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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 100 Martine Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 tel: 1.914.422.1497 fax: 1.914.422.1452 https://whiteplainslibrary.org/ *“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.”* — Richard Feynman <https://click.fourhourmail.com/5qure95xkf7hvvo93wh2/7qh7h8h05vr4zrtz/aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvUmljaGFyZF9GZXlubWFu>, theoretical physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 at 12:23, 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 > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > He/Him/His >