The CueCore is a lighting controller for permanent installations manufactured by Dutch company Visual Productions BV. The device is completely solid-state, with no moving parts; it is a secure and low-maintenance installation control solution that has only a minimal power consumption. All operating and programming is done through its dynamic web interface.
In 170 locations of Basic Fit 'feature video walls' are now installed in the group lesson rooms. These walls are made up from a combination of LED lights, speakers, narrowcasting players and HD LED Displays for the virtual fitness systems.
For the control element the CueCore was selected by First Impression as it can receive UDP messages, has contact closures and is solid-state. The narrowcasting video player sends UDP messages to trigger cues programmed in the CueCore. In each location one CueCore has been installed. Each CueCore can be controlled locally by 4 buttons connected to the onboard GPI contact closures. The CueCores are also set up in a network so that the virtual fitness content can be managed, changed and controlled remotely from the Basic Fit head quarters.
The CueCore has helped to enabled the feature video walls to become a perfect corporate communication channel for Basic Fit. The systems enable a completely new experience with lessons that can now be followed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Therefore giving the Basic Fit members a significant added value and service which is now widely and enthusiastically being made use of.
(Jim Evans)
