Practical CCTV Installation

What you will learn

· Configure motorised zoom, varifocal, aspherical and fixed lenses

· Configure and programme digital and analogue recording devices

· Wire and connect video distribution amplifiers

· Set up a range of colour, monochrome, day/night and dome cameras

· Connect and set up amplifiers using coaxial cable

· Install and maintain video over CAT5 cabling

· Configure an IP/Network CCTV solution

· Run cable properly and terminate cable with connectors RG59, URM70, RG11, CT125, twisted pair, fibre and CAT5

· Use test equipment effectively

· Save hours in the field by hands-on training in the Tavcom workshop

· AHD, HDTVI and HDSDI explained

Course Content

By the end of the week, you will have built a complete CCTV system including a combination of static and manoeuvrable cameras and test signal generators fed over a range of video transmission media

· The essential theory of CCTV

· The foundations of digital CCTV and IP

· Setting up, back focusing and zoom tracking cameras

· Selecting and applying appropriate lenses and filters

· Understanding different lighting parameters for CCTV cameras

· Practical lens calculations and the Operational Requirement

· Handling video and data storage media

· Setting up digital video recorders

· Selecting, connecting and installing cables

· Use of oscilloscopes, bar generators and other test equipment

· Commissioning, fault finding and routine maintenance

· Selecting and applying function switches on cameras

· Setting up and programming domes

· Installing cameras over twisted pair

· Using launch and equalising amplifiers

· Fibre optic transmitters and receivers

· Setting up and terminating display screens

· British and European standards

· Health and safety