Taipei, Taiwan January 11, 2006 - Chinese Culture University has
chosen Cayin Technology to implement a large scale networked
digital signage solution throughout the four campuses of the
University. 85 SMP-WEB display engines have been installed; all
of them are remotely controlled from a dedicated Computer Center
using two Cayin's CMS Performance servers.
Founded in 1962, the Chinese Culture University (CCU) consists
today of four campuses all separated from each other; One main
campus and the School of Continuing Education (three campuses).
The University has a very good reputation among the Taiwanese
Universities and is famous to be an early adopter of multimedia
technology.
The CCU has recently decided to look for a new advanced solution
to face four challenges: provide the same information at the
same time in every single campus including live broadcast of
school events, replace the old fashion paper announcement board
system by a new cost-effective solution, differentiate the image
of the school in a highly competitive Taiwanese education market
and offer students, teachers, school staff and visitors the
chance to get updated and real time information. After having
tested a few products from the market, CCU decided to adopt
Cayin Technology's SMP-WEB display engine and CMS servers as
their unique solution.
Under a server-client structure (respectively CMS Performance
and SMP-WEB), CCU's administrators centrally and remotely manage
system settings from the university's Computer Center and
distribute the right contents to the right display engines at
the right time in various sites via IP network (across several
LANs). Targeted information is displayed through 32"-37" LCD and
42" to 50" Plasma screens at strategic places. The 85 controlled
units are located at front gates, along corridors, beside
stairs, in front of elevators, and outside conference rooms
allocated in various buildings in the different campuses.
The multimedia content displayed is diversified in terms of
formats (videos, images, scrolling texts, and Flash animations)
and information purposes - school news, teaching materials, and
public information. SMP-WEB perfectly suits the university's
needs, including the required capability of broadcasting live
videos, such as TV programs or the graduation ceremony which
takes place in a dedicated auditorium. As the university
auditorium is limited in terms of seats in comparison to the
number of students, Cayin digital signage solution - SMP-WEB
incorporates with CMS server - allows every student to watch
through the installed screens live manifestations organized by
the school. To bring all these features to the overall campus,
CCU has also decided to install SMP-WEB in the newly constructed
school stadium, which services with a larger audience volume.
SMP-WEB, small and stable Linux-based appliance, is a powerful
display engine for stand alone or networked digital signage
system. All multimedia contents are displayed in full-screen web
pages, so designers can utilize their own familiar web-editing
tools to create the display. This system supports most popular
web languages, such as HTML, JavaScript, Macromedia Flash,
DHTML, CSS, etc., and most popular codec and file formats, such
as MPEG-1, 2, 4, AVI, WMV, MP3, JPG, GIF, etc. In addition to
video, images, animations, and texts, SMP-WEB can easily extend
to provide interactive services incorporating with external
devices such as touch screen, keyboard, keypad, or mouse.
Like SMP-PRO, which is a skin-based display engine, SMP-WEB is
deployed under a server-client structure over IP network.
Incorporated with Cayin's CMS server, administrators through a
web-based management tool can centrally and remotely manage the
contents, real-time streaming, and system settings of SMP-WEB
players.
Digital signage, also known as narrowcasting or electronic
billboards, is a network of signs that use digital displays to
communicate with target audiences in designate locations by
high-quality video, audio, animation, graphics, and texts.
Replacing and enhancing traditional signs, digital signage
offers a multimedia communication platform to promote, inform,
and educate.
For more information on the dynamic digital signage, please
visit the Cayin website at
http://www.cayintech.com/solution_signage.html
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Cayin Technology in Brief Cayin Technology is established by a
group of professionals specializing in development, researches,
and engineering. Cayin devotes itself to providing complete
solutions in multimedia, network, and embedded computing fields,
integrating computers and audiovisual appliances in various
commercial applications, such as dynamic digital signage,
video-on-demand systems in retail, transportation, education,
and hospitality. In addition to standard products, Cayin also
provides tailored software and hardware services to meet
customers' requirements for almost limitless applications. Our
mission is to continue to innovate and concentrate on providing
our customers with new forward-looking solutions.
More about Cayin Technology at
http://www.cayintech.com
Cayin Technology Co., Ltd. 8F-2, No.577, Linsen N. Road, Taipei
104, Taiwan, R.O.C. TEL: +886-2-2595 1005 FAX: +886-2-2595 1050
E-Mail: press@cayintech.com
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