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Pacom And Pelco Help Secure Olympic Games In Sydney

During September 2000, the eyes of the world were focused on Sydney, Australia as the modern Olympiad began.

With more than 111,000 international visitors expected to watch the world’s finest athletes from 198 nations compete in over 1,700 individual events, it quickly becomes obvious that security and surveillance are very real concerns. Stadium Australia – the main Olympic stadium – is the largest outdoor venue in Olympic history. Already it has hosted crowds of more than 100,000, and officials expected the Olympic opening ceremony to top its capacity of 110,000.

Sydney set a new Olympic record of sorts with the completion of the venues at the main games precinct at Homebush Bay some nine months before the start of the Games. It’s understandable that to coordinate such an engineering and construction feat, officials had to work with and rely on the best integrators, installers and products to get the job done; and for CCTV security and surveillance, that meant Pacific Communications (PACOM) and Pelco.

As Pelco’s exclusive, authorized Australian Distributor, Pacific Communications has achieved phenomenal success with the supply of Pelco CCTV systems and products for the Sydney Olympic Games and associated projects. Pelco products played a major role in the safety and security for the games. A large number of Pelco products have been installed at some key Olympic venues and other related sites.

With operations in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne, Australia; as well as Singapore (Pacom SE Asia), Malaysia (Pacific Communications Services), and New Zealand, Pacific Communications supplies a comprehensive range of closed circuit television equipment to the market.

Respect for Security

It should be noted at this point that because of security concerns, the vendors (such as Pacom and Pelco) were asked not to release or publish detailed information or photographs of specific security system and CCTV installations until after the games completion. A brief summary of the Pacom/Pelco projects as follows:

Olympic Stadium
The Sydney 2000 Olympic Stadium is included with over 80 Pelco Spectra domes, Pelco Legacy systems all controlled from a Pelco System 9760 video matrix/management system.

80 Pelco Spectra Dome Systems
40 Fixed Cameras and Associated Items
18 Genex Multiplexers and Time Lapse VCR’s
System 9760 (144 inputs x 16 outputs)

Sydney Olympic Precinct CCTV System
The Sydney 2000 Olympic precinct areas including walkways and car parks are included with over 45 Pelco Spectra II 22X domes and 15 Golden Kangaroo domes (larger version of the Pelco DF5 dome enclosure) and Pelco Legacy systems.

45 Pelco Spectra II 22X LowLight Dome Systems
15 Sony SSC-DC54AP color cameras and associated items
3 Pelco Legacy Systems with SSC-DC54AP Cameras and long-range Lenses

Darling Harbour
This site is a major tourist area spread over a large area; the original CCTV system included a competitive switcher with PTZ cameras. The switcher was replaced with a Pelco System 9760 and also included the installation of over 40 Spectra II dome systems.

40 Pelco Spectra II Dome Systems
System 9760 (64 inputs x 32 outputs)

Sydney Opera House
The CCTV system for the Sydney Opera House was partially completed for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Pelco CCTV products included in this system are: Pelco Esprit systems, Spectra II systems, and surface-mount Camclosure units all connected and controlled form a System 9760 and Pelco Genex multiplexers.

14 Pelco Esprit Positioning and Spectra II Dome Systems
12 Pelco Camclosure units
30 Sony SSC-DC54AP Fixed Cameras and Various Pelco Enclosures and Mounts
5 Pelco Genex multiplexers and Sony TL VCR’s
1 Pelco System 9760 (80 inputs with 16 outputs)

STA (State Transit Authority) Sydney Ferry Wharf Project
Stage 1 for the wharf project included the installation of over 40 Pelco surface-mount Camclosure integrated systems.

Sydney Metropolitan Area, Electrical substations
Ten Electrical substations located in the Sydney metropolitan area were seen to be high security risk during the Sydney Games. A major networking security system was recently completed which included Pelco Esprit integrated positioning systems and surface-mount Pelco Camclosure units.

29 Pelco Esprit systems with Sony SSC-DC54AP and 20X zoom lenses
25 Pelco Camclosure integrated units

In addition to all the new installations, the Sydney CBD area was installed with over 50 Pelco Spectra domes 2 years ago. These cameras are providing surveillance monitoring for the Sydney’s busiest tourist areas during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

A big congratulations is extended to Pacific Communications for all their success with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. We look forward to exploring the engineering of the systems and their effectiveness in future issues of the Pelco Press.