Netpix® 3800

Netpix 3800 is a network based graphic controller for the management of large screen displays or single projectors. Through its MultiScreen-ability any display surfaces can be realized. The controller creates a big joined desktop for network-applications, video and graphic sources. At the heart of the NPX 3800 works the most powerful DUAL/QUAD CORE XEON® CPU architecture of any display processor in its class. The new NPX 3800 Controller offers an ultra high performance bus, 64Bit technology and the world’s first 512-bit graphic CPU.

These new technologies guarantee the revolutionary and powerful performance of the NPX 3800 in all control room applications.

The NPX 3800 provides multiple analog and digital video and graphic connectivity with input cards. Through the new NPX High-Speed-Interconnect-Bus (NPX-HSIB), video and graphic sources can be displayed simultaneously on the display wall. All analog and digital Video and RGB/DVI data is transmitted with 1GB/s without any dependencies on the system.

System Architecture

The new NPX Controllers from the 3800 Series are based on the new Intel® Dual and Quad Technology XEON® CPUs. This new CPU generation provides better performance for the display of high-end visualisation applications compared to other systems.

• DUAL & QUAD CORE Intel® XEON® technology processors with 3.73 and EM64T
• Pure server components with high availability
• PCI-X 64bit/100MHz bus with 800MB/s
• Up to 32GB DDR2 SDRAM
• DUAL Gigabit Ethernet

System Availability

• Redundant power supply units, hot swappable
• New AirFlow technology with 6 hot swappable fans
• Redundant SATA hard drives with RAID1, hot swappable
• Disk Imaging and Disaster Recovery, in the event of a system or disk crash, security attack or other fatal failure you can restore your entire controller within minutes – no reinstallation is required
• The NPX 3800 is built in accordance with eyevis ISO 9001 registered facility to meet the specific requirements of each customer and is the best controller for standard control rooms with high availability.

Desktop Management & Operating System

• Because of its MultiScreen-ability, any data and application signal can be displayed simultaneously; they can also be positioned and resized freely. The operator has a big desktop with a very high resolution at his disposal, which will be multiplied by the size of the wall.
• Windows® XP PRO 32/64 BIT and WIN2003 Server and VISTA support
• Up to 32GB RAM inside the systems reserved for RAM intensive applications
• Huge Windows desktop with up to 32000×32000 pixel depending on the size of the system
• Standard Windows® & X11 applications and SCADA software can be displayed with no restriction on the wall
• Windows®-based applications can be displayed simultaneously with any other input signals like video and RGB/DVI.

DUO-BUS Architecture

Other systems are using the PCI Bus to transmit their input signals together with the standard system Bus. This solution has limitation because all the data is transmitted over on BUS and not so much bandwidth remains available. The eyevis NPX3800 controller uses a unique independent DUO-Bus system. A fast PCI-X Bus with 800MB/s for transmitting the Windows® and network information and a HSIB (High Interconnection Speed Bus) with 1GByte/s to transfer the video, digital streams and graphic signals to each output cards. This results in a fully separated BUS technology without dependence on the standard PCI-X Bus and reserves enough bandwidth.

Input Signal Processing

The NPX3800 controller can be equipped with various input cards for video and graphic integration.

Analog/digital video and RGB windows can be moved, scaled and placed freely on the display wall.

• The input cards provide state-of-the-art video processing resulting in superb quality
• Huge number of cards per system possible
• Easy to upgrade for future system expansion

Analog Video Inputs

• Up to 160 video signals in one system
• Up to 32 video windows can be displayed with every display output
• Composite BNC or S-Video (Y/C)

Streaming Video Inputs

• Up to 160 IP video signals in one system
• Simultaneous decoding of up to 8 channels per card
• Supports MPEG2, MPEG4, H264, MJPEG

RGB / DVI Inputs

• Display of the source output in a freely moveable, scalable and placeable window on the display wall
• Up to 32 RGB/DVI input sources
• Supports input resolutions up to 1600×1200 and 1920×1080 pixel (HD)

Output Graphics Processing

The new 512-Bit GPU with 256-bit DDR memory-interface and 64MB per output channel achieves a never seen graphic performance. This GPU supports technologies like DirectX, OpenGL and fast 2D redraws.

• Analog and digital outputs up to 1920×1200, 2048×1080 pixels and HD Format
• Configurations up to 64 Output channels
• Multiple resolution modes for different output resolutions at the same time, with none rectangle adjustment
• Live preview support for each source inside the eyecon wall management software system
• Underlapping mode for narrow bezel displays
• Overlapping mode for edge overlapping projections
• Pivot mode for landscape and portrait display and display output cloning
• Genlocking input to synchronize the inputs and outputs of the controller

Wall Management Software

For an easy management of large screen displays, we recommend to combine the eyecon wall management software with the NPX 3800 controller. With this software, especially developed for large screen displays, the user has nearly unlimited possibilities for the management and operation of his display wall.