InstaCrawl Alert Software Feature

Keywest Technology is a pioneer in emergency event management for digital signage and television networks that tie-in to emergency response systems. We have manufactured thousands of STAR-8 crawl generators that are EAS (Emergency Alert System) compliant, used by the majority of cable companies in the United States. After 9/11, we added a dual-purpose video bulletin board system named DEVIS that fits the needs of military bases and other communities. Today we continue our leadership by including our InstaCrawl alert software at no extra charge on all MediaXtreme Broadcast and MediaZone digital signage systems, because public safety should not be an afterthought.

Digital signage can save lives.

With Keywest Technology, digital signage is more than marketing or electronic bulletin board messages. Whether you manage a digital signage network or a private television channel(s), you can now announce local Amber Alerts, fire hazards, traffic conditions, weather warnings, terrorist threats or other important information your patrons or community need in a timely fashion. In short, our built-in InstaCrawl applet turns your digital signage network or community channel into an early warning system.

In a school, at an airport,  in a post office, at a shopping mall, in a hotel, around the campus of a large corporation or even the confines of a small business, a digital signage network or private TV network can be used as a closed-circuit Emergency Alert System. “Terror Alert: Evacuate Terminal A,” “Emergency: Gunman in North Wing of Building,” or “Warning: Fire On Third Floor –Use West Stairway to Evacuate.” These are all vital, yet simple messages that these MediaXtreme-driven networks of flat panels and TVs can display to stack the odds in favor of saving lives.

Community TV channels have always played an important role in providing emergency information. Now first responders and other community leaders can act without all of the red tape to provide local emergency information that could make a major difference in how efficiently and effectively a community learns, responds, and ultimately benefits from the right information at the right time.

Using simple yet reliable applet technology that operates securely on any PC system, community first responders and professional communicators can turn their information into timely warnings. No scheduling, no cumbersome GUIs, no red tape. Just type and press send. Of course InstaCrawl is password protected and also allows IT managers to set up a permission scheme to protect it from overuse or abuse.

With an additional EAS ENDEC package, digital signage networks and private TV channels can be tied directly into the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to playback regional warnings of larger dangers, like tornados, flash floods and civil emergencies.

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