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AUDIO • VISUAL • LIGHT • CONTROL SYSTEMS • UNIFIED COMMS
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• CONTROL ROOM TRANSFORMATION • THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF • INTERVIEW WITH TONY
HOSPITALITY AV ABOU JAWAD OF CYVIZ
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Christie Boxer and Roadster Deliver Amazing Visuals
to Celebrate Singapore’s Golden Jubilee
Photo courtesy of Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd
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Christie’s rental staging partner Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd installed more than 120 Christie projectors
comprising the Boxer 4K30 and Roadster HD20K-J 3DLP® projectors at the Padang (venue of the National
Day Parade), the Sentosa Merlion and Fullerton Hotel to deliver spectacular lighting shows in celebration
of Singapore’s 50th birthday. The projectors delivered rich and colorful multimedia content, including 3D
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projectors are used in Singapore, and the largest number ever deployed for a major event here.
When you are the leader in visual projection, you have the solutions to meet the most challenging setting.
From the smallest of meeting rooms to the most sophisticated virtual reality and simulation systems,
Christie delivers the right visual solutions backed by the best in customer service.
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seemingly impossible location and application need.
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CONTENTS
Vol. 15 Issue 1 ~ October - November 2015
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04 FIRST WORDS TECH TALK INSTALLATIONS
64 USB: Connecting The 81 Iraq: Iraqi Holy Shrine
06 NEWS Evolutionary Steps Of AV Auditorium Gets IC Live
66 HD Video Conferencing – Myths 82 Thailand: Shure DIS System At
28 SOLUTIONS UPDATE Unravelled Bank Of Thailand HQ
68 Make Any Audio Device Dante- 83 Singapore: CATO Singapore
SOLUTION HIGHLIGHT Enabled With Dante Via Mixes Music, Food And Drinks
36 The Epson EB-1430Wi In A 71 Top Ten Tips For Effective DSP Seamlessly
Corporate Environment 84 Abu Dhabi: Zayed Grand Hall: A
CONSULTANT SPEAK Class Of Its Own
SPECIAL FEATURES 72 Dr Erich Wessner, CEO, Cyber- 89 Singapore: Paragon Shopping
39 Control Room Transformation Consult Centre Upgrades Public Address
46 The Nuts And Bolts Of System
Hospitality AV INTERVIEW 90 India: Dandi Kutir – Part Two
74 Nalin Advani, VP (Corporate AV 96 India: Crestron Digital Media
EXHIBITION REVIEW and Entertainment), Barco Asia At The Centre Of The Home
52 Integrate 2015 Pacifi c Automation
56 InfoComm India 76 Tony Abou Jawad, Regional
Manager, Middle East, Cyviz 98 ON OUR WEB
USER PERSPECTIVE
78 Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
FIRST WORDS
04
Systems Integrati on Asia October - November 2015
The Challenge Of
Celebration
This issue is our 15th Anniversary
issue. While orthodoxy tends to
say we’re just 15 years young,
modernity tells us we’re 15 years
old! That’s a big take! That’s a
celebration- given the kind of
volatilities we lived through and
PUBLISHER/
situations we nerved. Our being
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
15 years young might not have
Thomas Richard Prakasam
[email protected] shown us the world full but our being 15 years old has given us
ample exposure to its revolutions. That’s a celebration!
We pride the way we have persevered. That’s a celebration!
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Shireen Ho A coincidence has arrived. An occasion was wanting to be
[email protected] taken; had been waiting for us to rise up to. We did, perhaps,
as Providence timed it. Coinciding with our 15th Anniversary,
we announced launching Systems Integration India Awards,
for 2016. That’s a big take again, and a celebration.
Indian AVSI industry had been growing from strength to
strength for a few years now- unaffected by factors that had
ASSISTANT EDITOR been commonly impacting regional markets. There have been
Elissa Nadine some very incredible deployments of AV in the country, playing
[email protected] testament to the prowess, but remaining heavily protected,
and thereby going unheard, let alone seen and appreciated.
We felt, it was time we did something, having been so close
DIGITAL PLATFORM to it, yet unable to highlight those closeted works of genius.
EDITOR (Freelance) The best way to get them speak out and appreciate the same
Rosalind Tan was to honour the geniuses who created them. That’s the
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System Integration India Awards! What better occasion could
it be, than our Anniversary time to announce this prestigious
striding? That’s certainly a celebration.
So, we raised, perhaps,
the most prestigious
ADMIN & CIRCULATION stake at our mid-teen (i.e.
Julie Tan fi fteen) age, which can
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be a genuinely motivated
young blood, or an
enthusiasm unmindful
DESIGN AND of probable pitfalls in
PRODUCTION pursuit of the celebration-
Jimmy Chin
the successful hosting of SII Awards in 2016 September, in
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Mumbai. So, the stakes we raised now can also be a burden of
expectations. We, being creative people, cannot afford to be
any little lethargic about the celebration task. It’s a big take of
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NEWS
06
Systems Integrati on Asia October - November 2015
Zytronic Strengthens South-East Asian
Presence With Touchmedia
SEA: Zytronic, a developer and a multitude of innovative applications. the capability to underpin their touch
manufacturer of advanced touch screen These include both outdoor and indoor based products for a variety of different
solutions, has expanded its reach in way-fi nding applications, point of environments.
South-East Asia with a new agreement sale kiosks, digital signage and other
signed with sales partner TouchMedia. audio visual (AV) applications such as Ian Crosby, Zytronic sales and marketing
This agreement will see Singapore, interactive advertising, entertainment director, commented: “We are pleased
Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and presentation displays. to be working with a partner who has
Philippines, Cambodia, Laos and such extensive knowledge of the South-
Myanmar become prime markets This new agreement will see East Asian technology market; and a
for Zytronic’s Projected Capacitive TouchMedia’s customer base benefi t strong understanding of advanced touch
Technology (PCT™). from Zytonic’s award winning portfolio screen solutions. We look forward to a
of projected capacitive technology. productive and successful future working
TouchMedia has 19 years’ worth of With their advanced manufacturing with TouchMedia, bringing our Projected
experience in bringing sensor and techniques to improve the resistance, Capacitive Technology to new markets”.
vision based technologies to market durability and operating fl exibility
and integrating touch technology for of their touch sensors, Zytronic have www.zytronic.co.uk
Turn The Raspberry Pi Into A Tablet With New 7” Touchscreen
Designed by the Raspberry Pi Claire Doyle, Global Head of Raspberry
Foundation, the 800 × 480 display Pi, element14, comments: “The
connects to the Raspberry Pi’s DSI Raspberry Pi has been a revolutionary
display connector via an adapter board for engineers and electronics
board that handles power and signal enthusiasts, and this latest addition to
conversion. Touchscreen drivers with the ecosystem from Raspberry Pi Trading
support for 10-fi nger touch and an adds a truly interactive visual capability.
on-screen keyboard will be integrated The potential applications are huge and
into the latest Raspbian OS for full will lead to the emergence of many new
functionality without the need for a innovative projects including tablets,
INTERNATIONAL: element14 has physical keyboard or mouse. personalised infotainment systems and
launched the 7” Touchscreen Display home automation projects.”
for the Raspberry Pi, expanding the The screen dimensions are 194mm x
ecosystem of accessories, to enable 110mm x 20mm (including standoffs), Get started by downloading and
users to create all-in-one integrated with a viewable screen size of 155mm installing the latest version of Raspbian
projects such as turning their Pi into x 86mm and screen resolution of 800 x Operating System and typing ‘sudo apt-
a tablet, infotainment system or 480 pixels get update’ and ‘sudo apt-get upgrade’
embedded project. to install all of the latest drivers and
The kit contains: software to support the touch screen
Compatible with Raspberry Pi 2, and • 7” Touchscreen Display display.
Raspberry Pi 1 models B+ and A+*, the • Adapter Board
screen can be used to make ‘Internet of • DSI Ribbon cable The Raspberry Pi 7” Touchscreen is
Things’ (IoT) devices with a visual display. • 4 x stand-offs and screws (used priced at S$92.02 and is available from
Connect the Raspberry Pi, develop to mount the adapter board and element14 in Asia Pacifi c.
a Python script, and create home Raspberry Pi board to the back of the
automation devices with touchscreen display) * Raspberry Pi 1 models B and A are
capability. A range of educational • 4 x jumper wires (used to connect the also supported, but mounting fi xture
software and programs available on power from the Adapter Board and locations are optimized for the more
the Raspberry Pi will be touch enabled, the GPIO pins on the Pi so the 2Amp recent board layout.
making learning and programming power is shared across both units)
easier. http://sg.element14.com

NEWS
08
Systems Integrati on Asia October - November 2015
InfoComm And BECIL Sign On Training In AV Integration
initiative further in the subsequent The initiative involves a one-day
phases. hands-on training in basic audio-visual
installation tasks like preparing and
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) pulling cables for termination, acquiring
to this effect was signed and exchanged new skills in circuit theory, calculating
by InfoComm International Executive conduit capacity, signal separation, and
Director and CEO David Labuskes and loudspeaker installation. The course
BECIL Director (O & M) George Kuruvilla material for the programme will be
during the recently organized InfoComm developed by InfoComm.
India 2015 exhibition in Mumbai. The
INDIA: InfoComm International broke signing programme took place on the According to Gaurab Majumdar, Country
new ground recently when it entered show fl oor of the fi rst day of the three- Manager, India for InfoComm, the
into an important agreement with the day event. training programme will begin sometime
State-owned Broadcast Engineering between October-November, and would
Consultants India Limited (BECIL) BECIL, being a Government of India- be conducted in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai,
for imparting AV installation skills to owned enterprise with a nation-wide Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Pune. From
aspiring AV professionals in the country. presence, is hoped to bring a signifi cant then onwards, the initiative would focus
The agreement envisages training and value to the initiative in that it has as on spreading to tier-II cities in the country.
certifying BECIL trainers with InfoComm many as 12 training centres across
credentials in the fi rst place, and the the country and can tap aspiring AV www.infocomm.org
‘trained BECIL trainers’ expanding the professionals most effectively. www.becil.com
Audinate Opens Asia-Pacifi c Headquarters In Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Audinate, creator of now has 44 Dante licensees in Asia, and and is proof
the industry-leading media networking 47% of those manufacturers have signed that Dante
solution Dante, has announced in just the last 12 months. has become
the opening of a new Asia-Pacifi c the de facto
headquarters in Hong Kong. The offi ce “This expansion refl ects Audinate’s standard in audio
will provide business development, success in this important market,” networking,” says
technical sales and customer support in states David Myers, COO of Audinate. Wong. “These
the greater Asia Pacifi c region. “The new offi ce will focus on business manufacturers
development and support activities for are selecting
The decision to open an Asia-Pacifi c customers in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan Dante to ensure Ben Wong, Director of
headquarters was fuelled by the overall and South Korea, as well as the ASEAN their products Sales for Asia Pacifi c,
Audinate
growth of the AV industry in Asia and countries and Australasia.” have guaranteed
the widespread adoption of Audinate’s interoperability
Dante™ media networking technology Ben Wong, Director of Sales for Asia with the hundreds of other Dante-
in the region. According to InfoComm, Pacifi c, recently joined Audinate based enabled products available worldwide.”
Asia-Pacifi c is the fastest growing market out of the new Hong Kong offi ce. “The
in the professional AV industry, and that fast adoption of Dante among AV www.audinate.com
holds true for Audinate as well. Audinate manufacturers in Asia is truly exciting,
Gesture, Radar and No Physical Touch
– Google's Project Soli
Google’s Project Soli has invented a new interaction sensor using
radar technology that can capture motions of your fi ngers at up
to 10,000 frames per second. Check out the video – it's no longer
sci-fi but a reality!
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NEWS
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Systems Integrati on Asia October - November 2015
Symetrix At The Beijing High Court
systems integrator in charge of product choice of the Symetrix products, we
purchase and system specifi cation. have been able to group the input
sources through the SymNet Composer
“EZPro has a very close relationship software, simplifying the entire operation
with Jinqiao Times,” reports Zhang considerably.”
Yangyang, the company’s sales manager
for northern China. “When Jinqiao The selection of the Symetrix DSPs has
Times told us that they had a project also had another important benefi t
that was in need of reliable and fl exible with regard to their inclusion of the
DSP products, we recommended AV industry’s lowest-latency acoustic
Symetrix – and it quickly became clear echo cancellation (AEC) algorithm. This
CHINA: With responsibilities that include that their solutions could indeed meet functionality is especially advantageous
the live transmission/recording of court the substantial requirements of the High when video conferences are taking place
proceedings and the management of Court’s Executive Command Center.” between the Beijing Higher People’s
case-related documents, it stands to Court and judicial bodies in other
reason that no chances can be taken With as many as 46 inputs and 14 regions.
when it comes to the AV infrastructure outputs to manage, and frequent
of the Beijing Higher People’s Court. changes to the confi guration, fl exible “The AEC function eradicates distracting
In this spirit, the Court – which is the routing and processing were critical. echo and obtrusive noise while delivering
most senior level of judiciary in the Support for the specifi ed Audinate pristine full-bandwidth audio to both
municipality of Beijing – recently pressed Dante network and provision for near and far ends. It’s a really great
ahead with an audio system installation redundant set-up were other factors that feature for this kind of application,” says
in which Symetrix DSPs play an integral ultimately led Jinqiao Times to specify Zhang.
role. three Symetrix SymNet Radius AEC open
architecture Dante-scalable DSPs. These Staff are reportedly delighted by the
In delivering the best possible solution, are used in conjunction with two SymNet performance of the audio installation at
the project entailed cooperation xIn 12 expanders to ensure there is the High Court, which also features a
between two of China’s leading suffi cient capacity available at all times. number of other premium components,
specialists in professional technology. including an Allen & Heath mixer,
Whilst distribution heavyweight and “In the audio system, the large number Mission Pro power amplifi ers and EAW
long-running Symetrix distributor EZPro of inputs made for a rather complex column speakers.
was primarily responsible for supply and requirement for signal routing and
system tuning, Beijing Jinqiao Times control,” confi rms Beijing EZPro systems www.symetrix.co
Culture Development Co served as engineer Mr. Fan. “However, with the www.ezprointl.com
QSC Names Joey D’angelo Director Of Systems Solutions
INTERNATIONAL: Joey D’Angelo has in the Corporate AV arena and other key D’Angelo remarks,
joined QSC Systems as Director of market segments. “I'm looking
Systems Solutions. forward to joining
“We are excited to integrate Joey’s the newly-formed
In his new role, D’Angelo will contribute incredibly rich, 18-year systems systems division
to QSC’s strategic direction within consulting background into our at QSC and being
its systems business, across the areas existing Systems strategy,” said Joe able to work with
of sales, marketing and training. He Pham, President and CEO of QSC. an extremely
will also work to form and cultivate Prior to joining QSC, D’Angelo held a talented and smart
strong partnerships in QSC’s key Vice President position at Charles M. group of people.
market segments, serving as an Salter Associates, Inc, a San Francisco We will work hard
informed advocate for QSC’s portfolio based consulting fi rm focused on together to unleash the power, fl exibility,
of systems solutions. Additionally, providing acoustic, audiovisual, and value of the next generation in AV
D’Angelo will be deeply engaged in telecommunications and security technology."
product conceptualization and roadmap solutions and services. “His track record
discussions for QSC Systems as QSC at C.M. Salter stands as a testament to www.qsc.com
continues to add to its solutions portfolio his progressive insight into this market.”