The Jacques Integrated Train System (JITS) comprises a suite of sub-systems for on-board communications and passenger information and entertainment for rail cars. The Jacques Integrated Train System is comprised of the following functional sub-systems:
- Public Address System: The Public Address system allows announcements to be directed to either interior speakers or external speakers across all car sets.
- Crew Intercom System: The crew intercom allows the train crew to communicate as necessary over the entire train.
- Passenger Personal Help Point System: Passengers can place calls for assistance and communicate with train crew using this system.
- Passenger Information and Entertainment System: This system provides the passenger with facilities to watch pre-set movies, informational and promotional videos, to listen to broadcast radio stations and pre-set audio music stations, and be informed and updated on the train route and timetable progress.
- CCTV Surveillance System: The CCTV surveillance system digitally records camera images from passenger areas of the train. The images can be monitored from a local control point and retrieved for processing off-train.
- Crew Call System: Passengers can call the train crew for service through the crew call system.
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PASSENGER INFORMATION & ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM:
The Passenger Information and Entertainment Systems provide passengers with a high quality audio and video experience. The core of the system is Jacques Multimedia server (MMS) which delivers multimedia information and entertainment to the passengers. The Jacques Passenger Control Unit (PCU) is the passenger’s personal audio entertainment control centre; it provides a seamless interface to the passenger information and entertainment and Public Address systems.
Features:
- Automatic 24 hour program presentation of movies, shorts, advertisements, information and service announcements (such as departures, arrivals and passing locations of interest), moving map, Driver Cam and stored PA announcements.
- Program content is stored digitally on redundant removable hard disk drives. Video is stored in DVD quality MPEG-2 format and audio content as MP3.
- Programs can be scheduled in the play list in sequential order, by time or geographical location (determined by GPS).
- The program schedule can be manually overridden by the train crew from the Crew PC.
- Moving map display includes exact position of the train as a graphic, the current time, the name of next stop, the distance to the next stop, the train speed and outside temperature.
- Driver cam display shows the real time view of the track ahead of the train. In emergency conditions the driver cam can be disabled.
- High quality S-Video distribution to digital flat panel LCD displays throughout car-sets.
- Up to 16 channels of audio can be selected from the PCU, including one channel for a movie channel and one a local radio channel.
- The AM/FM radio tuner is automatically programmed according to GPS location. The radio station selection can also be manual overridden from the Crew PC.
- Integration with the PA system to mute and pause all video and audio channels during internal PA announcements from the Public Address system.
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- Train Car LCD Monitor and Passenger Help Point Call Point
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- Passenger Information and Entertainment Seat Control Panel
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