Screen control

Overview

It is possible to control and schedule the screens in your digital signage network. The requirement for this to work is that

The player has a cable contact with the screen of a supported type, generally RS-232 or Ethernet, as well as working drivers for the port.
The screen communication protocol is known and implemented by DISE.
Currently, only Windows players have the ability to control screens.

Depending on the abilities of the screen protocol, using screen control you are able to:

Checking if a screen is on or off.
Turning a screen on or off
Getting screen temperature.
Getting specified screen parameters.

Currently supported screens

Model	Select ID	Control Power	Control Input	Read Status (Power)	Read Input	Read Signal Supplied	Read FW Version	Read Temperature	Additional
Hantarex	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Read Model
JVC	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
KiSmart	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
LG	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Mitsubishi	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Mitsubishi Cube	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	TCP Support
Mitsubishi Projectors	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
NEC	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
NEC (API)	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	TCP Support
Panasonic	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Pioneer	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Projectiondesign	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Read Scaling, Read Lamp 1/2 Status, Read Lamp 1/2 Estimated Remaining Time, Read Fan Speed, Read Serial Number
Samsung	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Read Sensor States, Read Aspect, Read Brightness, Read Contrast, Read Color, Read Serial Number, Read Volume, Read Sound Mute, Read Sharpness, Control Volume
Sanyo	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sharp	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Sony	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	TCP Support
ViewPia	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Read Aspect

Screens that communicate using the same protocols as the ones above are of course supported.

Note: If you want to use an as-yet unsupported screen, please send us the RS232 or network communication spec for the screen/projector/LED and we can look at adding support for it.

DISE Cloud

Screen control requires that the monitoring add-on is licensed on the network. On the player, the screen control will be done by a screen communication service which is itself managed by DISE Control Center.

Setting up screen control

To set a player up with screen control,

Go into the player details.
Click Options > Control.

Click the screen and click Edit.
Select the screen brand and model from the dropdowns.

Select the input method by which to communicate with the screen.

If the player has a COM port, it will have reported it while registering into DISE Server. If you have just recently installed drivers for a new COM port, please restart the player for it to register the new hardware into Server.

Schedule screen power

DISE Professional

Main article: DISE Screen Control

Main article: DISE Parser