Overview

CCI operates (5) 50” Plasma monitors in the hallways of the Woodward Hall building.  This document is intended to provide background information for those interested in the details of this technology and contact information if you wish to use this technology.   The plasma monitors are controlled by 4 computers, and in general, anything you do on those computers can be displayed and heard on the plasma monitors. The computers are located in Woodward room 139 and controlled through a remote, VNC program so that when changes are necessary, they may be implemented without physically visiting the computers.

The display screens are Samsung Plasma Displays, capable of a 1366 x 768 resolution and currently displaying in 1024 x 768. Click Here for a PDF file of their user’s manual and full specifications, including chipset diagrams.

Connection Diagram

Operators

One Plasma display is located on each floor, with the exception of the 4^th floor.

A 5^th plasma display is located directly outside of the Dean’s office.

	Who	Contact Info
1^st & 2^nd Floor	Nancy Clarke	neclarke (at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8644 Woodward 443G
3^rd Floor	Bruce Long Bill Chu Patricia Artis Nancy Clarke	nblong (at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8441 Woodward 310H billchu (at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8661 Woodward 341C partis (at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8541 Woodward 343B neclarke (at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8644 Woodward 443G
4^th Floor	Evan Suma Ellen Keidel Larry Hodges Nancy Clarke	easuma (at) uncc.edu eskeidel (at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8565 Woodward 405 lfhodges (at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8559 Woodward 403G neclarke(at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8644 Woodward 443G
4^th Floor Dean	Nancy Clarke	neclarke (at) email.uncc.edu (704) 687-8644 Woodward 443G
General Upkeep	CCI Office of Tech Support	CCI-TECHSUPPORT (at) listserv.uncc.edu Woodward 332

• Dell Precision 380 – All four computers in the cabinet are exactly alike.

• ATI Radeon X1900 Series All-In-Wonder® Video Card – Each Precision 380 has had one of these cards installed to allow for TV reception and playback from the cable receiver. They allow for a wide range of functions such as transparent windows, setting the input image as the wallpaper for the desktop, and scheduling for viewing time.

• UPS – Everything in the cabinet is connected to a power backup system for protection in the event of a power outage.

• NTI “Black Box” networking device – Each computer has its video and audio output sent to one of these devices which transmits all such signals over CAT5 networking cable to the companion black box located at each plasma display, where it is then sent to the display through a VGA cable.

• Video Splitter (Top) – This small box takes the single input from the cable receiver and turns it into four separate outputs for use by the individual computers. All computers will display the same channel at the same time, which must be changed from the cable receiver itself.