Hardware · Installation

Mounting and installation

Four ways to fix a band, one power spec, one data rule, and our own engineers to do it. Here is what a fit-out team needs to know before the ceiling closes.

Four ways to mount a ticker

Wall. Cabinets fix to a rail on the wall above the glazing or along a corridor. The simplest route for a refit; the band sits proud of the wall by the cabinet depth, 47 mm for indoor DX modules.

Suspended. Drop rods or wires from the slab, for a band that hangs in a reception or crosses an open-plan floor. Suspension points are set from the drawing; a halo or a curve adds a fabricated frame between the rods and the modules.

Ceiling line. The fit-out contractor boxes a continuous housing into the ceiling and the cabinets sit inside it, so the band reads as part of the ceiling rather than a box beneath it. PIMCO’s 25 Baker Street ticker was fixed this way: position agreed on the reflected ceiling plan at the first coordination workshop, fixing points provided in the structure, panels installed after the ceiling closed. Front-serviceable modules mean the housing never has to come apart.

Window. A slim strip fixed inside the glass, vertical or horizontal, with power and data routed inside the window so nothing shows from the street. Harrods’ 27 tickers were fitted this way over three nights outside trading hours.

Power

• 230 V single phase. Indoor DX modules draw up to 450 W per square metre, 150 W typical; DX HB up to 600 W; outdoor DVO up to 740 W. A 250 mm band is a quarter of a square metre per metre run.
• Supplies are fed at intervals along the run. Fan-free power supplies are specified where the band sits above people on the phone.
• Tell us the distance from the nearest socket or distribution board and the circuit it is on before we price the run.

Data

• Cat 6 from the band back to the LED controller, terminated RJ45 at both ends. A long or high-pixel-count run needs more than one: PIMCO’s 35 m band at 1.95 mm runs on four, all live.
• A data cable is more reliable than Wi-Fi and is what we specify. Pull every data run before the ceiling closes; pulling one afterwards is the expensive job.
• The controller and the PC running Dynamo Ticker rack together in the comms room with two 13 A sockets. Nothing that processes content sits above the desks.
• The software needs outbound HTTPS only, no inbound port. → Firewall and network requirements

Who does what on a fit-out

• Fit-out contractor: the housing and the fixing points.
• Electrical and data contractors: power and Cat 6 to our specification.
• Dynamo: panels, power supplies, spares, controller, installation, commissioning and the software.

Agreeing that split in writing early is what stops the ticker becoming the item that holds up a ceiling sign-off.

Our engineers, nationwide

Dynamo’s own engineers survey, install and commission. They work out of hours where a floor or a shop is in use: a trading-floor band goes up over an evening or two, a window ticker in an evening. Every install ends with the controller and the software running and the client shown how to change a message.

Installation pricing

UK installation is £150 per square metre of display with a £1,000 minimum, de-rig included. We never charge freight. Hardware is quoted per project. → Prices and quotes

What to send us

• The plan or a photo with the run marked, and whether it is straight, cornered or curved.
• The ceiling or wall detail where the band sits, or confirmation that a housing will be built.
• The comms-room location and the data route back to it.
• The fit-out programme, so the panels land after the ceiling closes and before the space opens.