1. A Public Information Display System for CERN T. Baron – IT/UDS/AVC April 2007

2. What is it ?  System to display information to the public –A set of public screens (flat LCDs) –A central server to manage the content and schedule  Examples –Flight information in airports –Hotel services –Companies announcements –…

3. Why at CERN ?  Usage scenarios –Conference announcements –Visitors information (welcome, visits schedule…) –Display videos and textual information about CERN (targeting visitors and staff) –Internal communication: CERN latest news, forthcoming events, live events retransmission (targeting CERN staff)  Further uses –Experiments visits –Restaurants information –LHC page 1

4. Where ?  First batch would be installed: –1 screen next to Main auditorium (bd 500) by IT –3-4 screens in bd 33 and Globe by DSU –1 screen entrance to Computer Center by IT  Could follow –Council Chamber –restaurant 1 –restaurant 2 –Globe, microcosm –Experiments visit areas

5. Market study  Discussions with other interested groups –DSU (B. Pellequer; D. Bertola) –IT (R. Mondardini; F. Grey; T. Cass)  Study done by N. Mills (UDS)  Analysed the following products: –Dzine (http://www.dzine.be) http://www.dzine.be –WSL (http://www.wsl.com.my/en/Products/MS2Display/pids.aspx) http://www.wsl.com.my/en/Products/MS2Display/pids.aspx –Metavision (www.metavision.ch) www.metavision.ch –BeMore (www.bemore.ch ) www.bemore.ch –b-Swiss (www.b-swiss.ch) www.b-swiss.ch  Chosen product –Dzine (features, flexibility, group control, references)

6. Dzine  Any number of screens (of different sizes) associated with controllers (box-PCs with either Win Embedded or OnTime OS)  One central server (PC)  Any number of client applications (scheduling, page editing)  Features: –Screen grouping with distinct administrators –Text, pictures, videos (mpeg, flash, wmv) –Windows applications (scheduling+editing) –Connection to databases (ODBC plugins) – automation of the content creation: extraction from Indico, CDS,… –IP connections to screens (wired or wireless) –Live video feeds (rtp, rtsp protocols, direct video feeds in controller card, TV tuner) –Failover system (default welcome page)

7. Dzine  Scheduler Outlook-like calendar Drag&Drop Scheduling Screen and group Operations user-based view

8. Dzine  Page editor simple drag&drop wysiwyg powerpoint-like organised by projects (group/carrousel of pages)

9. Implementation plan  Server hosted by IT (maintenance done by vendor)  Installation done by local clients  Content generation done by local clients (UDS would generate content only for bd 500 screen)  Scheduling done by local clients  Price estimate: –10 licences (= 10 controllers/screens): 6kCHF –1 screen+controller: 8kCHF (40’’ Conrac) –Maintenance: annual 10% of software costannual 10% of software cost Hardware warranty: 2 yearsHardware warranty: 2 years