Features

Advanced display and media playback

Advanced screen layouts created easily using object editor dialogs
Data-driven objects for complex tables, with automated text-image, language and code translations
Plays Flash, Macromedia Director, PowerPoint, JPEG, BMP, GIF, MPEG, VOB, AVI, DivX, WMV and WMV-HD
Plays on-line or stored web pages
View camera inputs or TV feeds through on-screen objects, full-screen, or picture-in-picture
Perfect Playback quality to Broadcast and DVD standards
Seamless mixing of High Definition video, web content, images, flash and real-time information
24 x 7 x 365 operation with automated failure recovery and reporting via SMS or email
Unrestricted screen setups with smooth scrolling tickers, updated from database or web data in real time
Tickers are fully customisable, allowing mixed images and text to be shown as required
RSS information services fully supported, with XML data processing
Campaign Priority allows multiple campaigns to be targeted at the same device
Player stores local media library to reduce network traffic
Ability to "Pull" campaigns so that live campaigns can be interrupted and removed within seconds

Campaign scheduling

Unique campaign management including task management, audit trails and security levels
Rich, intuitive Office-like UI ensuring easy learning curve
Easy campaign schedule editing for quick overview of player activity
Powerful scheduling options. Create complex schedules in just a few clicks
Instantly duplicate Campaign schedules
Flexible and modular schedule structure, facilitating quick and accurate campaign targeting

Network management

Remotely view the screen of any client player in real-time across the network
Issue commands to a remote display device (client) or group
Retrieve playback logs, error reports, and system information whenever required
See network status in a single screen with fast on-line status checking
Email and SMS message alerts within a minute of a client error condition

Scalability

Infinitely scalable architecture allowing an unlimited number of sites to be managed

Security

Client access protection via username/password
Encrypted communications protects against snooping and hacking
Illegal access attempts automatically reported to system administrators

Network management

A key feature of distributed Midas Viewpoint™ systems is the System Control Centre Interface and the Control Module which enables an open-architecture information display system to operate across a large number of networked ePCs. In large-scale commercial or industrial applications, ePCs can be installed within Integrated Colour Monitors (ICM), allowing each ICM to display the same or varied information, switching between display formats at the click of a button or automated by a predetermined schedule. Midas Viewpoint™ also provides the functionality to automatically retrieve data from specialised data systems, such as airline, hotel and banking information services.

Midas Viewpoint™ allows users to determine their own criteria for display functionality. ePC media systems display Midas display forms, using freeform™ templates, supporting rich graphics and live-video, incorporating static and dynamic information automatically retrieved from Oracle, SQL Server or any other ODBC compatible database. This enables the ePC to display both real-time data and promotional information separately or mixed on the same screen. A display may include, for example, an airline logo to the top of the screen, with the middle screen area showing vertical scrolling text, listing the latest flights or even duty-free prices, and the lower screen region horizontally scrolling real-time messages entered locally from any PC, or linked to a remote data source.

Midas Viewpoint™ is an audio-visual information system, providing local speech and music output at all remote displays. AutoPA™, the automated public address system is incorporated within Midas Viewpoint™ to provide a fully integrated information display and PA system.