Self cleaning window for IP-cam?

[t_andersen]

I am working on a system that will be installed right at the ocean shore at a fairly rough place, so I figure that the camera windows will be covered by salt after some time. My colleagues have mentioned the possibility of using "self-cleaning" window glass, which is manufactured by Pilkington for locations that are difficult to access. Has anybody in the forum any experience to share on this issue?

 

[klasipca]

There are PTZ IP cameras with wipers built-in...

 

[Brad_C]

Self cleaning glass is "ok" until the first time it gets touched. Then it's all over. Wash/wipe is old school and well tested. When we did a museum in Qatar that they turned into an island, we just put a regime in place where a guy goes around in a boat with a fire hose and hoses the cameras every couple of weeks. Salt is a real issue with proximity to water.