Photonplay LED ticker tape provides a variety of real-time feeds for live display

LEDs have stormed the market recently with energy efficient displays and illuminating devices which have been replacing the traditional display units without any difficulty. Photonplay has come up with LED ticker tapes which display news and live feeds continuously. These ticker tapes are also used as LED stocks ticker and as LED Sports ticker. The sleek and elegant display can be rolled over any wall or be hung from the ceiling. Such is the ease of use that it can be used both indoors and outdoors.

The LED ticker tapes are designed in such a way that they get live feeds from the two servers of Photonplay set up at two different locations across the globe and they are updated in real-time. The reliable service provided by Photonplay is used in many stock exchange markets to show the current stock price. They can also be used to display live world news, news related to sports and other news which is directly relayed to these tickers from the servers of Photonplay.

The LED stock ticker can be used in University finance Labs for monitoring real-time stock exchanges. These tapes can also be used to display sports news which is collected from reputed centers like ESPN, NBA, Fox Sports, etc. the LED sports ticker can be installed in sports complexes, stadiums, auditoriums and other places where people continuously deal in sports.

The LED ticker tape can also be programmed to receive updates from websites like Reuters and Bloomberg and any other such website. There are stand-alone LED ticker tapes which can be used to display a specific data or message as per the requirements and the place where they are installed. These tickers find application in schools, universities, hospitals, government establishments, airports, railway stations, community centers, supermarkets and many more such places.

Many industries and establishments which require real-time monitoring of their inventory and demands, supplies and in-house production, find it very useful as it displays the data which is seen by everyone and from everywhere. There are two types of ticker tapes, one is the rigid one which is fixed at one place and the other is the flexible one, which can be moved from one place to another and its size and dimensions can be altered.

The tickers are very reliable and durable. These are dust and water resistant and use very less power when compared with other display units. They come in RGB color which gives them a vivid look. The LED ticker tapes are also used in fashion stores and big outlets which continuously display news related to fashion and other articles from various reputed fashion magazines. Photonplay also provides the facility to display Hollywood news and celeb talks.

Overall the product is worth mentioning and it has taken the market by storm. It works on the embedded software developed by Photonplay which works great in displaying real-time data without any failure or lag. It is strategically priced and is becoming the favorite in the market day by day.

Different Ways We Can Use Time Zone LED Tickers

LED tickers are customizable to display a variety of messages that scroll across the matrix width or vertically. This flexibility allows it to be used as a time zone LED ticker to display precise time in selected world time zones. Just how useful is a ticker that simultaneously displays time in as many as five different time zones?

Businesses today are global. Whether it is import export, BPO or IT services, providers and clients connect globally. This means, at both ends, one must be aware of the time of the day in order to schedule a telephone conversation or an online meet. One can have five different clocks each individually displaying the time in five different zones. The problem is to get them to be accurate. This is easily resolved by the use of multi-time zoneclock display using LEDs connected to a back end computer or a synchronized source of time. What makes it all the more useful and versatile is its ability to display messages, include count down or count up timers and issue emergency notifications.

These time zone LED displays can be programmed to display time of specific zones and additional zones can be displayed in a scrolling fashion. Banks, for one, benefit by using these giant digital clocks using LEDs as a customer service and also to help them in their international transactions.

Time Zone LED Tickers

International stock, commodities, currency and metals trading exchanges and brokerage agencies are the other areas that can benefit by the use of multi location LED displays. Traders in these segments like to keep track of happenings in London, New York, Chinese and other exchanges. The multi location time zone LED display shows the time for such centres and traders know in advance the time trading begins and ends at each exchange in order to track movements and transactions.

Hotel industry is one that can benefit by installing multi-time zone clock displays. International travellers will appreciate the facility of being able to know the time in various countries when the hotel lobby has one such LED world time display fitted there. It need not be large. LED matrices are customizable. Besides, the same display can be used by hotel administration to push notifications or messages for the guests. In the same way airports will find that these world time clocks are simply indispensable and a much appreciated feature.

Just one matrix of about 6 inches height and 6 feet in length does away with a half dozen mechanical clocks. Connected through a LAN network to a computer, these LED world clocks are easy to set up and sync. The full color display can also be used for event popups and to broadcast messages when these displays are centrally controlled and installed in multiple location, acting as multi location LED display for world time.

LEDs have a long life and can be allied with control electronics to perform for 20 years with no maintenance required under normal conditions of use. As users have found, it is more than a world clock; it is also a message centre. 

The Modern Rules of Custom Software Development - Photonplay Blog

Software development is an umbrella term covering anything from a simple stand-alone program to an enterprise-wide solution that includes a whole host of features and functions. Since one size does not fit all, custom software development is the key to a solution giving highest productivity and ROIs. Even then there are various methods in software development such as agile software development, crystal method, feature driven development, lean methods, the rapid application development method, scrum, spiral and age-old waterfall method.

One can go by specific set of rules but often, custom software development is dictated by a customer’s requirements. These requirements may not be fixed and may evolve as their goal or product designs change, making it tougher for developers since work requires frequent changes. Then again, if it is not the customer who requires changes, certainly competition and evolution in the market place will necessitate change. From a different angle, technologies in IT change and it may be useful for customer and developer to modify a package for better performance. All these variables are further influenced by the level of service support. A competent software developer would offer integrated system and services support throughout the product life cycle.

Custom Software Development

Most software developed for use in business is pure software. Except for the IT hardware, there is no other software involved. Such software can run on computers, smart phones, tablets and laptops on one operating system or multiple operating systems according to their design. The matter becomes different when software must be allied to specific pieces of hardware as is seen in PLCs, CNC machines, process control equipments and embedded systems used in industry. Though limited in functionality, these purpose developed hardware require expert embedded software development for smooth functioning. This is where a specialist with expertise in real time system development and embedded software proves his worth by building sophistication into the programming of a microcontroller and thus immeasurably increasing value of the hardware to which it is connected.

One example is LED displays. LED technologies have changed but the basic software controlling them has remained more or less static. If a user wants a display to perform various functions such custom software development agencies can deliver the “goods” besides interfacing the displays with various sensors to further extend their functionality as can be seen in the radar traffic speed signs.  

Software development diverges into two paths. One is the traditional purely software based applications used in business and the second is embedded systems, the number of which is growing. Apart from LED displays, today’s digital cameras, printers, dishwashers, TV, air conditioners, medical equipments, transportation and automotives, to mention only a few areas, use embedded software. For such applications, the rule is to retain a custom software development agency with specialization in real time system development and embedded software development. No other developer will fit the bill. If a developer such as this also has hardware manufacturing capabilities then it is as good as having found a gold mine to boost productivity, efficiency and lower costs while gaining an edge over the competition. 

What Will Parking Be Like in 100 Years?

A hundred years ago parking was not an issue. The auto-mobile was still in its infancy and there were few of them. Today, cities and roads teem with auto-mobiles. Parking outside your apartment home itself is problematic. Travel to any part of the city or to another city and the problem magnifies. You could spend precious minutes simply finding a parking lot and when you do find one, it may not have vacant slots. The situation could become nightmarish in a couple of years. Fortunately cities across the world, especially in developed countries, are implementing ITS-intelligent traffic systems of which parking is one part that could ease the woes of drivers looking for a suitable vacant slot in a nearby lot.

Currently available parking systems are sophisticated enough to help motorists avoid unnecessary hardship in finding a parking lot. A typical scenario is that of a motorist approaching a city or that of a motorist in one part of a city, both looking for a parking lot in the vicinity. Modern parking control management solutions help them. At the heart of the system lies a central controlling computer that takes inputs from parking lots in the area to which it is tied. The parking lots feed live information about vacant slots available. The computer then feeds this information to suitably located parking guidance signs located alongside the roads. The sign is usually made of high bright LED display and it can show the turn off point and the name of the nearest parking lot as well as vacant slots. A parking lot operator can also put up the parking lot guidance system outside to indicate availability of slots with the use of these signs and direct motorists to the appropriate space inside with smart parking sensor platform. Right at the entrance to the parking area the parking lot layout display gives motorists an idea of how to navigate. With a suitable parking guidance management system and a parking payment machine, a parking lot operator can issue tickets automatically and track transactions.

Parking Guidance Display

Where will it go from here? What will it be like in 100 years? It is difficult to envisage given the rate of advancement of technologies. A motorist could well enter a destination in the car navigation system and it will automatically drive by itself. At the time of setting the destination, the system could easily find out nearest parking lots and vacancies in those lots. The system could automatically book a slot and, on arrival, the car would drive itself into the slot after leaving the driver at the entrance. Payment would be deducted automatically.

The current scenario is one in which a motorists arrives at a parking lot only to find it full. More such cars create traffic jams. For those already parked, retrieving vehicles is a challenge just as it is for those who have been allotted a slot. Payment is a problem. It takes time, much fuel is wasted unnecessarily and tempers are frayed. None of these will happen in the future as parking becomes automated. 

Best display Sign Everyone In the Bus Industry Should Be Using

At one time cities and towns were small and people knew their way around. Today the scenario is different. Cities have expanded so much that a resident in the West might not be familiar with the localities in the East or other areas of the city. Getting around by public transport is difficult since he has to rely on someone to inform him of the right bus to select and the destination where he must get off. Further complicating the issue is that there is a large migrant work force that is usually made up of people who are total strangers. For them, getting around in public buses can be a nightmare. It is no surprise that many people prefer to use their own vehicles, thus adding to congestion on the streets. The bus industry does not carry a full payload because of these difficulties. 

This is where information displays on bus play a crucial role. Anyone not familiar with the bus route numbers and the destinations can easily pick the right bus by looking at the brightly illuminated LED sign on the bus. Once inside he can relax inside of sitting on the edge of his seat because the interior LED bus destination display shows the approaching bus stand in bold letters. Even before he gets into the bus, he can look at the buses timetable display and have a good idea of bus routes and the schedules. Once he has bought a ticket and is waiting for the bus on the platform a bus tracker display clearly displays the time it will take for a bus to arrive at this particular stop.

Commuting becomes so easy. Even a total stranger to a city need never ask anyone for any help or directions. He arrives at the bus station, checks the bus timetable on the LED display, buys a ticket and knows when the next bus for his destination will arrive through the bus tracker display. He gets on to the right bus thanks to the LED information display on the bus and once inside he relaxes because the LED bus destination display informs when it time to get down. The system is indispensable for bus industry in each city in each country. Each bus is packed with commuters and revenues increase. City authorities also benefit in that there is less congestion on streets. The environment also benefits by way of reduced pollution. People travel safely, in comfort and arrive on time at their destinations. The bus industry and the commuters are the biggest beneficiaries. If buses are packed to capacity, revenue increases and with that the bus operators can introduce more buses to accommodate more passengers and increase frequency for the convenience of commuters. It does not cost much but the bus route destination system makes a dramatic impact on the industry. 

Now A Day's How Variable Message Sign Helping In Traffic Management?

Now a days auto mobiles are expanding too much day by day parallel traffic is increasing at the same ratio or more than that. Because of that its being so much difficult to dive on roads and also increasing the chances of accidents. So now a question arise how to get out of this problem? Then a solutions is comes by a company Photonplay Systems Inc that can be possible by VMS - Variable message sign.

So what is VMS sign and how it can help in traffic?

Variable Message Sign is the key to manage the dynamic traffic. VMS sign is the led based display that display the custom messages to drivers like slow down, turn left, turn right, speed limit, etc. The variable message sign is based on the ITS(International Traffic System).

The variable message sign display is a great thought of engineers to reduce the traffic. The VMS - Variable Message sign display have some awesome features like:

• 100, 160, 240 and 320mm character sizes
• EN12966 approved
• UTMC compliant interfaces
• Flexible communications options
• Dynamic car park directions arrows
• Advanced fault monitoring
• Web browser user interface for configuration, support and maintenance
• Mono, two color or multicolour LED signs in various matrix and pixel pitches
• Use of high bright LEDS for easy viewing even in bright sunlight, with automatic brightness control
• Special lens cover for glare-free display

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