RE: ePOD not dead

["Steve Morgan" <steve@xxxxxxx>]

Graham,

I'm going down the bespoke app route, rather than browser, running under
TS.
If you've got TS available, try running the browser there in kiosk mode and
set the taskbar to auto-hide.

Cheers,
Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham P. Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 November 2001 20:23
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] ePOD not dead
>
>
> The actual design (in my head at the moment) for the wall
> mounted ePODs
> is to have them pointing to an ASP generated page on the intranet that
> has a refresh of a few minutes. The page will consist of a
> single image
> (though I may also have a JavaScript based clock on it) which will in
> fact be a hyperlink. Each time the page refreshes, it will bring up a
> different image, but the link behind it will remain the same. Tapping
> anywhere on the image will jump to a page which will have all the
> controls for the room that the ePOD is in.
>
> There will be a cookie on the ePOD indicating which room it is in so
> that if I move an ePOD it will just be a question of changing that one
> file. The page giving local control will also have links to control
> devices in other rooms, though these may be set to require
> PIN access. I
> intend to use on screen buttons to allow entry of a PIN code
> rather than
> traditional passwords, because it is easier to use these than to bring
> up the on screen keyboard. All pages on the site will be set
> to refresh
> back to the initial picture page (wiping any PIN number in
> the process)
> after a couple of minutes but there will also be a 'logout'
> button that
> allows this to happen instantly.
>
> The idea is to initially have the screens very basic in
> layout to see if
> they can run at an acceptable speed on the ePOD browser, if
> this is not
> possible then I will have to use terminal services. At night time the
> ASP code building the initial image page will set the refresh to a
> longer time and may use darker images or even just black background so
> that the screen is not so intrusive. The only slightly
> annoying drawback
> in this approach is the inability of the ePOD to run the browser in
> kiosk mode (no tool bars and window frame) so even with a completely
> black background there will still be some stuff visible on the screen.
>
> If anyone has any other suggestions then let me know, as this
> is all in
> the planning stage I can make changes easily ;-)