Using NTP to Synchronise a Digital Signage System
filed in info on Jan.15, 2010
Digital Signage progressing fast enough for this high-tech industry booming. New styles Lakes and content innovations are developed all the time and there are campaigns really great there and becoming more adventurous implementations arise all the time.
A member of a growing trend is the use of complex campaigns planned and synchronized on multiple machines. They are incredibly striking, especially when the content is synchronized with passersby to provide quasi-interactive experience.
Synchronized content is really a challenge to implement and its content is certainly not for beginners and the creation of such a sophisticated campaign can be difficult.
A key aspect of these forms of regular digital signage displays all campaigns to ensure synchronized with each other. Synchronization is perhaps the most crucial aspect of these types of campaigns digital display technologies. There are several methods for synchronizing this type of campaign.
A solution is a time server system which receives a time source and distributes them among all devices on the network using the time protocol NTP (Network Time Protocol).
NTP servers receive time from an external source (usually long-wave radio or GPS) so it is not necessary for the network is connected to the Internet, even if it is only possible to synchronize an Internet time source, although this may be problematic because there is no disruption in the Internet.
Any large network of digital display screens must be protected, especially as media players or computers are used to generate content. The best option to ensure full security for both the screen and the media device in a window, often referred to as an LCD housing.




