At a glance
about 700
cameras in one system
23
showreel groups
20
cameras on one screen
~1
minute to complete failover
How it came about
The need
The parliamentary election had to be observed from one place, accurately and openly, so that anything unusual could be answered quickly. The cameras were spread across many locations and separate networks.
What we did
About 700 cameras from polling stations across the provinces and the capital were brought into one Nx Witness system and shown in real time in the monitoring centre. Layouts per constituency, an automatic showreel, access by mandate and server failover were all configured.
Result
On election day the monitoring centre could follow every polling station from one screen. The capital, the commission, the political parties and each province and constituency see only the cameras that concern them. If a server fails, its cameras move to the standby server and monitoring continues in about a minute.
How the system works
Showreel
Twenty cameras are shown live on one screen and the next group follows automatically every 30 seconds — 23 groups in all.
Access by mandate
The capital, the commission, the political parties and each province and constituency see only the cameras that concern them.
Failover
If a server fails, its cameras move to the standby server and the client reconnects. After a network or power fault this takes about a minute.
Server load
The load each server carries is watched live while the system runs.
