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Yeah we are running HikVision setup, with HikCentral as a viewing platform. Linked to AD accounts for SLT access; and combining 4 different NVR's. 140ish cameras, most are a mix of old BNC cameras in a hybrid NVR, and some Dahua ONVIF connected ones. All are slowly being replaced by me to Hikvision POE camera as and when we have funding avaliable.

We are using https://www.twoway-radio.co.uk/vitaivdg360 these, in digital mode at the moment. we can look at a repeater I guess, but we have just put a new Wifi infra in place so was thinking we could use that tbh. This is why i asked though, my knowledge of these systems is basically non existant, so those i trust you guys who know this stuff

Hi Guys, Just wondering if anyone is using wifi enabled radios/walkie talkies in their schools? we have a set of 5W business licenced digital radios but they seem to be struggling more and more to get through our buildings and across our site. I have been looking into Wifi enabled radios, but most of these have sim cards too, which might be useful for PE etc who might be outside. Some advertise that they dont need licences (ie. Icom IP100H) whereas some do need a cloud portal and licences (eg Motorola wave family and others) Im curious how other schools do this if you use them at all?

We use Google admin to enforce a logo and disclaimer text, but we let the staff make their own to go above it, which they control from within gmail. In my old job theough, we used a software called Exclaimer; which can link to different cloud mail systems and pull from AD, or someother data source to make them synced between users and devices.

Played a demo last night, and I know it sounds crazy, but the games called "Find the Needle". Literally finding needles in haystacks! Its kinda like Satisfactory, but on a smaller scale, but still has the automation etc. And kinda reminds me of those cookie clicker games I used to play on my phone as a kid. https://store.steampowered.com/app/5160800/Find_The_Needle/

We have found that the easiest way for us, is a memory stick, into a A>C adapter which i can then plug into any android phone and install it from within settings. I can do the local NPS cert and the Smoothwall cert at the same time too so it sppeds up the procces to comparable speeds to the simpler iphone.

Kenable are my go to. Absolutley reliable in terms of stock accuracy and product ranges. They have their own brand of pretty much every cable or adapter so prices are really good. and ive never had a cable fail even after 5 years so far. https://www.kenable.co.uk/

We have this on a few random MPF's. Like the jobs appear on the device screen, press release but nothing comes out. But we have only just moved to Hive this summer so we were thinking its a config thing or somthing we havent gotten around to investigating yet. Same as the other guys though, mqqt2 & 3 ping and trace fine; but mtqqt does not.

Hi All, Bumping this to see if anyone else is having their students do the same thing? They have now discovered that they can see any staff members calendar by using this funcionality too! We have turned off Google Calendar int he meantime but unsure of where to go from here; so any help is really appreciated.

Hi All, Considering setting up UBlock Origin as an enforced extention for staff. Do any of you guys do this already? If so, do you have a way to stop it opening tabs on its own when it updates etc like it does for me at home? I would mostly be aiming for Youtube adverts here, but i guess reducing any adverts by even a small amount is worthwile. Thanks!!

yeah dont mind, would just like to see them reused! DM me

West London/Heathrow-ish

Just pulled 15 (maybe up to 18, need to go and check) Unifi NanoHD's out of a primary school. I know they have been used for many years, and are only Wifi 5, but if anyone wants to expand their stock or existing deployment, let me know. Not allowed to sell them via school, so giving them away here for free to save the WEEE bin getting them. (shipping costs need to be covered though.)

Are you using these in classrooms or like a Hall/Gym etc? They arnt crazy priced and I have a good few ideas if they seem reliable and are compatible with ChromeOS/Chromebooks as well as Windows?

If its in our Google tennancy, its getting backed up!! Staff, Students, Peri's, Service Accounts, Email Groups all of it I havent really looked into it too much, as We are not close to filling the quota we have space wise, so I dont even know if you can be selective or not to be honest. We also back up our servers to it too, to have a cloud copy of the data.