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Developments for municipal and emergency city services at the Softool-2008 exhibition.
This year, the Softool information technology exhibition focused on business participation in government informatization programs at various levels.
The Softool organizers managed to team up with the Electronic Government Technologies exhibition project and enlist the support of the Federal Agency for Information Technology, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, and the Government of Moscow.
One of the largest stands was dedicated to Electronic Moscow.
Several companies involved in the program were represented there, including a domestic IT manufacturer, Kraftway company.
Within the framework of «Electronic Moscow», this company is engaged in the supply of computer equipment, infrastructure solutions, and project development.
In particular, Kraftway acted as a contractor for the design, development and implementation of the monitoring system for software and hardware complexes and information systems of the Government of Moscow (SMIS).
In the process of building the SMIS, Kraftway specialists are working on creating a software package for monitoring computer equipment and installed applications, the data of which is sent to a single database for processing.
The IT infrastructure of the Moscow Government is about 15 thousand workstations, more than 300 servers, several hundred information systems and a communications network that unites them.
It is planned that most of the work on the project will be completed this year.
The result should be a clear visualization of the infrastructure for accident prevention, efficient spending of funds for its development, as well as optimization of information resource management.
In addition, Kraftway presented at the exhibition an object information concentrator (OIC), created as part of the project to integrate the city's public safety system and the housing and utilities monitoring system, designed to collect various types of data, including telemetry from housing and utilities services and video images.
Kraftway specialists worked on this task together with the developers of the Safe City and iTV systems. OKI is a hardware and software module, the components of which are enclosed in a vandal-proof case.
The device is based on the Kraftway Industrial PC industrial computer with an integrated video surveillance management system.
OKI operates under the embedded Microsoft Windows XP Embedded OS and application software protected from unauthorized changes.
The device can function in harsh operating conditions (at temperatures from -5 to +60°C).
It is installed inside a residential building and accumulates information from video surveillance cameras, housing and communal services meters and dispatching equipment.
With the help of the OKI, the operator will be able to monitor the operation of the gas, water and electrical networks, elevator equipment (this data is sent to the operator's console in real time), and keep commercial records of gas, water and electricity consumption.
The device is equipped with an uninterruptible power supply, ensuring autonomous operation of the complex for at least 30 minutes.
OKI has a built-in automatic performance monitoring system (APMS), which monitors the operation of video cameras, capture and digitization devices, data transmission lines and software components of the video surveillance system.
APMS constantly fills the database located on a remote server with information about the state of the system components, which allows for prompt detection and localization of emerging failures.
The Intellect system integrated into OKI by iTV is designed to capture and digitize images from CCTV cameras.
With its help, each recorder is capable of receiving a video stream from up to eight video cameras and transmitting it in a special format, characterized by a high compression ratio, to a remote archive server located in the district's engineering and technical center.
The recording from each camera is stored for a month. Built-in voice transmission functions allow you to connect intercoms to the equipment to communicate with the operator.
An important feature of the Kraftway solution is the ability to control fire and security alarm sensors.
In autonomous mode, based on its own measurements of environmental parameters, the information hub is able to take over the functions of controlling entrance lighting, utility systems, or activating fire extinguishing systems.
Information from the OCI is transmitted not only to district monitoring centers, but also to law enforcement agencies and city emergency services.
This year, Kraftway will install such modules in five thousand Moscow homes. The total value of the contract is 641 million rubles. The company plans to manufacture the devices at its own production complex in Obninsk.
Kraftway President Alexey Kravtsov presented another development of the company, intended primarily for solving educational problems — a monoblock PC called Kraftway Studio.
Such monoblocks are easily connected into networks; their use together with a wireless mouse and keyboard allows to significantly reduce the number of wires in the workplace, which is very convenient for equipping classrooms.
In addition to the usual desktop installation, the monoblock can be mounted on a standard bracket.
The all-in-one PC case, comparable in size to a regular LCD monitor, contains a traditional computer, a wide-screen Class A TFT matrix, video conferencing tools, a DVD drive, a memory card reader, a Wi-Fi interface, and hardware authentication tools.
Kraftway Studio KM11 is based on an Intel Celeron processor and up to 2 GB of RAM. Compared to traditional PCs, Kraftway Studio has minimal power consumption (74 W) and a significantly reduced noise level.
Kravtsov noted that the cost of the all-in-one PC will be lower than its Western counterparts. The company's partners will be able to receive the finished device as early as mid-November.
It is also worth noting the development of Kraftway, addressed to the mobile services of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs.
This system consists of on-board equipment of GPS/GLONASS navigation receivers and automatic coordinate transmission devices, as well as control and monitoring centers installed in district departments of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs.
The result of the implementation of the new system should be a reduction in the response time of emergency services to incidents and illegal actions.
In the future, similar systems can be used in other emergency and operational services of the capital.