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Video Wall Software
In a 24/7 control room, video walls are used to share large amounts of real-time
information among the operators who are making informed mission critical decisions.
This information may include high-resolutions graphics and data such as maps, schematics,
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications, multiple video feeds,
and much more.
In a 24/7 control room, video walls are used to share large amounts of real-time
information among the operators who are making informed mission critical decisions.
This information may include high-resolutions graphics and data such as maps, schematics,
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications, multiple video feeds,
and much more.
One of the key benefits of video walls is their capacity to regularly refresh the
display media giving you access the right information from a multitude of sources,
in real-time thus empowering you to make the right decisions, on the spot.
Control Rooms 101
If the image that comes to mind when you think of a control room is Houston’s Mission
Control during the time of Apollo Space Missions, you are not alone. The world was
caught up in the excitement of those early space flights and the central control
room gave us a window into man’s greatest adventure.
Today control room technology is not just for the space program. It can be used
in a wide range of applications. Utilities use control rooms to manage the generation,
distribution and transmission of power, water, or gas. Broadcasters use them to
control numerous incoming and outgoing feeds. Call centres use them to track communications.
The technology has changed over the years but the control room is still an operations
centre. Essentially, it brings together multiple data sources in real-time. That
data is presented in a controllable visual format that can be displayed at any size
for use by multiple operators. The result: a company gains absolute control of its
environment 24/7, and potential issues can be quickly recognized and dealt with
swiftly and efficiently.
The components of a Control Room
• Observation room – usually found in larger control centres
• Video walls – display ultra-high resolution graphic and data applications, large
maps, schematics, SCADA applications, and multiple videos, with projectors, screens,
and structures.
• Display control system/video wall controller – the hardware and software that manages
the various feeds and displays them on the video wall
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