MRI Inc. recently announced that it has added a new standard feature for all BoldVu Digital Displays that monitors the status of key display performance factors and seamlessly relays information back to the Network Operations Center (NOC).
The patent-pending StatusVu feature is a performance monitoring system designed by MRI engineers to provide a real-time status snapshot of the display’s complete performance, including information on backlight levels, brightness, temperature levels, down time incidents and power consumption, according to the company.
Since digital signage displays are often deployed in airports, shopping malls, bus shelters and other remote areas, owners and operators need the ability to monitor the performance of their displays and update content from a distance. StatusVu supports multiple interfaces, including Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which allows intelligent two-way communication between a digital display and the NOC. Included in the StatusVu feature is a secure Web site that the customer and NOC can access and extract needed information from, said the company.
StatusVu creates a highly effective monitoring system that allows operators to know how their display is performing, what the internal temperatures are, how the components are holding up and when to schedule a service call, according to Atlanta-based MRI Inc. Now, displays sitting side by side or separately can be effortlessly compared on factors such as brightness, image quality, image verification, run time, temperature, and power consumption.