By Automedon Technologies · USA

Lay the line.Know the moment it's crossed.

Tripwire is a detection line you put down by hand: sensors that watch an approach, a sentry that confirms, and a relay that reports every crossing into TAK, the shared picture U.S. forces and first responders already carry. The hardware is in development. The first member of the family, an iPhone app, is in testing now.

Hardware in developmentiPhone app in testing
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TRACK PROTECTED SITE OPERATOR · ATAK RELAY Gateway to the TAK Server P-01 P-02 P-03 P-04 P-05 P-06 P-07 P-08 THE LINE · EIGHT PICKETS OVERWATCH Slews to P-05, confirms UNKNOWN · APPROACHING TRIPPED Event · sub-GHz CoT · TLS COT EVENT · RECEIVED IN ATAK TYPE a-u-G · unknown · ground FROM TW-PICKET-05 TIME 21:14:07Z GRID 18S UJ 23 06 (schematic)
P-05 tripped · event in ATAKSchematic · concept in development
The line

Minutes to lay. Seconds to report.

Three steps, no work order. The line does the watching so people can do the deciding.

01

Lay it

Push pickets into the ground along the approach you care about. They find each other and form the line. Pull them out and use them again.

02

It watches

Each picket senses on its own, with passive infrared, acoustic and magnetic sensing, and sends an event when something crosses: what kind, where, when. Not a video stream.

03

It reports

The relay turns events into Cursor on Target. They appear in ATAK, iTAK and WinTAK as they happen, and the overwatch slews to the crossing to confirm with optics.

FIELD · THE LINE GATEWAY TAK SERVER TAK CLIENTS TRIPWIRE PICKET × N PIR · acoustic · magnetic Detects on the node · sends events IN DEVELOPMENT TRIPWIRE OVERWATCH Camera · LiDAR · thermal Confirms · built-in gateway IN DEVELOPMENT TRIPWIRE MOBILE iPhone camera + LiDAR · the first node Alerts on phone and watch IN TESTING LOCAL ALERT Phone · Apple Watch · no network needed TRIPWIRE RELAY Sub-GHz mesh in · IP, tactical radio or cellular out IN DEVELOPMENT TAK SERVER Customer-run · closed network or cloud Cursor on Target over TLS EXISTING · TAK.GOV ATAK Android ITAK iPhone, iPad WINTAK Windows Existing · government-provided · not ours sub-GHz mesh · events, not video own uplink · CoT over TLS CoT over TLS · Wi-Fi or cellular · no relay needed CoT over TLS Shared picture TRIPPED TRIPWIRE PLUGIN FOR ATAK Later · arm, disarm, node health, imagery on demand · TAK.gov signing PLANNED DESIGN INTENT Events, not video. The line sends detections and positions; imagery is fetched on demand. Closed network by design. No Automedon cloud in the path; a customer's TAK Server is enough. One protocol. Every member of the family speaks Cursor on Target, so it works with ATAK, iTAK and WinTAK today, without a plugin. TAK is a U.S. Government product. Tripwire is not affiliated with or endorsed by the TAK Product Center or the U.S. Government.
From the line to the operating pictureConcept · Rev A · in development
The family

One line, four members

Every member speaks Cursor on Target, so any one of them is useful alone and all of them are better together.

GROUND · Z 0 01 ANTENNA 02 SENSOR HEAD 03 STATE RING 04 BODY 05 GROUND COLLAR 06 GROUND SPIKE

Tripwire Picket · perimeter node

In development

Hand-emplaced, sealed and quiet. Passive infrared, acoustic and magnetic sensing on the node, a sub-GHz radio to its neighbours, and a state ring that is red only when it matters.

GROUND · Z 0 02 VISOR 03 CAMERA 04 LIDAR WINDOW 05 THERMAL 01 MAST ANTENNA 06 STATE LIGHT 07 PAN HEAD 08 POWER CANISTER 09 TRIPOD

Tripwire Overwatch · sentry unit

In development

Camera, LiDAR and thermal on a pan head, with the gateway radio built in. When the line trips, it slews to the bearing and confirms what crossed. Tripod, pole, mast or vehicle.

GROUND · Z 0 01 ANTENNA 02 STRAP SLOTS 03 STATE LIGHT 04 UPLINK RADIO 05 PORTS

Tripwire Relay · gateway

In development

Hears the whole line and speaks Cursor on Target to your TAK Server over IP, tactical radio or cellular. Straps to a tree, a post, a rail or a vehicle.

CAMERA + LIDAR FIELD OF VIEW ARMED ALERT 01 THE PHONE YOU ALREADY CARRY 02 ALERTS ON PHONE AND WATCH 03 EVERYTHING STAYS ON THE PHONE

Tripwire for iPhone · the first node

In testing

The phone you already carry as a tripwire: camera and LiDAR watch, the phone and your watch alert, and the evidence stays on the phone. The testing ground for everything above.

Working names. Final product names, specifications and appearance are being decided.

TRIPWIRE PICKET PERIMETER NODE TRIPWIRE RELAY GATEWAY TRIPWIRE MOBILE IPHONE APP · THE FIRST NODE TRIPWIRE OVERWATCH SENTRY UNIT 500 MM
The family at approximate scaleTarget envelopes · subject to change
Where a line belongs

Anywhere someone should not walk in unannounced

Force protection

Patrol bases, halts, observation posts and the approaches nobody can watch all night.

Routes and borders

Trails, crossings and choke points, with the picture shared to everyone on the net.

Critical infrastructure

Substations, pipelines, solar farms and water sites with long fences and few people.

Tactical law enforcement

A perimeter around a warrant, a search or a scene, laid in minutes and picked up after.

Land and property

Ranches, remote sites and equipment yards: know when something crosses, wherever you are.

Available first

Tripwire for iPhone

Set your iPhone down. Arm it. When something moves it alerts you, saves three photos and a ten-second clip, and reaches your Apple Watch. No account, no cloud, no uploads: everything stays on the phone.

It is the first Tripwire node and the testing ground for the family. What we learn from it goes into the hardware.

Coming to the App Store
PlannedNext for the app: reporting into TAK, so the phone becomes the first node on the line.
CAMERA + LIDAR FIELD OF VIEW ARMED ALERT 01 THE PHONE YOU ALREADY CARRY 02 ALERTS ON PHONE AND WATCH 03 EVERYTHING STAYS ON THE PHONE
Where things stand

What is real today, and what is next

Now
  • iPhone app in testing with a closed group.
  • Concept drawings for the hardware, the ones on this page.
  • Product names, specifications and appearance being decided.
Next
  • App Store release.
  • TAK reporting from the app.
  • First picket prototypes.
Later
  • Overwatch and relay prototypes.
  • Field trials with early partners.
  • A plugin for ATAK: arm, disarm, node health, imagery on demand.

No dates on this page on purpose. We publish when it is true.

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