You certainly put a lot of effort into selecting the optimal makes and models of displays for use throughout your digital signage deployment. but how much time have you spent thinking about ways to reduce the ongoing costs and carbon emissions that are associated with using these displays?

 

For a medium-sized digital signage deployment of 16 plasma displays, you could save over $5,000 per year just by powering displays off when your targeted audience is not present.¹

 

Not only that, but you can also reduce your annual carbon footprint by nearly 27,000 pounds of CO2 – this reduction is equivalent to replacing 180 regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs!²

 

It’s never been easier to save money while simultaneously minimizing your impact on the environment. With AxisTV’s Device Control capabilities, you can manage all of your displays to make sure they are being used efficiently and economically.

 

Specific features of AxisTV’s Device Control include: 

• Local and remote control – Use a web-browser to control all display variables, including power, volume, channel, and input.  Via two-way communication with displays, gain real-time access to the status of all display variables.

• Scheduling – Extend display life and reduce costs/energy consumption by scheduling events such as “Power On/Off” across locations and time zones. Create schedules for groups of displays to simplify the management of your deployment.    

• Web-based management – Proactively monitor the health and status of all displays. Receive real-time alerts when any configurable condition, such as a display failure, is met. Conduct remote diagnostics and troubleshooting to resolve issues before they negatively impact your deployment. 

Utilize these features of AxisTV to improve the overall effectiveness of your digital signage deployment. by ensuring that displays are operating properly, you can rest assured that your content is always being delivered to your audience as expected.

 

Combine this benefit with the cost and environmental savings, and you can see how AxisTV Device Control enables you to maximize the effectiveness of your digital signage deployment. 

 

 

 

 

¹ Savings include energy costs and replacement costs. Calculations based on 50” plasma display that costs $1,800, has a lifespan of 25,000 hours, runs 260 days per year, and whose daily run-time is reduced by 12 hours. 

 

² Carbon footprint assumes 1.35 lbs of CO2emissions per kWh. Replacing a regular light bulb with a CFL saves 150 lbs of CO2 each year.

 

Article courtesy of Simtrol. © 2008, Simtrol, Inc. Simtrol is a Visix business partner that specializes in device control and monitoring. Learn more about Simtrol solutions at http://www.simtrol.com/