<div dir="ltr">Karen,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for all of the details! Your end result is a particularly nice, clean and secure kiosk station.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Some thoughts on your occasional kid/power problems:</div><div><br></div><div>This doesn't quite do the trick for you with power bricks, but it might get you thinking. You could lock a short power extension cable to the wall and then plug the power brick into the extension and tuck the brick away inside the base of your kiosk (assuming it has space):</div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Sales-Company-Outlet-Plug/dp/B009KQCJ7C">https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Sales-Company-Outlet-Plug/dp/B009KQCJ7C</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I wouldn't use this particular extension in this application, but something similar with a straight-out plug instead of a flush plug:</div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ziotek-ZT1212592-Liberator-3-Feet-3-Pack/dp/B000LP9ZDW/ref=sr_1_4?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1494427818&sr=8-4&keywords=PWR-PSLIB-4">https://www.amazon.com/Ziotek-ZT1212592-Liberator-3-Feet-3-Pack/dp/B000LP9ZDW/ref=sr_1_4?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1494427818&sr=8-4&keywords=PWR-PSLIB-4</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.doityourself.com/forum/electrical-ac-dc/545570-how-do-i-prevent-cord-being-unplugged-outlet.html">http://www.doityourself.com/forum/electrical-ac-dc/545570-how-do-i-prevent-cord-being-unplugged-outlet.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Chad</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<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 IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Karen Perone via OPLINTECH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Since I was the person here to just say, "Make it so," I asked Steve
Maze to fill you in on the steps he took to set up the iPad catalog
kiosks. I'm also attaching a picture of one of our kiosks. The main
costs are in the iPads themselves and the locking stands. We went
with iPad Pros because their screens are larger and bought the
stands from Maclocks -
<a class="m_-1448895664316354710moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.maclocks.com/shop-by-product/tablet-floor-stands.html" target="_blank">https://www.maclocks.com/shop-<wbr>by-product/tablet-floor-<wbr>stands.html</a><br>
--Karen<br>
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From Steve:<br>
The vast amount of time is spent trying to figure out how to make
the iPad more "patron proof". I've included helpful links. We did
not purchase a device management system so I relied upon Apple's
free built-in options <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304" target="_blank">Restrictions</a>
and <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202612" target="_blank">Guided Access</a>. A device management
system could probably do a lot of things faster and better for large
scale deployments but since we do not install additional apps, it
was hard to justify the additional cost. <br>
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This setup was new at the time, so the time consuming thing was
trying to figure out how to put the iPad into kiosk mode. The App
Store did not have not many kiosk apps and it was difficult finding
one that would say it was compatible with our newly released iPad
Pros. Apple buries Guided Access under the General | Accessibility
settings and it provides the kiosk functionality that locks patrons
into one app (Safari pointing to our catalog) as long as it is
enabled. <br>
<br>
Using an iPad as a catalog simply involves setting up the
Restrictions and enabling Guided Access once you have it
configured. Backup the device so you can use it clone other iPads.
You can use iCloud or iTunes. I use iTunes on a Mac. The Mac
version of iTunes allows the archiving of backups by right-clicking
and selecting archive. The Windows version of iTunes does not
support archiving and it overwrites the previous backup. You can
manually locate, copy and rename the folder to archive it in
Windows. Use the good iTunes backup to restore it to another iPad,
rename it and check the settings. It really is that simple. <br>
<br>
This process is very similar to using Clonezilla or some other
cloning software. If a library has an iPad sitting around, they
could probably read the above links and have a working OPAC in 15
minutes. You can implement Restrictions and Guided Access easily
onto an existing iPad to test it out.<br>
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The iPads were implemented at the end of January 2016. The iPads
are very reliable as long as staff enable Guided Access after
turning them on. If Guided Access is disabled (default) patrons can
access anything not locked in the Restrictions. I think since
implementation, I had to re-clone two devices. Twice, an iPad
crashed or somehow got restarted/turned off. The patron(s) tried to
guess our passcode incorrectly ten times and the iPads were disabled
and had to be fixed using <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306" target="_blank">Recovery mode</a>
and a good backup. <br>
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The other issue we experience is kids occasionally unplug the power
bricks on our units with accessible power bricks. Unfortunately, we
did not have the time or money to drill through 18 inches of
concrete to place all our power bricks under the floor. The only
other things we purchased were Tapcons (concrete anchors) so we
could finish attaching the stands to our concrete floor (using a
hammer drill), microfiber cleaning cloths and one screen protector.
The screen protector was challenging to install and seeing no real
advantage, we did not purchase additional screen protectors.<span class=""><br>
<pre class="m_-1448895664316354710moz-signature" cols="72">Karen Perone <a class="m_-1448895664316354710moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kperone@rodmanlibrary.com" target="_blank">kperone@rodmanlibrary.com</a>
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<div dir="ltr">I've seen similar setups before using iPads as
kiosks. It can definitely make quite a nice kiosk setup. Out of
curiosity, though and if you don't mind answering, how much
would you estimate you spent per unit in both setup time and
actual hardware/software dollars? (I haven't done anything with
iPads before, so have no reference.)
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Perone via OPLINTECH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> We went a different
route and are using iPads for our WebPACs. We have the
software locked down to only allow catalog and library
website access, they use wifi to connect to the network,
and the kiosk stands prevent them from walking away. It
took patrons a little time to get used to them but they
are very low maintenance. I imagine you could do the same
with lower-priced Android devices.<br>
<pre class="m_-1448895664316354710m_822061760327708858moz-signature" cols="72">Karen Perone <a class="m_-1448895664316354710m_822061760327708858moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kperone@rodmanlibrary.com" target="_blank">kperone@rodmanlibrary.com</a>
Head of Technology and Technical Services
Rodman Public Library voice: <a href="tel:%28330%29%20821-2665" value="+13308212665" target="_blank">330-821-2665 x101</a>
215 E. Broadway Street fax: <a href="tel:%28330%29%20821-5053" value="+13308215053" target="_blank">330-821-5053</a>
Alliance, OH 44601 <a class="m_-1448895664316354710m_822061760327708858moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.rodmanlibrary.com" target="_blank">http://www.rodmanlibrary.com</a>
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online calendar and I don’t like the idea of
purchasing a whole computer setup and not using
the full potential of the computer. We have had
thin Clients in the past and I don’t really like
them since they have trouble displaying our HTML
page that was set up. A small footprint would be
great. Thought about going to the Intel NUC’s.
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