TransVu mobile digital CCTV system tested at Le Mans

Story link: TransVu mobile digital CCTV system tested at Le Mans by Brian Turner

Dedicated Micros successfully tested its NetVu Connected wireless CCTV solution in a contract with the RML sportscar team which won the LMP2 prototype class at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The CCTV equipment provided for the Le Mans 24 Hours monitored the race truck used to transport the team’s MG Lola EX264 racecar and associated equipment to and from circuit. It provided security when the vehicle was parked-up, and captured views of the pit area which could then be displayed in the hospitality area to be viewed by the team’s guests.

A key requirement for the system was that it could be set up quickly and economically, because of the distances involved and because it was to be applied at other circuits, including Donington, for the six-round Le Mans Series of 1,000 km races in which the MG Lola would also be competing. In view of this, it was decided to connect all of the elements across the race truck, pit area, the paddock and hospitality suite via a wireless network.

The race truck was selected as the central hub of the Wireless Distribution System (WDS), with the pits, hospitality suite and paddock all connected through this central wireless access point. When guests wanted to view video from the pit area in the hospitality suite a connection was first made to the race truck; the race truck then forwarded that command to the pit area and vice-versa for the returning video.

The system included both analogue and IP cameras and a DV-IP Server networkable DVR was the core of the solution in the race truck. This was linked in the race truck to two static analogue cameras, two Dennard 2060 outdoor dome cameras and a wireless access point.

Video from the race truck cameras could be viewed in the race truck locally using the NetVu ObserVer viewing software on the DV-IP itself or video could be streamed from the DV-IP Server to a DS2 situated in the hospitality suite and recorded as an IP source.