TRSJon

Glad it's not only me that has left a borderline voicemail!

lots of swearing words about CPOMS !!!! Anyone got a recommendation for an alternative?

Steve - my understanding is that if you still have the old, free version of examwritepad you can continue to use it - it's just unsupported. I've not been able to identify anything that the old version doesn't do, that the new version does - happy to be shown wrong - and would like to be if there is an issue that I've missed before live exams...

I feel your pain on these - we have been getting our installer to replace with something akin to these - ACP350 - Triple Pole Emergency Call Point with Dual Light and Buzzer, NO/NC, Green They flash red when "broken" - costs around £20.00 per unit and only takes 10 minutes tops in most cases to swap over.

Morning Where did you hear that Nova-T is going to be non-supported? Our data manager hadn't heard so would appreciate info... Thanks

I had the same thing - in the end we created a alias in our office365 tenancy for cpoms.username@domain that directs to the users main inbox, then created a new cpoms account for the cpoms.username@domain account - this enabled the DSL to get access without waiting for cpoms support. It's a dirty way of doing it, and not acceptable really in this day and age - but at least they got access again.

I concur, i'd go as far as prefer a chisel and tablet (stone type!).

Does anyone have any contact, other than sales or support at CPOMS higher up the food chain? Our EHT want to send them an email to discuss this and the previous shenanigans when they updated last year.

I don't envy the CPOMS staff who get to attend BETT this year - CPOMS Systems Limited - Bett UK at ExCeL London | The world’s leading education technology show Think there may be some "conversations" to be had.

Looks like it broke the powershell in the input... Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy AllSigned -Scope Process # Get the device name $deviceName = (Get-ComputerInfo -Property CsName).CsName # Define the path to the log file with the device name $logFile = "C:\Intel\LogFile_$deviceName.txt" # Infinite loop to keep writing to the file while ($true) { # Get the current date and time $timestamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" # Get the battery status $batteryStatus = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\CIMV2 -Class Win32_Battery if ($batteryStatus) { $batteryLifePercent = $batteryStatus.EstimatedChargeRemaining $batteryMessage = "$batteryLifePercent% battery life remaining" } else { $batteryMessage = "Battery information unavailable (possibly on a desktop or no battery installed)" } # Construct the log message $message = "Still working - $timestamp - $batteryMessage" # Append the message to the log file Add-Content -Path $logFile -Value $message # Wait for 5 minutes (300 seconds) Start-Sleep -Seconds 300 }

Afternoon Not via Senso - but.. i've been having to test battery depletion stats for some devices that we are looking to replace. What I've been doing is running this powershell script - which every 5 minutes writes the battery percentage to a text file. I then run VLC with a load of videos on a loop and keep the device running it shutsdown (obviously don't plug the device into the mains)... Maybe you can strip out of the powershell the important part and run it via senso? This is the powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy AllSigned -Scope Process# Get the device name$deviceName = (Get-ComputerInfo -Property CsName).CsName# Define the path to the log file with the device name$logFile = "C:\batterystat\LogFile_$deviceName.txt"# Infinite loop to keep writing to the filewhile ($true) { # Get the current date and time $timestamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" # Get the battery status $batteryStatus = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\CIMV2 -Class Win32_Battery if ($batteryStatus) { $batteryLifePercent = $batteryStatus.EstimatedChargeRemaining $batteryMessage = "$batteryLifePercent% battery life remaining" } else { $batteryMessage = "Battery information unavailable (possibly on a desktop or no battery installed)" } # Construct the log message $message = "Still working - $timestamp - $batteryMessage" # Append the message to the log file Add-Content -Path $logFile -Value $message # Wait for 5 minutes (300 seconds) Start-Sleep -Seconds 300}

Morning all Hope this is an appropriate message/question to ask... I was wondering if i could hear back from any schools/sites that have their primary internet feed via MGfL and Medway ICT. We've only been with them since September, having had many "happy" years with Cantium providing the connection - but since moving over, we've had a 30 minutes outage (or thereabouts) every week. I know of a number of schools that are getting the same issue - so know its not an "us" thing - but was wondering if you have the same provider and issue you could get in touch so we can try a united position to get the issues resolved. If you could either contact me via this forum or message me directly it would be appreciated. Or - if you have your connection via Medway/MGfL and aren't having any issues, i'd be interested to hear as well so we can try and find out what is different about your school setup. Thanks Jon

Trouble is, they are only 2 years old - well 2 years from September - as purchased Sept 2022

Has anyone seen a system that can "sit" on the Inventry hardware (so Windows touchscreen)? Prior to my arrival, three systems were purchased outright - so difficult to move without quite a capital write-off. If we can re-purpose the equipment, it would make it easier to swap. But most systems i've seen use ipads/tablets.

Glad i've heard this from someone else... Thought I was going mad the first time I drove an Astra... R Reg it was. Nobody believed me!

Yes, seeing the same. Awful change.

Afternoon - @Gobstopper Did you ever get Device based licencing working? As i'm looking at it now, rather than a per user licence, and struggling - everything looks correct - just "computer says no"

Afternoon. I'm sure you've done this, but in the first instance - what happens if you copy the files locally and play them? Do they play smoothly? It may not be the network but something more local.

Thanks for this... Just what was needed this morning :)

Had an email from Support at 06:58 today... So hopefully all now fixed. Thank you for your email. We were experiencing an issue, however, we have received confirmation this has now been resolved, however, we are continuing to monitor this. Please can you check by opening a new tab and entering your CPOMS URL. We recommend that you access CPOMS via Google Chrome as this browser has the best compatibility. If you are still experiencing any issues, please clear your browser cookies and cache. You can do this by opening a new google tab in your browser Go to the three dots in the right-hand top corner Settings Privacy and Security Clear browsing data Set time range to 'All time' Click 'Cookies and Cache' Clear Data. Once this has been completed, try again via the URL.

Agree with Michael - mailmerge - as you've already got the excel file with email and password should be relativly straight forward - take a look at this link - How To… | Mail Merge (Office 2016) – Digital Technologies (lincoln.ac.uk) Even if not using 2016, it should me close enough to get you going.

SIMS Connected does use SIMS ID - but this can be linked to either Google or Microsoft login for SSO, and once you can also link the SIMS login to the SIMS ID/Google/MS account so SSO all the way through for SIMS.

Only comment on the devices themselves - when I've done this previously (and not for a couple of years), but we went with mac mini, 24" separate monitor and a mount to house the mac mini on the back of the monitor (or in a couple of cases under the desk). That way if either part breaks, you don't have to get rid of the entire unit - and actually worked out cheaper. Just an option.

What we're trying to achieve - access to a secure room is managed via a Paxton/Net2 reader on the outside and a push button on the inside to exit. People going in should only be in for 2 minutes max, to put confidential files into a location and then leave - but proximity of cabinet to door means the door will have to shut (which is good)... But they shouldn't be in there too long, so I've been asked that if they are in there for more than 2 minutes, it alerts the site manager to have a conversation as to what occurred. Paxton sends emails when the door is opened using either the reader or the push button. Any assistance is appreciated.

Afternoon I'm new with Power Automate (must be the day for it) , and have the following scenario... An email gets automatically generated when a door is accessed (using Paxton) - and i've got PA working so that it reacts to that email, puts a line in a spreadsheet, etc. When that door is re-opened (using different reader) a second email is sent (with a slightly different subject). I've got PA with 2 I need to know if it's possible to send an email alert to a group of people if email 2 doesn't arrive within 2 minutes of email 1 being received and if so how? Anybody any ideas?