Advantech announced that it is partnering with Matrox Graphics to launch premium video wall solutions designed for and validated with Matrox's Mura MPX video wall controller boards. The solutions include Matrox validated industrial server boards, chassis, and Advantech Video Wall Controllers - the AVS series pre-configured systems - designed for 8-output and 20-output video walls, and will aim to enable OEMs and system integrators to create video wall solutions for various markets such as control rooms for factory automation, transportation, surveillance, digital signage, video conference.

Advantech has developed a series of industrial server boards, chassis and pre-configured systems (AVS series products) supporting two to five Mura MPX cards. For instance, the AVS-540 pre-configured system or ASMB-822 server board with five PCIe x16 slots can support five Mura MPX cards, allowing for a maximum of twenty video source inputs and display outputs corresponding to twenty monitors. To further illustrate this with a practical factory control-room scenario, eight of the inputs could be connected to surveillance system NVR machines or directly to CCTV cameras that monitor the working fields or important equipment; ten connected to operator workstations running production management, process management, access control software programs; and the other two connected to the servers running various SCADA software. All information can be immediately displayed on the video wall.