Western DataCom to demonstrate rugged video solution at Cleveland Ingenuity Festival July 13th through the 16th

Westlake, Ohio - Western DataCom (WDC) has been invited to participate in iNGENUiTY, Cleveland Festival of Arts and Technology, July 13th through 16th Downtown Cleveland Ohio. Ingenuity Festival Artista Use Technology to Produce One-of-a-Kind Exhibits and Performances.

Western DataCom will have a portable mast solution from The Willburt Company to demonstrate the portability of its new rugged video solution. The demonstration will show wireless communicaitons using a video enabled 3200 Series Mobile Router integrated with the Western DataCom Intelligent Video Server (IVS). Video will be provided by a thermal camera provided by IEC mounted to the Willburt mast. Onboard video analytics from Object Video will be enabled demonstrating the ability to track and categorize object within the live video stream.

“The region’s art and technology communities have may talented individuals capable of producing unbeleivable work. Ingenuity is committed to the beleif that collaborations between these groups not only make for intriguing exhibits and performances during the festival, but also help strengthen creative bonds throughout Northeast Ohio,” said James Levin, director of the Ingenuity Festival.

“The ruggedness and flexibility of PC/104 has allowed WDC to provide a certain level of customization available to its end users”, said Jeff Sweitzer, VP of Sales for Western DataCom. “The ability to tailor not only hardware but software allows us to fit the solution to the customer and their budget. It’s an extraordinary teaming arrangement.”

Westlake, Ohio - Western DataCom (WDC) introduces the latest addition to the MobileCom family of wireless cellular data only modems, the MobileCom eXpress, wireless PC/104 Plus 3G modem. The MobileCom eXpress incorporates the latest 3G module technology to achieve the highest attainable bandwidths capable today on cellular data networks. The MobileCom eXpress comes in two versions EV-DO and HSDPA allowing it to operate on every carriers 3G network and is backwards compatible to current 2.5 and prior technologies (1xRTT or UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM).

The MobileCom eXpress is also available with custom thermal plates allowing it to be used in a standard Cisco 3200 Rugged Enclosure. The interface connectors have also been design to mate with the Mobile Router using standard cables. The integrated GPS Receiver provides additional service for location tracking and can be provided over serial RS-232 or via Ethernet. The graphical user interface is command line based or web based (optional) to provide configuration, administration and status. Additional features to be introduced later this year include VPN services for secure IP communications.

Our continuing efforts to develop products specifically to enhance the capabilities of the Mobile Router put Western DataCom at the forefront of Mobile IP based product solutions. The MobileCom eXpress is another step forward to fulfilling the needs of the IP mobility community and these continuing efforts allow us to introduce leading edge designs to meet every network challenge.

“WDC continues to develop new products to enhance mobile communications whether used in conjunction with the Cisco 3200 Series Wireless and Mobile Router(s) or in its standalone rugged enclosure the MobileCom eXpress achieves a new level of connectivity for IP networks”, said Philip Ardire, President of Western DataCom. “Not only does it enable applications currently unattainable over lower speed network technologies but it continues to evolve with the release of Rev A.”