with the objective of achieving stable and predictable system resource usage, avoiding memory overrun and CPU saturation.
Complementing QxVDR is QxLED, an integrated solution for LED cabinet lighting. It includes support for a wide range of LED strips and high- current RGB LEDs. Tere are a number of different ways to implement the QxLED technology which can be accessed through a range of different Quixant products, all of which fall into the Gaming Ecosystem.
Te QxLED solution includes hardware components (both standalone and integrated into some Quixant gaming platforms), software drivers, a software library to enable easy integration into games, and GUI software tools for seasoning sophisticated LED patterns. Trough its integration with the Quixant Video Decoding and Rendering (QxVDR), QxLED allows synchronisation of the LED lighting effects with videos being played back onscreen. Quixant gaming platforms (with the QxLED feature) and the range of standalone LED devices such as QB-029, can be controlled by the same QxLED software API. Tese allow easy portability between different machine designs which use different Quixant LED driving solutions.
Te Quixant Advanced Tracing System (QxATS) is a hardware-centric solution that allows remote system monitoring and resource use trying of the Quixant gaming platforms. Te fundamental objective of QxATS is in allowing its users to detect the cause of complex issues affecting the system, and to measure the performance during runtime remotely, without introducing changes to the system under test and granting the possibility to continue debugging activities on a production machine.
Quixant’s John Malin and Jon Jayal pictured at the G2E exhibition in Las Vegas
Quixant adds extra functionality to its Ecosystem with complementary Qx-hardware solutions
Invited to the VIP Quixant Gaming breakfast at G2E, G3 sat with game developers as Quixant delved deeply into the latest additions to its unique Ecosystem, which has added QxLED, QxVDR, QxATS and QxBoot to its roster of solutions that make the creation of games faster, easier and more efficient.
Quixant has placed significant focus in 2018 on its Gaming Ecosystem, an expansive array of differentiators based in hardware, software and support, which has already received plaudits from the market. With the goal of accelerated market penetration becoming increasingly vital in today’s ultra-competitive gaming landscape, the Gaming Ecosystem provides Quixant customers with the tools to execute this objective in record time.
“We are no longer just a specialist in PC-based hardware solutions; over the past few years we have diversified into other physical product lines - which is where our gaming monitors have entered the equation - alongside promoting and painstakingly developing the huge range of additional differentiators provided by our Gaming Ecosystem” comments John Malin, Global Sales Director for Quixant. “One of our main aims this year is to educate our customers, both those we
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have worked with for years and those who are experiencing Quixant for the first time, about the versatility and depth of our solutions.”
Te QxVDR is Quixant’s video decoder and renderer, a unified solution for video playback and rendering designed specifically for gaming. QxVDR drives multiple-stream o highly compressed video content with alpha channel at up to 4K, whilst minimising resource consumption. QxVDR is an integrated component of the Quixant Gaming Ecosystem, which also includes Quixant’s LED driver for providing video output that is fully synchronised with LED cabinet lighting. QxVDR can be used as a standalone player or can be integrated into games for the playback of video animations with transparency. Te QxVDR high- efficiency codec utilises GPU hardware acceleration, allowing the CPU to focus on running other ascots of the game. Te solution is designed
QxATS is integrated in the Quixant Gaming Logic hardware module, and is therfore able to produce hardware-based system traces without using any CPU load. In addition, it’s possible to generate software-based traces, using a very simple interface. All the traces are then centrally managed in the dedicated hardware module.
Te trace messages generated by the QxATS module can be remotely monitored using Quixant’s ATS Logging and Configuration Environment (ACLE) application on any PC connected to the QxATS dedicated Ethernet interface. ALCE communities directly with the QxATS hardware module, and offers a simple user interface to monitor and control the system under test without involving the software in execution. QxATS features include the capability to enable and disable QxATS messages, view live messages/traces, create and apply filters based on modules or in custom behaviour, set triggers for freezing the machine under specific circumstances, and much more.
Te hardware solutions that complement this varied feature set were shown at G2E including: QXi-307, QXi-400 and QXi-6000 all-in-one gaming platforms and QX-60 - a high-powered, modular, Windows 7-compatible controller, Quixant’s exciting, contemporary monitor portfolio takes centre stage. Mirroring the global trend towards slimline, flexible cabinet design, a fundamental new development in this range is the introduction of cutting-edge external “floating” designs with bespoke integrated LED arrangements and multiple touch technology options.
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