Remote screenshots

Why sites want it

Screens are usually far from the management panel: on another floor, in another branch, in another city. Answering "is the content playing correctly?" means someone has to go and look. Remote screenshots make that trip unnecessary, help the support team understand a problem faster and make it easy to check that a new campaign really went live.

What exists today and what can be built

Today MIA shows you whether each screen is online or offline, whether it has the latest deployment, and its platform and version. From the control centre you can request a report, and the identify command helps you find the right screen. The signage report records which content played on which screen and for how many seconds. On top of this, a feature that captures the player's current picture and sends it to the panel can be built for your installation. Screenshots could be taken on request or at set intervals and appear as thumbnails in the screen list. Like the rest of your data, they could be stored on your own server. The technical limits vary by platform; some Smart TV browsers, for example, may not allow screen capture. That is why we first test with you what is possible on the devices you use.

What we need to know to scope it

• Your player platforms: Android, Tizen, Smart TV, PC
• How often you need a screenshot
• How many screens it should cover
• How long screenshots are kept and who can see them

Scope, timing and price are agreed for each project.