Throughout the year we gather customer feedback during sales demonstrations and technical support calls. Periodically, we review the ideas we have collected, and we incorporate many of them into the FireSign digital signage platform. This winter, we will release FireSign version 4.1 featuring a new administrative Home Screen designed with some of the most commonly requested features.
When you access your FireSign 4.1 Hosted account via the new Login Screen, your browser will display the administrative portal for remotely managing your digital signage and touchscreen applications. The first thing FireSign customers will notice is that the center of the page is now dedicated to an expanded view of Media Items, Segments and Schedules.
Media thumbnails are now properly proportioned, and Segments are identified by the FireSign Application being used. For the first time, Schedules also get a thumbnail preview. Within each Schedule thumbnail, a red line denotes the current time. These thumbnails are a handy way to confirm that you have content scheduled throughout the day.
The Home Screen also has a new Player Status table that identifies all the Players associated with your current FireSign project. This table lists the status of each Player along with the playback Schedule assigned to that Player. Players that are running as normal appear in green, and any Players that have been taken offline appear in red. In addition, there is a field that identifies which content Segment is currently playing on screen. This table makes it quick and easy to confirm that your system is performing exactly as you planned—without visiting each screen location. From this table, you may click the Player, Schedule or Segment name to immediately jump into editing the settings for each of these items.
All in all, the FireSign 4.1 Home Screen brings you more comprehensive information and helps you manage your digital signage system in fewer clicks. Stay tuned for the official release date, and check back next week for a sneak peek at the updated Media Screen. Until then, feel free to direct any questions to our support team.
