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From production, scheduling, distribution and presentation to business management, Harris Digital Signage™ solutions — including the
revolutionary InfoCaster™ product line and Punctuate™ business management software — leverage years of broadcast and IT workflow
expertise to help you manage content, better monetize assets and realize new revenue streams.
InfoCaster Suite
The InfoCaster family enables targeting of graphical elements within and among on-screen regions — by zone and by schedule — for
broadcast-quality presentations.
InfoCaster Creator™ — Create and edit all of your InfoCaster projects, including page layout, content and scheduling.
InfoCaster Manager™ — Administer content, permissions and schedules of presentations on multiple, remote InfoCaster Player™ devices.
InfoCaster Player™ — Display the required content for a given project or presentation.
InfoCaster™
Harris is the ONE company that addresses the entire content delivery workflow for any digital signageapplication — from a small number of screens communicating broad messages, to a huge network of screensthat display carefully scheduled, targeted content to a specific audience at a precise location, at an exact time.
Energize Your Communications
The Professional Choice for Operating Digital Signage Networks, Large and Small
InfoCaster Player™
Content Playout Software
InfoCaster Player™, content playout software, synchronizes and delivers content from multiple sources to thousands of remote displays over
a widespread or nationwide network, addressing individual messaging display requirements.
The right content, to the right player, at the right time
� Individual players can be set to display different information from the same data source
� Through any ODBC connection, a data value (from RSS or database, for example) can trigger related content
� Content can be triggered by an RFID-enabled external device
� External applications and devices can easily integrate into the triggering architecture, allowing players to trigger A/V switchers, fog
machines, fireworks, etc.
Content Playout Devices
InfoCaster DS500, DS1100 and R4100 devices are individual remote systems, which display or playout the required content for a given project
or presentation.
Choose from three types of InfoCaster Player Devices:
Model Number
InfoCaster DS500 InfoCaster DS1100 InfoCaster R4100
DescriptionExtremely Compact Economical DigitalSignage Platform
High Performance Small Form factorDigital Signage Platform
High Performance Multi-ChannelDigital Signage Platform
Availability March 2010 Now Now
Chassis details Height 0.79" (2.0 cm) 2.75" (6.99 cm) 3.5" (8.89 cm)
Width 7.01" (178mm) 12.5" (31.75 cm) 16.94" (43.03 cm)
Depth 5.87" (14.9 cm) 8" (20.32 cm) 17" (43.18 cm)
Weight 4.19lbs (1.9kg) 15 lbs (6.8 kg) 23.8 lbs (10.8 kg)
Mounting Rackmount No Yes Yes
VESA mount Yes Yes No
Wall mount No Yes No
Desktop Yes Yes No
Software Support
InfoCaster Creator No Yes Yes
InfoCaster Player Yes Yes Yes
Number of channels 11 (standard),2 (optional)
1 (standard), 2,3,or 4 (optional)
InfoCaster™ Advantage
Casinos and Gaming� Nevada Gaming Control Board-approved progressive
meter display� Key-framed animations � Jackpot network triggers� Touchscreen capabilities� Property view
Hospitality and Travel� EBMS (Event Management Software) integration� Newmarket Delphi integration� RSS and XML Internet feeds� Live video and video clips, Webcam feed integration� Touchscreen capabilities
Government/Education/Transportation/Public Safety� Automatic triggering and prioritizing of local and national
emergency alert feeds� Integration of Harris NetXpress™ surveillance video� Centralized remote management� Administration for content approval� Encrypted, secure system
Healthcare/Banking/Corporate Communications/Houses of Worship � Pre-loaded templates and graphics� Centralized content creation, scheduling and management� Live video display window� Public safety alert integration� “Set it and forget it” scheduling � Combined VBrick/InfoCaster solution — delivers both streaming
video and digital signage
Retail� RFID capability� POS system integration� Easy-to-read reports for comparing planned ad repetitions vs.
achieved and reconciled invoices; ready for third-party audits� Monitors, screens and playback PCs; remote troubleshooting
mechanisms� Admin privileges for local changes� Rich play log data facilitates measurement of sales uplift� Sales Manager module
Digital Signage for Every Application
InfoCaster™ Key Features
Easy to Use
The InfoCaster system's easy, intuitive design allows you to quickly
create impressive presentations with simple drag-and-drop region
creation functionality. Press “Play” to showcase your work and
attract an audience. You can begin to play out content while
continuing to modify or create additional content using templates
and regions within InfoCaster.
Scalable
InfoCaster offers a variety of feature sets ideal for both large and
small requirements, ensuring there is a solution to meet every need.
InfoCaster Manager communicates to players over any TCP/IP
network, utilizing multiple mirrored fileservers and peer-to-peer
management communication to reach an even larger audience.
Flexible
Creative flexibility is inherent in InfoCaster, with versatile, multizone
screens that allow you to design layouts that best fit your application.
Localized content and advertising are just a click away, and users can
perform custom content creation for specific audiences, as well as
selective playout to those locations. Use the weekly scheduler to set the
playout of complete projects or individual items on specific days. Assign
transitions such as dissolves, pushes and wipes among items in each
zone.
Reliable
InfoCaster automatically tracks and corrects playback interruptions.
Remote software updates ensure that all InfoCaster Player devices in
your network are running properly.
Organization
Easily manage complex communication projects with InfoCasts that
contain content pages and all related scheduling information.
Powerful tracking capabilities allow you to track and log playback,
which helps ensure accuracy when monitoring and billing advertisers.
Effortlessly manage large-scale digital signage networks with
InfoCaster Manager, which offers remote control and monitoring of
groups of InfoCaster Player devices on the InfoCaster network.
Advanced Functionality
Conditional playback permits both hardware and user-defined
triggers to cause changes to occur in the display. Engage your
viewers with an interactive, touchscreen display that helps them
make their purchase decision.
Out-of-the-Box Integration
VBrick Systems — Streaming Video Integration
Harris and VBrick have combined solutions to deliver digital signage
and live streaming video over various communications networks.
Customers across the commercial, government and education
markets now have the convenience of using one system to deliver
the companies’ combined digital signage and IP video streaming
solutions to computer screens and digital signage displays.
EBMS and Newmarket Delphi — Event Management
Software Interface
The InfoCaster Event Management System software allows the
InfoCaster Player devices to query information from event
management systems, such as EBMS and Newmarket Delphi, for
their assigned locations. Informative room displays, wayfinding and
scheduling can all be queried from the event management systems
and displayed through InfoCaster.
The numerous features of InfoCaster provide unparalleled performance. From multizone layouts to live datafeeds and 3D animations, InfoCaster allows you to create sophisticated and stunning displays in no time!
Strengthen Your Message
InfoCaster Online™
InfoCaster Online™ is an ideal administrative tool for large digital
signage networks, enabling multiple users of varying skill levels to
remotely update content to specific screens. It operates on a Web
server that runs on the InfoCaster network, interfacing directly with
the InfoCaster Manager.
Users can log onto the Web server through an authenticated browser
to see only the players and groups of players assigned to them, and
the regions in which they have permission to add, delete, edit and
schedule static text and graphics, rolls crawls and video content.
Key Features� Web-based, no install needed on client machines
� Create, edit and schedule stills, rolls, crawls and videos
� Set user permissions centrally on InfoCaster Manager
Key Benefits� Allows non-experienced users to add content such as welcome
messages and announcements
� Enables central management and administration
InfoCaster™ Advanced Tool Set
Punctuate™
Take your InfoCaster to the next level with Punctuate™. A flexible
business management solution, Punctuate allows network operators to
target detailed messages to specific signs that match the surrounding
environment. Operators can manage and deliver advertising and
promotional content based on location, time and user-defined attributes
of each display. For example, a hotel with a digital signage network
might tag some of its screens with location attributes, such as lobby,
gym, bar or pool. Hotel restaurant screens might be tagged with
qualitative attributes, such as organic, quick service or dinner only.
During the scheduling process, content targeted to health-conscious
audiences could then be sent to signs in the gym and organic
restaurants, while an advertisement for a new movie could be sent to
signs at the hotel pool and in quick-service restaurants that attract sizable
teen audiences.
Punctuate enables you to leverage your signs to build your business and
operate profitable digital signage networks. Scalable and Web-based,
the solution allows remote operation of multiple, complex networks
from any location. Punctuate also integrates seamlessly with InfoCaster
playout systems to create a complete, high-quality digital signage
solution that enables operators to enhance revenue and build their
brand.
Punctuate — Business management tool that makes it easy to plan and execute
digital signage campaigns.
InfoCaster Online — Web-based tool for remote management of digital signage
networks.
InfoCaster™ Links You to Smarter Workflows
CreationCreative flexibility is just a click away with InfoCaster Creator � Award-winning broadcast graphics character generator provides
unparalleled creativity and composition for designing
sophisticated text and graphics
� Intuitive application offers drag-and-drop WYSIWYG
design/authoring/creation/scheduling
� Versatile, multizone screens
� Templates, backgrounds and design elements are pre-loaded
SchedulingEasily target programming and advertising by time, event,
region, zone, venue and monitor� Preview and edit scheduled InfoCasts, along with all sequence
settings, with an intuitive interface that details dates, duration,
days played, timing and transitions
� Zoom on snapshot views by week, day and second for details of
upcoming scheduled events
� View graphic representations of conditional playback sequences,
and query event playback information
Management
Effortlessly manage large-scale digital signage networks with
InfoCaster Manager� Remotely control and monitor groups of players on the
InfoCaster network
� Reach an even larger audience over LAN, FTP, TCP/IP networks or
satellite transmission
� Property Map feature allows an operator to drag and drop
players to a campus map, and view player status
� InfoCaster Manager distributes software triggers to InfoCaster
Player devices throughout the network
PlayoutThe right content, to the right player, at the right time� Individual players can be set to display different information from
the same data source
� Through any ODBC connection, a data value (from RSS or
database, for example) can trigger related content
� Content can be triggered by an RFID-enabled external device
� External applications and devices can easily integrate into the
triggering architecture, allowing players to trigger A/V switchers,
fog machines, fireworks, etc.
ReportingReports are generated with the same tools used by
professional broadcasters � As-run play logs for reviewing what has played for invoicing and
advertising management
� Centralized gathering of logs for querying
� Export to ODBC-compliant files for billing integration
ONE Company for Workflow Solutions Throughout the Media ChainHarris is the ONE company delivering interoperable workflow solutions across the entire media delivery chain — providingtoday’s broadcaster with a single, integrated approach to capitalize on the benefits of IT and mobile applications. By providingunparalleled interoperability across our product portfolio, Harris is able to offer customers integrated solutions that improveworkflows, save money, enable new revenue streams and provide a migration path to emerging media business models. Tomeet the evolving needs of broadcast, distribution, government agencies and entertainment businesses, Harris is the ONEanswer for change.
Service And SupportAt Harris, we are committed to customer service excellence. It is our goal to provide the highest level of support by applying asimple rule: We take ownership of helping our customers succeed. Our support teams consist of innovative technical experts whosupport all situations regarding product performance, integration and operational processing. We are adept at providing provensolutions, making workflows better and ensuring reliability of the product and system. At Harris, our experienced and dedicatedteams stand ready to help you meet your goals for premium product performance, 100% up-time and reduced maintenanceinvestment.
WarrantyBecause we want to assure you that Harris stands beside its products and system solutions, our products carry a standard setof warranty services, which are competitive with — and in some cases outperform — others in the industry.
Service PackagesWe offer value-add services that allow you to customize the level of services you need in meeting mission-critical performancelevels. Our service package options offer many ways to upgrade your standard warranty by choosing the All-Inclusive OnePak,or by selecting individual services from our extensive portfolio. Our service and support advisors can assist in the selection ofthe individual services that best suit your requirements.
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