During the last edition of Eurasia, in Instanbul, DOT System has presented TrainPAD®, an innovative system of EnterTrainment that will allow travellers to access to a wide range of multimedia services, and its solutions for the rail sector to the Asian rail market. TrainPAD® has been presented for the first time in Berlin, during Innotrans, the most important rail fair in Berlin.
TrainPAD® is a high quality device featured by a 9 inches high resolution LCD display with a robust “multi-touch”, NFC interface, stereo audio and other advanced and attractive features. “TrainPAD® represents the new challenge for the High Speed and Very High Speed market and for long distance journeys, says Luciano Scaccabarozzi, Dot System Ceo. It’s a new business opportunity also for rail operators that will be able to develop and provide applications linked to commercial offers and discounts, including customer loyalty programs.
The services
As an instance, TrainPAD® offers a virtually unlimited set of top class multimedia services, including the opportunity to get the most fascinating and trendy APPs from one of the largest APP store in the world, or to enjoy the only one exclusively developed by the Rail Operator for its customers. Overall, TrainPAD® can be continuously updated with new services, attractive APPs and can be came foundation for a promising new business model for the Rail Company. TrainPAD® offers the possibility to download and use app to read newspapers in digital format, to listen to your favorite music, to watch a movie or a live match, to challenge your friends with interactive games or book directly from your seat your breakfast, lunch or dinner. It will be possible to see guides and interactive maps, view your current location, find the nearest railway station or the most interesting cities along the way, take advantage of the special discounts reserved to passenger in the exclusive market, send email directly from the train and to get a personal trainer to learn useful exercises to do on board. Every traveler will be able to book a restaurant at the destination place, rent a car or other services, optimizing the time of the trip.
The technology
The TrainPAD® hearth is the Hyper Dot Link (HDL) Technology. This revolutionary technology, specifically designed and proven for the high demanding rail requirements, delivers up to 2 high quality “HD” class videos, high quality stereo audio and bidirectional data over a low cost, highly standardized Cat5e shielded Ethernet cable inside a rail vehicle. Moreover, on the same Cat5e cable, the HDL technology carries the Power supply for the two TrainPAD® units sharing the same cable. Through HDL information runs via Cat5e cable, in high audio and video definition at the impressive rate of 2 gigabits per second (20 times more than Ethernet 100BaseTx and more than 40 times than wi-fi speed on board). Thanks to HDL, you can surf on internet from your seat, watch movies, listen music through TrainPAD®device, thanks to a fast and costant network connection for whole travel time.
