Shannon Airport Case Study v2 - Electro Automation Group Limited

Shannon Airport
Case Study
Shannon Airport modernises
its video surveillance systems
with Electro Automation

Shannon Airport is one of the Republic of Ireland’s
three primary airports. It is the third busiest
airport in the Republic of Ireland with more than 3
million passengers per year
Electro Automation was awarded this contract from Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) for the
upgrade of its outdated analogue CCTV system and the provision of CCTV and access control
systems for the new US Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection facility
in Shannon Airport.
Shannon Airport had an outdated analogue CCTV solution which had to be upgraded to a full IP
(Internet Protocol) digital solution in order to make it more available to key airport services and
staff including An Garda Síochána, Fire Services, baggage handling and Customs & Excise.
Each group needed to access the system for different reasons at different places and all at the
same time.
The new system had to be highly flexible and capable of growing with the airport. It also needed
to deliver significant cost savings and organisational benefits.
Re-use of existing camera hardware and much of the airport’s existing cabling infrastructure
were key in keeping installation and hardware costs down.
Shannon Airport required very high performance in the new system including the ability to capture
live images at state of the art resolution. It also required a user-friendly interface for all staff
to view, play back and operate the system.

The scope of the contract was for:
Supply & Installation of IP recording and control hardware in a client / server design with
multiple video management servers, Network Video Recorders and sufficient storage on
Network Attached Storage devices (NAS) for all camera feeds for 30 days minimum at a
continuous D1 resolution and 25 frames per second recording configuration.
Integration of 160 existing analogue cameras (fixed and PTZ) and conversion to IP via video
encoders.
Supply and installation of additional quantity of 45 IP PTZ dome cameras.
Supply and installation of 15 PC client user workstations running IP video control software,
located around the airport and communicating on the airport’s LAN infrastructure.
Supply and install 30 camera standalone CCTV system, access control and intruder alarm
system for US Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection.
Install wireless IP camera links for remote airfield monitoring cameras, integrating with airport
LAN and central CCTV system.
Two camera types were supplied in the contract:
Type 1: Vandal resistant Pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) and fixed dome IP cameras.
Type 2: Ruggedised vandal resistant PTZ analogue dome cameras using video encoders
to convert to IP for transmission over the wireless network.

Electro Automation
Electro Automation Group is widely regarded as Ireland’s premier automation and security
specialist. Formed in Dublin in 1984, Electro Automation has since provided an enviable combination
of quality equipment supported by exceptional technical after sales and maintenance
service.
With our Head Office in Dublin and branches in Lisburn, UK and Germany, Electro Automation
has consolidated its core product range and in addition has made strategic decisions to add several
specialist manufacturing/niche market companies. We offer a combination of products,
sales knowledge, installation and technical support that is unparalleled, and provide a 24 hour 7
day a week maintenance support service.
Our success is based on pride in our technical competence and the practice of our belief that
exceeding customer expectations is our key aim.
Electro Automation, EA House, Damastown Industrial Park, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15
Tel: 01 824 66 66
Fax: 01 824 66 55
info@electroautomation.com
www.electroautomation.com