Wall Designer - Intro

About Us

Datapath, world leading engineers of visual solutions

Founded in 1982 and now active across 5 continents, Datapath has customers in more than 100 countries Worldwide; spanning multiple industries, such as professional audio and video, military, education, security and health care.

Datapath is a privately held company, with a head office in Derby UK, plus sales and support offices in the USA, France, Japan and China.

By listening carefully to customers, continuous improvement, and putting quality in everything we do first, Datapath solutions are Excellent by Design.

Timeline
Our History

1982

Datapath was established in 1982 by Tony Jones, Steve De’Ath and Brett Butcher

First product launched, a low-cost colour graphics terminal

1985

Launch of the QPX Graphics Cards

1986

Launch of the QPC Graphics Card

1990

Launch of the Merlin Graphics Cards

1992

Launch of the Harlequin Graphics Card

1994

Launch of the 3D Merlin and the 2D Orion range

1995

Launch of the Twin Orion 64 Graphics Card

2000

Launch of the VisionRGB video capture card range

Launch of the Horizon Multi-Screen Range

2003

Launch of the IH4 Graphics Card

2005

Datapath wins Queen's Award in International Trade

2006

Launch of the MosaicSQ16

Launch of the Express16 Backplane

Launch of the Vantage4 Graphics Card

2009

Launch of the Vision range of PC based video wall controllers

Launch of the VisionSD8 Capture Card

Launch of the VSN 800 Wall Controller

2010

Launch of the x4 Wall Controller

Launch of the WallControl Red Software

2011

Datapath wins Queens Award for Innovation

Launch of the VisionRGB-E1S / Vision RGB - E2S Capture Cards

Launch of the VisionSD4+1S / VisionSD12 Capture Cards

2012

Launch of the VisionAV Capture Cards

2013

Launch of the ImageDP4 Graphics Card

Launch of the VisionAV-SDI / Vision AV-HD Capture Cards

Launch of the VisionHD4 Capture Card

2014

Datapath significantly expands its presence in the US to support its North American customers and Distribution Partners. New Datapath office in Philadelphia, PA.

Launch of the VSN900 / VSN1100 Wall Controllers

Launch of the Wall Designer Software

2015

Launch of the VisionSC Capture Card Range

2016

Midlands Business Insider SME 300 2016

1000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2016

Launch of the iolite 600 Wall Controllers

Launch of the Fx4 Wall Controllers

Launch of the WallControl 10 Software

Launch of the VSNMicro 600 Wall Controller

2017

InfoComm Best In Show 2017 for WallControl 10

1000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2017

Launch of the Fx4-SDI Wall Controller

Launch of the Quant Software

Launch of the VisionSC-UHD2 Capture Card, VisionLC & Vision Capture Card Ranges

Launch of the ImageDP4+ Graphics Card

2018

InAVation Awards Winner 2018 for the Fx4

Launch of the iolite 12i Wall Controller

Launch of the Hx4 Wall Controller

Launch of the VSN400 Wall Controller

2019

InAVation Awards Winner 2019 for the VSN982

SCN Awards Winner 2019 for the VSN1192

Launch of the Image4K graphics card

2020

Hx4 Wins Best Digital Signage Product
- Digi Awards 2020

WallControl 10 Wins most innovative Digital Signage Product Award - SCN 2020

Launch of the Arqa KVM range

Launch of the Fx4-HDR Wall Controller

Launch of the Premium Service Package

Launch of the Image2K Graphics Card

Launch of the IQS4 4K Splitter

Launch of the Channel Partner Program

2021

Launch of the Aetria Software

Launch of the Aligo Range

Aetria Wins Sound and Video Contractor 'Best in Market 21' Award

2022

Datapath turns 40!

Launch of the VisionSC-S2 Capture Card

Aetria Wins Control Category at Inavation Awards 2022

2023

Launch of the Active SQX2 Capture Card

Launch of the VSN V3

Launch of the Aligo TX100 Transmitter