Lightning iMAGsystems systems take control at Thailand's new government center

These encoders and video decoders over IP are responsible for managing the signal of the videowall, configured by 16 Panels, installed in the command and control space of the Tax Department in Bangkok.

The Tax Department of the Thai Government in Bangkok has moved to a new command and control space in which Lightning video over IP encoders and decoders have been incorporated from iMAGsystems.

Initially, The installation was based on a software videowall solution. At the insistence of Vichai, The decision was revised due to unsatisfactory experiences related to software reliability., that requires regular updates and restarts that interrupt the central role of the videowall in monitoring the collection and control of customs and excise duties and other customs duties.

When approval came for the construction of the new command and control room, The authorities decided to have the best room, as reliable and flexible as possible. After a bidding process, The department appointed Vichai Trading 1983 as a project integrator. They had previous experience working with compressed video-over-IP systems and were comfortable specifying the highest performing Lightning products., No compression and no latency.

The versatile videowall gets the signal from three PCs in the room, plus the input of a wireless collaboration system Wolfvision Cynap, a Blu-ray player Sony and a Apple TV, and sends it to the videowall of 16 panels through iMAGsystems LZ1501E video over IP encoders.

The central section of 4×3 of the videowall takes the signal of 12 iMAGsystems decoders and, Through 'On the Fly’ from the same manufacturer, that allows instant reconfiguration of the screen and its multi-view capability, can display a full range of different display profiles. The four additional screens flanking each side of the main video wall are connected to a decoder LZ1502D.

Thanks to a control system interface AMX (via an iMAGsystems LZ500DS API bridge), It is possible to select the source, The destination and configuration of videowall that best suits the needs of the three operators of command and control room. In addition, This space can be reconfigured as a training room at other times.

A practicable wall closes the control room and a screen of Stewart Deploys for presentation and film sessions. A sound system of 5.1 Cornered Audio and a wireless microphone Audio-Technica complete the system.

A projector Panasonic of 16,000 Lumens located in an adjoining meeting room also uses a video output.

To power the two projectors (in the command room and in the meeting room), a decoded feed from iMAGsystems, along with two HDMI inputs, go to a matrix Extron DTP Crosspoint. In this way the projectors, thanks to iMAGsystems' ability to instantly provide a source composed of multiple views, can display a wide variety of fonts, From full HD video for movie night to tiled from nine or more individual sources in multi-view setup.

"Lightning delivers uncompressed, latency-free performance. When you're in an environment like this, where you're using a keyboard and mouse, That feature is crucial.. With latency it is unfeasible. Implementing our Lightning product range, we were able to supply a fully configured video-over-IP system that met all the design requirements of a state-of-the-art project.", says Chris Smith of iMAGsystems.

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