Extron modernizes AV system of Singapore's Angullia Mosque

Switching products, streaming, distribution and control of Extron were the best option for Angullia Mosque. A CrossPoint DTP array 108 4K with HDMI and DTP inputs and outputs is the center of the AV system.

Singapore's new Angullia Mosque AV system is based on switching products, distribution, Extron streaming and control. With them it is possible to distribute audio and video in public spaces and areas of the people inside and around. In addition, allows you to stream, over the Internet , to the faithful who are at a distance.

Mohammad Salleh Eusoff Angullia, a Sunni Muslim expat merchant from India, founded the Angullia Mosque in 1890 in Little India in Singapore. For decades it has been a place of religious and social encounter for the local population and foreign workers. Rebuilt in the 1970s, the building underwent another two-year renovation that culminated in a reopening in February 2020. The renewal doubled the prayer space to accommodate 2.500 Faithful. New spaces have been added, as an area dedicated to women, Classrooms, a multipurpose auditorium and a community pavilion on the roof.

One of the main objectives of the renovation was to make the cult more accessible to those who go to the mosque, as well as those who attend online. To do this, Singapore's Islamic Religious Council hired consultancy Hazelbayu Studios to design and install the mosque's AV system.

According to the AV system design consultant, Hazelbayu Studios, switching products, streaming, Extron's AV distribution and control were the best option for the Angullia Mosque. "This company offers a variety of products that meet the requirements of the, with video processing that provides superior scaling capability to accommodate all projectors and flat-screen display devices of the mosque”.

Switching and distribution

Extron DTP scale matrix switches, distribution amplifiers, transmitters and receivers switch and distribute the AV signal via a shielded twisted pair cable of up to one hundred meters on all four levels of the mosque and surrounding outdoor terrain.

A DTP switching matrix Crosspoint 108 4K, located in the main control room on the third floor, performs most of the AV signal routing with a mix of HDMI and DTP inputs and outputs to accommodate short and long cable sections. This is the true core of the entire AV system.

Audiovisual sources that power the switch inputs in the main control room include cameras, Computers, microphones and audio mixers.

Switch outputs target more than a dozen projectors and flat screens located in reception areas, prayer rooms, Classrooms, meeting rooms, the auditorium and outdoor meeting points.

Two distribution amplifiers DTP HD DA8 4K 330 extend two HDMI outputs from the main control room switch to 16 DTP outputs traveling through twisted pair cables to receivers DTP HDMI 4K 330 Rx feeding screens located throughout the mosque.

The capabilities of the video climber Dvs 605 are used to produce unique content for Friday group prayers. When the Imam delivers the sermons before prayer, the video showing the faithful in the main prayer room appears as PiP within the sermon text video. This is distributed throughout the mosque, as well as online, allowing all the faithful to share a common experience, as required by Islamic practice.

A multimedia processor for SMP streaming 111 used to stream live worship services over the Internet through accommodation services such as Facebook, and records the content for later use.

AV distribution in the auditorium and pavilion

An auditorium and an outdoor community pavilion occupy the fourth floor of the mosque. This area has its own audiovisual distribution system built around a matrix switch DXP 44 HD 4K. This switch accepts HDMI or VGA program material from a PC connected via a wall board DTP T UWP 4K 332 D in the auditorium.

It also receives an HDMI input from the main AV distribution system via a DTP twisted pair cable and a 4K HDMI DTP receiver 330 Rx, allowing any AV program source available on the lower-floor screens to appear on the projectors and flat screens of the auditorium.

As with the main AV system, DXP matrix switch outputs 44 HD 4K is expanded in number and extended via DTP twisted pair cable to displays in multiple locations in the auditorium and pavilion via a DTP HD DA8 4K distribution amplifier 330 DTP HDMI 4K receivers 330.

Intuitive and versatile AV control

The control system is designed to be handled by the clergy and non-technical staff of the mosque and its attendees. Intuitive touchscreen graphical user interface is accessible on various TouchLink Pro touch panels placed in key locations in the mosque.

one TLP Pro 1025T is located in the main audiovisual control room on the third floor. two TLP Pro 725T are located in the Imam's room and in the administrative office on the second floor.

A control processor IPCP Pro 350 by Extron, located in the control room, takes care of the functions of the mosque's AV system in response to user selections entered on the touch panels.

one IPA T RLY4 Extron expands the number of relay closures available from the control processor to control the descent and rise of the numerous projection screens throughout the mosque.

The fourth-floor AV distribution system has its own IPCP Pro control processor 250 and its TLP Pro 725T touchpad, located in the auditorium control room. For maximum customization, flexibility and preparation for the future, the control system was programmed with Python in the Global Scripter integrated development environment.

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