Panasonic Connect Europe has released its Windows-based Visual Software Suite (VSS) platform, consolidating separate Panasonic software tools into a single, intuitive platform, for quicker setup and streamlined workflows. Optimised for use with Panasonic’s projectors and ET-FMP50 Series media processors, VSS streamlines multiple functions into one intuitive, four-screen interface for quick setup and easy onsite adjustments. Available for free download now, VSS gives AV professionals complete control over multi-projector environments. Its user-friendly design requires no training and boosts productivity through automated features that reduces time and manual intervention.
Projector setup and management is streamlined with comprehensive auto calibration features, including geometry correction, edge blending, black level adjustment, colour matching, and content splitting . Users can also perform advanced warping and colour adjustments, such as distortion correction, free-shape masking, and uniformity and brightness control. This ensures precise and consistent image quality across any projection surface. VSS also provides robust projector control, allowing adjustments to lens shift, zoom, and focus, as well as power and shutter management, test pattern display, and web browser access. Its content playback and management functionality supports multiple playlists, gapless looping, external UDP command integration, and real-time previews on a PC or projection screen. For enhanced operational efficiency, VSS offers automation and scheduling capabilities, enabling users to seamlessly create custom daily playback schedules. When used with Panasonic’s FMP50 Series of media processors – both the box-type devices (ET-FMP50/FMP20) and an Intel SDM specification slot-compatible function board (ET-SBFMP10) – VSS is compatible with nearly every Panasonic projector and display currently available. This provides installers with a flexible and powerful solution for managing complex, large-scale installations.
When paired with compatible cameras, VSS enables fast, accurate projection calibration – even on complex surfaces. It seamlessly handles geometry correction, edge blending, and colour matching, simplifying complex multi-projector installations that eliminate the need for extensive manual adjustments. This significantly reduces setup time and costs, ensuring AV professionals are focused on resource-heavy tasks. The release of VSS embodies Panasonic’s MEVIX strategy, which focuses on delivering innovative, end-to-end visual experiences, across the ProAV ecosystem.
By delivering projector control, auto calibration, playback management, and scheduling through a single-pane-of-glass solution, it enhances workflows for users, whilst making the whole process increasingly cost-effective. “The Visual Software Suite marks an important milestone in our journey to expand Panasonic’s software portfolio. It’s designed to simplify every step of the visual experience for AV professionals, including design and deployment, within a single, unified platform. With the launch of our MEVIX brand, we’re laying the foundations for a broader ecosystem of software solutions, which enable customers to work more efficiently, flexibly, and collaboratively,” comments Hartmut Kulessa, Head of Marketing, Visual System Solutions at Panasonic Connect Europe.
