Specifications

Synchronized Content
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AMX InspiredSignage XPress Programming Guide
Synchronized Content
Introduction
A video wall is a set of screens accurately placed to create a single display. Screens may be one next to the
other to compose a larger regular area, or they may have irregular positions to create a non-conventional
pattern.
In all of these cases, a perfect synchronization of the content displayed is required to provide a sense of
uniformity, no matter how the screens are placed. The IS-SPX-1000 lets you control accurately when each
item is displayed, enabling a very flexible solution for managing any type of video wall applications.
Application examples
In public transportation, multiple displays are deployed along escalators. The content on the
displays follows the user moving from one display to the next. This special effect increases the
impact of the message to the user.
In retails shops, hotels and bars, multiple displays are deployed in the same hall to create an
ambiance or a “leitmotif”: animations can be created to move from one display to the next one
creating global effects.
Two or three small size display can be grouped together to create a larger size display with higher
impact to the audience.
Multiscreen Displays
IS-SPX-1000s clocks are precisely time synchronized, letting the user control exactly when an item should be
displayed. This feature can be used to schedule content to be displayed at a certain time of the day, or to
synchronize the display of two or more IS-SPX-1000 players. This enables the usage of the IS-SPX-1000 in
multiscreen displays.
XPress offers an intuitive way of managing multiscreen projects, through the definition of a multiscreen
project and the possibility to create virtual devices for the publication process. In this case the same project
will be used on all the devices composing the multiscreen display, but each individual IS-SPX-1000 will
display only one part of the project. This lets the user manage multiscreen displays in the same way as single-
screen displays.
To display content on multiple screens using XPress, you need to perform the following operations:
Create a project based on the multiscreen option. The multiscreen template is available from
www.amx.com, and must be added to the My Templates tab under XPress. (For more information
on installing templates in XPress, please refer to the Appendix C - Adding Additional Templates to
AMX InspiredSignage XPress section on page 115.)
Create a virtual device to be able to publish your project on all the IS-SPX-1000 composing your
multiscreen display.
Configure each IS-SPX-1000 so that it knows its position in the multiscreen layout. It might also be
necessary to configure the synchronization server for all of the devices.
Publish your project on the virtual device.
Before proceeding, you will have to download and install the Multiscreen template
folder to your computer if you have not already done so. For more information on
installing the folder, please refer to the Appendix C - Adding Additional Templates to
AMX InspiredSignage XPress section on page 115.