Oh I had no idea.  That helps a lot because our campus uses Crestron units for all other meeting rooms.  So it might be an easier sell than getting devices from a different vendor.  Thanks!

Best,
Mike

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LibCal recently did an integration with Crestron room scheduling panels.
See
https://blog.springshare.com/2023/07/27/springshare-debuts-libcal-tablet-displays-fully-compatible-with-crestron-room-scheduling-panels/


Best,
-Wilhelmina


Wilhelmina Randtke
Head of Libraries Technologies and Systems Zach S. Henderson Library
1400 Southern Dr.
Statesboro, GA, 30458
(912) 478-5035
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:23 PM Mike Paulmeno < [log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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