Case study

EastLink deploys Axis’ and Citilog’s traffic surveillance solution. EastLink Melbourne seamlessly installs Axis encoders in combination with Citilog’s Automatic Video Incident Detection System (AVID).

Organization: EastLink

Location: Melbourne,

Industry segment: Transportation

Application: Automatic incident detection, remote monitoring, traffic management

Axis partner: Citilog

Mission Solution EastLink is the 39km freeway in Melbourne’s South East EastLink had a requirement to upgrade their video suburbs connecting the Eastern, Monash, Frankston detection solution including new hardware and migrat- and freeways. EastLink is a vital trans- ing to an IP solution. Axis was the first point of call for port corridor carrying more than 240,000 vehicles per such a solution, offering its encoders. Stuart Lindsay, day, a 77% increase compared to the first months after Engineering Manager at EastLink, talks about the opening in 2008. The freeway passes through two project: “The video signals that EastLink gets back from 1.6km tunnels, and in those tunnels EastLink has an its Video Incident Detection Cameras in the tunnel are Automatic Video Incident Detection System as part of analogue, and as EastLink was looking to move to IP in its critical safety systems. the future it was required to make sure that its system was future proof. We took this as the first This system is paramount in detecting stopped or slow- opportunity to move into the digital IP realm.” ing vehicles in the tunnels, enhancing road user safety and providing EastLink’s traffic control centre with vital Result real time information through video analytics. The final solution offered full business continuity with a seamless switch to a digital solution without interfering Originally supplied and installed by Citilog, EastLink with the live system. This flexibility provided a fully came to Axis as its AVID system required a hardware functional AVID system and enabled safe operation; the upgrade to support the latest features required by the system has delivered a higher reliability compared with operation team. the legacy system, and is more robust against hardware failures. “ in various jurisdictions. All other company names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. We reserve the right right the reserve We companies. respective their of trademarks AB notice. without modifications to Axis introduce of registered or applications trademarks are trademark or products and names trademarks company other registered All are VAPIX and jurisdictions. ARTPEC various in ETRAX, AXIS, COMMUNICATIONS, AXIS AB. Communications Axis ©2016 Citilog. also was system original the that given choice an ideal was offering, Citilog’s and Axis of combination the Lindsay, Mr and EastLink, at Technician Systems Hartfield, Tim by research technical IP, to extensive system after so analog the encoding digitally of away required EastLink job.” executed Awell and planned seamless. was system new the to over Cut tunneltime closure. night- asingle, short, while requiring only completed was testing acceptance site correctly, operating was software To detection the ensure reasons. obvious –for system safety acritical without be we as couldn’t system old the to in parallel system new build to the we had tunnel so alive have “We continues: Lindsay Mr ourcustomers. to delivery service in the gap is no there that ensuring and continuity business of that was EastLink by faced main the challenges of One flexibility and Reliability www.axis.com work can be carried out with zero impacttooperations.” work canbecarriedoutwithzero ormaintenancetasks,this onthenetwork.In caseofanyfailure anywhere from the AXISP7216VideoEncodersallowedusaccess tothevideostreams to runtheamountofcablesnecessaryforanalog videototheDRC,where center.standby detectionsysteminourdisasterrecovery Itwasimpractical Encoding thevideotoIPalsoallowedusbenefitofimplementingafullhot Tim Hartfield,Systems Tim Technician atEastLink.

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