Alaa For Industry (AFI), one of the leading industrial houses in the Middle East, offers security solutions in collaboration with well known international brands.

AFI provides a host of security solutions such as security cameras and access control solutions.
Among the portfolio of security solutions provided by AFI, the MOBOTIX camera has proved to be the most successful and well received by the market.
AFI is the sole distributor for these German made IP security cameras. MOBOTIX IP cameras have the best of all features as it encompasses IP network camera, recorder, player, audio, motion sensor ISDN, and video management.
The MOBOTIX camera has a unique new design and features a variety of innovations without the need to install any software application. It is also unique in its unmatched high-resolution mega pixel image quality (1280 x 960) with minimal network load (1 Mbps) at high frame rates.
In other words, MOBOTIX camera has abandoned 60 years of video technology, analog signals, low resolution and the interlace problems and substituted them with two high resolution digital image sensors combined with a powerful Linux PC.
Mobotix has even discarded the usual software compressor (codec) and embedded the entire camera functionality in a single software package.
On top of all this, the cameras are optimised and integrated the optics with no moving parts.
As opposed to most competing products, MOBOTIX cameras do not display motion artifacts in high-resolution images and direct artificial or sun light do not result in lower image quality.
Reliability
- Robust design without moving parts in the camera and the optical system
- Advanced CMOS image sensors for resistance against sunlight and prevention of anti-blooming
- Sophisticated hardware and software with low power consumption (2.5 watt).
Installation
- Weatherproof IP65 outdoor design (-20 to +60 degrees Celsius; -4 to 140 degrees F), no separate weatherproof housing required
- Fixed lenses preset at the factory reduce installation and maintenance costs
- Power supply through the network or ISDN connection allows for centralized uninterruptible power backup
- Integrated wall mount for easy but robust mounting.
Image Quality
- Freely definable image areas for automatic exposure provide for efficient backlight compensation
- Digital MOBOTIX image optimiser for brilliant colour images and increased sharpness
- Highest quality images through automatic toggling between daylight and infrared lens (M1M-Night).
Compatibility
- No software installation
- No browser plug-ins
- No ActiveX.
Integrated Video Management Software
- Recorder/player integrated in camera
- can store up to 2,400 images within the camera
- Almost no network traffic due to integration into camera
- Data management on standard file server (Windows/Linux)
- Live images and recordings viewable from every computer
- Multi-user operation without licensing costs
- Image search via the network.
Internet Access
- Dial-in via ISDN or network to an FTP or email-server
- Automatic date/time-based folder structure
- Variables used to generate image file names
- Automatic archiving (WinZip) of event image sequences via FTP.
Money Well Spent
- A fully digital and software-oriented design
- Adaptable to future requirements by a simple software upload via browser
- Free support and free software updates
Camera Features
• Sensors (passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor, microphone, video motion sensor)
• Compatibility, since no software installation or browser plug-ins is required
• Event-controlled image recording including pre-and post-event images
• Internal image storage for up to 2,400 images
• Video management software including database, multi-user capable and license-free
• Data management without size limitations on standard file server
• Multi View control center for simultaneous display of several cameras (live and playback)
• Minimum network load (about 1 Mbps using MxPEG) facilitates integration into existing networks
• Dual lens system for wide-angle and zoom images
• Weatherproof with an IP65 outdoor housing (-20 to +60°C)
• Power supply through the network or ISDN connection allows for centralised uninterruptible power backup
• ISDN port allows simultaneous dial-in for remote administration and dial-out to the Internet
• Integrated audio channel for event control and audio storage (coming soon)
• Phone alarm via voice message using ISDN
• IP over Voice where the camera will call you with a voice message stating the camera's current (dynamic) IP.
MOBOTIX relatively a new player (since 2001) in the market, with in state-of-the-art technology and know how, has already captivated the attention and imagination of security professionals and common people alike.
With over 38,000 cameras sold globally and growing at an astronomical rate, is an indication of the proven technology and its acceptability globally. Alaa Industrial Equipment Factory (AF) and Mobotix AG creates a synergy where the MOBOTIX technology and AFI's local support is fused to provide a unique value proposition to the Middle East market.
AFI, with its head office in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is one of the leading suppliers of engineered products and services in the Middle East for well over 20 years.
AFI has an extensive network of branches in Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Jeddah, Yanbu, Jubail, Qassim, Tabuk, Hofuf, Khodariya and Abha, providing products and services all through the kingdom.
As continuing commitment towards Middle East support AFI has well established branches in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Sudan and Iraq.