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For larger multiscreen, multisite applications.
iCOMPELPublisherssupportmoreelaboratedeployments,too.Usedin
amultisiteapplication,the publisher appliance acts as a channel manager,
cloning its media over a network so the same digital signage presentation
shows on screens at different sites at specific times.
iCOMPELSubscribersautomatically download and show a channel that’s
been published by the iCOMPELpublisher. Each subscriber pulls new content
andinstructionsfromtheiCOMPELpublisherorfromanFTPclientaccording
to a preset schedule.
You can also log into a subscriber and customize content on an
“ad-hoc”basis,replacingthedefaultcontentonaspecificscreen.Thisis
particularly useful in multiscreen applications where you want to locally
update content to issue alerts or customize content for local audiences.
Ad-hocmessagingcanbescrollingtext,textentriesinatable,a
collectionoffilesinafolder,andsimilarcontent.Onsubscriberswithavideo
capturecard,youcanusethead-hoczonetodisplayalivevideofeed.
Update messaging in real time with “ad-hoc” capabilities. A welcome message
(like that shown here), can be rewritten for the specific site where the iCOMPEL
subscriber is located, replacing the default content on a digital signage display.
A typical multisite application with local “ad-hoc” customization:
FTP Server
LAN
iCOMPEL Publisher
Splitter
Remote
Location 2
Remote
Location 1
Central Control
Local Customization
LAN
iCOMPEL Subscriber
Internet
Splitter
Local
Customization
LAN
iCOMPEL Subscriber
How it works:
YoudesignateaniCOMPELPublisherasachannel publisher and your
current schedule is published as a collection of files on the channel server
(eithertheiCOMPELPublisheritselforafileserverontheInternet).
YouthendesignatetheiCOMPELSubscriberunitsaschannel subscribers,
whichdownloadallrequiredfilesfromthechannelserverandactivatethe
new schedule. The subscribers then poll the publisher periodically for changes
thatmayhavebeenrepublished,downloadingnewcontentanddeleting
redundant content automatically.
Mediaonthepublisherisdesignatedas“ad-hoc”whenaddedtoaplaylist
onthechannelpublisher.Auserwithad-hocaccesscanlogintoasubscriber
andchangethead-hoccontent,replacingthecontentthatyou’veassigned
asthedefaultcontent.Evenifthead-hoccontentischangedonthepublisher
endandthechannelisrepublished,thesubscriberwillcontinuetodisplay
thelocalcustomcontent.However,ifthead-hoccontentisremovedfrom
thepublisher’splaylist,thenthelocalcustomcontentisdeletedfrom
all subscribers.
iCOMPEL: Typical Applications