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Founded in 1962, the Chinese Culture University (CCU) consists today of fourcampuses all separated from each other; One main campus and the School of ContinuingEducation (three campuses). The University has a very good reputation among theTaiwanese Universities and is famous to be an early adopter of multimediatechnology.
The CCU has recently decided to look for a new advanced solution to face fourchallenges: provide the same information at the same time in every single campusincluding live broadcast of school events, replace the old fashion paperannouncement board system by a new cost-effective solution, differentiate the imageof the school in a highly competitive Taiwanese education market and offer students,teachers, school staff and visitors the chance to get updated and real timeinformation. After having tested a few products from the market, CCU decided toadopt Cayin TechnologyÂ's SMP-WEB display engine and CMS servers as their uniquesolution.
Under a server-client structure (respectively CMS Performance and SMP-WEB), CCUÂ'sadministrators centrally and remotely manage system settings from the universityÂ'sComputer Center and distribute the right contents to the right display engines atthe right time in various sites via IP network (across several LANs). Targetedinformation is displayed through 32Â -37Â LCD and 42Â to 50Â Plasma screens atstrategic places. The 85 controlled units are located at front gates, alongcorridors, beside stairs, in front of elevators, and outside conference roomsallocated in various buildings in the different campuses.
The multimedia content displayed is diversified in terms of formats (videos, images,scrolling texts, and Flash animations) and information purposes - school news,teaching materials, and public information. SMP-WEB perfectly suits the universityÂ'sneeds, including the required capability of broadcasting live videos, such as TVprograms or the graduation ceremony which takes place in a dedicated auditorium. Asthe university auditorium is limited in terms of seats in comparison to the numberof students, Cayin digital signage solution  SMP-WEB incorporates with CMS server -allows every student to watch through the installed screens live manifestationsorganized by the school. To bring all these features to the overall campus, CCU hasalso decided to install SMP-WEB in the newly constructed school stadium, whichservices with a larger audience volume.
SMP-WEB, small and stable Linux-based appliance, is a powerful display engine forstand alone or networked digital signage system. All multimedia contents aredisplayed in full-screen web pages, so designers can utilize their own familiarweb-editing tools to create the display. This system supports most popular weblanguages, such as HTML, JavaScript, Macromedia Flash, DHTML, CSS, etc., and mostpopular codec and file formats, such as MPEG-1, 2, 4, AVI, WMV, MP3, JPG, GIF, etc.In addition to video, images, animations, and texts, SMP-WEB can easily extend toprovide interactive services incorporating with external devices such as touchscreen, keyboard, keypad, or mouse.
Like SMP-PRO, which is a skin-based display engine, SMP-WEB is deployed under aserver-client structure over IP network. Incorporated with CayinÂ's CMS server,administrators through a web-based management tool can centrally and remotely managethe contents, real-time streaming, and system settings of SMP-WEB players.
Digital signage, also known as narrowcasting or electronic billboards, is a networkof signs that use digital displays to communicate with target audiences in designatelocations by high-quality video, audio, animation, graphics, and texts. Replacingand enhancing traditional signs, digital signage offers a multimedia communicationplatform to promote, inform, and educate.
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Cayin Technology in BriefCayin Technology is established by a group of professionals specializing indevelopment, researches, and engineering. Cayin devotes itself to providing completesolutions in multimedia, network, and embedded computing fields, integratingcomputers and audiovisual appliances in various commercial applications, such asdynamic digital signage, video-on-demand systems in retail, transportation,education, and hospitality. In addition to standard products, Cayin also providestailored software and hardware services to meet customersÂ' requirements for almostlimitless applications. Our mission is to continue to innovate and concentrate onproviding our customers with new forward-looking solutions.
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