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Zytronic interface for Japanese bus travellers Zytronic has announced that


digital signage kiosk design-


er and manufacturer HY-OJI- TO, has selected Zyfilm and ZXY100 touch controllers for its 75” multilingual travel in- formation kiosks, installed on behalf of Nara Kotsu bus Lines Co. in Japan.


The large format digital sig- nage kiosks have been installed onto the concourses of JR Nara station and Kintetsu Nara sta- tion, to provide locals and visi- tors to the re-gion easy access to vital travel information in


years, there has been an in- creased demand for larger, higher resolution touchscreens that can withstand long-term use, even in outdoor environ- ments. The design of our kiosks is very important to us as we aim to provide the highest standard of design, and that includes the touchscreen – as this is the interface with the user. As the design of each kiosk if differ- ent, we required touchscreen technology that could meet our individual needs whilst being robust enough to work reliably


New Legrand Home Smart Lighting for Apple HomeKit Legrand has introduced the


Legrand Home Smart Lighting for Apple HomeKit. The new smart switches, dimmers, and plug-ins connect to a home's Wi-Fi net-work without the need for a hub, allowing iOS users to easily and secure- ly control their lighting when at home or away using an iP- hone or iPad — as well as via Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant voice-enabled products. "Legrand Home Smart Light-


ing for Apple HomeKit offers advanced smart lighting con- trol capabilities, including re- mote access and voice control with Siri," said Fritz Werder, Vice President and General Manager for Legrand AV. "Apple enthusiasts can use the Apple Home app for simple setup and


Transparent LCDs inspire fast food ‘Grab 'N' Go’


native control with other Home- Kit accessories for full home control. For those that prefer a different voice assistant, they can use the Legrand Home iOS app to enable voice control with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant products." From Legrand's radiant col- lection, the lighting control solutions add a sleek design to any room. The devices are simple to install and can be quickly set up to support Ap- ple HomeKit control functions using either the Apple Home or Legrand Home iOS app. Re- mote control and automation capabilities are enabled via an Apple TV (tvOS 11 or lat- er), iPad (iOS 11 or later), or HomePod.


True Chicken decided to enter the fast food industry with a strong technological presence and leaving a long-lasting im- pression with their customers. They have in-troduced them- selves


by completely revolu- tionising their newly launched


Using cleverly timed and de- signed monochrome content on our transparent LCD displays alongside lift systems, custom- ers’ orders are revealed in front of their eyes to collect. Transparent LCD screens and Displays are the latest innova-


True Chicken decided to enter the fast food industry with a strong technological presence and leaving a long-lasting impression with their customers.


Large format digital signage kiosks using Zytronic touch technology have been in-stalled at Kintetsu Nara and JR Nara bus stations in Ja- pan, providing essential mul-tilingual travel information (Photograph: HYOJITO Co. Ltd.)


multiple languages, including bus time-tables and locations. The JR Nara station has been equipped with a kiosk consist- ing of two large vertical format touchscreens, and Kintetsu Nara station a kiosk with a hor- izontal touchscreen.


Located in the Nara prefec-


ture in the Kansai region, the south-central region of Ja-pan’s main island Honshu, these sta- tions are the two main hubs for local and long-distance high- way buses. The Nara Kotsu Bus Line has been providing sched- uled


local services including


sightseeing tours, charters, and airport and intercity transport in the region since 1929, and currently serves over 50 million passengers a year. Mr.


Akihiro Yokota, product development division at HYO- JITO, commented: “The touch enabled digital signage kiosks we produce are equipped with mainly original multilingual map applications.


In recent


in harsh environments. Zytron- ic’s flexi-ble manufacturing process gave us the freedom of altering the size and layout of our enclosure designs for each individual project, with touch technology that is top class in the industry.” Ian Crosby, Sales and Mar- keting


Director of Zytronic,


concluded, “We’re delighted to support HYOJITO with the design of these two interactive public kiosks that are now in use at important transport hubs within Japan. A reliable touch- screen is central to delivering a good experience and providing essential information to users of the stations. This project demonstrates the true flexibili- ty of Zytronic’s manufac-turing process, and ability to produce high quality, specially designed robust touchscreens at very low quantities.”


Legrand Home Smart Lighting for Apple HomeKit comprises new smart switches, dimmers, and plug-ins connect to a home's Wi-Fi network without the need for a hub.


Philips partners with Crestron


Philips Professional Display Solutions has joined forces with Crestron to create a na- tive AVoIP solution for Philips large format displays. Using the Philips PDS Open Plugga- ble Specification (OPS) port, Crestron has worked with Intel to pro-vide a network encoder – the DM-NVX-D80IoAV – that can transform Philips PDS’ lat- est large format displays into a certified Crestron solution, allowing audio and 4K video to be distributed across any net- work.


Anthony Tizzard, Philips Pro- fessional


Display


Business Manager oversaw


the


Solutions (EMEA),


collaboration.


He said: “We are delighted to announce this synergy with Creston, which brings an add- ed dimension and increased functionality to our renowned large format display range – es- pecially in the corporate sector. At Philips Professional Display


Solutions we’re dedicated to innovating for our cus-tomers’ future needs. Providing qual- ity displays that are augment- ed with solutions that add true value. This collaboration brings huge benefits to both inte- grators and end users. We’re looking forward to an exciting future developing together with Crestron.” Crestron’s DM NVX decoder plugs into the Philips OPS port and is powered by the display. This eliminates the need for messy cables and cumbersome power sup-plies, which reduces installation costs and provides a seamless integrated network AV solution. This smart tech- nology also allows for integra- tion with Crestron XiO Cloud, an IOT-based platform that enables system deployment without program-ming with the ability to monitor, manage, and control each display from a sin- gle location.


fast food chain with their flag- ship store, Plus City in Pas- ching, bringing a whole new magical and unique dining ex- perience with digital advertis- ing displays.


An awe-inspiring technical vision by Alex Platzl which has been realised by the pro-duc- tion and graphics company Lux & Zebra and equally as impressive production com- pany Ziehesberger Elektronik, utilising CDS’ transparent LCD technology to its full potential.


tion in Transparent LCD tech- nology, opening up a wide range of new opportunities in retail, market-ing, shopfitting and integration. CDS has its own range of transparent screens / displays and transparent video screens manufactured for them via their OEM fac-tory, and as they control the manufacturing, they can not only offer more sizes than anyone else in the world, but also guarantee sta- ble supply, long term availabil- ity LCDs with amazing quality.


VISION publishes Crestron and AMX drivers


Vision’s new 4K video-over-eth- ernet


matrix product comes


with native Crestron and AMX drivers which make it easy for installers to integrate with a control sys-tem in commercial and hospitality video distribu- tion applications.


Vision learnt a lot about how integrators and end users use these products with their earlier generation product, so this new TC-MATRIX has been carefully thought through to help avoid classic video-over-IP mistakes. Vision’s Director Stuart Lock-


hart: “there are lots of traps that even senior network engi- neers can’t see. We needed a different level of engineer, so


we brought in a team of crack IoT experts who helped us de- velop the new platform and wrote the setup software. It does all sorts of checks in the background to ensure the sys- tem runs smoothly.”


Vision also focussed on sup-


port; hardware can be hot- swapped by end users with-out having to use the configuration software, and it uses external power


common


supplies PoE


to issues


eliminate which


make trouble-shooting harder. Transmitters and receivers are sold separately, and it supports for video walls up to 3x3. Now shipping.


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