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Medialon Manager is proving to be a key member of the
team at the Australian Football League (AFL) Hall of
Fame in Melbourne where Interactive Control Pty on
behalf of Mal Padgett design completed a show and device
control system for The AFL Adventure.
Through a series of interactive exhibits and automated
theaters, The AFL Adventure lets visitors experience
what it’s like to be part of a Grand Final team. The
installation takes them from the Locker Room moments
after their win in the Preliminary Final through each
day of Grand Final Week. A succession of plasma screens
guides visitors from Monday to Friday through training
sessions, cultural activities, media events and a
parade. Visitors can Kick for Goal choosing from among
historic shots and putting boot to ball; they can also
put their reflexes to the test in a series of Hand
Skills drills. Additional audio and video components
include famous speeches and vintage game clips.
“The main challenge of the installation was to automate
the flow of guests through the experience while allowing
them enjoy the associated interactive experiences,”
comments Dean Stevenson of Interactive Control Pty. From
a single point Medialon Manager V3 Pro controls all 20
areas of the museum encompassing the installation. In
excess of 105 distributed com ports, via Moxa TCPIP
serial converters, are on a single network.
Medialon Manager controls a wide array of hardware and
software for the installation, including Dataton
WATCHOUT 2x5 screen theaters, NEC data projectors,
Samsung and NEC plasma screens, Pioneer 7300 DVD
players, mechanical doors, Worldnet interactive game
systems, Dynet lighting systems and ME Designs power
controllers.
“Medialon Manager Pro’s power and flexibility was an
invaluable tool in the design and programming of the
system. The Hall of Fame is very complex -with over 20
individual areas, ranging from synchronized DVD players
to the monitoring of PLC based ball handling skills, to
two fully-automated five screen Dataton Watchout
Theatres with automated Entry and exit doors with
Holding areas- and Medialon handles it beautifully,”
adds Stevenson. |
