Impact-resistant face and trim
A protective LED mask keeps air-inflated sports balls off the diodes. Micro-grooves help perceived contrast. Perimeter trim protects edges as part of the mechanical design.
Education
LED displays for education campuses
Campus gyms and multi-purpose rooms are used for instruction, assembly, and sport. XL AV specifies an indoor LED wall that can do that work, with audio, lighting, and control specified with the display.
Campus AV, not an athletic accessory
A sealed numeric scoreboard cannot run a lecture overflow, a bond presentation, or an assembly. A 16:9 indoor wall can, if scoring is treated as a layout and staff can switch modes.
XL AV specifies LUXVISION PROLUX Rugged for gyms and impact-prone multi-purpose rooms on education campuses. Classroom and lecture-hall standards are a separate drawing. We do both when the campus wants a complete system.
Specified so staff can run it
Campus technologists and the people who actually open the gym should not need a vendor on site to start an assembly. We specify the operator path and train at commissioning.
Front service, fanless supplies, and onsite spare modules are the repair model when the wall sits tight to structure.
Lighting
Assembly lighting and PE lighting are different. The wall has to read in both. We operate PROLUX Rugged around 2,100 nits and coordinate scenes when lighting control is in the project.
Sound
Speech for assemblies has to be understood from the back of the gym. We specify or integrate PA and program audio with the wall.
Control
Instructional, athletic, and facilities users should share a control path. LUXVISION typically uses NovaStar processing. Staff are trained at commissioning.
How we deliver the project
We start with the room: dimensions, viewing distance, how it is used, structure, power, and whether audio, lighting, and live video are in the project. Then a specification, coordination with the facilities team, installation, commissioning, and operator training. Spare modules stay on site so a failed cabinet is swapped, not left dark.
Typical uses
- Instructional overflow and lectures
- Assemblies
- Athletics
- Bond-night presentations
PROLUX Rugged
The indoor wall
Quarter-turn metal-to-metal modules
Earlier rugged products could lose magnetic modules on a hard hit. PROLUX Rugged uses a quarter-turn metal-to-metal interlock so modules stay on the wall and still service from the front.
7-year sports-impact warranty
Current PROLUX Rugged warranty context is 7 years, including impact from air-inflated sports balls.
Full front service
Modules, cabling, and feeder access are designed from the front. That is required when a gym display is mounted tight to a wall with no rear aisle.
Fanless thermal design
Gyms collect dust. Fans ingest that dust and then fail. PROLUX Rugged uses the cabinet as a heat sink with Mean Well supplies. There is no cooling fan in the documented architecture.
Under-driven, efficient LEDs
Pixels capable of about 3,900 nits are operated around 2,100 nits. The intent is less heat and less electrical infrastructure than driving the diodes to their maximum.
- Canadian-made PROLUX Rugged indoor dvLED
- Known pitches: P3.3 and P4
- Cabinets: 1280 by 720 mm (~58") and 1600 by 900 mm (~72"), both 16:9
- Common 16:9 walls from about 116" to 347" diagonal by arraying cabinets
- Operating brightness about 2,100 nits (LED capability ~3,900 nits, under-driven)
- Up to 16-bit colour and ~4,200 Hz refresh in the documented generation
- Fanless Mean Well power supplies; no hub-board architecture
- 7-year warranty context including air-inflated ball impact
Questions
Is this only for athletics?
No. Athletics is one use. Assemblies, instruction, and campus events are why a 16:9 wall is specified instead of a numeric board.
Do you also specify classrooms?
Yes. That is education AV. This page is the gym and multi-purpose LED wall. Ask if the campus needs both.
What size do we need?
Size follows farthest viewing distance and how the wall is used. We map that from the room.
Is it indoor only?
Yes. PROLUX Rugged is an indoor platform.
Related
Talk to XL AV
Request a campus LED specification
Describe the room (gym, multi-purpose, or both), how it is used during the day, and whether audio or lighting should be in the project.