Barco's technology facilitates operation at Calgary Transit's control centre

The center has three large videowall, designed with Barco solutions, that allow to increase the knowledge of the situation and the efficient management of the LRT system, bus services and ground transport, as well as the CCTV security system.

Nestled in the sunny eastern foothills of the Canadian Rockies, where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet, the city of Calgary, in Alberta, enjoy a skyline full of numerous skyscrapers and a bustling culture steeped in its historic Western origins.

With a booming economy, thanks to its varied industries, has received the distinction of being the 'most livable city in North America' for the past few years. And helping to achieve that distinction is its robust public infrastructure., which includes its transit network 111 years old: Calgary Transit.

With an efficient bus and light rail network, Calgary Transit carries more than 105 million passengers every year, helping its residents, visitors and the community to achieve their health goals, mobility and lifestyle.

with 169 bus routes, 46 train stations, more than 118 km of railways and 1.224 active vehicles, Calgary Transit operates a complex network of critical infrastructure. As part of your 30 years for the expansion of the routes, needed an Operations Control Center (BCC) larger and more robust, to accommodate expected growth, ease space constraints and carry out the long-term expansion plan with a new mission-critical facility, highly resistant and state-of-the-art.

The new CCO was designed from the ground up, with completely reconfigured and updated technology. Through a public tender, was commissioned to Applied Electronics to find the best technology for making critical decisions and to respond to the needs of the city. It chose the technology of ship for the quality of its products, the breadth of its offer and its service and support.

“The Barco Control Room Suite solution used in Calgary Transit Operations has given us the flexibility we needed to access multiple sources and simultaneously carry out specific tasks for day-to-day operations.. This has increased productivity, efficiency, emergency response and most importantly, allows us to offer a high level of service to our customers”, comments Adam Yee, Calgary Transit Infrastructure Telecommunications Technologist.

Three large video surveillance walls were built to increase situational awareness and efficient management of the light rapid transit train system (LRT), bus and ground transport services, and the extensive CCTV security system.

The main videowall of the control center has a curved configuration of 9×2 composed of eighteen rear-projection cubes illuminated by laser 70 inch Boat ODLF-721 RGB, with front access.

Barco's ODL-721 videowall uses laser technology to provide a superior quality color screen that is twice as bright as the main videowall illuminated by Led and this is the first installation of Barco's RGB laser cubes made in Canada.

Flanking this main videowall is another curved of 10×2 and a third of 2×2, designed with LCD panels of 55 Inch, almost no joints, OverView Boat KVD-5521. And to manage all the content of the CCO, the system is powered by a Barco TransForm N media management platform with CMS software, that facilitates design changes and visual collaboration.

Barco's OpSpace solution, deployed to manage all legacy desktop fonts, allows the 20 centre operator posts control the 85 video monitors and access to more than 200 subsystem applications on the network, with only one keyboard and mouse per console. Together with Barco's CMS, facilitating design changes and visual collaboration, OpSpace enables an ergonomic operator station, attractive and efficient, while bulky workstations and PCs are located remotely in the server room.

New system has given Calgary Transit greater organization, add uniformity and visual quality, provide flexibility in workstations and simplify future expansion plans with the help of a control room that can be expanded as needs evolve.

At the beginning of the year, three separate mini control rooms have also been built and focused on company safety and remote technology maintenance; plus an off-site backup control center. These new centers have also been equipped with Barco solutions, including OPS-110 thin clients.

equipment:

• Workflow support solution: OpSpace and CMS software.
• Media platform: TransForm-N management server.
• Videowall: 9×2 ODLF-721 and KVD LCD (10×2 for TPS and 2×2 for Busses) (total 24 KVD5521 panels with SenseX automatic calibration).
• Collaboration in meetings: ClickShare as a wireless presentation system, as well as wireless input to OpSpace and CMS.

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