Jupiter Systems Announces Linux support for the Jupiter 870 series display wall controller
Sep 29th, 00:08 UTC
With expansion capability to 124 screens and support for both live
video input and analog RGB input, the Jupiter 870 display wall controller takes the Linux operating system to
new heights of visual performance.
San Leandro, CA, August 10, 2000 - Jupiter Systems announces support for the Linux operating system in its
popular 870 series display wall controllers. With expansion capability to 124 screens and support for both live
video input and analog RGB input, the Jupiter 870 display wall controller takes the Linux operating system to
new heights of visual performance.
Utilizing Jupiter?s Galileo for Linux software suite and Red Hat Linux, the 870 for Linux is designed for those
applications that require native support for Unix and the X Window System and require the display of large
amounts of data and video. Flexible configurations allow any control room to be accommodated, including
those in industries such as:
- Process control
- Transportation systems
- Traffic management
- Network monitoring
- Mapping
- Financial trading
Jupiter's VirtualScreen software allows all displays to be treated as a single logical display. In this mode,
windows can span multiple displays and can be moved freely anywhere on the extended display surface
without modification to application software.
Using the Galileo video client, the Jupiter 870 can support up to 32 live video inputs with placement of those
video windows virtually anywhere on the display surface. Up to four video windows can be placed on a single
screen, and all windows are continuously updated.
Support for analog RGB Capture allows the Jupiter 870 for Linux to display computer outputs from computers
that are not supported through traditional network protocols or display methods. RGB Capture can support up
to 32 inputs with up to 8 active windows on the display wall simultaneously. RGB Capture windows are freely
moveable and resizable over the entire display wall surface.
The Jupiter 870 for Linux includes two 10/100 Ethernet interfaces, and can support up to 10. This provides
ample connectivity for redundant, segmented and trunked networks, or any combination of the three.
The Jupiter 870 display wall controller family includes two models, the 870, with a single Pentium III processor
running at 600MHz and the 870mp, with dual Pentium III processors running at a minimum of 750Mhz. Both
models support up to 768MB ECC memory.
The Jupiter 870 for Linux is a display wall controller with a flexible number of outputs, a plethora of input
options, CPU power for any application, and a robust software suite of tools that can provide any control room
environment with system which fully meets or exceeds the expectations of its customers.
Jupiter Systems, headquartered in San Leandro, CA, has been manufacturing and selling high performance
color graphics systems since 1982. Jupiter Systems can be contacted at +1 (510) 667-9000 or on the web at
http://www.jupiter.com.
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(Submitted by Martin Pitts of Linux Today)
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