1. 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 (XDenSer)
Concerto – easier user interface
Fewer current features
Developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010
James Bodine Roy Horvath

2. 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

3. Concerto Digital Signage at FLC
Players –
Shuttle X27D – 2 Gb RAM with 2 Gb USB Drive
Shuttle XS35 – 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

4. 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

5. 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 re-subscribed to if template is changed.
CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010
James Bodine Roy Horvath

6. 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

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

8. Concerto Digital Signage at FLC
Content Submission and Control u
Content-
Anyone Submits
RSS/XML Text
Ticker
Text
Time/
Date
Images
Jpg pdf ppt
Feeds –
Group
Control
Admission
Admission
Admission
Union Ops
Union Ops
Union Ops
Union Ops
Hearth
Coffee Bar
Screens-
Group
Owned
Admissions
80EE7304AF66
ALF-N1
00301B82DD01
Hearth (Pizza)
00301B82EF0D
Coffee Bar
00301B82AAF9
CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010
James Bodine Roy Horvath

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

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

11. 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

12. Concerto Digital Signage at FLC
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Additional Info –
James Bodine
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CHECO Fall Conference 9/22/2010
James Bodine Roy Horvath