Situation and Solution:

Based in Johnstown, Pa., Hoff Enterprises Inc. provides precision-engineered, laminated and wood case work. It is a Certified Architectural Woodwork Institute Manufacturer with customers such as Merrill Lynch, Dairy Queen, Antie Ann’s and the U. S. Postal Service. Its products are used from New England to North Carolina, and from the East Coast to the Midwest. Hoff Enterprises’ custom cabinetry is used in banks, hospitals, nursing homes, doctors’ offices, schools, airports, post offices, residential properties, business offices, ballparks and ice arenas.

To help manage and control his facility remotely, Kurt Freidhoff, president of Hoff Enterprises Inc., chose mobiDEOS’ MobileCamViewer to monitor the factory while he is away. Specifically looking to ensure the efficient operability of unmanned CNC machines, Freidhoff stumbled upon the MobileCamViewer in an Internet search for remote monitoring solutions.

MobileCamViewer’s plug-and-play remote monitoring technology works on existing Web-enabled infrastructure and equipment. MobileCamViewer offers monitoring of Friedhoff’s Axis 214 PTZs over his cell phone, a Blackberry 8310. MobileCamViewer enhances the typical mobile browser experience by allowing users to connect to their cameras’ views from their cell phones more easily and within seconds.

MobileCamViewer is designed to allow the user to stay aware of what is happening within their business or home when they cannot physically be there.

“MobileCamViewer allows me to go out to dinner with my family and maintain an eye on my facilities without worrying about what is happening in the plant,” Friedhoff said. “It also allows me to stay at home and monitor an unmanned running CNC machine without constant trips to the office to check on the machine’s operation, saving me countless hours.”