Monthly Archives: January 2008
Creating Tightrope’s Digital Dashboard: Part 3
Part 3: How do we get the data? So now that we know what we want to display, we need to get the data. Most of our data will be RSS feeds. RSS is a great way of moving data arround. I will take each of our metrics from Part 2 and group them by [...]
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Creating Tightrope’s Digital Dashboard: Part 2
Part 2: What do we want to accomplish? We first need to decide exactly what we want to accomplish with our dashboard. There are certain metrics we want to see. Sales: Dollar amount of product shipped this month – This helps us know how we are doing for the month and how efficient production is [...]
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Creating Tightrope’s Digital Dashboard: Part 1
Part 1: Introduction Digital Dashboard A digital dashboard, also known as an enterprise dashboard or executive dashboard, is a business management tool used to visually ascertain the status (or "health") of a business enterprise via key business indicators. Digital dashboards use visual, at-a-glance displays of data pulled from disparate business systems to provide warnings, action [...]
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Why TRMS.COM Doesn’t Do IE 6
We launched our new web site earlier this month. Amber and JR worked like animals to do it, setting an impossibly tight deadline. In the end, they pretty much hit their target, but some things had to be dropped. The most notable amongst the casualties? Support for Internet Explorer 6. How could a company that [...]
Cablecast 4.7.2 Released
Tightrope Media Systems is pleased to announce the release of Cablecast 4.7.2. This update includes several bug fixes that improve the stability and reliability of video server operations, and therefore is a must-have for anyone who owns a Cablecast SX series video server. Most notable improvements include: Bug 2710: SX servers continue to record when [...]
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WIFI Now Available for Carousel Solo and Player 210s
We are pleased to announce the WIFI option for the Carousel Solo and Player 210. The Carousel Solo 210 is a small digital signage appliance suitable for single channel applications. The Player 210 shares the same form factor as the Solo, but is utilized with a Carousel Server in multi-channel digital signage systems. With the [...]
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Not a blogger
Ok, so you’ve probably figured out by now I’m not into posting personal info about myself, but, I will take any opportunity I can to get my artwork and documentary in the public eye. If you’ve got a few minutes, check out the websites below: www.amberward.comwww.shadowlaneproductions.com
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TRMS Website!
January 2008 and the website is finally up and running! (Enjoy) I started working for Tightrope April 1st, 2007 and began re-vamping the website on day one.(Approx. 275 days ago) Design after design we finally came to an agreement. So off it went to Andy (initially he was in charge of turning the design into [...]
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New Monitor Control Application for Carousel
We are pleased to announce the release of a new product in the digital signage lineup: The Carousel Monitor Control application! Most digital signage systems include several flat panel displays installed throughout the facility. Getting the most out of those units is critical, not only because they are expensive, but the job of servicing them [...]
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Tightrope Training Session on March 7th in Easton, MA