A) Introduction
Ÿ The purpose of the CDDS,
apart from dissemination of information relevant to departments / faculties
/schools of PolyU, is to keep, as appropriate, staff, students and/or visitors informed
of events so as to encourage their involvement.
Ÿ The system consists of Control Server and Display Station (
i.e. LCD panel / Plasma panel with display computer), which are connected to
the campus data network
Ÿ The display stations are generally
located inside lobbies of building on podium and/or ground floor.
B) System
Function
Ÿ The display stations can be
programmed and scheduled in such a way to display materials/information in
different formats.
Ÿ The display stations at different
locations can be programmed to display different information.
Ÿ The operating hours of the CDDS
is from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. daily year round.
C) Mode
of Display
a)
Horizontal type
Aspect
Ratio 16:9
(LCD / Plasma Panel)
The
display screen is divided into different portions and defined as Zone A, B and
C.
Zone A
is the major display area as defined for displaying the information/video.
Zone B is
defined for displaying real-time weather information from the Hong Kong
Observatory.
Zone C
is defined for displaying scrolling text information
b)
Vertical Type
The
display screen is divided into different portions and defined as Zone A, B, C
and D.
Zones A & B are the major display areas
as defined for displaying the information/video.
Zone C is
defined for displaying real-time weather information from the Hong Kong
Observatory.
Zone D
is defined for displaying scrolling text information
D) File
Format and Support
The system supports different
format of display material as set out below:
a)
Text -
Any
combination of Chinese (Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese), English
characters, Numeric, Punctuation and Symbols.
b)
Graphic Image -
The formats
of BMP, GIF, JPG and TIFF
c)
Video Image -
The
formats of MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, DIVX, AVI, and WMV
d)
Flash Animation -
The
formats of GIF and SWF
e)
HTML web page
f)
Microsoft Power Point Slide Show
For better utilization of the
CDDS, the duration of the display material should be no longer than 3 minutes.
If, for some reason, a longer duration is absolutely necessary, it is strongly
recommended that the display material is split into different parts or
episodes.
E) Contact
Information
To request to put any
information on the CDDS, please contact:
Audio-visual
Services Unit of FMO at Tel No. 2766 6302/6303 and fill in Form FMO TS24
Notes
- To ensure maximum benefits for PolyU and its stakeholders, the
following priority has been worked out :
1st priority - CPA and FMO to disseminate PolyU-wide
information
2nd
priority - other PolyU faculties/departments/offices/centres/units and PolyU subsidiaries
3rd priority - other organizations (only for information relevant
to PolyU staff and students)
2.
The material to be posted on the CDDS must not be for commercial purposes
and contains no violence or disturbing scene/information;
3.
The applicant shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary licences
and/or authorization to enable its
rightful display on the CDDS and the applicant is solely liable for all royalties, fees, etc. as may be
necessary, e.g. to pay royalties to relevant music licensing bodies in relation
to the music content in the Licensed Material;
4.
FMO reserves the right not to accept any request for posting information
on the Campus Digital Display System.
5.
The party making the request can fill in their preferred time slot and
location, but the ultimate decision must rest with FMO.
6. The material displayed
on CDDS will be deleted and permanently removed from the system after the
period of display.
18 November 2009
