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2026.1

Release date: March 18, 2026

BMA and BMA TLC

The third generation of BMA and BMA TLC is based on a fully redesigned platform. It delivers significantly higher performance, improved energy efficiency, and a more compact and robust form factor. This makes the systems well suited for current applications while also providing a future-ready foundation for upcoming use cases.

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BMA and BMA TLC

High performance

  • Traffic & Parking Accuracy+ is the default model for all use cases.
  • Classification has been improved.
  • Processing runs at up to 30 frames per second.
  • Available with 2.7 mm and 6.0 mm focal length. See Distances to objects.

Example view for 2.7 mm focal length.

Example view for 6.0 mm focal length.

Service and maintenance

Service-friendly device design

The new platform improves service access and simplifies maintenance:

  • Combined mounting bracket for installation on vertical or horizontal poles
  • Status and connectivity LEDs for directly reading the device and connection status
  • Service flap for the SIM card for using custom SIM cards
  • New click-snap power connector for fast and easy installation

Service interface

The new Service Interface supports commissioning and diagnostics directly on the device. It provides the following functions:

  • Device status shows whether the application is running correctly, whether a connection to the Control Center could be established, and whether remote support is available.
  • Live video shows the current camera image for visual inspection and alignment, comparable to Live Calibration in the Control Center.
  • Network configuration allows you to configure the SIM card APN settings and review or adjust Ethernet settings such as DHCP, IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS.
  • Diagnostics support connectivity tests for troubleshooting as well as collecting logs for support cases.

For details, see the Service Interface in the BMA documentation.

Service Interface overview.

Flexible and future-ready

The new platform is designed for a wide range of use cases, improves energy efficiency, and combines a more robust, modern design with performance reserves for future developments.

  • Flexible input voltage: 12 to 48 V DC

Note

The BMC continues to operate at 30 V DC.

  • Around 30% lower power consumption
    • 7 W in daytime operation without IR
    • 10 W in night operation with IR
    • 4.5 W in standby

The device is more compact and lighter, measuring 178 mm x 119 mm x 109 mm at a weight of 850 g.

Improved integration with BMC

BMA TLC is fully compatible with the BMC.

The new platform also offers greater installation flexibility, especially through longer cable runs between BMA TLC and BMC. With a cable cross-section of 1.5 mm², distances of up to 300 m are possible.

For details, see Cable cross-section and maximum cable length.

Directed ROI

The new Directed ROI type in the Control Center reacts only to objects entering the ROI in the configured direction.

This makes it possible to align events and rules more precisely with relevant traffic directions and reduce unwanted triggers, for example from oncoming traffic.

For configuration details, see Region of Interest (ROI) in the Control Center. An example use case is documented in the Adaptive Traffic Control solution description.

Example configuration for directed ROI

Example configuration using directed ROIs for Adaptive Traffic Control.

Info

Product availability: BMA TLC v2/v3, B101/B401.

Further improvements

Detection accuracy

  • The Traffic & Parking model was further improved in the Standard and Accuracy+ variants, with a particular focus on reducing false positives.

Info

Product availability: BMA v2/v3, BMA TLC v2/v3, Mobile BMA, B101/B401, and BCA.

Control Center

  • Device view: Improved loading time when opening a device.
  • Device groups: Restores expanded device groups after a search.
  • Focus areas: Improved editing of focus areas when ROIs already exist.

Data Center

  • Traffic Flow: Fixes for API queries.
  • Parking: Corrected display of parking node plots for new surveys with a short history period.
  • Parking: Improved stability of API queries, especially in combination with calibration and correction values.
  • Survey: Fixed a date issue in parking surveys so that new surveys with the current start date open correctly.
  • Survey: Fix for Data Center surveys with newly created crossing lines or crossing lines for which no events exist yet.
  • Event API: More robust handling of large API bulk queries to avoid 502 errors during larger event imports.

Documentation updates