Outdoor Screen Help!

[Jobos]

As said in another thread the school bought an outdoor screen without consulting me and of course it doesn't do what they wanted so I've been asked if I could take a look.

 

The screen is 65" and made by Allsee https://www.allsee-tech.com/digital-signage-products/outdoor-waterproof-ip-rated-wall-mounted-digital-signage-advertising-displays.html It looks great if you like massive iPhones but they bought it with the intention of screen mirroring the teachers iPads to display PE lessons while outside as the school has subscribed to Jasmine Real PE, an online platform that has PE videos. The classrooms are using Promethean screens and screen mirroring linked to iPads works fine with them. Suppose they thought all screens worked the same!

 

If the iPad didn't need internet access to show videos from Jasmine Real PE the screen would work fine as the screen comes Push Share to connect iPads and PCs but when using Push Share the iPad connects to Push Share's own wifi thereby disconnecting from the internet.

 

The screen also comes with a CMS player to show advertising as basically the screen is made for advertising. If only they asked the right questions before buying it!

 

I was thinking of adding an Android box to the screen in the hope screen mirroring works with that but Android is not my thing so don't know if that's possible?

[north-ict]

I saw this at BETT and seemed interesting https://www.vivi.io/ might be of some help to you

[3s-gtech]

Apple TV plugged into the screen's HDMI? Won't disrupt the wifi connection. Cheap too. You'll need to make sure it's in a weatherproof container of course.

[Jobos]

I saw this at BETT and seemed interesting https://www.vivi.io/ might be of some help to you

 

No heard of this before but I'll look into it further.

 

Apple TV plugged into the screen's HDMI? Won't disrupt the wifi connection. Cheap too. You'll need to make sure it's in a weatherproof container of course.

 

This looks good but the downside is the Apple TV remote will not work as it will be inside the screen housing. At the back of the screen there is a lockable panel that you can fit computers and such like. I'll post a picture shortly.

[3s-gtech]

You shouldn't need the remote. If you try to connect via Airplay it should wake up the Apple TV and present the code screen.

[Jobos]

I like the sound of that! Which model would you recommend 3rd gen or the new 4K?

 

Here is the inside of the screen showing the access door with Push Share and the CMS player.

 

[3s-gtech]

If the 3rd gen will do what you need, then I usually recommend them as they're simple and cheap. They're very old now so check compatibility if you happen to need other functionality but Airplay works fine with up-to-date iOS and MacOS.

 

That enclosure is natty.

[Jobos]

Update:

Sorry for the delay, I thought I had already updated this.

 

In the end the reseller PWD Supplies gave us a 4G iPad and the manufacturer Allsee Technologies supplied the unlimited data SIM. Works fine but of cource we shouldn't have to use a workaround in the first place. Using the Apple TV was plan B but we never needed it.