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
wrandtke_at_georgiasouthern.edu
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:23 PM Mike Paulmeno < 0000002f6a0df9b4-dmarc-request_at_lists.clir.org> 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
> mpaulmen_at_skidmore.edu<mailto:mpaulmen_at_skidmore.edu>
> He/Him/His
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