Al Shahaniya racetrack upgrades Trilogy system
Published: MEA
QATAR: The Al Shahaniya camel racetrack, located 25km north west of Doha, has upgraded and expanded its Trilogy Commander intercom system.The Trilogy system was supplied and installed by Salam Media Cast for the Hejen Race Organising Committee, which operates the racetrack.
Whilst the racetrack has operated a basic Commander system for over a decade, a major upgrade to the track facilities and buildings for the 2010-11 season has recently been completed. This upgrade necessitated considerable additional functionality from the communications system. The Commander install has been replaced by a larger 36 port system with significantly increased performance and functionality including a range of wireless interfaces.
Coverage of the races comes from five fixed camera positions around the track and also from five vehicle mounted cameras. Communications from these positions comes from Trilogy’s Audax wireless system which uses Kenwood portables to communicate back to the gallery where a wide array of lever key panels are in use, including the eight key desktop and 32 key rackmount variants.
Programming in the build up to the races and the post race analysis and discussion is all provided by Qatar Television, which operates its own large Commander Intercom system. This meant the broadcaster’s system could tie into the Al Shahaniya system.
‘The customer was extremely pleased with the performance and quality of their existing Commander system, which has worked faultlessly since it was commissioned in the mid 1990s,’ commented Sami El Shafai, executive director at Salam Media Cast. ‘Performance like this explains the high regard with which Trilogy systems are held in the region and is the reason we recommended an updated and expanded Trilogy system for this project.’