AV Technology - February/March 2009 - (Page 43) PHOTO COURTESY OF JUPITER SYSTEMS of AV and IT gear and how the space is laid out and components such as displays, projectors, consoles, and lighting are integrated, says Robert Chamberlain, president and CEO of Monterey Technologies, Inc., a Monterey, CA, a human factors engineering consulting company that assists clients in designing command/control centers. Assessing expected tasks, workload requirements, and human interactions in an environment helps determine functional requirements like personnel, facility layout, and technology tools, he says. “If good HFE work is applied to the design of a product or system, resulting in the ability for users to understand it more quickly and easily, and to get all of the capability out of that system, then HFE has done its job,” he says. Using HFE and other considerations — budget, targeted function, expandability, and even the “wow” factor — command/control center designers can assemble a plan of action off a fairly standard product template. As all are heavily visuals-oriented, displays and associated components are high on the typical command/control center’s AV gear shopping list. PROCESSOR POWER Since most incorporate video walls comprised of multiple flat panels or projection cubes, gear, and associated software that manages how content appears on the displays is essential. Multi-image display processors Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s display wall at their Grid Operations center is viewable from anywhere in the room. http://www.bestcableforless.com
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