Newly Developed CCTV NTCIP Testing Procedures at FDOT

This paper is the discussion of a drafted Florida specific National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Protocol (NTCIP) requirements for closed-circuit television (CCTV) – t h e latest product to come from the testing and research activities occurring at the Florida Department Of Transportation (FDOT) -Traffic Engineering Research Lab (TERL) in Tallahassee, Florida, through a joint project between FDOT and Florida State University. Once completed, Florida will have its own CCTV Management Information Base (MIB) for CCTV and test procedures that can be used to verify the NTCIP compliance of a CCTV camera. Preliminary testing results indicate various degrees of NTCIP compliance among the manufacturers of CCTV cameras.