Case Study
IndigoVision’s IP Video Provides CCTV for South African Metro Project
IndigoVision’s integrated IP Video system is
providing the CCTV surveillance for an
impressive integrated security system for
the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan
Municipality located in the Eastern Cape
province of South Africa. The metro area is
home to over 1.3 million people, covers an
area of 2000 km2 and includes the towns of
Uitenhage and Despatch, together with Port
Elizabeth which will be a host city for the
2010 Soccer World Cup.
The IP-CCTV system, which was supplied by Norbain South Africa, is part
of an integrated security system that includes access control, intruder
detection, perimeter security and fire detection all of which were designed
and installed by Afrisec. The systems are fully integrated across a newly
installed 1000 Gbit LAN running on a fibre backbone, with wireless network links for more remote sites. The system will also provide services such
as IP telephony and intercoms. The Safety & Security Directorate, which
operates the system, worked closely with Afrisec, who produced the
initial Security Master Plan from which the system was implemented.
The initial phase of the project provides CCTV surveillance of the Port Elizabeth Central Business District (CBD) and the along the beachfront,
using 45 fixed and PTZ dome cameras, monitored at a Central Security Control Room located in the South End district. There are also other satellite
control rooms in Metro buildings in the CBD and on the Beachfront. Operators based in all the control rooms use IndigoVision’s ‘Control Center’ software to view live video from the cameras and analyse recorded footage from
IndigoVision Network Video Recorders (NVRs),
which provide 30+ days of recordings from all cameras.
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The distributed nature of IndigoVision’s IP Video system allows a ‘Control
Center’ workstation to be located at any point on the network, facilitating the
use of multiple security control rooms. The IP Video system is tightly
integrated with the other Building Management and Security Systems used
on the project providing a platform for true integration, so that an event in
one system can trigger an action in another. For example, an illegal entry alarm from the access control system can automatically cause the nearest CCTV camera to pan and zoom to view the entry point and display the video
on any ‘Control Center’ workstation for immediate operator response. As the
system expands IndigoVision’s real-time analytics will be installed on certain cameras. This will alert operators to events as they occur, such as vehicles
moving in the wrong direction, congestion or a virtual tripwire being crossed. This dramatically reduces the time to locate critical events, enabling timely
response to potential incidents. The Metro area has 236 potential sites that require security. These will be implemented based on priority and available
budgets. Other strategic sites, such as the airport, which have their own existing CCTV system, will be updated to IP Video so they can be monitored centrally as well. Here the existing analogue cameras will be connected to IndigoVision’s transmitter/receiver modules, which convert the analogue camera feeds to high-quality MPEG digital video for transmission
over the network. This effectively creates a hybrid CCTV solution for the airport, whereby the airport maintains its existing analogue system whilst allowing remote monitoring and recording of the video over the network.
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The scalability of the IP Video system allows other surveillance areas to be added easily in the future. For example, the fibre backbone currently runs
through the centre of the CBD, allowing businesses and other private buildings to be monitored from any of the control rooms. A CCTV camera
can be connected to any point on the network without the need for
additional cabling. The flexibility provided by a distributed IP Video system cannot be matched by a traditional analogue CCTV solution. When the
Soccer World Cup comes to Port Elizabeth in 2010 transportation routes, tourist hotspots, hotels and the stadium will need to be monitored via the central control room – all of which is very cost effective now that the network infrastructure is in place.
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