The CCTV system, with a camera count of nearly 100 cameras and DVRs located in a terminal control room, was specified and installed by New Technical Est of Amman.
Said project manager for New Technical, Mohammed Nazzal:
“When installing the new cameras, the units covering the main control tower were required to be sited up to 900 meters from the control facility. This would have caused quality issues if we had used traditional coax video transmission, especially when considering the amount of electrical interference present at the airport.
“After spending three months conducting a comprehensive technical survey on the best locations for each additional camera, we didn’t want to compromise these positions due to any video transmission limitations.”
With technical backup from NVT, they demonstrated to the airport’s management the quality of performance that would be obtained by using 900 meters of cable to simulate the camera distances at the airport.
They installed NVT passive transmitters within the existing camera housings, and VCL dome cameras fitted with NVT technology already ‘built in’, at each new camera position.
Cameras now cover all aspects of the airport, with images transmitted via UTP cable bundles contained within the building’s cable trunking network.
