XPANDER XP4

Expand your desktop up to 32 DVI or VGA screens with video overlay support.  XP4 range of graphic cards provides high-end multi-screen capabilities for complex data/video walls or multi-screen desktop applications.  Each XP4 supports 4 screens.  It is possible to spread the Windows desktop across 32 different screens using multiple XP4 cards.  The construction of the multi-screen display can be arranged in any rectangular format with optional video overlay.

Features:     Four port graphics adapter.

                    Four ATI 64bit Savage4-Pro graphics processor each with 16MB of memory (total 64MB).

                    Four DVI outputs, each supporting up to 1200 x 1024 (digital) and 1600 x 1200 (analog).

                    Four high quality video overlays (one per screen); Overlays can be sized and positioned

                    anywhere on the wall (only one video overlay per screen).

                    4 x composite video or 2 x S-Video inputs using the Video Input Module (VIM) option.

                    Increase the number of video inputs to 16 or 32 by using the Vision Switch card.

                    Supports PAL, NTSC, and SECAM.

                    Eight XP4-Pro cards can be used to support a maximum of 32 screens and 32 video overlays

                    from a single computer.

Software:     All XP4 cards are supplied with the following software packages:

                    • Special multi-screen display driver for use with Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP.  The

                      function of the display driver is to present one large desktop to the Windows operating

                      system.  The multi screen display driver will support up to a maximum of 32 screens.
                    • A standard native Windows® 2000/XP driver that will support up to 6 screens.
                    Wall Control
                    • Wall Control software enables you to configure your multi-screen display, launch video

                      overlays and create a wall layout configuration; it is possible to save layouts and recall

                      them for future use.
                   • Wall Control presents a representational window of the entire display wall showing

                     position

                     and size of video overlay windows, RGB windows (if used in conjunction with the UX

                     Grabber product) and control dialogs for Vision Switch.
                   • It is possible to operate Wall Control on a remote PC via a network connection.
                     TWIN Control
                  • A stand alone desktop management software program that controls the position of

                    application windows, system messages and dialog boxes of your multi-screen display.

Applications:     The XP4 solutions find application in many diverse marketplaces.  Some of the most

                          successful include financial, command and control, DTP, CAD, AV and video and data

                          wall solutions.

Financial Markets
Financial dealers and traders need masses of timely and accurate information attheir fingertips at all times.  Multi-screen solutions are ideal in this environment and many take advantage of the live video and TV overlay options available to them, giving access to up to the minute figures, news and data to keep them at the forefront of the market.  The financial market place account for many fourscreen system sales throughout the world.

Command and Control Applications
Multi-screen systems play a crucial part in the command and control centers.  Two, four or more screens, each with live video overlay can be installed in one machine to give access to a wide source of rapidly changing data.  Typical customers include fire, police and ambulance as well as other support services.

Computer Aided Design, Manufacturing and Engineering: (CAD/CAM/ CAE)
The CAD market was one of the earliest adopters of dual screen technology.  SmartAVI’s first graphics controllers were used by AutoCAD and MicroStation designers where specialist graphics cards displayed the CAD applications.  With CAD applications now available under Windows®, engineers can view their drawings on one screen at high resolution and their toolboxes, palettes and related applications on the other.

Desktop Publishing
With DTP departments expanding into the realms of multimedia and interactive designs, designers need access to a greater variety of applications simultaneously.  For example, your graphics design / paint application open on one screen and your page layout application on the other.  Designers can quickly switch from one to the other without losing sight of either.

Video Editing
Video editing has been a keen user of multi-screen operation for many years, with the editing application on one screen and the resulting output on another, or even run the video-editing suite across all screens to give complete visibility.

Video Conferencing
Video Conferencing is an ideal application for multi-screen cards with live video overlay capabilities.  View the video feedback and use the other screen for related applications under discussion.  General Business Applications can also benefit users in the office where email and database/diary applications can remain open and visible at all times on one screen, and ‘working applications’; e.g. word processors, spreadsheets etc. can be displayed on the other.  Additionally, page layout applications can be open on one screen, and graphics packages on the other giving greater flexibility.

Programming Teams
Programming Teams can reap great rewards from running dual screen development stations, where they can have the development tools on one screen and the application on another, or keep the online help visible while they work.

Medical Imaging
Medical Imaging is becoming one of the primary markets for multi-screen solutions with PCs providing the display technologies, since computers are used to analyze, manipulate, communicate and store images.  Imaging engineers use applications that require the large display area of multiple monitors to access images and data.

Hardware:     The XP4 range of graphics cards is a powerful multi-screen graphics adapter providing

                     solutions for high quality, complex data/video walls or multi-screen desktop applications.

                     Using multiple XP4 cards in your system it is possible to create a display, which allows the

                     Windows desktop to be spread across a maximum of 32 screens.  Constructing a multi

                     screen data/video wall using the XP4 range of graphics cards enables the display to be

                     arranged in any rectangular format with optional video overlays support.  In effect, four

                     graphics cards in one, the XP4 has four independent 64bit Savage4-PRO graphics

                     processors, each with 16MBytes of memory - one per display channel - to bring superb

                     image quality at high resolution and color depths. With four DVI outputs, each supporting a

                     resolution of 1280 x 1024 (digital) and 1600 x 1200 (analog) you can be sure of displaying all

                     the applications you need.  If you need more screens, simply install another XP4 card in

                     your machine up to a maximum of 8 cards.  This multi-screen video solutions use the

                     latest digital technology for stunning video quality.  Multiple independent video windows

                     can be displayed simultaneously, and can be scaled to full screen with horizontal and

                     vertical interpolation for high quality images.  Chroma-key support also allows you to

                     overlay graphics onto video and video onto graphics.  Every XP4 solution also includes

                     leading Wall Control management software for the professional approach to display

                     handling.  The XP4 can also be used with up to four UX Stretcher controllers allowing

                     you to increase the number of displays from 4 to 16 from a single XP4 card.  For wall

                     applications requiring support for a large number of displays, it is possible to use up to

                     eight XP4 cards and 32 UX-Stretcher controllers. This configuration provides support for

                     up to 128 displays.

Technical Specifications:     Business Interface - 32bit, 33MHz PCI Adapter v2.2 compliant

                                             Size - 260mm x 100mm

                                             Power - 12watts (XP4), 14watts (XP4-Pro/DIG)

                                             Power Requirements - XP4 +5V at 2.5A max, +3.3V at 2A max

                                                                                  XP4-Pro/DIG +3.3V at 2.5A max, +12V at 250mA max +5V

                                                                                  at 2.5A max

                                             Operation Temperature - 0-35 degrees Celsius

                                             Storage Temperature - -20-70 degrees Celsius

                                             Relative Humidity - 0% to 90% non-condensing

For more detailed information on specific models, please contact our sales representative at:  1-858-974-5039.