IAdea Supports Scala Release 5.1

IAdea is happy to have participated in a number of digital signage events with Scala this year, including the Integrated Systems Europe show in Amsterdam, and the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas.

Scala is making its new software available worldwide as of this week. With this new Release 5.1, IAdea is launching IAdea Bridge Server 1.6 to add a great number of features for using IAdea media appliances with Scala software. Features new since Bridge 1.0 include:

• Support for Scala Templated Message Snapshots: now users of IAdea media appliances can quickly take advantage of dozens of Scala templates shipped with the Scala Designer software. While IAdea players are unable to natively playback ScalaScript, a new mechanism in Bridge Server now supports playing back static images extracted from the dynamic scripts. Users can quickly create welcome signs and on-sale signs using Scala messages and have them played back on IAdea players.
• Pairing code for media player provisioning: deploying IAdea media appliances with Scala is now made even easier than deploying native Scala players: when you connect up an IAdea player to a Scala network, a 4-digit code appears on-screen and as soon as it is entered into Bridge Server, system configuration for the player is complete. This allows field maintenance be greatly simplified.
• IAdea problem codes: IAdea players are now assigned new "problem codes" to help pin-point problems during troubleshooting. Scope for the diagnostics covers file transfer problems, media playback problems, license problems, and storage-related problems.
• Unified firmware package: now all IAdea player firmware updates come in one unified file regardless of the hardware model you have. This greatly simplifies updating your device to the latest firmware required (and you should always do that) to take advantage of new features now made available.

The list goes on. Scala Certified Partners can now read all about them and download the latest software plus firmware packages at http://scp.iadea.com/ (registration required). According to our beta testers, you will love the new software when you get to try it.

And remember, all features made possible here are done in SMIL script. Learn about the power of the SMIL open standard for digital signage at http://www.a-smil.org/.