia Bridge. The cameras will completely cover the buffer zone and use video as a tool for detection and identification of authorized personnel and interlopers in concert with the Friend or Foe Detection System (FFDS). Fixed cameras will be installed at 750 foot intervals, and the PTZ cameras will be installed in 1,500 foot intervals. High intensity lights will provide proper lighting. The system uses Duos Technologies rvspro™ digital video recorders and Praesidium™ intelligent video software.

Virtual Gates – Two virtual gates will serve as advanced checkpoints for inbound rail traffic and include (a) train presence sensors, (b) high resolution, PTZ cameras, (c) chemical sensors, (d) radiation detection devices and a dedicated rvspro™ to control live streaming video and I/O data.

Command and Control – All data (live streaming video, alarms, sensor detections will be processed in dedicated 16 X 20 head end. The data will be delivered to a state-of-the- art Command and Control(C&C) center via secure internet circuits to the CSX Police in Jacksonville, Fl as well as multiple government agencies. The system is unmanned until alarm notification is automatically transmitted and an instantaneous email notification arrives to police and operators. The C&C will have three 40 inch LCD monitors, three dedicated operator PC (intel P4 processor) work stations.

This project was deployed by the Epsilon Systems/Duos Technologies team utilizing Duos’ proprietary rvsPro™ digital video servers and browser based software that allows an unlimited number of simultaneous users.