As synchronicity would have it, I was just dealing with Hexnode. We use
their mobile device management solution with our circulating laptops.
Although I haven't tried it, it also accommodates Android and iOS tablets,
and I believe it may solve your issue of having to physically access the
iPads in order to make any single app config changes. I also just found
out that they have a digital signage solution as well (
https://www.hexnode.com/mobile-device-management/hexnode-digital-signage-software/).
While I can't say anything about that product, I can say that their mobile
device management platform works very well for us.
John Lolis
Coordinator of Computer Systems
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White Plains, NY 10601
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fax: 1.914.422.1452
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 at 12:23, Mike Paulmeno <
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> Hi Everyone:
> Currently my library has a set of iPads we use as digital
> door signs (in conjunction with an app called Kiosk Pro). We manage
> reservations using LibCal and utilize the iPads to display the related web
> page for that room so patrons know when it is booked. However in the four
> years since we put the devices in place, they have proven problematic to
> manage. Although the iPads are in single app mode, which prevents patrons
> from breaking out of the kiosk app, configuration changes require us to
> take the devices down, hand them to IT for unlocking, receive them back to
> make the change, then hand them to IT again for re-locking into single app
> mode. Also, since the only power option at the wall is power over
> ethernet, each device has a USB-PoE adapter behind the mounting brackets.
> However due to a miscommunication with our facilities folks, those adapters
> are also behind a piece of wood and so we would need to call them in order
> to change them.
>
> All of this is a roundabout way of saying we feel our lives would be
> easier if we replaced the iPads with purpose built devices. These units
> from Visix are our leading candidate:
> https://www.visix.com/connect-conference-room-signs/ . Does anyone have
> any experience using them, especially with LibCal? I'm aware we will need
> to use Google Calendar as middleware as the Visix signs don't work with
> LibCal directly, but am interested in how people who have used these signs
> found them to work in practice. We're also open to hearing what other
> digital room signs folks have used.
>
> Best,
> Mike
>
> Michael Paulmeno
> Systems Librarian
> Lucy Scribner Library, 210
> Skidmore College
> (518) 580-5505
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