Supersign Enterprise Overview
Supersign Enterprise Digital signage is a form of providing advertorial, promotional content and messages displayed on a digital display or a plasma TV to persuade potential customers to purchase or to consume that particular brand. DS enables to create an impulse purchase, so that the consumer sees the presentation and then immediately buys the product through the advertised telephone number, shop or website. Products and their features are described, displayed and often demonstrated in an eyecatching manner. Digital signage offers superior return on investment compared to traditional advertisement tools. which is a big plus over modification to the physical signs. Digital Signage enables to manipulate the content in flexible layouts by a user friendly web interface. Playlists can be managed without interrupting current streaming. Online bulletin boards, emergency broadcast systems, campus TV networks, Hotels are just a few applications. For example a Hotel can purchase multiple player licenses so that digital signs in different locations can feature varied content. For example, if content playing on screens in restaurant area differs than the type of information that may be created for the front desk, these two locations would require separate software licenses. By increasing the number of licenses, hotels can ensure the content on its screens is more useful and targeted to viewers. Supersign Enterprise DIGITAL SIGNAGE Supersign Enterprise Digital Signage is a specialized software that allows administrators to easily create and manage content. Supersign Enterprise typically consists of three modules: a designer, a content manager, and a media player. Designer allows an administrator to create a template for the company network. This can be a blank template in which to place information, or it can consist of multiple frames so different gadgets can have a specific area for its news, which can be updated in real-time. Once information is entered, the content management software takes over. Content Manager is a web-based application that schedules and manages the multimedia content submitted by administrators. It is the brain of a digital signage network. It can manage digital signs on a network, and the software supports plan-based content distribution, timetables, playlists and templates created with the Designer. Then, Content Manager communicates with players to run what the will be seen on digital signs. Page 2 of 8
The players run continuously and update the content on digital signage displays based on the text graphic, sound and video transmitted by content manager. Supersign Enterprise Player Supersign Enterprise Player provides multimedia content playback for environments such as retail, entertainment, government, finance, and education. Users can create content using Designer, and distribute it to Supersign Enterprise Player using Content Manager. The Supersign Enterprise Player will continuously run and update the content on dynamic signage displays according to scenario assigned in Content Manager. Plasmas, TVs, kiosks, text, graphics, sound, and video can be dynamically scheduled and customized at each Supersign Enterprise Player location. Supersign Enterprise Player Key Features Playback Supersign Enterprise Player provides content publishing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Reporting Agent for Billing Supersign Enterprise Player communicates with Content Manager and logs events for ad billing or other reporting. Reporting Agent for STB Status Supersign Enterprise Player checks status of STBs and alert if any malfunction occurs. Off-network content playing capacity As default, Supersign Enterprise Player displays uploaded content. Updating When you make changes to your content, Supersign Enterprise Player will download new content in a short time without interrupting current displayed content. Resolution Supersign Enterprise Player supports 1920X1080 Resolution full HD displays. Online content support for TV channels Streaming content from Video on Demand. Supersign Enterprise Designer Supersign Enterprise Designer is a creative solution module for implementing truly dynamic content for digital signage. You can design and integrate professional media files in an eye-catching layout to be streamed in full HD. Supersign Enterprise Designer enables you to select your items and initialize more creative and flexible template of your content and real-time editing is a great plus over classical video streaming. You can change your content whenever you want, quickly and easily without any interruption that can affect attention of spectators. Page 3 of 8
Supersign Enterprise Designer Key features Supersign Enterprise Designer supports a large variety of image, video and audio file formats without file conversion. Image format support (jpg, jpeg,png,bmp, gif).flv.png.bmp.gif Video format support (flv, avi, ts, wmv, mpeg, mp4).flv.ts.avi.wmv.mpg.mp4 Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) support Video clips or advertising content can be streamed from Video on Demand (VoD) Server. Audio Files.wav.mp3.aac Templates User driven content templates make it easy for a busy employee to rapidly create great looking displays by simply adding their own pictures and text. Your design team can create templates in Supersign Enterprise Designer using variable data fields that authorized users can later complete and preview through the Supersign Enterprise Content Manager interface. RSS Support The newsfeed technology Really Simple Syndication (RSS), that standardizes the publication of regularly updated Web works, such as blogs and news articles can be streamed by Supersign Enterprise Designer. All interesting topics such as CNN News, Stock-Market data can contribute to get attention and can be presented in the layout of your choice. Dynamic Distribution Combine text, RSS, weather, graphics, sound and video into HD quality multimedia in a dynamic layout. Page 4 of 8
Template Design Design great templates and keep your look clean and consistent while letting any internet user easily add content and text with template creation. Ability to categorize items Template items can be saved according to their categories in Supersign Enterprise Designer; this enables to reach items easily in Supersign Enterprise Content Manager. Online weather information Local weather information can be delivered online and in detail. Opacity of screen elements Screen elements like weather gadget or a part of the frame can be presented by a level of opacity to make layouts more attractive with visible backgrounds. Presenting in Your Language You can create your content in many languages with support for most international writing systems (including European languages, Asian languages, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.). Supersign Enterprise Content Manager Managing your digital signage content, planning and scheduling tools included in Supersign Enterprise Content Manager, is developed and simplified with features such as: template support, categorized content distribution, time tables, and playlists. Supersign Enterprise Content Manager is designed to reduce the resources required to control and maintain your Supersign Enterprise Digital Signage network. Supersign Enterprise Content Manager is a web-based application that lets you schedule and manage the transmissions of multimedia content digital signage displays. Advertising, news, training or virtually any other visual communication can be easily distributed via any standard Windows-based network. Supersign Enterprise Content Manager Key Features Web-based easy-to use administration gives you the flexibility to do all administration tasks, navigate quickly and easily with a user-friendly web-based interface. The user interface enables to customize context of the menus, create playlists with drag and drop features. Network Monitoring Check the status of health of STB s with Status Monitoring. Reporting uptime-downtime statistical information is also available. Current playlist report What is played on can be reported in detail, including time of play, duraton, playlist items,etc. Report can be customized. Media Management: Organize your content by file type, categories and company to find everything easily. Playlists Create playlists with thumbnail images using the web-based interface by simply dragging and dropping items on screen and easily access items by filtering in Supersign Enterprise Content Manager. Page 5 of 8
Player Management You can group Players by criteria (geography, demographics, etc.), set playback options and select content to play. Schedules Define and edit playlist time intervals with a simple graphical view. With variable repeat patterns and start/end dates. Volume On-Off Volume can be turned on and off remotely when necessary. Display On-Off Displays can be turned on and off remotely for energy saving. Remote STB reboot To maintain reliability and ensure uptime continuity, STB s in the digital signage network can be rebooted remotely. Alert e-mail Supersign Enterprise Digital Signage product can automatically generate enhanced alert management and details for all connected devices Publish Your Work When complete, publish your content to Supersign Enterprise Content Manager where it is scheduled and distributed to Players. Available Reports 1. Content distribution status and history 2. Status of STB s, Up/Down time of STB s 3. Played advertisement items, player on/off times and other powerful reports. Status Monitoring Download progress, detailed error information and health of STB can be monitored. Scheduled Reporting Scheduled reporting is available in Excel,CSV, PDF format. (e.g. You can receive weekly playlist report) Discovery Discover devices When all devices are connected in Supersign Enterprise Digital Signage Network, by using Device Manager option in Supersign Enterprise Content Manager, devices are scanned in between given IP numbers and defined by the system. Provisioning When the STBs are first connected to the system, they are provisioned to be operational in Supersign Enterprise Digital Signage system. PMS Integration Micros Digital Signage Connectivity Page 6 of 8
When information is entered at frontdesk, data such as Meeting/Banquet Rooms, Hall number/name is automatically received from the PMS and sent over to STB s and scheduling is updated automatically and shown on displays. Available information like currency rates, room rates can be received from supported PMS brands such as Fidelio, OPERA, HIS, DBL, and Premier, Brilliant, Prologic, Protel, Hogatex (Amadeus), etc. Supersign Enterprise Feature Samples Company picture,logo, commercial clip on same display Weather,RSS and company logo on same display Page 7 of 8
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