For this year‚Äôs British Grand Prix, Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit had a new control centre in a new wing. London-based security company IC2 CCTV have worked with Silverstone for a number of years and were called in to complete the installation of the CCTV into a new race control centre….
The circuit required all CCTV control to be duplicated in the new suite and integrated within motorsport body FIA controls. This needed to be completed before the British Grand Prix in July.
IC2 converted 32 trackside cameras from analogue signal to an Avigilon IP platform connected to a ten terabyte server with supporting software. All of the cameras can now be viewed via an Eyevis monitor controller and displayed on 12 42 inch plasma screens.
The contract was completed in three weeks and enabled Silverstone Race Control to operate dual control points and run two races at the same time.
IC2’s Technical Director Danny Collins said: This was a technically Рvery challenging installation. We had to convert analogue protocol and telemetry to digital and also make sure that both control centres were in sync. We had a tight deadline and our team performed magnificently. I’m very proud of what we achieved.” Silverstone’s venue supervisor Jim Reid said: “What a stunning display of teamwork and dedication to duty to ensure that we had all available cameras up and running for the weekend’s race meeting. From the trench works to the final terminations you all played a critical role. Whatever was thrown at you last week was overcome, from broken ducts to cable management problems and difficult ground conditions, nothing was insurmountable. The fact that the engineers from IC2 refused to leave site on Thursday night until everything was checked and left operational was truly commendable. Knowing how much work was carried out “out of hours” due to track usage makes this achievement even more impressive.”
