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JCM is claiming a victory in the Inc. to bear all costs of the procedure International Centre of Innovative Technologies, an equipment
JCM
German courts where the German in the amount of 120 percent of the
ICIT hoping
manufacturer under the umbrella of Slovenian operator HIT has bought
celebrates
Federal Patent Court has issued a enforceable amount. The judgment
nullity judgment against Mars was rendered by a panel of
Apollo
the rights to sell the Apollo electronic roulette, complete with the giant
interactive display Saturn, from felllow Slovenian manufacturer Zuum.
German Inc/MEI, declaring patent claims 26, technically competent Patent Judges. roulette Tanja Kozuh, marketing manager for ICIT, said: “The decision to buy
patent
27 and 28 to be invalid for the Mars Inc/MEI Inc. had sited the same
will be a
Apollo and Saturn was generated not only because both products consist
ruling
territory of the Federal Republic of claims 26, 27 and 28 against JCM in
Germany. The judgment, awarded in a 10m euros patent infringement
HIT
of high quality advanced electronic and mechanical components like the
existing ICIT products but also to... cover customers from high-class
favour of JCM, requires Mars Inc./MEI lawsuit in a German District Court. casinos, modern entertainment centers to slot arcades of all sizes.”
Admiral Casino salutes
Dallmeier’s camera action
availability storage directly at plug-functionality, the modules workstation has been config-
the encoder. Recording is and power supply units can be ured, those settings can easily
network-independent, there- exchanged during operation, be transmitted to individual
fore it remains intact even in thus the downtime is reduced DVRs or workstations.
the case of disturbances or a to a minimum. Before the system was
complete network failure. This In the unlikely event that handed over to the customer
allows Dallmeier to guarantee both hard disks of a DIS-2/M it was set up and thoroughly
the highest availability of its should fail at the same time, tested in Dallmeier's state-
comprehensive solution the recording of the data would of-the-art FAT Centre
because there is no single-point- still be secured. The operator (Factory Acceptance Test) at
of-failure, which means that the and overview monitors are the manufacturing facility in
failure of an individual compo- connected to a Dallmeier DIS- Regensburg.
nent would not cause a break- 1/S which takes over the During the next stage of the
down of the entire system. recording of the image data. project the entire system was
At the Admiral Casino in Work stations and analogue installed and commissioned at
Mendrisio, all cameras record monitor walls with several mon- the customer's premises
for 28 days on Dallmeier DIS- itors were installed for the oper- through the local system inte-
2/M recorders with two ation of the system. The system grator Vitcom SA in co-opera-
400GB hard disks and a frame can be controlled via keypad, tion with their authorised
rate of 12.5fps. In addition, jog-shuttle, and customized branch office Divinet GmbH.
individual cameras record on graphical user interfaces. After successful testing the
a DIS-2/M with a 250GB hard Furthermore, Dallmeier video signals were switched
disk for seven days, at a frame provided the appropriate man- outside the casino's operating
rate of 25fps. agement system. hours, which interrupted
The Admiral Casino in Mendrisio is Switzerland’s number one The DIS-2/M is a modular SeMSy, the Security Manage- recording for just 15 seconds.
gaming location in terms of GGR. In 2006, the casino was able to
recording and transmission ment System by Dallmeier, Both systems were operated
book record revenues of almost 133m Swiss francs. Wherever
device in a 19” rack slide-in enables easy operation and simultaneously for one month
design. Its flexible layout makes administration of several media before the existing system was
such large amounts of money change hands surveillance needs to
it the ideal solution for the sur- data streams and provides live- finally switched off. That time
be first-class. German CCTV manufacturer Dallmeier seized the
veillance of critical casino rendering and recording of was used to give the security
areas, which demand high- video and audio data at any personnel comprehensive
opportunity to demonstrate its many years of experience. quality recording and real-time point in a networked system. training. Moreover, the flexible
transmission (broadcast Open interfaces allowed the system architecture allowed
alleyesonyou capacity to meet the 28 days of ence in that area. Also, right quality). The system comprises integration of the existing PTZ further improvements to be
DALLMEIER storage required by Swiss law. from the beginning, we knew up to 10 modules based on the dome cameras into the system. made prior to the actual deliv-
Additionally, the management that we were in good hands and Linux security operating The Admiral Casino Mendrisio ery and to take into account
Gaming is a commodity, and at demanded the integration of that our wishes would be taken system that records directly on is already well-equipped for additional customer requests
the Admiral Casino in Mendri- the existing PTZ dome seriously,” Spiecker said. to the integrated memory. In future requirements since addi- regarding the GUI. “We were
sio it is being offered as a cus- cameras. Needless to say, high In order to be able to offer this way the availability of the tional network components very glad that Dallmeier ful-
tomer-oriented service which picture quality, easy operation, the customer an ideal video sur- data can be guaranteed even in can be integrated into the filled our requirement to have
is embedded in an entertain- and flexible expandability veillance system the project the event of a network failure. network at later points in time both systems run simultane-
ment concept that interactively were taken for granted. was divided into several stages. In order to further increase without limitations. ously for a month without any
combines culture, entertain- Regensburg based CCTV/IP In the first stage of the failure safety the system The major advantage of problems. The requirements of
ment, and dining as well as specialist Dallmeier eventually project, the Dallmeier Casino enables redundant recording SeMSy is that it can easily be the Swiss Casino Commission
shopping and gaming. The won the bid for the develop- Project Team made an on-site on the spot wherein hard disks customised in order to fulfil are very strict and the time was
casino’s management team ment and implementation of visit. Important issues were of different capacities can be the individual requirements of used to make sure we com-
wanted the surveillance system the surveillance system. Urs- clarified ahead of the develop- operated within one system the client. Therefore, it was not plied with them.”
to represent the same amount Holger Spiecker, general ment and implementation of a (mixed operation of capaci- only possible to personalise All Dallmeier systems are of
of high-tech and user-friendli- manger at the Admiral Casino, customised surveillance ties). Additionally, redundant the graphical user interface but modular design - an approach
ness it offered its customers at explained: “Dallmeier’s system for the casino. power supply units ensure to also add new functions that makes expansion simple
the front end of its operation, approach to a solution con- The Dallmeier approach to uninterrupted voltage supply which provided the Swiss and straightforward.
and had a clear goal: a complete vinced us. All our requirements solving a problem is always in the recorder. casino with the precise soft- Spiecker is certainly con-
video system incorporating were met and we have also based on the so-called HSCES. However, if a disruption ware solution they required. vinced: “We are perfectly satis-
redundancy with minimal received valuable tips – when This abbreviation stands for occurs, the defective compo- Through SeMSy, the entire fied with the system.
downtime, 24 hour permanent you are working with Dallmeier High Secure Central Encoding nents can be replaced channel system can be configured cen- Dallmeier has definitely been
recording with enough storage you notice their wide experi- Storage, which means high- by channel. Owing to the hot- trally from one location. Once a the right choice.”
AGI
earlyhattrick licensed for the Belgium market. “Electronic roulette products have
AUSTRIAN GAMING INDUSTRIES The first installations are now being been long-awaited by Belgian casino
delivered to the Grand Casino Brussels, operators and their arrival is most
pioneers
Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH owned by Casinos Austria International, welcome,” said Marnix Baes, regional
(AGI), part of the Novomatic Group of and the Blankenberge and Middelkerke sales manager of the local distributor
electronic
Companies, is now conquering the seaside casinos, both of which are owned Gaming Support Belgium N.V. “We are
Belgium market with its range of by the Rank Group. Each of the three very happy that the new regulations
electronic Roulette products. Fol- installations consist of 12 slant top player now permit us to introduce AGI’s Novo
roulette in
lowing the passage of the new terminals as well as an automated Multi-Roulette. It is a high quality
amendment to Belgium’s gaming An impressive Novo roulette slant Roulette wheel. All three Roulette installa- product that allows casinos to offer their
law, AGI is delivering three compre-
top installation at the Isle of Capri in
tions are powered by the server-based guests modern Roulette entertainment
Belgium
hensive Novo Multi-Roulette installa-
Coventry UK.
Novo Unity multi-player platform and thus with increased privacy and comfort.” He
tions to major Belgian casinos. offer high usability and maximum flexibil- added: “I am positive that electronic
The new amendments to the lated casino market and its guests. ity for the operator as well as highest Roulettes will bring a new dimension of
gaming law in Belgium were passed at AGI did not hesitate in having its inter- security standards in daily operation and excitement to the Belgian casino market
the beginning of this year, and opened nationally best selling electronic numerous further features such as the – and with Novo Multi-Roulette we offer
up new possibilities for the well regu- Roulette product Novo Multi-Roulette controlling tool Management Console. the world’s most successful product.”
26 September 2007 suppliernews
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