Being able to relax at a resort in your free time entails feeling safe. That's why the Spirit Mountain Casino, located in the state of Oregon in the USA, wanted to ensure the quality and reliability of its surveillance system as it started to expand in early 2007.
Network challenge
The gaming facility planned to enhance its complex with an array of event/entertainment centres, conference rooms, and administrative offices as well as a youth centre, all of which would encompass more than 130,000 square feet. This extensive project entailed overhauling their current video network system. More than 1,000 surveillance camera's would be added to the casino's existing system and the original surveillance control room would be moved to a new location 800 feet away.
To ensure the success of this augmented video network system, the Spirit Mountain Casino chose to work with a Washington state integrator, Technical Security Integration Inc. (TSI), that specialises in the installation and design of surveillance and safety systems for applications involving CCTV, access control, sound, and burglar and fire alarms.
Network solution
It was decided that fibre optic cable should be used as the primary network connection medium in an effort to prevent many of the challenges inherent in coaxial and twisted pair cabling constructions, such as electrical ground loops. The use of fibre also made it possible to avoid signal degradation over longer distances and it dramatically decreased the total size of the cabling bundles between the new control room and the old one as well as between the multiple IDF closets.
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| Siqura B.V. has provided the casino with a solution for transmitting all information over multimode fibre |
The Spirit Mountain Casino and TSI chose TKH Security Solutions USA, a leading global supplier of advanced video surveillance solutions, to work with them to realise the system's myriad real-time media streams and connections. Renowned for its fibre, IP, and hybrid systems, TKH Security Solutions USA provided the project with a complete solution for transmitting all the video, audio, and data information over multimode fibre.
Craig Swankosky, President of Technical Security Integration, said: "Siqura is easy to do business with. TSI has had great experience working with Siqura B.V. over the years, partially because of the breadth of their solutions. These systems not only allow for high-quality transmission without interference but also the ability for trouble-free expansion for future casino projects."
Consequently, the Spirit Mountain Casino can rest assured that their visitors are protected 24/7, 365 days a year. As Steve Bobb, Surveillance Director for Spirit Mountain Casino, points out, "Most importantly, we have had zero failures with Optelecom products."
