Arec helps Caerphilly County encourage citizen participation

With up to nine video channels, the DS-9CU speaker tracking solution Arec has replaced the live camera equipment of this institution, reducing costs and simplifying recording and streaming tasks.

He Caerphilly County Council, governing body for this area of ​​Wales, you have chosen the manufacturer's speaker tracking solution Arec to improve transparency and encourage greater participation of its citizens, composed of local specialist Kinly.

Arec DS-9CU ensures that all participating councilors are always visible, dynamically alternating between PTZ cameras connected. The resulting video signal is sent to a Media Station KL-3T for recording and direct transmission to social media platforms.

The signal from the installed DS-9CU speaker tracking solution is also used in applications of video conference, where it acts as the council's webcam. with up to nine video channels, this device has replaced live camera equipment, reducing costs and simplifying production tasks media and minute taking of the institution.

Arec's DS-9CU station, brand that sells in Spain AVIT Vision, operates in a manner fully automatic and includes a wide range of functions adapted to the needs of government institutions.

Besides, This solution is compatible with all types of video inputs, including PTZ and fixed cameras from Arec and third parties, computers and network transmissions via HDMI, USB, IS|HX, RTSP, RTMP and other protocols.

The station displays and controls PTZ presets from connected video sources by integrating with debate microphone systems, RS-232/TCP/HTTP API commands and simple manual controls.

At Caerphilly Council, The DS-9CU works together with a debate system configured to follow 99 hall seats using three network PTZ cameras. When a microphone is activated, this instructs the device to display one of the cameras assigned to that microphone and call the corresponding PTZ preset.

As the discussions become more lively, multiple microphones are likely to be active at the same time, for which DS-9CU uses the Selectable speaker tracking modes, as Override y First-in-first-out, ensuring that each councilor is displayed in the correct order.

The council uses the composite images of the debate produced by DS-9CU as a video source for the KL-3T Media Station, three channel, what record and stream meetings in Full HD.

This station is especially suitable for use in councils thanks to its integrated interactive display, which not only provides a clear view of the recording and streaming in progress, but also allows full control over designs video, graphics and other settings, without the need for advanced technical knowledge.