CAM-351
A whole pine tree down inside the substation
After the storm. A pine has come down whole inside the enclosure: the trunk crosses the yard diagonally and rests beside the transformer, its splintered base against the fence. The crown has swept the far side of the perimeter and there are branches all over the gravel. Two panels of blue fencing are bent and one pole is lying down. Nobody has gone in yet. IRIS shows the site before and after the fall, with the exact time of the impact.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognises in this scene
- trunk down inside the yard
- power transformer
- crown and branches over the gravel
- fence brought down by the crown
- busbar and insulators
What this camera measures
An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.
- 6 minTime since the fall
- 3Points where the trunk touches the site
- 2Fence panels brought down
- 1Access routes blocked by branches
- 0People inside the enclosure
- 17:05Time of the fall
The figures on this screen are an example from the illustration, not any client's measurement.
The rule
You decide once. IRIS applies it always.
If
a tree, a pole or a large object falls inside the enclosure
Then
- alert the control room with the camera and the exact time of the fall
- save the video of the impact and the image of the site before the storm
- mark the fence panels brought down and the access routes now blocked
The instruction that set it up«Alert me right away if a tree or a pole comes down inside the substation, and show me the before and after.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the plant
In a storm, the control room gets a lot of signals at once and none of them says what fell or where. The camera shows the whole site at a glance: where the tree came in, what equipment it hit and which part of the perimeter is now open. The crew leaves with the right tools and knowing the enclosure is no longer closed. And the video of the moment is kept for the report and for the insurer.
What people usually ask
Does IRIS raise an alert when a tree falls onto the site?
Yes. The camera sees the movement and sees that the scene has changed: where there was gravel and equipment, there is now a trunk. IRIS alerts straight away with the camera, the time of the impact and the video of the seconds before. It also shows the same image from the day before, for comparison. The control room then knows what fell and where before sending anyone out.
Can it tell whether the equipment has been damaged?
Not fully. The camera shows what can be seen: where the trunk is resting, which insulators are now covered and which part of the fencing is open. Whether a piece of equipment is damaged inside is answered by the protection relays, the electrical measurements and the field inspection. IRIS provides the image and the exact minute so that inspection starts in the right place.
And what if the enclosure is left open by the broken fence?
That is the second alert. When the crown brings down a section of fencing, the enclosure is no longer closed and anyone can walk in. The same camera watches that gap: if someone crosses it, it raises an alert with the time and the video. IRIS sees that a person has entered where nobody should be; it does not identify anyone and does not try to.
Other cameras
- CAM-340 · Someone is walking through a compound that is always empty
- CAM-341 · The fence is down and someone is coming through the gap
- CAM-342 · Eleven minutes parked where nobody ever stops
- CAM-343 · A cabinet is being emptied of its copper
- CAM-344 · Flame and black smoke on the transformer
- CAM-345 · A trail of oil under the transformer
Simulation · how IRIS works
No extra alarms here. Just what needs looking at.
Not a recorded video, not an explanatory drawing: a summary of the real screen, with a different case every time it starts. There is a lot more behind it.
- It lands in the tray
- You open it
- You confirm or dismiss
Next step
Who is watching the yard screen when the fight starts?
17 cases: 16 raise an alert when something happens and 1 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
How long before somebody comes down that corridor at four in the morning?
13 cases: 12 raise an alert when something happens and 1 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
Nothing changes on the wall.On the screen, everything changes.
Same brackets, same cabling, same cameras. The only difference is that those images are now understood as they come in, instead of waiting for someone to open them.
Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
We reply the same working day.