Sound and Communications - February 2008 Issue

Magenta’s new MultiView XR-2000 extends the range
and resolution of video-over-CatX to an unprecedented
1920x1200 AT (not “UP TO”) 2,000 feet (610 meters)!
Unlike other video-over-Cat5 products, the MultiView
Series is fully compatible with 1080p and today’s highest
resolution projectors.
skew correction
allows the use of many standard CatX cables
optionfor bi-directional display communication
minimizing transmitter cost
Don’t need 2,000 feet? Going multipoint to
multipoint? Magenta offers the widest range
of CatX receivers, transmitters, switches and
distribution methods. One product line...
hundreds of adaptations for digital signage.
*One continuous cable run, no repeaters!
SPL map at 1KHz for one platform on the upper level.
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at 2000’/610m*
over CatX–
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the interconnection by Fire Brigade
and other emergency responders to
capture control of the system in the
event of emergencies.
Informational Signage
European transit facilities are renowned
for their excellent and informative
visual displays. The Berlin
Hauptbahnhof raises the bar in this
respect. Europe, as a whole, is a
multi-lingual community; hence, transit
announcement systems, both audible
and visual, have to cater to a
variety of languages.
European trains, overall, operate
on split-second regularity; in a station
with 16 tracks on two different levels,
it is imperative that passengers be
kept informed on a continuous basis
regarding the status of train movements.
Also, because of extremely
short dwell times in stations, passengers
must position themselves in a
way that will allow them to board
their respective train cars in a prompt
and efficient manner.
To address these issues, a carefully
designed and highly visible network
of video monitors and digital display
boards is used in coordination with
the public address system, in order
that there be a minimum of confusion
as to which track is being used at
specific times and where each car on
each train will be located.
And, as noted, these announcements
and visual display devices
must be arranged to provide information
in a multilingual manner. Much
of this is automated and controlled
from a central information control
center; however, glitches do occur
and manual override was deemed
essential.
The design of the visual signage
system was placed in the hands of
DE-Consulting and was implemented
by Hörmann Funkwerk-Kölleda AG.
Centralized
Information Control
In the interest of efficiency and
overall management control of the information
system, it was decided that
all of the major control functions
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