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InfoComm14: Visix opens door on new room sign lineup, upgraded content module

June 26, 2014

Digital signage solution provider Visix Inc. premiered its completely new room sign line at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas. Visix said it is the first digital signage company to offer a full line of room signs with scheduling options that unite digital signage and room management solutions.

Visix also launched its new AxisTV desktop designer at InfoComm. AxisTV Design is the first in a line of new modules for the next generation of the company's flagship digital signage software application, Visix said.

"Our MeetingMinder room sign line is now the most complete offering on the market. No other company has the hardware or software feature set that we do," Visix President and CEO Sean Matthews said in an announcement. "From the beginning, we've seen our room sign line as an extension of digital signage. We believe this new line of products successfully bridges the room sign/digital signage gap to offer customers a complete solution to show both meetings and messages for improved office efficiencies and communication."

New hardware has replaced previous MeetingMinder models with availability lights on the sides of Touch and Connect units that glow green when a room is available and red when occupied. New EPS models offer an affordable e-paper option for office hoteling, Visix said.

• MeetingMinder Touch10 and Touch15: "Digital sign first; room booking second" - Touch 10- and 15-inch models allow clients to publish a full range of digital signage content alongside room schedules. These interactive signs display room reservations from AxisTV, Exchange or EMS, while allowing users to create a walk-up reservation at the screen. Touch room signs can also run in non-interactive mode so that content and schedules are displayed full-screen.
• MeetingMinder Connect10: "Room booking first; digital sign second" - Connect 10-inch room signs show data from Exchange, EMS or Google Calendars, and the interactive screen allows for room booking at the sign. Connect signs display digital signage messages from any content management application that can export an RSS image playlist.

Touch and Connect signs can be surface mounted or recessed in walls. Power over Ethernet allows one Ethernet cable to supply both power and data, the company said.

• MeetingMinder EPS3 and EPS7: "Economic hoteling and schedule display" - EPS 3- and 7-inch electronic paper signs show data from Exchange, EMS or Google Calendars, and are updated wirelessly via RF communication. These battery-powered signs are only activated when information changes, providing a battery lifespan of at least five years or 10,000 updates.

Visix also showed off its new software module.

"This is just the beginning of a major leap forward in our software design," Visix Chief Sales Officer Trey Hicks said in an announcement. "AxisTV has continued to evolve over the years, but with AxisTV Design and other modules that will be released over the next 12 months, the software will become a brand new platform with all of the familiar features augmented and improved through expanded applications and a brand new user experience."

AxisTV Design runs on the desktop and uses a completely new user interface modeled after familiar Microsoft Office designs. According to Visix, it provides a "simple yet powerful" creation and design environment for crafting messages, templates and screen layouts.

A variety of easy widgets are incorporated into AxisTV Design, allowing users to drag relevant widgets into the design area to build content and layouts for their digital signs. Widgets include playlists, textual content, images, video and more, and their properties are easily modified with the most popular selections displayed for quick edits, the company said.