BARCO : showcases latest control room visualization solutions for the utilities market at DistribuTECH 2012

Duluth, Ga., USA - 24 January 2012 - Visualization pioneer on display at DistribuTECH 2012. Representing the industry's best-in-class T&D control room visualization platform, Barco's LED-lit rear projection video walls, Win 7 64-bit wall controllers and control room management software combine to enhance situational awareness and network visualization in today's growing utilities market.

A comprehensive, real-time common operational picture is essential for control rooms tasked with monitoring and managing critical resources in a 24/7/365 environment. Barco has developed a wide array of visualization solutions that provide a comprehensive overview of the utilities network with tools that facilitate collaboration and fast-decision making to ensure reliable electricity delivery:

- The 80" OVL-815 LED-lit projection system has been enhanced with a liquid cooling system, lifting the LED illumination to a new level of brightness. It features the brightest and most saturated colors in SXGA+ (1400x1050) resolution, and is equipped with Barco's unique Sense6 sensor technology to ensure continuous, automated calibration. The OVL-815 is driven by Win 7 64 -bit controllers to facilitate fast, smart decision making.

- Offers an ergonomically excellent viewing experience with the sharpest, most saturated colors in full HD (1920x1080). Rugged, yet compact, the OL-721 ensures consistent brightness and color stability over time and across the display, without the need for maintenance or manual adjustments.

- Drives up to 40 cubes via a powerful Windows 7 64-bit operating system. Preconfigured and easy to use, the new ECU-100 can position and control video and application windows anywhere on the display wall, creating, saving and recalling layouts on the spot.

- CMS-200 control room management software facilitates display wall configuration, control and collaboration in a NERC-CIP environment. Multiple operators can easily access and share video/graphics/data in a real-time environment to enhance situational awareness.

- Barco offers an upgrade kit for users of its first (polysilicon) and second generation (DLP) OverView systems, which enables customers to convert to its latest LED-based projection engines to enjoy all of the benefits of the latest generation of video wall technology.

"We are excited to offer our utility customers a proven way to protect their investment by guaranteeing 24/7 operational excellence, while offering a simple, cost-effective migration path for their control rooms," commented Peter Bussens, Market Director Control Rooms and Simulation for Barco. "At Barco, we take seriously our reputation as 'the' reference in the utilities market by maintaining our commitment to reliability and innovation, offering some of the brightest LED-based products in the control rooms market today."

in Booth #1600 from January 24-26, 2012.

About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3,500 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 897 million euro in 2010.

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