<div dir="ltr">Recently did a poor-man's version of this with an old computer hooked to a nice, large LCD display. The pc was PXE-network booted to ThinStation, which then launched Chrome web browser in kiosk mode (full screen) and pointed to an un-linked-to page on the library's local web server. I tossed in a page that automatically scrolled through .jpg pictures pulled from a folder on the web server at 60-second intervals. Very simplistic, but also pretty flexible. Since the computer just points to a web page, the web developer is free to make the page as complex as he/she wants... or just leave my sample page in place and simply create new jpgs to drop in the folder. To date, I think the library has just tossed new jpgs into the folder and left it at that. Seems to work pretty well, especially for the price (all open source software, just cost of a nice big display).<div><br></div><div>If you want something even simpler, do away with the whole PXE remote boot thing and just manually point a browser to your web page and run with it.</div><div><br></div><div>YMMV,</div><div>Chad</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full LAN/WAN consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Fred Miller Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:millerfr@oplin.org" target="_blank">millerfr@oplin.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The ACPDL is looking at displaying upcoming programs and digital display banners on a big monitor mounted on a wall. Was wanting to know what kind of programs I can look at to help get this setup started and run the advertisements for the library.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks again,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002060">Fred Miller Jr<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002060">IT Service Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002060">Auglaize County Public District Library System<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002060">p: <a href="tel:419-738-2921%20ext.%201011" value="+14197382921" target="_blank">419-738-2921 ext. 1011</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002060">f: <a href="tel:419-738-5168" value="+14197385168" target="_blank">419-738-5168</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002060">w: <a href="http://www.auglaize.oplin.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.auglaize.oplin.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0322bd"><a href="http://auglaize.oplin.org/" target="_blank">Visit our Library Website!</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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