Concerto Digital Signage at FLC FLC has had

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC • FLC has had no network based digital signage • Prompted by Student Union renovation project • Two separate systems specified by AV consultants • Visix & Janus Vizia - - Four Winds contacts • High initial and ongoing costs • Need for campus-wide standard platform • Open Source presented best balance • Cost/Capability/Features/Adaptability • Open source Options – Xibo, Concerto (XDen. Ser) • Concerto – easier user interface • Fewer current features • Developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 1

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC • Servers - VMWare Virtual servers - Red Hat • Development – signs-dev. fortlewis. edu • 2. 8 Ghz CPU, 348 Mb RAM. 25 Gb Disk Space • Production – flcsigns. fortlewis. edu • 3 Ghz CPU, 2 Gb RAM. 42 Gb Disk Space • CAS Authentication on both • Screens - Sharp / Aquos LED LCD TVs – 40” ($900) & 52” ($1500) • Food Services – 9 Screens in new Union • Union Operations – 7 Screens in Union • Admissions – 1 Screen at Admissions Front Counter CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 2

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC • Players – • Shuttle X 27 D – 2 Gb RAM with 2 Gb USB Drive • Shuttle XS 35 – 2 Gb RAM with 2 GB USB Drive • Cost about $250 each with memory & cables • Planned charge of $5/month per screen • No charge anticipated for virtual test screens • Anticipated uses include: • Building Directories & Room Schedules • Donor Boards (maybe not interactive enough) • Wayfinding – campus/building maps • Athletics & Library • Center of Southwest Studies Museum • Student Government & Clubs CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 3

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Controlling Screen Content Screen: A physical display registered by unique MAC address on the Concerto server, which would likely take the form of a flat panel television. Screen Moderator: A Concerto user belonging to a user group that has been given the express privilege of controlling the content and settings of a particular screen in the system. CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 4

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Controlling Screen Content - continued Field: A location on a screen's template designated to display Concerto content in a particular format, such as graphics, ticker text, or HTML calendar listings. Template: A graphical layout displayed on a screen that is composed of a series of fields. These can be easily changed by screen moderators. Feeds must be resubscribed to if template is changed. CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 5

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Controlling Screen Content - continued Feed: A subject-based category for content in Concerto (i. e. "Student Union" or "Union Bookstore"). Anyone with an FLC Network ID and password can submit content to most feeds; each feed is moderated by a particular group of users with special account privileges. Normal Feed – anyone submits content Restricted Feed – group members submit content Private – time/date, xml/rss (source dependent) CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 6

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Screen Templates – image and XML file pair CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Create New Screen Fort Lewis College 7

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Content Submission and Control Content. Anyone Submits • u Feeds – Group Control RSS/XML Text Admission Union Ops Ticker Text Time/ Date Images Jpg pdf ppt Union Ops Admission Union Ops Hearth Coffee Bar Screens. Group Owned Admissions 80 EE 7304 AF 66 CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 ALF-N 1 00301 B 82 DD 01 James Bodine Roy Horvath Hearth (Pizza) Coffee Bar 00301 B 82 EF 0 D 00301 B 82 AAF 9 Fort Lewis College 8

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Student Union Info Desk Display CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 9

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Rocket Grill Menu Board Display CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 10

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Looking ahead………… Version 2. 0 – Streaming video support More options for scheduling/reusing content Display content on other than daily schedule Reschedule previously submitted content Support for direct web site links Database integration for building directories Additional development for RSS/XML/HTML feeds Minimal learning curve for users………. . so far Content coordination/policies/appropriate use: Moderation of content, feeds like list server CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 11

Concerto Digital Signage at FLC Questions? ……… Answers? ……… Additional Info – http: //www. concerto-signage. com/view/home http: //groups. google. com/group/concerto-digital-signage http: //www. concerto-signage. com/view/deploy James Bodine bodine_j@fortlewis. edu 970 -247 -7304 Roy Horvath 970 -247 -7599 CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010 horvath_r@fortlewis. edu James Bodine Roy Horvath Fort Lewis College 12