Governments using Multi-Monitor Control Rooms

You may not realize it, in fact you probably don’t, but right now you are being kept safe by a technology system that our government has not only embraced, but has put to use in
so many facets.  Where ever you might find a government run control room you can expect that there will be multiple monitor technology employed.  And fortunately, the technology is improving at such a rate that we have seen massive increases in the ability to set these systems up and also an improved functionality of these systems that make them operate more smoothly.
For example, government broadcast agencies use a multiple monitor control room to monitor incoming and outgoing feeds.  This type of control room wouldn’t be able to operate if it were not for multiple monitor systems that allowed controllers to view multiple screens at once.
This technology has been incorporated in many different types of government systems.  Another major system where this technology has been incorporated is our defense systems.  Government Navy, Army, Air force and Marines, all use multiple monitor systems for a variety of purposes.  Be in tracking, spying, monitoring, recording, weapons systems and more.  These multiple monitor control rooms save American lives by allowing the military to operate remotely.  This has been a key to our success abroad in recent years.

Weather monitoring and recording stations also rely heavily on multiple monitor computer systems.  When there are big earthquakes, storms or other catastrophic events, U.S. government has weather and natural disaster stations that actually record the details of these evens to help others prepare.  They use multiple monitors so that they can
monitor large amounts of data.  It is because of these multiple monitor systems that we are able to keep people safe and give early warnings that often times save lives.
Another area where multiple monitor systems play a key role in government is in mass transit control stations.  The ability to monitor which way trains are coming and going is absolutely essential to the health and safety of everyone on board these trains.  Multiple monitor systems help make that possible by making sure the operators and controllers can see every aspect of what’s going on during their shift.  Most people that ride mass transportation probably take for granted all the technical details of what goes on behind the scenes, but the fact of the matter is that without multiple monitor systems it wouldn’t be possible to run major transportation systems.
And last but certainly not least; were you aware that the people that manage your utilities need to use multi-monitor computers to make sure everything runs smoothly?  Whether it is your electricity, water, sewer or cable (OK electricity and cable aren’t government run, but for simplicity sake we’ll lump them all in the same group) using multiple screens is what makes it possible to manage millions of people’s utilities at once.  They rely on giant control rooms to help keep things moving along.
Regardless of which government agency you are talking about, governments use multiple monitor computer systems to help manage things more efficiently.  You probably never knew that you owe all of the things that you take for granted on big and powerful multiple monitor computer systems that make life better.  It is because of this technology that millions of people are kept safe, millions of people get to work, millions of people have electricity and millions of people have water.  It’s is because of these systems that we can live our lives with all the comforts that we’ve become so dependent on every day.

SUPER PC I-EX9 Video Wall Controller

SUPER PC I-ex 9

The SUPER PC I-EX9 Video Wall Controller System offers the ultimate solution for high specification video wall and data walls or multi-screen desktop

applications. They say one picture is worth a thousand words, well that is true when mission critical environment requires you to monitor more information as a necessity. Our SUPER PC I-EX9 Video Wall Controller System will help you visualize your applications & video streams for security, traffic management control room, financial data trading rooms, or simply for advertising, tradeshow, board rooms, Multiple Monitor Command Centers, Multiple Monitor Flight Simulator settings, Logistics, Hospitals, Multiple Monitor Virtual Game Based Training , Multiple Monitor Cultural Awareness Training, Multiple Monitor Water Purification Unit Training, concentrated Multiple Monitor Trade Station interactions, fire fighter training and Touch Technology Multi-Monitor Video-Wall Displays.

1. 1 to 48 display channels using the SUPERPC XtremeVision graphics card
2. 4 to 128 video capture channels using the VisionSD8 or SUPER PC XtremeRGB-Ex4+ capture  cards
3. 1 to 32 SD-SDI/ HD-SDI/ 3G-SD capture channels using the SUPER PC XtremeRGB/DVI capture cards
4. Expand with 1 or 2 SUPER PC X9+ expansion chassis providing a maximum of 25 PCIExpress slots
5. Compatible with SUPER PC Wall Control software application VigiControl
6. Cost efficient controller solution

The SUPER PC I-EX9 wall controller is the latest addition to the SUPER PC range of video wall controller solutions. With SUPER PC’s advanced graphics display technology, the SUPER PC I-EX9 offers full flexibility in display types and orientation, video management, input and output configurations.

The SUPER PC I-EX9 features an Intel Core i7 processor providing increased capability for system data video processing. The 19” industrial PC chassis has been designed for display controller applications specifically in mind and offers a compact extensible design, yet with excellent airflow management, making it easy to install and manage in difficult physical environments.

System Architecture 

This SUPER PC I-EX9 video wall controller has been designed, developed and optimized to operate with the latest generation of our SUPER PC PCI Express graphics and video capture cards. The graphics cards are PCI Express compatible providing support for HD, SD, DVI and RGB video overlays. They can provide a maximum resolution of 4 x 1920 x 1200 x 32 bit. SUPER PC video capture cards provide HD capture or HDMI capture capabilities as well as a number of high resolution video capture modes including 3G-SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link DVI, RGB, VGA and Composite; for Analog video and Standard Definition.

The SUPER PC I-EX9 video wall controller is built around SUPER PC I-EX9 Backplane and SBC2 single board computer. The SUPER PC I-EX9 Back plane features nine slot back plane for flexibility. The SBC2 features an Intel Core i7 2600 processor, 8GB of memory (16GB option available) a full set of I/O and RS232 for automation solutions.

 

Customization

The SUPER PC I-EX9 has a SUPER PC I-EX9 Backplane, a nine slot PCI Express backplane eight 4-lane slots plus one 8-lane slot. To provide flexibility and a solution to the larger project, this wall controller can be used with proven SUPER PC I-EX9+ expansion chassis, increasing the number of available PCI Express slots.

The S-Link card can be used instead of a PICMG 1.3 SBC to configure the SUPER PC I-EX9 Backplane as an expansion back plane from a standard PC or from other SUPER PC-X9+ Expansion Chassis back planes by connecting to an H-Link card.

Reliability 

The SUPER PC I-EX9 has an industrial SBC to provide reliability, also air flow management is optimized through the fan and chassis build. SUPER PC VigiControl monitor is a software application for monitoring system status for SUPER PC’s video wall controllers. This application will monitor; CPU core(s) temperature, system PSU voltages and GPU temperatures. It can provide the user with a warning which is either an audio notification, an error message or an email if the voltages and temperature are out of specification. SUPER PC VigiControl monitor can shut down the system automatically if any readings become critical.

Software

SUPERPC offers a full suite of software applications for display control in different applications and business environments, to meet a diverse set of customer requirements. A well structured set of graphics and video capture drivers allows OEM suppliers to build efficient display control and content management applications, making full use of the underlying hardware capability, whilst being protected from the intricate details of hardware resource management. SUPER PC Wall Control application offers an effective tool for display controllers in diverse end user markets.

SUPER PC  VigiControl-red video wall software is designed to make full use of SUPER PC graphics and capture hardware technology and maximizes the use of available hardware acceleration both on video inputs and outputs. SUPER PC VigiControl-red video wall software allows advanced interactive desktop control and configuration, interactively opening, moving, sizing and positioning video overlay, RGB/ DVI/ SD/ HD windows and Microsoft Windows application software. This is a useful application where specific areas of captured input need to be individually display and controlled, such as command and control video walls. SUPER PC IP Video Server augments SUPER PC VigiControl-red video wall software enabling large numbers of simultaneous IP video streams from cameras or other source. IP Video Server can be used in conjunction with SUPER PC Render Station up to 240 IP video windows.

Main Chassis
Motherboard	SBC2 Intel Core™ i7 and i5 processor based in PICMG 1.3 SHB with DDR SDRAM Two Gigabit Ethernet ports VGA output
System Memory	8GB DDR3 system memory
Disk Storage	Two 500GB removable SATA hard drives
Input Devices USB	Keyboard and mouse
CD Drive	One DVD/ RW combo drive
Dimensions	Length: 500mm, including handles Height: 175mm Width: 482.1mm Weight: 19 to 25 kg Shipping Weight: 30 to 33kg
Software
Operating System	Microsoft Windows7 64 bit
Compatible with	SUPER PC VigiControl, video wall management software application
Expansion Chassis
Expansion Kit	SUPER PC I-EX9 Backplane providing one x8 lane slot and eight x4 lane slots
Other
Cooling	Dual cooling fans with removable air filter
Power Consumption	500 Watt redundant PSU or 600 Watt ATX PSU
Temperature	Operating temperature: 0 to 35°C
Warranty	3 year warranty for the SUPER PC I-EX9 Backplane

SUPER PC iVu9 Video Wall Controller Box - Design & Build up to 9 Screen Data Walls!

SUPER PC iVu9 Video Wall Controller Box - Design & Build up to 9 Screen Data Walls!

If you are looking for the least expensive and easiest way to setup an electronic billboard, medical imagery review station or satellite imagery review, the iVu9 Video Wall Controller is the answer.  The iVu9s is a super high resolution video controller that has the capability to run up to 9screens.  It can manage up to 8 megapixels and has up to 1920 x1200 image scaling function.    This makes it perfect for those who need high resolution graphics cast across multiple screens.

Some of the most popular uses include medical image review, and government satellite image.  Those interested in billboard displayshave also found that the iVu9 is a great tool for their trade as well.  As mentioned before, the iVu9 can support up to 9 screens at once, but what really makes this controller special is that it can handle really high quality graphics across all 9 of those screens. At a resolution of up to 1920×1200, the iVu9s is one of the best in its class.

Convenient cabling is a breeze with iVu9s because of the all of the inputs being located in the rear, but it also has a great OSD keypad on the front.  This enables the user of the iVu9 to conveniently be able to control the easy to use interface.  Like other video controllers, the iVu9 controller is capable of driving both LCD and DLP screens.  However, unlike many of its competitors, it is also able to drive video wall cubes and projectors as well.  This means it has the flexibility to run a number of different applications- making it the perfect 9 screen controller.

Many of the iVu9 users have said that the fact that you can hook up in a variety of configurations is extremely helpful.  For example, the iVu9 can operate in 3 x 3, 2×3 and 3×2 mode.  This gives you the flexibility to setup your video wall in the best way you see fit.  And with the controller access pad, it’s super easy to configure and to use.  As a side note, for those interested in using the iVu9s in clone mode (also referred to as 1×1), it is capable of this as well.

Another cool feature of the iVu9 is the bezel mask, sometimes referred to as screen border adjustment.  This function is important because it will help you avoid items not lining up correctly.  This is especially important for high resolution imagery, such as in the medical field or large satellite displays.    The staggered look is typical on LCD and plasma displays.

In addition, the iVu9s has RS-232 communication- this means that the controller can be controlled remotely via your laptop or desktop computer.  This includes the ability to control additional and multiple units for larger screen configurations.  You can achieve this by using dual channel graphics cards in one computer and then connecting multiple iVu9’s.  It should go without saying, but you can mix and match all iVu9 units.  This gives you the ability to have up to 16×16 video wall/multi-screens.

So how much does the IVu9s cost?  The suggested retail price is $3299, however, the some retailers, such as Multi-Monitors.com have this item listed for just under $2700.  If you’re looking for the most economical way to hook up a 9 screen video, the iVu9s is a good choice. It’s a solid controller with a good history of use.  The fact that it is expandable to up to 16×16 with multi-card support makes it a top choice for advertisers, medical industry personnel and military alike.