The XHC3012C delivers 1,260 meter starlight detection via a compact 12mm lens, covering short perimeter and checkpoint segments within the XHC3 camera family.
Short-perimeter and access-control sectors covering roughly 800 to 1,300 meters sit below the operational range where most border-grade telephoto cameras are worth deploying, yet still need starlight-class passive imaging rather than a daylight-only sensor that goes dark at dusk. That short-range gap is where the XHC3012C is positioned within the XHC3 lineup, trading maximum reach for a wider, more compact optic suited to gate, checkpoint, and facility-perimeter segments that do not need a 1,700-plus meter camera.
Compact Starlight Imaging for Short Perimeter Bands
Built on a 12mm F1.0 lens with a 52 degree horizontal field of view, the XHC3012C reaches approximately 1,260 meters detection and 200 meters identification under NVESD test conditions, holding full-color imaging down to 0.0008 lux without auxiliary illumination. Resolution options at 1920x1080 or 1920x1440 keep the sensor output aligned with standard VMS display pipelines rather than requiring downscaling from a higher native resolution.
Platform Compatibility Across Fixed and Mobile Mounts
The camera ships as a sealed outdoor unit with RJ45, WiFi, and optional 4G connectivity, integrating over ONVIF, RTSP, and PELCO into the same VMS infrastructure used across the rest of the XHC3 family. Its manual/fixed focus mechanism removes a moving part that a short-range install rarely needs, since the working distance at 12mm changes little enough after mounting that remote refocusing adds cost without adding value.
Impact on Layered Perimeter Design
Programme offices that have historically over-specified mid or long-range cameras for short-perimeter segments, largely because a family-consistent option at the right range was not available, now have a genuinely short-range starlight camera that shares the same interface and protocol stack as the 16mm, 135mm, and 240mm variants. That consistency lets a single VMS integration cover a full range spread from a 200 meter gate segment out to a 7,600 meter open-terrain boundary without switching product families partway through the network.