I know you all hate wireless, but if these have HDMI ports plug in an Amazon Firestick and then use MirrorCast (should work with recent Linux, Windows/10, Android) to send the data stream to the devices. Dave G4UGM
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic- bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Becker via vcf-midatlantic Sent: 25 October 2016 17:30 To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Anthony Becker <commodoreuser@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TVs installed!
Of course the best solution for power would be mounted outlets added on the ceiling near the TV. Then you have fwo outlets. One for the TV one for the Pi so you don't have to worry about the Pi powering off with the TV.
Of course that's a job for an electrician. Not something Evan and I could manage. We did talk about that for future changes. Especially after seeing the TV mounted for security at the deli which had its own outlet on the ceiling.
Then the conduit can be used for hdmi or USB cable or whatever.
Original Message From: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Sent: October 24, 2016 12:24 PM To: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Reply-to: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc: evan@snarc.net Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TVs installed!
The TVs are plugged into extension cords routed through conduit. I suppose we could put small duplex taps there, but we need to minimize anything bulky in public view.
On Oct 24, 2016, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic <vcf- midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
After all the comments, here's how I see this working: connect the Pi (or any appropriate microcontroller) to the TV via HDMI so we can get power from the USB port. There aren't outlets in the ceiling/attack and it would save us money on cabling. Then use WiFi or Bluetooth to wirelessly connect the Pi(s) to our network.
Then where do you plug in the TV, if there's only a single outlet, couldn't you add a multi outlet adapter, to give you 3 outlets It's not safe to power off without a shutdown on the RPi, if the TV's usb port shuts off, just as with any Linux system. People do it anyway, when they unplug the adapter on the RPi, but they are just lucky till their SD card get scrogged Dan