Features

Rise Display Network Appliance

The Rise Display Network Appliance, or rDNA as we call it, is the application that connects your display-controlling computer to our Rise Display Network servers.  rDNA resides on the computer that drives your digital signage displays, and provides seamless integration with Rise Display Network.  Among the many tasks that rDNA performs are the following:

• Scheduling – To help you control ‘what gets shown when’, rDNA monitors any changes that you make to your content scheduling and makes sure that they get passed on to all of your displays. Log in to Rise Display Network from any Internet-accessible browser, rearrange what is shown when and rDNA follows through to make sure that every display on your network gets the same changes and adheres to your new schedule. The result? Complete remote management of the scheduling of your display content.
• Content Management – While watching for schedule changes, rDNA also checks for content changes. Was there an update to the latest video? Are there new images to display? Has the Flash file been changed? rDNA continuously checks for all such content revisions, while simultaneously gathering and displaying the latest news, sports, weather and financial updates.
• 24/7 Monitoring – To make sure that your schedules are met and your content is delivered, rDNA generates a continuous heartbeat that the Rise Display Network servers watch for. Should that pulse skip a beat or stop responding at any time, the Rise Display Network immediately sends you an e-mail notification to alert you of the problem. And rather than leave you wondering, the Rise Display Network will also let you know as soon as that heartbeat comes back online.
• Auditing – To identify and address problems before they happen, rDNA continuously tests the computer that it is running on, and stores a log of all of its diagnostics on the Rise Display Network servers. Armed with this information, our Support personnel have all of the data they need to foresee and troubleshoot any problems and ensure that your appliances are operating at their optimum, displaying the content that you want to display.
• Alerts – rDNA can instantly transform your digital sign network into an alert notification system. When you have an emergency message that needs to get out immediately, you don’t have time to follow the usual steps required to make changes to each of your content files and display schedules. To solve this, rDNA maintains a constant connection with the Rise Display Network Alert servers. Should the need ever arise, you can send an alert message to all of your displays within seconds, from either a browser or a smart phone . Your emergency notification continues to display for as long as you specify. And as soon as it expires, all of your displays automatically return to your regularly scheduled content.
• Updating – The Rise Display Network servers are continuously improving. With each quarterly release, both the servers and their agent – rDNA – have to keep evolving. To do this with the least impact on your organization, rDNA keeps an intelligent watch out for any updates, and applies them to your display system in the proper order, quietly and behind the scenes.

What does a Rise Display Network Appliance computer need?