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"Footsteps in Coal", an exhibition detailing the history of coal mining in Castlecomer,
County Kilkenny, Ireland, is putting Medialon through
its paces at Castlecomer Discovery Park.
Medialon Show & Media Control software synchronizes the
four-section walkthrough exhibition, coordinating
lighting, Dataton WATCHOUT, video elements and
multi-language narration. Medialon also controls the
lighting throughout the show areas as well as additional
AV displays.
"Medialon is the industry standard for show control, and
we felt it was the answer to our requirements," says Ed
Corin, project engineer with Fitting Image Ltd., an AV
integration company based in Dublin for almost twenty
years. “Medialon Manager V4 PRO is a very good piece of
software; it’s intuitive and easy to use.”
An interactive multimedia exhibition, “Footsteps in
Coal” takes visitors back 300 million years when
anthracite deposits were formed in the region. Visitors
also experience the conditions early miners faced --
coal was mined there from the 17th century or possibly
earlier, until the middle of the last century -- and
learn about the social history of mining and the
discovery of a large number of fossil amphibians.
Corin found the main challenge of "Footsteps in Coal" to
be "synchronizing the four-section walkthrough to run as
a single show and, once the visitors are half-way
through, enabling the show to start up again, allowing a
second tour group to start the experience. We also
thought we would have difficulty synchronizing the 24
track Audio players with the DVD players, but with
Medialon, this was very easy".
To meet that challenge and others, Medialon Manager V4
controlled a host of equipment, including a Projection
Design EVO2 projector (IP), three Fostex D2424 24-track
hard disk recorder/players (Midi) (for Multi-Language),
Dataton WATCHOUT computer (IP), Wahlberg Projector
Dowser (DMX), Panasonic 42-inch and NEC 50-inch plasma
displays (RS232), two Pioneer DVD8000 Pro DVD Players
(RS232), Pulsar Datapak III dimmers (DMX), iLight
dimmers (RS485), Golding Audio DMS1000 sound store
(contact closure), and a Data Display LED information
display (RS232).
Jonathan Mason from Heritage Planning & Design was the
Designer of the exhibition, and has worked with Fitting
Image on this and other Museum projects. |
