Railway Station Applications. PaIS Railway stationary. Passenger Information Systems

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Railway Station Applications

PaIS Railway stationary

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Your JourneY –

our InformatIon …

… with a continuous flow of information. We have

made this our business for both local and long

dis-tance public transport.

Due to the continuously rising trafﬁc volume on streets, railways and in the air, we have made it our mission to guide people through this vast trafﬁc vol

-ume and provide them with the information they need to help them on their way.

Using state-of-the-art information systems, we have been providing up-to-date travel information to mil

-lions of people each and every day at railway stations, airports, transport stops and busses.

Index

PaIS

– Passenger Information

System – covers our wide

range of information systems

Our Competences

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Multi-modal Passenger Information

(PaIS system architecture)

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PaCIM – Passenger and Customer

Information Management

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Overview Display Technologies

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Advertising and Information Displays 10/11

Arrival and Departure Display Boards 12/13

Train Destination Displays for

Platforms and Stations

Liquid Crystal Display

Technology (LCD)

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Bi-stable Display Technology

(Geameleon)

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continuous Flow

oF inFormation

CompetenCe and QualItY …

… these are our strengths in the planning procress for

all our passenger information applications.

In order to guarantee the provision of this informa

-tion each day, a competent team is made available

to support our customers, starting with the project

planning, development, construction, production and

handling, all the way through to the commissioning

of the information system.

With our years of experience from a large number of

installed information systems, we can guarantee the

successful implementation of our customer´s project.

for the envIronment …

In addition to our high quality awareness, environ -mental management is also an important component

of our company philosophy.

At BMG MIS, our policies with regard to environ

-mental management start with the development of a

product, going all the way through the

manufactur-ing processes in our ”Green Buildmanufactur-ing” to a completed energy-efﬁcient product.

With our information systems, we want to promptly inform passengers and travellers at the stations whilst always remaining aware of environmental concerns.

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systemarchitektur

multI-modal

passenger InformatIon

Our passenger and customer information management (PaCIM) is the answer to the requests by the public trans-port market for open and multi-modal communications

platform.

This platform is modular and offers transport operators the chance to create an individual passenger manage

-ment system to suit their require-ments. Passengers at

stations can be shown current departure information,

information about connections (including deviations and information to maintain connections) and even entertain

-ment.

PaCIM DDMS

(Data Distributed Management System) - data hub

The data hub is the central part of the data exchange across systems for passenger information. Based on a

modern database concept, the information which is

re-ceived from the VDV service is collated and veriﬁed with existing information and then sent to update the con

-nected systems.

Pacim INF – Railway information system

PaCIM INF is our core module for passenger information

in the railway sector. The basis for the passenger infor -mation is the annual timetable which can be uploaded

system architecture

paCIm plattform

VDV455 ANS

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via an interface or can be entered with the integrated timetable planning tool. From this information the daily timetable will be generated. All trains with their associ

-ated announcements and advertisements can be viewed and edited in various ways. In addition to the system con -trolled interfaces, PaCIM can also use GPS based data

from the trains to calculate times and positions.

PaCIM DPI – dynamic passenger information

Based on the VDV-interface, passenger information will be sent to the displays using the DPI-System. This can be

done with different display technologies, with solar

pow-ered systems and with other data connection systems.

PaCIM Trac

With the PaCIM Trac module, operators can determine

the real-time data for their trains and then show this on

the displays. VDV453 REF-ANS / ANS VDV453 REF-DFI / DFI VDV455 ANS VDV452 (eprovi) import VDV453 DFI VDV452 AND

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Pacim – Passenger and

customer inFormation management

Pacim INF (Railway Information System) is based on

the information system which is used by Deutsche Bahn. PaCIM provides passengers at all connected stations with current information about the next connections and pos

-sible deviations from the normal timetable. This informa

-tion will be provided on display or audio systems. With PaCIM, the user of the passenger information sys

-tem has the maximum support in his daily work. The user always has an overview of the actual situation and can add changes directly into the system.

The basis of PaCIM is the annual timetable which can be uploaded online or using systems external to PaCIM. Out

of this, the daily schedule will be generated by the sys-tem and information will be automatically updated using

the available interfaces. Sources of information are active train tracking, external distributors, IRIS-smtp, various VDV-interfaces, GPS based positioning systems (PaCIM TRAC) or several other possible sources. The user can add to or amend this information. All data from the different sources will be linked together according to its priority.

Changes in the operating schedule will be noticed and

will be provided out of the entirety of the available data

to the affected information systems at the stops or

sta-tions.

sYstem overvIew

PaCIM is based on the latest hardware and software

technologies. Depending on system needs, conﬁgura

-tions from a single server up to a highly available clus

-ter are provided. System software uses Windows-Server 2008, thereby ensuring a homogeneous integration in an available network/active directory structure. The primary database system used is Postgre SQL.

PaCIM is modular is design. Because of this modular structure and the underlying relational database, expan

-sions or customer speciﬁed additions are possible with

-out having a great influence on the rest of the system.

funCtIonal overvIew

• Transfer of signals from the control system • Transfer of information from external systems

• High level of automation in normal operation and with deviations

• Flexible and easy to use in case of deviations • Extensive tools for special operations

• Flexible conﬁguration of transactions, layouts and an -nouncement requirements

• Preview mode / change image display

• User-friendly graphical interface with area, station, and track overviews

• Convenient and efﬁcient conflict and information

task management

• Client-server architecture for the flexible use of user

workstations

• Remote maintenance and diagnosis of hardware,

software system and terminals

ITCS functions

• Support of VDV 452, 453, 454 interfaces and SIRI-ser

-vices

• Support of IRIS and NSS interfaces

• Use of services for the mobile information transfer • Central vehicle monitoring via GPS tracking • Vehicle prediction

High degree of automation

• arrival announcements

• welcome announcements with connection informati -on

• announcement of departure preparation • transit announcement

• securing of connections

Differences to the normal operation

• delays • track changes • redirection • failure

• quality changes (e.g. rake) • early termination Features • train split • associations • train rotation • route functionality • through-running • Vehicle back-up

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paCIm suIte (software-lIzenzpaCkages)

D_ata D_istributed M anagement S_ystem I_ntermodal T_ransport C_ontr ol S_ystem D_ynamic P_assenger I_{nformationssystem} Desktop M anagement C_onsole Media Management

Mobile RailInf_{ormationssystem} Trac kingsystem

DDMS ITCS DPI DMC Media INF Trac

our customers have the opportunity to

cre-ate an individual passenger information

system.

the modular structure of the paCIm suite

enables individual modules to be chosen

modular

soFtware-system

from the available components, according

to the requirements of the customer, to

cre-ate a total system. It can be expanded at

any time so that our customers have great

flexibility with the selection of services and

this can be very cost-effective.

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overview oF disPlay technologies

Depending on the requirements, we recommend the following technologies:

Feature Transflective

LCD Technology Bistable ChLCD Technology TFT Technology LED Technology

Indoor

application X (X) X X

Outdoor

application X X Semioutdoor(X) X

Solar power (X) X – –

Sunlight-compatible X X _{depending on brightness}X _{depending on brightness}X Illustration of simple

texts and times X X X X High resolution

graphic depending on pixel resolution(X) X X depending on pixel resolution(X)

Monochrome

infor-mation content X X X X

Colorful information

content – X X X

Low information flow X X (X) (X)

Ticker X – X X

Video-compatible – – X (X)

Application Transflective

LCD Technology Bistable ChLCD Technology TFT Technology LED Technology

Timetable displays – X X –

Train position

indicator – X X –

Arrival and departure

boards X Outdoor(X) X X

Information system X X _Indoor(X) –

Platform indicator X X X X

Digital signage

display – X X X

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disPlay technologies

lCd-teChnologY

Very good readability in all weather conditions and an individual representation of information – these are the features of LCD display systems from BMG MIS.

Every type of information, that is important for passen -gers and commuters at stations and stops, can be

de-signed individually with the high resolution LCD displays to the parameters of the customer. This technology is highly energy efﬁcient, capable of being read in sunlight and can be built to best suit internal or external areas. With these display systems we also think about the envi

-ronment. Equipped with LED backlighting and integrated energy management, these displays reduce the environ

-mental impact and the operating costs.

• Individual display of information

• Long lifetime of 200,000 hours

• Sunlight readable

• Integrated energy management

• Special sizes and special formats

• Individual display arrangement to custo

-mer speciﬁcation

• Solutions for indoor and outdoor use

• Flexible information display

• Illustration of simple information

• Ticker support

• Cost optimised solution

tft-teChnologY

With our TFT display systems, the customer deﬁnes the display size or with the cluster-displays the number of displays. Depending on the requests, we develop for our

customers a complete system for indoor or outdoor use

using high class TFT panels from well-known manufac -turers,

With our special size TFTs we also have the option to cre

-ate customer speciﬁc TFT sizes – for example where there are size limitations in height or length, or just to create a visual highlight.

Any information such as journey connections,

high-reso-lution graphics, videos, advertisements, news ticker and a lot more can be shown using this display technology.

ChlCd teChnologY

With the product group “Geameleon” we have devel -oped a new generation of display systems, which barely

need any power to display information. Geameleon is

based on a bistable ChLCD (Cholesteric Liquid Crystal

Displays) display technology. ChLCDs are reflective dis

-play systems in which the image pixels are visible purely due to the reflection of incident light.

Depending on their needs, users can choose between

monochrome and colour displays. These high-resolution displays allow for a flexible portrayal of text, coloured graphics, pictograms and logos. These displays were es -pecially designed for outdoor areas and are readable in any light and weather conditions – including direct

sun-light.

• Bi-stable display technology

• Monochrome and colour layouts

• High resolution display

• Very low power consumption

led-teChnologY

With the LED display systems we can provide customer speciﬁc solutions for showing simple information. With the use of high quality components, we have also looked to design an energy efﬁcient product. A bright

-ness sensor adjusts the LED display bright-ness automat

-ically to the surrounding light level and weather condi

-tions to guarantee optimal viewing of the display. Our LED systems are – like the LCD display technology – capable of scrolling tickers. They are available in different LED colours.

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• Outdoor use

• Dynamic information arrangement

• Protected from vandalism

• Individual arrangement

• Flexible content management

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advertising and inFormation disPlay

Our advertising and information systems provide a major contribution to the attractiveness of a “travel friendly“ station.

As a highly frequented area, the station environment of

-fers an optimal platform for advertising companies for out-of-home advertising. To make this advertising dy

-namic attractive, BMG MIS uses different display technol

-ogies such as TFT systems for indoor and semi-outdoor use or our Geameleon-display systems for outdoor use.

tft monItor sYstems /

tft totems

With TFT systems, information can be displayed in both

indoor and outdoor environments. Outdoor TFT systems can also be used in direct sunlight. A laminated safety

glass which is optically coated on both sides and for

out-door use a rugged enclosure (IP54) protects the TFT dis

-play from harsh environmental conditions.

Due to the high resolution of the TFT displays, variable font sizes, graphics and video material can be shown very clearly. This offers the customer a flexible display medium for timetables, advertising etc...

TFT Cluster

For large display panels we can arrange (at the request of

the customer) TFTs together in a cluster and hold them in an enclosure or ﬁt them directly on a wall with support rails. The TFT cluster is also available in combination with a static header.

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Application:

Advertising, tourist information, passenger information, events, special notices, visitor guidance

Location:

Station forecourt, entrance area, station halls, interchanges, shopping areas, food halls and a lot more

• Energy-efﬁcient

• Modular structure

• Sunlight readable due to reflective opera

-tion mode

• Combined information display

• High-resolution (1mm pixel)

• Full-colour outdoor displays

• No „light pollution“

geameleon

The high resolution colour Geameleon large display panel is also designed for the outdoor environment and is an

optimal solution to show information on a station

con-course or other areas in the outdoor environment. It can

be used as a guidance system for passengers, as a

depar-ture display or for advertising.

Due to the modular structure of the display, the operator

can deﬁne an individual display size. To date, the largest installed display of this type is 2 metres high and 3.65 metres wide.

With our new content management software, informa -tion also can be shown combined across the whole

dis-play board or be partially updated. So for example the operator can inform his passengers with travel informa

-tion in conjunc-tion with special messages or advertising.

pts medIa suIte

With the PTS Media Suite we provide the operator of

display systems with software tools which can be used

to easily manage the display content. Combined images of passenger information, pictures, videos, advertisement etc. can be created easily with the editor and be shown in

a single situation or combined for different target groups

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large Panels For arrival

and deParture times

Blue background and white text – is the way our LCD

display systems already show passengers the departure times of trains, suburban trains and subways in many

worldwide locations.

With a clearly arranged layout, our large display panels

guide passengers to their trains and inform them reliably

about their journey times and more. With the arrange -ment of our large panels we attach great importance to

achieve individual customer preferences. So for example, information can be highlighted in colour, TFT systems

can be integrated into the header or other features as

required. The display size also can be deﬁned by the cus

-tomer due to the modular structure.

• Individual design

• Different colour layouts

• Combination with TFT-technology

• Modular platform

• Energy management

• Ticker support

Application:

Departure and arrival display, timetable display, information panel, advice and special notices

Location:

Waiting rooms, entrance area, interchanges, station halls

Our large panels are constructed for outdoor and/or in-door use and are optimally readable – including under

direct sunlight – due to the transflective characteristic. A specially developed energy management system con

-tributes to high environmental performance and lower operating costs.

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destination disPlays For PlatForms

lCd dIsplaY teChnologY

To serve passengers with a continuous flow of informa -tion, our destination displays on platforms show prompt

and up-to-date departure information.

For the different requirements and information content

of national and city transport, we have designed stand

-ard display types based on our many years of experience. These differ mainly in the number of displays, the num

-ber of lines or the display board layout. This allows the user more flexibility in the design of a passenger infor

-mation system. The standard models offer an ideal basis which can be expanded with individual features such as coloured highlights.

Local traffic display: 3 LCD modules

Sizes: 1300 x 480 x 270 mm

Local traffic display: 1 row á 5 LCD modules

Sizes: single-sided 1880 x 480 x 270 mm double-sided 1880 x 480 x 440 mm

Local traffic display or Long distance Information board: 2 rows á 4 LCD modules

Long distance transport display: 2 rows á 5 LCD modules

Application:

Passenger guiding systems, platform displays, advance notice, real-time information, arrival and departure boards,

train position indicator

Location:

Platforms, suburban/subway/metro stations

• Standard sizes

• Different display layouts

• Optimal readability in sunlight

• Light sensor and energy management

The transflective characteristic give the LCD displays optimal readability in all weather conditions – in-cluding in direct sunlight. A light sensor regulates the display brightness automatically and an energy management system contributes to high environ-mental performance and lower operating costs.

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Local traffic display or Long distance Information board: 1 row á 6 LCD modules

Sizes: single-sided 1880 x 450 x 300 zweiseitig 1880 x 450 x 440

Local traffic display or Long distance Information board: 2 rows á 6 LCD modules

Sizes: single-sided 1970 x 870 x 355 double-sided 1970 x 870 x 440

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destination disPlays

For PlatForms and stations

geameleon –

bIstable dIsplaY teChnologY

The dynamic Geameleon destination display offers the possibility to show real-time information using very little power.

This display is based on a bistable technology which is characterised by very low power consumption. Accord -ing to the requirements, the displays can be produced in

different sizes and the user has the possibility to choose between monochrome or colour layouts. Speciﬁcally de -signed for outdoor areas, the display can be mechanically

integrated in various ways. For example on lamp posts,

Application:

Passenger guiding systems, platform displays, advance notice, real-time information, arrival and departure boards,

train position indicator

Location:

Platforms, suburban/subway/metro stations

platform roofs or walls and so on. The system can also be run in a self-sufﬁcient manner using solar energy.

The full matrix composition allows for a flexible display of different information, graphics, pictograms and logos.

• Very low power demand

• Monochrome or colour layouts

• Individual illustration

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inFormation systems

Appliction:

Timetable display, information service, departure display, guidance system

Location:

Stations, interchanges, small stations, station areas, platform areas

Our information systems were developed speciﬁcally for

small local stations where station staff are generally not

available. Therefore we attach great importance on acces

-sible traveling with the two-sense-principle (see and hear) To ensure the highest possible accessibility, our information

displays are mounted at heights which make it easier for

wheelchair users to read the travel information. In addition to the visual display, the information systems have a text-to-speech* module. If needed, this function can be activated by pressing a button which has large text and is brightly coloured.

With these systems the customer can also create individual

information systems and can choose between the features

which are needed for his application. An example is the acti

-vation of a service call with the connection to a control room which can provide an information service for the travelers. The customer also has the choice between different display

technologies, such as TFT, bistable ChLCD or transflective LCD. In connection with the ChLCD technology, the sys

-tem can also be run in a self-sufﬁcient manner using solar energy.

*text-to-speech

With text-to-speech each piece of textual information can be converted into speech. By pushing the button, an acous

-tic text ﬁle (speech synthesis) will be created and the con

-verted text ‘spoken’ through the integrated speaker. With this speaker and ampliﬁer technique, standard-announce

-ments and live-announce-ments can also be made.

• Accessible traveling

• Text-to-Speech for visual impaired people

• Individual information medium

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accessible

inFormation systems

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Headquarter ULM: BMG Gesellschaft für moderne Informationssysteme mbH Lise-Meitner-Straße 16 D-89081 Ulm Germany Phone +49 (731) 59099 100 Fax +49 (731) 59099 386 Email info@bmgmis.de Internet www.bmgmis.de ESTABLISHMENT DRESDEN: BMG Gesellschaft für moderne Informationssysteme mbH Könneritzstraße 15 D-01067 Dresden Germany Phone +49 (351) 263 589-0 Fax +49 (351) 263 589-19 Email info@bmgmis.de 16.12.2014 V ersion 1