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KVM Switching/Extension, Video Wall Processing and Video Streaming for Air Traffic Control and Airport Control Centres

KVM in Air Traffic Control

Air Traffic Control & Airport Command Centre IT  Solutions

Enabling technology for ATC and Aiport control rooms contributes for a positive impact in many ways. It helps to increase operator efficiency, create a common operating picture in order to improve collaboration and decision-making, and allows multiple control rooms to share information or operate as back-up sites. In control rooms, the amount of information consolidated, displayed, and evaluated is large and growing. To make operators more efficient and enable better decisions, they need to access and visualize multiple data streams and video sources. Some video sources might be camera feeds, but many others are user interfaces from different computer applications that require control room operator interactivity. When there is a large number of applications to use or monitor, operator consoles can become increasingly crowded as they are filled with additional keyboards and display screens that can potentially reduce operator efficiency.

Within an ATC and Aiport environment, there is a tremendous amount of mission-critical data to monitor and manage across multiple functions such as the following ones:

A. Air Traffic Control & Ground Traffic Control:

  • Air Traffic Control Monitoring/Clearance
  • Centralised Air Traffic Control Management
  • ATC Security & Predictive Maintenance
  • Ground Traffic Control Monitoring
  • Runway Video Surveillance
  • Remote Tower / Digital Tower
 KVM Switching /Extension and Video Wall Technology supports these tasks by benefiting:

Multi-site Remote PC-Access & Collaborative Decision Making

  • Users can share video content with multiple remote users or locations in a view-only capacity with video encoders
  • Video encoders compress video signals for transport over a network that has limited bandwidth
  • Encoders send a multi-cast stream into a network so the content can be received by multiple control rooms or mobile users simultaneousl
  • Runways can similarly be visualized to show departure queues on the video wall
       Advanced Controller Working Position / ATC Operator Ergonomics
  • Achieving a quiet work environment for users through proprietary or IP-based extension for PCs and servers
  • Multiuser access in real-time for viewing and editing high-resolution content and sharing critical information
  • Redundant power supply, failsafe switching for complete rooms highly available and designed for 24/7 operations
 
B. Airport IT / Airport Command Center Operations:
  • Airport Passenger Information
  • Airport WayFinding
  • Airport Collaborative Decision Making

Digital Signage and Video Streaming Technology supports these tasks by benefiting:

Advance Passenger Information

  • Real-time Passenger Information System Visualisation
  • Provide accurante visual flight arrival times, changes to service, delays or service stoppage, and corporate information, improving passenger experiences
Mission Critical Data Visualisation with Video Wall Processors
  • Video encoders compress video signals for transport over a network that has limited bandwidth
  • Encoders send a multi-cast stream into a network so the content can be received by multiple control rooms or mobile users simultaneously

Airport Digital Signage

  • Display relevant visual information or advertising messaging across various locations in an airport

C. Baggage Handling Control

  • Baggage Handling Monitoring: Screening, unloading, sorting, storing, transporting and uploading baggage
  • Baggage Handling Control:  arrival, departure and transfer baggage information
  • Multi-computer access: Enable operators to access multiple computers from different user consoles

AV and KVM Switching/Extension Technology supports these tasks by benefiting:

Centralised Baggage Control

  • With KVM operators can access multiple computers from different user consoles
  • Collaborative Visual Monitoring: Video Encoding/Decoding solutions help to share video content with multiple remote users through multi-cast stream so the content can be received by multiple control rooms or mobile users simultaneously
Baggage Handling Workflow Ergonomics
  • Multiuser access in real-time for viewing and editing high-resolution content and sharing critical information.
  • Redundant power supply, failsafe switching for complete rooms or even buildings and hot-swappable components, our systems are highly available and designed for 24/7 operations, which makes them the right choice for air traffic and ground control
Secured operational environment & "Computer Free" Working Environment
  • Securely store computers in secure server room away from the baggage handling room for a safer and controlled environment

Black Box EMEA is a technology network connectivity provider that is focused on designing, sourcing and implementing high-performance air traffic and ground control room solutions that provide customers with the best KVM that enhance operator ergonomics and AV signal connectivity infrastructure and video wall processing solutions for data visualization and collaboration.For more than 40 years, Black Box has been helping our customers to plan, install and maintain their KVM and networking solutions on a global scale.

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