Some of the students here developed a system called concerto - http://www.concerto-signage.org/ (See also http://concerto.rpi.edu/admin/) which is used to display all sorts of info - we have screens all over campus - and each one can be customized in terms of where the content comes from (ie - the sign outside of the computer center help desk shows computer center messages 25% of the time, and general campus messages the rest of the time.) It is also tied into the on campus emergency alert system, so that if some campus emergency takes place, that notice appears on all screens.
Basic structure is a video monitor with a small PC that is network attached. Easily expandable, and screen "owners" get to determine what is on their screen - helped with distributing the costs. Jon Finke - Senior Systems Programmer - CMT - RPI 518 276 8185 (voice) - 518 276 2809 (fax) - http://www.rpi.edu/~finkej -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ski Kacoroski Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [lopsa-discuss] Any ideas on digital sign software Hi, My company (a school district) wants to put large monitors in some of its schools to act as digital signs for the kids so I am wondering how other folks have done this? We have looked at both streaming from a central server to them or using a local machine hooked up to the display. I am very interested in what you use and what you like/dislike about it. cheers, ski --- "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it connected to the entire universe" John Muir Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, Unix Admin 206-501-9803, ski98033 on IRC and most IM services _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/ -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 48660039) is spam: Spam: http://respite.rpi.edu/b.php?c=s&i=48660039&m=ef02e38b8ba2 Not spam: http://respite.rpi.edu/b.php?c=n&i=48660039&m=ef02e38b8ba2 Forget vote: http://respite.rpi.edu/b.php?c=f&i=48660039&m=ef02e38b8ba2 ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
