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A Case Study: 6 Camera VT-4 System Installation For The City Of North Port Florida
From an interview with Ed Griswold one of Hi-Tech's system integrators.

The system was installed into a brand new three-story, multi-million dollar facility built to house the North Port city council chambers and other government offices (see Image 1).

During the consultation period Hi-Tech was given a set of blueprints of the audio video system as well as the layout of the council chambers which was most helpful in planning and noting the changes requested.

The system installed consisted of:

(6) 3-CCD fully robotic video cameras with 320 degree rotation.

(1) Remote controller for the six cameras.

(1) 24 input video switching system with control surface, character generator and editor.

(1) 19” LCD displays for the switcher.

(2) Quad color LCD displays.

(4) Standalone video recorders.

(2) 37” LCD displays.

(1) Video Distribution Amplifier.

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Equipment locations
The switcher, 19" monitors, and camera controller were placed control room along with a rack mounted case containing the DVD recorders, video d.a., and two sets of quad color LCDs (See Image 1a).

Two 37" LCD displays were mounted on opposite each other and face towards the rear of the room.

Cameras 1 and 2 were mounted below and slightly behind the 37" LCD displays (see Image 2).

Camera 3 is centrally mounted on the back wall (see Image 3).

The remaining three cameras were mounted in the front of the room, facing different directions so they can cover the entire room (see Image 4).

The highlights and or challenges of the installation.
All cameras were mounted inverted, to cover more of the room. Since they are addressable they can be wired in a daisy chain for control purposes. The wiring goes from the controller to the first camera from there to the second, from there to the third and so on. As long as the wiring is run correctly, it typically saves on the amount of cable required.

The 37" LCD's were not in the original specification. They were to be facing the dais so the commissioners could see what was being broadcast to the general public. The problem was that no accommodation was made for them either in the video or power wiring runs made during the construction phase of the building. Due to this fact an alternate location was proposed to the city for their approval.

One interesting problem we encountered with the pre-run wiring was the gauge of the low voltage power cables was insufficient to provide power to the four cameras furthest away from the control room. Consequently we were forced to run additional power cables to the camera locations in addition to low voltage power supplies to provide sufficient current to power the cameras at such long distances.

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