CCTV System Basics

  • Light and television
    • A little bit of history
    • Light basics and the human eye
    • Light units
    • Illuminometer (lux-meter)
    • Light onto an imaging sensor
    • Colors in television
    • Color temperatures and light sources
    • Eye persistence
  • Optics in CCTV
    • Refraction
    • Lenses as optical elements
    • Geometrical construction of images
    • Aspherical lenses
    • CTF and MTF
    • F and T numbers
    • Depth of Field
    • Neutral density (ND) filters
    • Manual, auto, and motorized iris lenses
    • Video- and DC-driven auto iris lenses
    • Auto iris lens electronics
    • Image and lens formats in CCTV
    • Angles of view and how to determine them
    • Fixed focal length lense
    • Zoom lenses
    • C- and CS-mount and back-focus
    • Back-focus adjustment
    • Optical accessories in CCTV
  • General about TV systems
    • A little bit of history
    • The very basics of analog television
    • The video signal and its spectrum
    • Color video signal
    • Resolution
    • The very basics of digital TV
    • HD signal representation
    • Megapixel CCTV
    • Beyond HD
    • Instruments for CCTV
  • CCTV cameras
    • General information about cameras
    • Tube cameras
    • CCD cameras
    • CMOS cameras
    • Spectral response of imaging sensors
    • Seeing colors
      • White balance
    • Types of charge transfer in CCDs
    • CCD chip as a sampler
    • Correlated double sampling (CDS)
    • Camera specifications and their meanings
      • Camera Sensitivity
      • Minimum illumination
      • Camera resolution
      • Signal/noise ratio (S/N)
      • Dynamic range of imaging sensors
    • Special low-light-intensified cameras
    • Thermal imaging cameras
    • Multi-sensor panoramic camera
    • Camera power supplies and copper conductors
    • Power over Ethernet (PoE)
    • V-phase adjustment
    • Camera checklist
  • Displays
    • CRT monitors
      • CRT Monitor sizes
      • CRT Monitor adjustments
      • Impedance switch
    • LCD monitors
    • Video-walls and Projectors
    • Plasma display monitors
    • OLED displays
    • About pixels and resolution
    • Psycho-physiology of viewing details
    • Printed picture details
    • Compression influence on picture details
    • Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma
    • Recognizing faces and details in CCTV
  • Analog video processing
    • Analog switching equipment
      • Video sequential switchers
    • Synchronization
    • Analog Video Matrix Switchers
    • Switching and processing equipment
      • Quad compressors (splitters)
      • Multiplexers (MUX)
      • Recording time gaps
      • Simplex and duplex multiplexers
      • Video motion detectors (VMDs)
      • Video Analytics
      • Frame-stores
      • Video printers
  • Digital CCTV
    • Why digital video?
    • Types of compressions
    • Digital video recorders (DVRs)
    • Image and Video compressions
    • The need for compression and networking
    • The need for compression and networking
    • The most common compressions in CCTV
      • DCT as a basis
      • JPEG
      • M-JPEG
      • wavelet
      • JPEG-2000
      • MPEG-1
      • MPEG-2
      • MPEG-4
      • H.264
      • H.265
  • Video Management Systems
    • Operating Systems (OS)
    • Hard disk drives
    • Processors (CPUs)
  • Transmission media
    • Coaxial cables
    • Twisted pair video transmission
    • Microwave links
    • RF wireless (open air) video transmission
    • Infrared wireless (open air) video transmission
    • Transmission of images over telephone lines
    • Fiber optics
  • Networking in CCTV
    • The Information Technology era
    • Computers and networks
    • LAN and WAN
    • Ethernet
    • The main Ethernet IEEE standards
    • Ethernet over coax, UTP and fiber cables
    • Wireless LAN
    • Network concepts and components
    • Networking software
    • IP addresses
    • Networking hardware
    • Putting a network system together
  • Auxiliary equipment in CCTV
    • Pan and tilt heads
    • Pan and tilt domes
    • PTZ site drivers
    • Preset positioning
    • Camera housings
    • Lighting in CCTV
    • Infrared lights
    • Ground loop correctors
    • Lightning protectors
    • In-line video amplifiers/equalizers
    • Video distribution amplifiers (VDAs)
  • CCTV system design
    • Understanding the system requirements
    • Site inspections
    • Designing and quoting a CCTV system
    • Camera installation considerations
    • Head-end equipment racks
    • Drawings
    • Commissioning
    • Training and manuals
    • Handing over
    • Preventative maintenance
  • Video testing

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