What's new in Digital Signage Management plugin 2.3 - Security Center Digital Signage Management 2.3

Security Center Digital Signage Management Plugin Guide 2.3

Applies to
Security Center Digital Signage Management 2.3
Last updated
2023-05-26
Content type
Guides > Plugin and extension guides
Language
English
Product
Security Center Digital Signage Management
Version
2.3

The Digital Signage Management plugin 2.3 includes the following new features.

2.3.86.0

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You can now choose to enable or disable graphics for each sign in your system.
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Daktronics 2052 parking signs are now supported. The following limitations apply to Daktronics 2052 signs:
  • No support for graphics
  • No support for font configuration
  • Generally used only to display a number of parking spaces and an optional text message
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Text placeholders can now be displayed in various of colors.
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Support has been added for blanking NTCIP signs, such as LEDYears signs, that require spaces to display a blank sign.
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AutoVu™ Free-Flow Parking Permit support: Permit identifiers have been changed to be unique identifiers per FreeFlow Lot and Permit combination. Messages used in systems deployed prior to this update must be updated to pick up the new Permit Guids.
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Graphics can now be integrated into library messages. Only .bmp image files are supported.
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Users can now configure text to be displayed on signs when availability for a parking area is at 100%. A color may also be specified for this text. This feature applies to the following placeholders:
  • Instrumented area availability
  • Parking permit availability (justified)
  • Parking permit availability (unformatted)
  • Parking zone availability (justified)
  • Parking permit availability (unformatted)
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In the plugin configuration, there is a new REST API feature. You can use it to configure signs as follows:
  • Direct control: plugin talks to sign
  • External XML control: plugin exports XML file that has message for sign
  • XML REST: plugin provides a REST data feed with information about how to communicate with signs and the current message to display on each sign
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Make DMS fonts optional: some signs cannot support custom fonts. A checkbox indicating if custom fonts will be available for the sign has been added.
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Fonts are now included in the installer.
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Users can now assign multiple fonts per page, with a limit of one font per row.
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Fonts must now be uploaded to the Fonts tab in the Digital Signage Management plugin before they can be added to a sign.
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Save library message in Security Desk
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Allow user to control page on/off time for message
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Promote library message to plugin library
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Allow custom DMS message to be saved as a shared library message

2.3.47.0

Only show the Fonts tab on signs that support fonts
Only show the Graphics tab on signs that support graphics
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Able to set the text color for the Max capacity message field used by the Instrumented area availability and Parking zone availability placeholders

2.3.18.0

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Support for Michat model signs. The following limitations apply to Michat Model signs in the Digital Signage Management plugin:
  • Generally only a single line of text is suppoted
  • No support for fonts
  • No support for graphics
  • Limited support for colors. If a color is selected that the sign cannot support the plugin translates it to a default color the sign can support