Question 1

Will it stop my cameras alerting on foxes, sheep and bad weather?

Accepted Answer

That is exactly what it is for. Fortix AI classifies what moves before it alerts, so wildlife, livestock, pets, rain, fog and swaying branches are recognised and filtered out. You set which classes — typically people and unfamiliar vehicles — actually raise an alert, which means a rural site goes from dozens of nuisance triggers a night to a handful of notifications that genuinely warrant a look.

Question 2

Do I need new cameras, or does it work with my RuralCam kit?

Accepted Answer

It works with your existing RuralCam cameras and most other IP, RTSP, cloud or FTP cameras. You add a Fortix AI edge box, point your cameras at it, and the analytics run on top — no camera swap and no new recorder required.

Question 3

Can it watch a field boundary, not just a single doorway?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can draw intrusion lines and zones across gateways, hedge lines, tracks and open paddocks. The model fires when a person or vehicle crosses the line, giving you perimeter-style coverage over land that is far too large and open for simple motion-trigger CCTV to handle.

Question 4

Who is Fortix AI?

Accepted Answer

Fortix AI is our specialist video-analytics partner. They build the detection platform — the edge box, the trained model library, the cloud dashboard and the custom-training pipeline. RuralCam supplies the solar-powered 4G/5G cameras, the connectivity, the installation on farms and estates, and the UK support, all sold and backed as one combined solution.

Question 5

Which detections come built in?

Accepted Answer

Out of the box you get people, vehicle and animal classification, intrusion-line and zone monitoring, vehicle and number-plate capture, plus fire and smoke detection. Further models cover fly-tipping, occupancy and counting, and other rural-crime patterns, and bespoke classes can be trained for site-specific needs — particular machinery, gate types or problem behaviours unique to your land.

Question 6

Will it run on an off-grid solar camera on 4G?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and that is one of its main strengths. The edge box processes the video on-site, so the camera does not have to stream raw footage continuously over the mobile network. Only short evidence clips and alert data are sent, which keeps a solar-powered, 4G/5G off-grid site well within a sensible data allowance.

Question 7

What does the dashboard show me?

Accepted Answer

Everything is in the iOS and Android mobile app (and a browser dashboard): live feeds with the AI overlay marking detections as they happen, push notifications for the alerts you care about, health monitoring across all your cameras, and automatic incident reports with a timestamped clip attached to each event — ready to forward to police or insurers.

Question 8

Is it GDPR-compliant, and what does it cost?

Accepted Answer

Yes — it is secure by design, with end-to-end encryption and GDPR-aligned infrastructure. You choose where footage lives: the Fortix AI Cloud is hosted securely on our AWS servers, or the on-site AI Edge box keeps inference and footage on your own network with only alerts and short clips leaving site. Pricing is quoted per deployment, scoped to your camera and site count and the detection models you choose, with trade and framework rates available through our UK team. A small pilot can usually be running within a working day for evaluation.

Fortix AI — AI CCTV Video Intelligence (UK)