MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ -
April 22, 2010 - Infinova today announced that Infinova's Ethernet networking
video matrix switchers with a Video-over-IP (VOIP) option allows the surveillance
system at Kuwait International Airport to meet the demands of three individual
security authorities. The system includes a combination of 130 Infinova PTZ
dome cameras, mini domes and fixed cameras.
The Asset Protection Department
has the most encompassing responsibilities and requirements and, therefore,
has priority over all cameras and networked matrix switchers. The Ministry of
Interior has secondary priority over certain cameras in the system. The Civil
Aviation authority has secondary priority over other cameras. Three matrix switchers
control groups of cameras in the main terminal, while a fourth matrix switcher,
managed exclusively by the Asset Protection Department, controls cameras in
the VIP Center.
"In an installation
as complex as the typical airport, there are often several different video surveillance
users, each with their own priorities and requirements," explains Mark
W. Wilson, Infinova vice president, marketing. "Installing separate, dedicated
systems for each user can be cost prohibitive, wasteful and often impractical.
Designing a system that simultaneously meets the requirements of all of those
various users requires components that are flexible and versatile."
Because Infinova's matrix
switchers are Ethernet networked right out of the box, building these separately
controlled groups of cameras into one cohesive system was relatively easy and
cost-effective. Through the main matrix switcher, the Asset Protection Department
can select, view and PTZ control not only the cameras directly controlled by
that switcher, but the cameras controlled by the other three switchers as well.
In addition, the Video-over-IP
feature used in conjunction with Infinova's Infinet™ client software, allows
camera selection, viewing of MPEG4 digitized video, and control of PTZ functions
over the network from work stations via the software's virtual keyboard. Each
matrix switcher provides outputs to monitors as well as Infinova VIP video codec
servers. All priorities for camera control and viewing are easily programmable
via the matrix switcher software so that each security authority has exactly
the camera access and priority required. Fiber optic Ethernet transceivers interconnect
the video matrix switchers.
More information on Infinova
camera solutions is available at www.infinova.com.