A local high school was influenced by a recent spike in incidents of civil disturbance within school grounds and the surrounding neighborhood to expand its existing CCTV security system. NITEK partnered with the contracted systems integrator and the school board to design a cost effective solution that would meet current demands as well as provide an easy pathway to future technology. The school's IT department understood the benefits of analog video over CAT5e & CAT6 cable and expressed a desire to migrate to an IP based system in the near future as the cost of this emerging technology decreases. The school campus consisted of a main bi-level multi-winged building, a detached gymnasium, and a large parking lot area. The existing coax system would remain in place but new cameras would be added to enhance video coverage. The existing security equipment room and monitoring station would to be relocated to two different areas of the main building as well. In addition to the new analog cameras one prototype IP camera would be added to the system. The new cameras were all run over CAT5e cable.

The NITEK UTP Links solution was employed in the main building using established IDF closets and a newly designated MDF. Each IDF closet acted as a consolidation point for all of the new analog cameras. CAT5e was run to each camera location to facilitate the transmission of power, video, and PTZ control through the modular NITEK UTP Links System. To furnish connectivity between the IDF closets and the new MDF facility a series of CAT6 cables were run. The NITEK modular VH3200 series hub system was used in the MDF to transition the video from CAT6 into the DVR. The NITEK solutions where chosen because they afforded maximum operational redundancy through their modular design and ‟hot swappable” capabilities as well accommodating system growth (through the inception of new 4 or 8 expansion channel cards as opposed to purchasing new rack mounted hubs) with minimal additional cost. These are some of the unique inherent benefits that NITEK brings to market.

The lone solitary IP camera interfaced with the 4 channel NITEK POE48 card and an existing 4 channel network switch. The POE48 provided 15.4 watts of POE/Power Over Ethernet capability for this prototype camera. The POE48 card was housed in the same modular card cage as the analog cameras. In order to facilitate the consolidation of existing coax based cameras from the old security room to the new MDF/Head End, NITEK's VH3200 card cage with the VB41x8 eight channel passive receiver cards were used to take in the coax feeds and transmit these signals over a 25 pair CAT5e cable to the new MDF. Another similar VH3200/VB41x8 was used to receive the incoming video signals and interface with the DVR. The same procedure was done using a NITEK single channel system in the relocation of the old monitoring station to the newer one.

The new cameras installed at the gymnasium were consolidated within wall mounted power supplies. For the indoor cameras NITEK's PVX44 enabled the transmission of power and video over CAT5e. This device's compact sized enabled it to comfortably fit within the confines of the 3rd party power supply NEMA enclosures. Out door gymnasium and parking lot cameras were powered either locally or via a separate power cable. The parking lot cameras presented a unique challenge due to some of their long distances (up to 6,000ft). NITEK's EX560 was able to use existing CAT3 cable to accommodate these long runs. NITEK provided technical webinar training to the systems integrator and high school's facilities personnel prior to the installation. This was agreed upon by all parties to have been instrumental in the ease of installation and fears associated with incorporating ‟new” technology. The system has continued to expand since its completion with additional cameras being added to various areas. The use of horizontal CAT5e runs to the cameras and back bone cables between the IDFs and MDF cut down on overall labor enabling new cameras to be brought on line within a few hours. NITEK is an established CCTV transmission technology provider for over 25 years and continues to develop highly versatile and reliable video security system solutions.