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CCTV Siemens protects Airbus A380 Super Jumbo assembly
CCTV
                    Siemens protects Airbus
                    A380 Super Jumbo assembly

                    The long awaited Airbus A380, which              percent compatible with their existing IP
                    made its first commercial flight on 25           infrastructure. Part of the specification
                    October 2007 from Singapore’s Changi             was for video motion detection to operate
                    International Airport to Sydney, is the          on one standardized platform, offering
                    world’s largest ever passenger airliner,         high quality live viewing, recording and
                    with a maximum capacity of 853                   outdoor video motion detection. Airbus
                    passengers. The final assembly of the            also asked that the system design allowed
                    ‘Super Jumbos’, as they have been                for the possibility of extending the
                    dubbed, takes place at the Airbus                approach to protect multiple sites
                    Industries HQ in Toulouse, France.               worldwide, with technical support and a
                    Given the scale of the €12 billion               design concept tailored to Airbus’ specific
                    development programme, the new                   requirements.
                    technology being employed and the
                    potential for terrorist attack of such a         SISTORE CX EDS intelligent video
                    high profile target, security in the final       detection from Siemens Building
                    assembly hangars of Airbus was                   Technologies was selected and is
                    paramount.                                       protecting the final assembly process of
                                                                     what is set to become one of the world’s
                    Video surveillance was identified as the         iconic passenger aircraft. The system
                    preferred method of protection, with             features initially some 100 speed dome
                    several criteria built into the specification.   and fixed dome cameras (rising to 250
                    The requirement from Airbus was for an           cameras by the beginning of 2008) plus
                    efficient, IP-based high security video          20 SISTORE CX EDS systems. SISTORE CX
                    surveillance system which was 100

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CCTV Siemens protects Airbus A380 Super Jumbo assembly
becoming a feature in the selection
                                                                                              process. In the case of Airbus, this training
                                                                                              was not only for the security personnel
                                                                                              who would ultimately be using the
                                                                                              products, but also the installation and
                                                                                              maintenance companies identified by
                                                                                              Airbus as their agreed service partners.
                                                                                              The Interactive Video Management system
                                                                                              employed at Airbus allows for installations
                                                                                              of any size, leading to the signing of an
                                                                                              agreement between Airbus and Siemens
                                                                                              to use the solution supplied in Toulouse as
                                                                                              a reference for all Airbus production sites
                                                                                              worldwide. Work is already underway on
                                                                                              providing security at Airbus sites in the UK,
                                                                                              China and India, with the second, third
                                                                                              and fourth planes due for delivery in
                                                                                              January, February and April 2008
                                                                                              respectively.

EDS is an intelligent embedded codec          the system into alarm if the alarm criteria
performing streaming, recording and           are met.
operating as a professional outdoor video     Given the requirement for a single
motion detection system with object           operating platform, Siemens also supplied
tracking. It is based on the highly           their IVM Interactive Video Management
successful SISTORE CX platform – the first    system which runs on local workstations
software module to do so – providing          and can be operated via a web interface.
additional functionality for SISTORE CX
with the EDS software available as a retro-   IT Convergence and extensive service
fit upgrade.                                  support

SISTORE CX EDS minimizes false alarms         The need for the system to be backward
while maximizing detection rates through      integrated with the existing IT
a sophisticated detection algorithm.          environment at Airbus demonstrates the
Highest detection rates are achieved          ever increasing role of IT convergence in
through a combination of trip wires, the      the security equation. The project also
setting of target object direction, speed     highlights the ‘value added’ element that
and size with tracking, and perspective       customers are increasingly seeking when
compensation, all of which ensures that       selecting partners for security. For
objects are detected and tracked, with the    manufacturers of security products, it is no
initiation of an alarm only if the specific   longer a case of simply supplying the
criteria are met. False alarms are greatly    product, however suited it might be, to a
minimized through the algorithm which         given application. Guaranteed product
filters out environmental factors such as     support on an international level was
snow, wind, rain, animals, etc. - the         identified as a critical factor in the Airbus
common causes of false alarms. It features    project, along with intense product
built-in compensation for variations in       specification activities, including product
lighting and weather conditions and its
                                              demonstrations, test installations and site
high sensitivity also enables detection of
                                              analysis. The quality of the available
obscured objects. Viewing object tracking
                                              training to ensure the client can maximize
on a security monitor is clear and simple,
with objects tracked in green to show the     the potential of the products is also
source direction, turning red and putting

                                                                                              Siemens Switzerland Ltd
                                                                                              Building Technologies Group
                                                                                              nternational Headquarters
                                                                                              Gubelstrasse 22
                                                                                              6301 Zug
www.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies                                                          Tel. +41 41 724 24 24
                                                                                              Fax +41 41 724 35 22
CCTV Siemens protects Airbus A380 Super Jumbo assembly
CCTV
                    Siemens Video-over-IP in the
                    Gotschna Tunnel

                    To monitor traffic conditions and               control, video monitoring facilities, SOS
                    maintain safety at distant locations,           telephones, fire extinguishers, and tunnel
                    transfer of video images of exceptional         radio technology for police and
                    quality is crucial. A SISTORE CX video-         maintenance services.
                    over-IP solution from Siemens
                    integrates analogue cameras with an             Video monitoring as a challenge
                    intelligent digital video codec,                Video monitoring of the Gotschna Tunnel
                    providing outstanding image quality of          is part of traffic safety for the Cantonal
                    the Gotschna Tunnel at a superior               Police of Grisons; images reach the police
                    cost/performance ratio.                         force's control room in Chur - more than
                                                                    30 kilometres away. Emergency situation
                    The Gotschna Tunnel, opened in                  analysis and adequate response depend
                    Switzerland at the end of 2005 with a           on outstanding images. The canton's Civil
                    length of 4.2 km, and is part of the            Engineering Office faced the challenge of
                    Klosters by-pass and the federal highway        selecting video monitoring and data
                    A28 extension between Landquart and             transmission equipment for the 29
                    Davos. The tunnel reduces travel time to        analogue cameras distributed through the
                    tourist destinations and the traffic burden     length of the Gotschna Tunnel. A Gigabit
                    of local communities. Safety technology         Ethernet connected to an ATM network,
                    is state-of-the-art; fire alarm systems,        standard upon installation five years ago,
                    emergency lights, a hydrant pipeline,           would be used to transfer image data and
                    measuring equipment for CO2                     control signals.
                    concentration, visibility regulation, traffic

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CCTV Siemens protects Airbus A380 Super Jumbo assembly
Flexibly scalable and versatile
                                              SISTORE CX is an encoder and decoder,
                                              providing video motion detector,
                                              streaming and recording on a digital
                                              platform. Its flexible scalability and
                                              versatile implementation provide
                                              advantageous options. Web-based access
                                              across the entire network is simple via
                                              LAN/WAN. Image data is compressed
                                              using MPEG4, enabling real-time recording
                                              and optimum transmission in DVD quality.

                                              In each of the two sub-stations in
                                              Selfranga and Drostobel, three SISTORE CX
                                              units extract image data to be encoded
                                              from a single matrix. At the Cantonal
                                              Police Headquarters in Chur, the same
                                              number of SISTORE CX units scan the data
                                              from the WAN, decode and transfer it to
                                              the ATM network (and therefore to the
                                              control room) using a codec.

                                              SISTORE CX4 / CX8
                                              SISTORE CX is an intelligent digital video
                                              codec, capable of carrying out various
                                              functions simultaneously: transmission,
                                              recording and analysis. MPEG4 technology
                                              enables rapid transmission and excellent
Analogue-digital-analogue                     image quality. SISTORE CX from Siemens
Video-over-IP offered a viable solution for   provides users with various realtime
data transmission, with the most              modes. It can be operated as an up to a
important criteria being image quality and    fourcamera receiver (decoding) and eight-
cost/performance ratio, followed by the       camera transmitter (encoding). A
possibility to eventually replace analogue    combination mode allows for
equipment with digital. The resulting         simultaneous operation with four inputs
solution was a virtual video matrix, which    and two outputs (transceiver). SISTORE CX
could digitalise analogue camera signals      is available with various hard disk sizes for
using an encoder, transfer them via the       local video recording. Web-based
Ethernet network and subsequently             operating software makes SISTORE CX
convert digital signals to analogue using a   especially user-friendly. It can be
                                              conveniently installed and configured via
decoder.
                                              the SISTORE CX home page. This not only
                                              shortens the installation time, but also
Best in test: the SISTORE CX video codec
                                              simplifies subsequent configuration and
"The Civil Engineering Office of Grisons
                                              maintenance. SISTORE CX integrates
subjected four systems to tests under
                                              existing analogue cameras into a variety of
simulated conditions. The intelligent
                                              system and communication
digital video codec SISTORE CX was the
                                              infrastructures. The ergonomic user
clear winner," explains Sandro Mura,
                                              interface is designed as a “virtual matrix”
responsible for information technology at
                                              and allows intuitive drag-and-drop
the Grisons Civil Engineering Office. He
                                              operation.
continues, "The decisive factors were the
excellent image quality and a convincing
cost/performance ratio."

                                                                                              Siemens Switzerland Ltd
                                                                                              Building Technologies Group
                                                                                              International Headquarters
                                                                                              Gubelstrasse 22
                                                                                              6301 Zug
www.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies                                                          Tel. +41 41 724 24 24
                                                                                              Fax +41 41 724 35 22
CCTV
                    Sicilian supermarket chain
                    “Max Supermercati” invest
                    in Hybrid Security solution
                    Introduction                                   Situation/conditions
                    Over the last few years, digital video         Sicily, with its 25,700 km², is the largest
                    technology has been changing at an             island in the Mediterranean Sea and
                    increasingly rapid pace. The digital           houses around 5 million inhabitants.
                    products currently available are more          Created in 1953 by Umberto Romano as a
                    efficient, easier to use and more              small “bottega alimentare”, the Sicilian
                    intelligent than ever before. Nevertheless,    “Max Supermercati” has grown from a
                    replacement of analogue technology with        single corner shop to a supermarket chain
                    digital technology is sometimes still          with more than 40 stores all over the
                    regarded with a certain amount of              island.
                    scepticism. However, modern migration
                    plans show that this scepticism can now        Loss prevention is one of the most vital
                    be overcome.                                   parts of any retail enterprise. Shoplifting
                                                                   or internal shrinkage often prove to be a
                    The initial video security technology          large threat to the balance sheets. This
                    (CCTV) development phase relied heavily        causes Europe’s merchants an estimated
                    on the experience gained and the               damage of 29 billion euros. Shrinkage
                    processes used in television studio            and liability can be reduced by installing a
                    technology. It has been the increasing         scalable, centralized digital video security
                    demand for CCTV in the past few years          system. This not only provides a fully
                    which has spurred its development into a       automated video asset management
                    sector of its own. Whereas the first devices   system but also eliminates problems such
                    were very large and bulky, a wide variety      as video degradation, misplaced tapes and
                    of products are now available to meet          content availability. Digital video systems
                    industry-specific requirements.                not only offer fast access to and retrieval
                                                                   of video content, but also provide high-
                    CCTV today                                     quality images with digital signature that
                    Purely analogue systems are being              are acceptable as evidence in court. The
                    installed less and less. This type of system   implementation of a digital video system
                    would only be viable in small retail shops     can save significant time in a store
                    for example. Current systems usually           incident investigation.
                    consist of a mixture of analogue and
                    digital components. Until recently,            The Max Supermercati supermarket chain
                    components were combined in this way           was working with traditional analogue
                    because neither the digital components         CCTV components for several years. As the
                    nor the network technology had been            numbers of security-related issues, like
                    developed sufficiently for fail-safe           theft, vandalism, internal shrinkage due to
                    implementation. This has changed: video        high employee fluctuation etc., continued
                    technology can now be securely and             to rise, the company’s forty supermarkets
                    conveniently integrated in network             and warehouses, including car parks,
                    environments due to the proliferation of       needed to be monitored more
                    Intranet technology based on the TCP/IP        professionally to avoid further theft and
                    networking protocol.                           vandalism.

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Challenges faced with upgrade:                  utilising existing cameras and allowed the      graphical map, in this case with an
The Max Supermercati security team faced        supermarket chain to expand using digital       overview of the stores on Sicily, then upon
several challenges when the upgrade of          IP cameras. Many of the stores already had      selecting a specific store, the map changes
their analogue system was decided. An           structured Ethernet cables in their             to a local floor plan showing camera
ageing analogue video surveillance system       buildings (as most modern buildings today       locations. And, of course cameras from
was still in use, so where to find the          do), so the possibility was there to create a   different locations can be displayed at the
investment to start a completely digital        dedicated IP network just for security.         same time.
video system was a big issue. Would the         Also, as IP cameras can be added to a
infrastructure have a bandwidth large           system very swiftly, this greatly reduces       Alarms from the warehouse locations, for
enough to transmit video streams? Could         installation time and costs as they are         example caused by motion in the
anything be done to minimise the upgrade        connected directly to an already installed      warehouse at night or from doors that
cost?                                           Ethernet network.                               have been opened will be sent from each
                                                                                                SISTORE MX individually to the central
Hybrid solutions                                But not only the Ethernet network could         RemoteView and are displayed as an alarm
The combination of digital recorders and        be reused. Several of the existing standard     window. In parallel the system itself can
analogue cameras represents an ideal            and vandal-protected dome cameras in the        send an SMS or email to the security office
initial step towards converting to digital      installation, often used in retail              or even to the owner of the supermarket
technology and replacing analogue               installations due to their discreet             chain. An auto-backup feature ensures
recording devices.                              appearance, could be upgraded using the         that the most important recordings are
                                                IP modules CVVA-IP and CFVA-IP. These are       saved and therefore available whenever
So-called “hybrid systems” will have a big      specifically designed to transform              needed.
role in the security market until all-digital   analogue dome camera into a hybrid-
video systems have established                  dome from the 10 existing fixed domes in        Conclusion
themselves. One reason for this is the          the current Siemens product range. This         The status quo of video technology, which
price, because digital CCTV systems are         resulted in an enormous cost saving for         is to use a mixture of analogue and digital
still more expensive than traditional           Max Supermercati’s 40 locations.                components, has proven effective for the
analogue systems, yet they provide                                                              time being. Digital technology has more
numerous improvements when it comes             Added to the system was also a new              valuable functions, simple scalability and
to data storage, transmission, event            product the hybrid camera CCIS1337. This        easier access options. Time-tested
recognition, etc.                               device can be installed as a standard           analogue technology, on the other hand,
                                                analogue camera in the first place. Once        is distinguished by its image quality and
Of the many digital products available          the network installation with Power-Over-       especially fail-safe connections. An
today, one of the latest products offering      Ethernet is ready it can be used as a high      effective video system combines both of
“Hybrid technology” is the SISTORE MX –         performance IP camera.                          these technologies. True 24-hour
the hybrid video recording system from                                                          surveillance by day and by night, indoors
Siemens which was also chosen for the           How it works…                                   and outdoors.
Max Supermercati supermarket chain in           The shop and cash register are monitored
Sicily.                                         and recorded using several cameras              Max Supermercati now has a future proof
                                                depending on the size. This allows for          system that is using the already installed
SISTORE MX digitally records, displays, and     observing all transactions. The payment         equipment and is thus protecting the
stores the video images from the various        transactions as well as withdrawals from        original investment.
analogue and IP security cameras.               the cash register by personnel are also
Periodical checks or tape-changing are a        recorded and monitored.                         Even if companies are ready to move over
matter of the past. Research within the                                                         from traditional analogue CCTV equipment
video material is event-based and takes         SISTORE MX devices are connected to the         to digital IP solutions, there are many
only a few minutes, also due to the highly      central control and administration centre       questions to be answered in the first step.
advanced search functionalities. Amongst        in Caltanissetta, thus ensuring the control     There are many benefits using digital
other criteria, video footage can be            of stores all over Sicily.                      technology, but in most cases, there is a
retrieved for a specified time and date                                                         lot of analogue equipment installed and a
within seconds, saving an immense               A SISTORE MX system is placed into each         complete new investment would cost too
amount of time that would otherwise be          of the 40 locations such as warehouses          much money. The best solution offered
needed sifting through the database.            and supermarkets in Sicily. From the            right now is a hybrid one. Using the best of
                                                RemoteView Software in the central              both technologies, analogue and digital,
Solution                                        control centre in Caltanissetta, it is          and offering a modular architecture that
With this hybrid system, it was possible to     possible to display the live images of          allows the introduction of new
reuse the previously installed analogue         several cameras, either analogue or IP, on      technologies as they become available.
cameras and connect them to SISTORE MX          one screen. The RemoteView Software
as it has 32 analogue BNC inputs                also allows cameras to be selected from a       The video technology market has been on
available. Moreover, up to 32 IP cameras        graphical map, in this case with an             the move over the past few years. Max
could be connected – this resulted in           overview of the stores on Sicily, then upon     Supermercati is moving with it.

                                                                                                Siemens Switzerland Ltd
                                                                                                Building Technologies Group
                                                                                                International Headquarters
                                                                                                Gubelstrasse 22
                                                                                                6301 Zug
www.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies                                                            Tel. +41 41 724 24 24
                                                                                                Fax +41 41 724 35 22
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