Implementing a digital signage with LCD screen

[genesis]

Hi We are a secondary school and the management have asked me to install investigate on digital signage systems .I can buy 54 inch display screens and was thinking of putting a Micro PC behind the screen with rolling PPTS.Please let me know ifyou know any software/ Free software that can make things more things.Thanks and any help will be great.

[ITGuyNW]

Xibo is what you need

 

Xibo Open Source Digital Signage | Open source multi-display managed digital signage

[dhicks]

I can buy 54 inch display screens and was thinking of putting a Micro PC behind the screen with rolling PPTS.

 

If you get a screen with an OPS slot you can embed an OPS PC in the screen itself, so the whole thing turns on in one go, and there's no cables to connect. We currently use a Powerpoint file ourselves, but are planning to move to Google Sign Builder on a ChromeOS device:

 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-sign-builder/odjaaghiehpobimgdjjfofmablbaleem

 

https://enterprise.google.com/chrome/digital-signage/

[tonypenair]

I have been using ShowPoint for well over a year with no problems at all https://www.presentationpoint.com/software/showpoint/

Create your PowerPoint and save it to a network share. Plus its free.

[synaesthesia]

Raspberry Pi's will be more than sufficient. There's a xibo client for them too.

[Alis_Klar]

We use ScreenCloud with Amazon Fire Sticks. Use it for the twitter App. App autostarts on boot and the TV powers the stick so all the office staff have to do is power on the TV in the morning and power tv off at night.

[jonspurs]

Can I suggest Panasonic screens for reliability (not the cheap low end rebadged ones).

We've got one hooked up to a PC. The teacher just created a website with twitter feeds and stuff, and full screened it.

Edited May 26, 2017 by jonspurs

[ajg]

We use ScreenCloud with Amazon Fire Sticks. Use it for the twitter App. App autostarts on boot and the TV powers the stick so all the office staff have to do is power on the TV in the morning and power tv off at night.

 

Hi, we have been looking at potentially using Screencloud too. Can I ask how you managed to get the app to autostart on the Amazon Fire Sticks? Thanks.

[NB9457]

I managed a free cloud solution using old netbooks running Linux and Google Slides: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/how-do-you-do/186630-simple-cloud-signage-solution.html#post1598522

 

I tried to explain it as best I could, but if you wanted to know anything, feel free to DM me.

[CamelMan]

One of my projects this year - a load of 50" TVS + IntelCompute Sticks:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-STK1AW32SC-Compute-Stick-Black/dp/B01AZC4NHS/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

 

We're using RiseVision (free) to do the content, did use Xibo and the way it works is very similar but Rise didnt need an onsite server, its all cloud based.

https://apps.risevision.com

[Alis_Klar]

Hi, we have been looking at potentially using Screencloud too. Can I ask how you managed to get the app to autostart on the Amazon Fire Sticks? Thanks.

 

Once installed the app requests permission to start at boot. Also the Amazon fire Stick uses HDMI-CEC to switch to the correct HDMI input on boot. Sometimes the app autostart does fail and gives an error about re-installing the app. We just keep rebooting in this case(turn tv off and on as stick gets power from USB on our LG TV's). Haven't chased it up with ScreenCloud support but have updated app at least once and they hadn't fixed it. Not listed in their release note either. We power the Amazon fire stick from the TV although we have had an error from the stick about insufficient power but it works ok apart from the odd error as described above. We only have a single 13A main outlet for the TV on the wall. Do make sure you have good wifi coverage as that caused us issues also.

Edited August 16, 2017 by Alis_Klar

[Alis_Klar]

One of my projects this year - a load of 50" TVS + IntelCompute Sticks:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-STK1AW32SC-Compute-Stick-Black/dp/B01AZC4NHS/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

 

We're using RiseVision (free) to do the content, did use Xibo and the way it works is very similar but Rise didnt need an onsite server, its all cloud based.

https://apps.risevision.com

 

Looked at Rise and found the free cloud storage tier very limiting.

[NB9457]

Looked at Rise and found the free cloud storage tier very limiting.

 

If you're ok using Google slides, it's technically unlimited

[Chr1sM]

I made a solution many years ago for the school I worked in. It's too old now to mention...lurking somewhere on Sourceforge.

 

What I would say is that displaying room changes seemed to be the thing. It was web based so I created a very easy to use webpage for the timetabler to enter the room changes each morning.

 

Mugshots of students also went down well, as you would imagine.