Content Management

Managing the content of your digital signage system is easy with Ping HD’s simple, user-friendly, web-based content management system. Content changes can be made immediately from any computer, tablet or smart phone with an internet connection. Our system requires no onsite servers or software to purchase.

Our digital signage networks support a wide range of content including:

• Current Date and Time
• Weather
• Live data from external sources
• Video files (.AVI, .MOV, .WMV, .MP4, .M-PEG2, .H.264, .FLV)
• Images (.BMP, .JPG, .PNG, .GIF)
• Flash
• Streaming video (UDP:// streams supported)
• External video and cable TV (with TV tuner card)
• Other web content, including HTML5 pages, ASP and PHP, RSS, Media RSS and Scrolling RSS feeds

Ping HD’s content management system is broken down into several key functions:

Network Monitor
Enables users to see in real-time the current status of the Digital Signage Network. For example, this information details any players that are still waiting for content to be deployed and those that have failed to perform their scheduled health checks.

Layout Creator
This is where you can split the screen up into as many zones as you require, add scrolling tickers, clocks, dates etc… simply by dragging and dropping the zones anywhere you need them. Effectively templates are created or added here. The number of zones you can utilize will depend on the power and performance of the media player. Ping HD will specify a suitable player based on the planned content requirements.

Playlist Manager
As the name suggests, here playlists are created or edited. If you edit an existing playlist, any saved changes will be automatically updated on any media players that are currently playing or already scheduled to play those selected play lists. Each asset that is dragged into the playlist can have its own start/end date and time to simplify forward planning and scheduling based on changing events. Localized playlists can be created to enable individuals or departments to contribute to the content playing back on screen. This can be administered at a higher level and restrictions can be enforced to limit the number of media assets an individual/department can add to a playlist to ensure the content loop length does not exceed requirements.

Message Manager
Enables the creation of templates where users can log into a specific User Interface and change text information on a graphical background or RSS ticker. Once created, the templates are locked down, so the user cannot change font size, color or positioning, therefore maintaining corporate identity.This makes it real simple when you need to change the information and is commonly used on screens showing welcome messages, staff/student communication and digital menu boards.

Reporting
The content management platform includes a series of reports that include a full user audit to log all activity by all users.Furthermore, each media player records every time an asset is played back on screen. This enables a report to be run over a user defined period to provide proof of playback for any potential advertiser or internal messaging campaign.

License/User Manager
An interface where licenses and users can be managed. The license manager provides a great feature whereby in the event of a media player failure, the license can be deactivated. The replacement media player can then be licensed with the same license code taken from the faulty media player. At this point, the replacement media player takes on the identity of the faulty media player and automatically rebuilds itself with all the correct content and scheduling information.