This is the first time Unitek’s Activ Banner system has been used at a UK horse racing event: based around Unitek’s industry standard LED display cabinets, the low-profile, banner format displays can be installed quickly and easily, virtually anywhere. The Activ system allows real-time textual information, announcements, graphics and animations to be displayed with pin-sharp clarity and in vivid true colour, even in strong direct sunlight.
The fully weatherproof displays are controlled by a dedicated processor and Unitek’s Activ-8 software, which runs on any standard PC. The Windows-based Activ-8 software allows even novice users to create and edit sophisticated display sequences of text and graphics using any of the 35 built-in transition effects. Any number of sequences can be stored and instantly replayed at the touch of a button. Activ-8 can also utilize information derived from external sources like statistics databases and the Internet, which can be included into the display sequence. For the Chester meeting, ADI installed a 6.7m by 0.8m display in the Parade Ring and another at the winning post facing the Tattersalls Enclosure.
(Lee Baldock)
