Overview: Digital Signage & Menu Boards

Overview

This page contains information on the integration and use of Digital Signage with Volanté.

Digital Signage and Menu Boards are one of the latest trends to emerge in the hospitality environment. This technology has transformed customer communications by displaying menu information while simultaneously drawing customer’s attention to other information, like current store promotions. Benefits Include:

Enhance Business
Digital signage is totally dynamic – providing up-to-date information in an attractive and cost-effective manner. Simply update with new advertising, product information and more with any media type such as power point, jpeg, flash, video, real time video just to name a few. Design the screen into multiple sections and display unique content on each section.

Improve Customer Experience
Digital Signage helps reduce errors ensuring pricing matches POS systems and improves customer’s awareness of current products and promotions.

Communicate in Real-Time
Manage communication onsite or from remote locations with no need to wait for the designing, printing, and installation of static signs.

Meet Unique Needs
Change signage to meet the demands of the business. Change menus, change promotions, change branding messages in real time or by schedules.

Increase Branding
Digital Signage is able to display sophisticated content that addresses engagement and interaction requirements.

Boost Impulse Purchases
Digital signage provides a welcomed distraction while customers wait in line often enticing them to make that last minute impulse purchase.

Services Available

Installation & Deployment Services

Complete deployment service which includes on-site installation, training and content design services are available.
Prior to any deployment our technical team performs complete staging of all equipment and software. This includes burn in testing and content testing.
Content Design Services, if required, with in-house video, graphics and animation designers which can work with businesses to design content in sync with corporate branding and messaging requirements.
Depending on the type of project and the client requirements onsite training as well as local specific training is available.

Post Deployment Services

An annual SMS contract is available which can include a comprehensive maintenance and service contract and can be customized based on client specific requirements. Common Services included as part of the SMS contract are as follows:

Content Creation & Design
Content Configuration Management & Upload
Service & support 7 days a week
Hardware loaner program
Yearly software upgrades

Training

Signage Appliance

Windows 7 embedded, 32 GB, 2GB Ram
Fully HD capable with 1920 x 1080 resolution content supported on each display
Options for VGA, DVI, and HDMI video output ports
Options for wireless networking
Up to 16 different zones of content
Content can be displayed on single screen or across multiple screens

Content Management Software

Content can be setup in multiple sections and zones per 1 screen
Content can work across multiple screens
Media type - power point, jpeg, flash, video, real time video etc.
Pre-set design templates are available
Works in virtualization server environment
Full active directory / LDAP integration
Manage and control up to 500 display units from a single enterprise license
Create and link common newsfeed tickers
Centralized control for security with optional lockdown to segments and zones
Content can be scheduled

Volanté Integration

Data source integration allows for complete menu integration from Volanté Systems into the Digital Signage Menu Boards
Integration allows onsite staff to easily manage menu changes / prices changes without requiring time and energy of recreating static graphics

Example Digital Screen Setup

Create Template Backgrounds to be used
Upload Media
Create Playlist
Schedule Playlist if required
Add Playlist to appropriate Player Groups / Players

Discuss Practical Applications Appropriate to Sites

Review which screens are to be used for what content
Review which content requires Volanté Integration
Review who is responsible for providing content
Review who will be managing content in future

Volanté Systems Documentation