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Ditto for IVMS - it's awful, but less awful than trying to get browser version to behave short of using IE Mode. Make them a user with limited access. We have a standalone desktop for CCTV purposes but getting IVMS put on certain machines. Hikvision is absolutely fine (security-wise) when installed by someone competent and the cameras are head and shoulders over everything else remotely near their price range. Just a shame the software is poor

I wasn't directly comparing - I like Edulink for a start

It's probably hosted on every schools SIMS server via IIS6...

Saw this and indeed such sad news. A proper all round human being and he made the time to speak to everyone!

It does make you wonder, if that's what £40m buys you when Edulink is a comparatively tiny outfit, competing with and beating most similar providers and they all work better than SIMS's own offerings. Frankly SIMS might just do better to feed a couple of parameters into chatGPT and let AI do the work for them. Cost them under a tenner, and a rough saving of £39,999,90!

Not acceptable IMO - biggest issue being no proper containment and the bend right on the edge of the roof - movement=friction=failure.

I have questions - can I assume this is prior to completion?

Are there any decent options for remoting into a MAC? The built in VNC is diabolical to use, akin to using ISDN regardless of how bad the settings are made (apparently this is down to Apple's "interesting" implementation of TCP). I read a little about xRDP but the installation process for that looks long and painful, and most of it is based on files no longer available. Mac OS Sonoma on a 2012 MBP if that matters.

I'm still highly irritated the original RDR hasn't been made available for proper computers

Wire baskets with handles; simple, cheap, easy to find the right size and can be stackable.

No, its a dedicated app (TrilbyTV) which is cloud based. There's versions for android etc which I'd like to do, just a shame the displays aren't smart which would make it lovely and easy!

No it's a good thought, but shouldn't be an issue internally at least - one thing I've done to rule that out is to just slam a switch between the the mac and the iGit to no avail. It might even be old mac/newer macOS syndrome (mid 2012 ***pbook pro, 2017 OS) but other folks with the same issues are using up to date stuff. And as expensive as it is to change out the signage solution, it's probably cheaper to replace all the signage appleTV's with androids/smart TVs than to buy a recent Mac

3rd party app which again I'd rather didn't exist, but it works and don't have the means to replace. I've gone simple with my configurator too, even just as far as only setting up wifi settings & management addresses but they just constantly time out whether on ethernet or wifi

I could quite easily create an essay about how unintuitive, unreliable and generally poor the entire Apple ecosystem is outside of a consumer environment. I've made a further 24 swear words out of Apple related kit and software in the last 3 days alone. I do not and likely never will be able to understand how people can possibly advocate the use of this equipment in education; I rank them below £40 Android tablets of spurious manufacter in terms of reliability and usability. So, rant out of the way, I've been attempting to sanitise and manage what we have on site. A fair few iPads and Apple TVs; more than the likes of Mosyle will handle on free licensing but not enough to warrant spending money on an MDM, but JamF is looking tempting. Until then, we have a **apbook on Monterey and Configurator to do what we need alongside ASM. I've just given up on the TVs. They "should" be manageable, but it just doesn't work. Googling and scrolling through pages of threads about how difficult it is has given me a migraine, with hundreds of people having the same problems; not pairing, not preparing, blueprints not applying. They all have the same problem, and the fixes some have found only apply if you're hopping on one leg during a blue moon singing the opera song from the Fifth Element. But Apple's are so easy. Has anyone got real world experience managing apple TV's in this manner? They should never have been bought for their purpose here (signage), but it's what we have. They're the 4K models with no physically connectivity other than ethernet, hdmi and power. I've given up for now and starting to attempt the iPads, which I have done before but no doubt will find a million foibles and workarounds to make the simple even slightly feasible.

Definitely going to be a larger, different topic. IMO the more you need an MSP, the less value they bring. So if you only *need* someone for a day or so, they're probably better value for money than someone on site, but if you need someone for multiple days and have ongoing projects, an MSP is more than likely a waste of money.

Down that route I'd probably suggest the nothing phone 2 but unsure how good the camera is in comparison

Used lots of times - local company, always plenty of stock and expertise in hand and very quick turnaround on parts and warrantys if needed.

It's not really appropriate, it's a great opportunity to let it be known who you are, what you can do to help and just put a name to a face for them. It's good practice if not anything else. If they really insist on being a bit muppety like that, provide a random generated password (a fully secure one, nice and long) - not to be spiteful, but to help ensure it gets changed, obviously with that flag set in AD. It could be useful to provide a crib sheet, and I would also make a point of putting details on it such as how to get help, helpdesk email/URL and a couple of little pointers maybe. But nothing is as good or useful for new staff IMO than meeting someone face to face and just saying "We're here to help."

Default reports contain date, exact time, username, category, URL. There's something else wrong if you're not getting those...

Xen is what Black Mesa improved the most! It's awesome now!

And it goes without saying if you haven't got Black Mesa, get it. It improves and expands on the original.

Thanks all. I imagine in an easy world it would be nice for someone to say "You MUST have this, and this is how you should go about it" but that clearly just isn't possible with far too many variables to consider. I wouldn't want to be the person in charge with putting what they have in writing in a way that covers as much as possible without getting in trouble (and likely why these people have legal teams to check and check again!) Quite an even split between the interpretations and as alluded to earlier, I wonder if there's an element of people reading what they want to read!

Just be sure that if you're not running a pair of them, to have redundant management modules. Being fair, the only reason the 5406 series might start becoming an issue is if you're really heavily leaning towards 10gbit to each edge (and have a lot of them) plus fast SAN storage; they're not the quickest on the backplane. Might even find a 5612 or two floating around which, and please correct me if wrong, I believe have faster backplanes due to the extra capacity? And then of course modules are just straight swaps

Check with suppliers first - still looking at lead times of up to a year for the Procurve series switches. The chassis and some modules may differ. You may find you get better performance and expandability looking at stackables like 6300s.

Cheers all It's not something we want to catch anyone out with including the supplier in question, it's more along the lines of expecting a bit more clarity from the Government. That however is only likely to occur when large, pink, porky mammals start soaring through the sky! I suspect we like many people in our positions would ultimately like the quicker option to be the standard but that may not be what is actually meant!