android video terminal

Posted June 18th, 2010 by cool

Android on desktop video terminals, a great idea especially when they are extendable with apps and widgets. This looks like a very nice video terminal to have on your desktop. I can think of lots of possibilities, for instance installing the openremote home automation app.

UMEC has several versions available, depicted above is the CU-702 which is "just" a video terminal running android 2.1. The terminal is Voip enabled and has a 7 inch touch screen.

Hardware Features

7" LCD w/ 800*480 resolution & 2MB 300K CMOS camera
2* USB Type A ports to provide USB keyboard/mouse & flash disk extention.
1*SDHC slot for digital photo playback as desktop digital photo frame.
1* 10/100 Ethernet port for LAN connection & 1*FXS port to connect to regular phone set for audio communication.
Touch panel
HDMI TV/Audio output

If you are looking for something more advanced, here is the CU-791 an all-in-one Video Phone, Home Event Center, Android based Nettop, and Digital TV Set-top Box

All in One Features

Video Phone
Home Event Center(Widgets to support Weathers, Calender, Clocks,Household Bulletin Board
Touch Panel to ease of use
BlueTooth to expand the input device(headset, keyboard, mouse...)
HDMI TV/Audio Out to enjoy the true High Definition Audio/Video
Android Platform to get enormous software application support

This is very versatile device, especially as it's running Android. It could be used and expanded for many applications. I think this is the greatest desktop terminal for home automation.

Specs

Interface

5 x 10/100 Base-T Ethernet Port(1WAN, 4LAN)
FXO failover, FXS x 1
WiFi 802.11 B/G/N, Bluetooth- Support speaker, headset, Phone answer
Build-in Dect base station + DECT Handset *1
USB port: USB x 2
SD Card x 1
Express 34 x 2
HDMI output for TV/Audio out
Handfree Speaker x 2, MIC x 1
USB keyboard/Mouse support, Bluetooth keyboard/Mouse support

Display

10" TFT LCD Display, 1280 x 720 resolution, Capacitive LCD Touch Panel

Camera

CMOS module, 2M pixels, 30fps

Button

Handfree Speaker, Speaker Volume, POWER, CALL, HOME, MENU, BACK

System Features

　
OS ANDROID Platform
Configuration Telnet(SSH)
Firmware Upgrade FTP
Network Configuration Static IP, PPPoE, DHCP, NTP
Internet Protocol TCP, UDP, IP, RTP, DNS, ICMP, ARP
SIP RFC 3261
Registrer expiration time
SIP Proxy Support
Outbound Proxy Support

Codec

G.711, G.726, G.729AB(Require Royalty), H.263, H. 264, Codec Auto Negotiation

Video Features

2-way Video Call
PIP(Picture in Picture)
Video Privacy (Audio Only)

Features

In-band DTMF
Out-of-band DTMF (RFC 2833)
Call progress tone generation
Acoustic Echo Cancellation
Call Hold, Mute, Call Waiting, Redial, 3-way conferencing (Audio)