Purdue University selects MEDIAEDGE January 1, 2009 Application: Education — University Campus Customer: Indiana University Purdue University Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, USA The Indiana University Purdue University Indiana (IUPUI) campus includes a student center with common areas, advisor offices, classrooms, and a learning center. The objective was to create a centrally managed system for messaging and video program delivery throughout most of the common areas of the facility. The MediaEdge Server software is installed on a Dell PowerEdge server, connected via Fibre Channel to a 250 gigabyte SAN device. Each MediaEdge set-top box is directly connected to the same gigabit switch. Video monitors are a mix of 40" plasma and 17" flat panel displays located around the campus. The MediaEdge server is configured with four Amber cards, each capable of real-time MPEG encoding. A VCR with closed-caption decoding is attached to several Amber cards, and a text messaging system is attached to another Amber. The IUPUI campus cable television system is connected to each VCR. The display content is a mixed bag of video and text - meeting notices, classroom change information, and conference center updates. Live programs, including IUPUI team sports, are pulled from the campus cable television network. There is also provision for "breaking news," when appropriate, to better handle situations such as September 11, 2001, when faculty and students crowded around just three functioning TVs in the Student Center. MediaEdge components used: * 1 x MediaEdge-SVS * 9 x MediaEdge-STB * 4 x Amber card  |
