RE: ePOD not dead

["Graham P. Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

I'm going down the web route because that is what I know, if I had the
ability to write bespoke applications then I'm sure that would be
better. The reason I want to avoid TS is that I have 5 ePODs and don't
want to buy any TS licences, this also means I would need to have the
ePODs log on to my server as Administrators, which I'm not to keen
about.

Graham

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Morgan [mailto:steve@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 November 2001 21:51
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] ePOD not dead
>
>
> 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 ;-)
>