Challenge
One country's largest and busiest international airport, among the top 35 busiest airports worldwide in 2016, served more than 115,000 passengers per day. To assist a large of number of daily airline passengers, digital signage systems are very important. Digital signage acts as a point of information that conveys up-to-date flight information and wayfinding guidance to travelers so that they can find their destinations rapidly and enjoy a more relaxing travel experience. Airport retrofit planners chose Advantech's DS-065 and DS-980 digital signage players for their reliability and high performance in broadcasting real-time information.
Solutions
In this project, digital signage was deployed in multiple places including check-in counters, boarding gates, and baggage claim areas across the terminals. Digital signage systems that are in different locations in the airport require different solutions.
Some locations have different display output requirements from single, dual, or four LCD panels for a video wall. Other locations have simpler requirements, such as slim design, so the digital signage player can be easily integrated into LCD displays in space constrained areas. Lastly, the system needed to be accurate, powerful, rugged and reliable enough for 24/7 non-stop operation, with no errors tolerated.
Both of Advantech's DS-065 and DS-980 digital signage players met the mission critical requirements mentioned above due to reliable industrial design, powerful performance, and easy integration. Advantech DS-065 was deployed to check-in counters and immigration checkpoints broadcasting information about the arrival and departure of flights. Powered by Intel®'s Atom™ processor, the DS-065 can play back 1080P Full HD video on two screens. Its fanless, 19mm-thin chassis design allows for easy installation on the back of LCD/LED displays with a VESA mounting bracket. The DS-065 can be easily installed and removed for maintenance without disturbing screens anywhere, even in limited spaces.
What’s more, the airport installed the DS-980 for six screen and four screen video walls located in departure gate and baggage claims areas to display real-time flight information, wayfinding, and advertisements. The DS-980 delivers exceptional computing and graphic performance with the latest Intel Core i7-6700TE/ i5-6500TE/ i3-6100TE and Intel HD Graphics 530 hardware, perfect for graphics-intensive video wall applications. The system features expansion capability with dual channels and M.2 (2230 E key) for wireless connection. Its stackable design with PCI Express 3.0 x16 expansion slot allows businesses to drive up to six displays with one add-on graphics card, thus delivering a better price-to-performance ratio compared to using traditional video wall controllers with pricier purpose-built graphic cards.
