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Sentel Advance Systems (SAS) is a manufacturer of mission-critical computers, electronics and software for professional, scientific and industrial information display, business television, digital signage, and related applications.

SAS offers a range of off-the-shelf products and services, plus rapid development of custom solutions.

SAS flagship software product, Midas View Point, is unique in its ability to control complex screen displays from real-time data or events using rapid object-oriented design tools. Furthermore ViewPoint provides advanced 16-channel data filtering, considerably simplifying data processing giving fast project turn-around, even for large networked installations such as at airports FIDS.

ViewPoint systems can be found at public facilities, airports, railways, banks, shops, restaurants, factories, subsea survery vessels, hospitals, medical centers, sports centers, libraries, and shopping centers,  providing information display and automated digital TV generation and playback. System users have advanced real-time monitoring and automated reporting via email and SMS messaging. In fact, ViewPoint can be found anywhere people need dependable access to information and audio-visual content.

The Technology and Resources  

Providing a high-reliability computer platform for ViewPoint, the ePC media computer uses the latest technology to provide enhanced performance and reliability with reduced costs.

At Sentel, product development includes digital and analog electronics, electro-mechanical, mechanical and real-time software.  Software engineering is focused on the development of high reliability applications based on our extensive library of proven code.

Software developed by the company includes standard packages, such as Midas ViewPoint, a professional media and information display application for Windows XP, Vista, CE and Linux platforms.

ViewPoint offers a host platform for information, media and web playback, with in-built authoring tool and run-time application.  This package allows sophisticated information and media systems to be developed extremely quickly - it was used to develop and operate the Heathrow Express, many BAA airports, and again recently Turin airport's public information display systems and corporate TV channels for well known banks since 1996.

Sentel offers support services that include facility design, both mechanical and aesthetic, with preproduction 3D modeling, graphics design, display-screen layout, and av media processing, including MPEG1, 2, 3 and 4 encoding.  Software engineering services are available to add specialized features to support new applications.

System Integrators can obtain volume licensing terms for Sentel's software products at low cost per system.  Sentel can also add custom code for specific projects.