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Secure Display Processing

August 24, 2009, Alameda, CA - Contemporary command-and-control centers combine multiple visual, audio and communications resources in one room to provide decision makers with necessary information. Coherent management of these assets is essential. Key to the design of such a facility is a requirement for unfailing systems that adapt quickly to changing situations. In addition, the user interface must be intuitive - first time users to be in full command of the system. And finally, for government and military use, the system has to be secure. RGB Spectrum technology partner Quantum Technologies has designed and installed such a facility for the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

This US Army War Room/Operations Center combines all the elements of an advanced audio visual system necessary to respond to a range of command-and-control scenarios: A secure teleconferencing system, a presentation camera, a router, audio mixer, Plasma Displays and projectors, and a display processor, integrated under a unified control system with touch panel operation.

Managing the visual resources is the MediaWall 2000 display processor. The processor combines graphic sources and video sources, including broadcast/cable/satellite news and weather and feeds the main display consisting of two ceiling mounted projectors. The MediaWall 2000 has the unique ability to arrange images anywhere, at any size within or across the display wall. Among its extraordinary capabilities are real-time display of visual data, no dropped frames, 24/7 operation and freedom from PC related vulnerabilities.

The MediaWall 2000 is uniquely suited for operation in a secure environment. There is no hard disk with its attendant vulnerabilities. The IP network interface and real-time operating system cannot be hacked to gain access to the visual data be processed. Visual data is not saved after display. On power down, all vestiges of visual data have been completely flushed from the system. The graphics and video data is processed in parallel streams that are not accessible by the operating system or Ethernet network interface

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Mission critical applications such as this are examples of why designers, integrators and end-users choose RGB Spectrum’s display processing solutions.

RGB Spectrum® is a leading designer and manufacturer of videographic and multimedia hardware subsystems. Products include the View™ family of video windowing systems, the RGB/Videolink® line of scan converters, the Linx™ DVI Matrix Switchers, the DGy™ digital recording system, Quadra® DVI universal scaler and synchronizer, SynchroMaster® keyers and overlayers and ComputerWall® and MediaWall® multi-screen display controllers. RGB Spectrum is based in Alameda, California, and can be reached at 510-814-7000 and on the internet at http://www.rgb.com.