Kiosk Pro Plus App User Guide

Kiosk Pro Plus App

Specifications:

• Supported File Types: PDF, Video (H.264 mov, mp4, m4v), Images (jpg, png), HTML, CSS, JS
• Supported Video Formats: mp4, m4v, mov (H.264 encoded)
• Not Supported: Keynote, Powerpoint, Word files, Flash, iBooks/EPUB, PDFs with form fields or embedded video/audio
• Not Supported: Websites with multiple windows/pop-ups, locally stored websites requiring server-side processing

Product Usage Instructions

Adding Content to iPad:

1. Connect the iPad to a Mac computer using a cable.
2. In Finder, locate the iPad in the sidebar and click on it.
3. Click on Files and drag your files onto the Kiosk Pro Plus app icon.

Locking an iPad to Kiosk Pro:
To lock the iPad to Kiosk Pro, follow the provided instructions in the manual.

Videos and Slideshows:
Supported video formats include mp4, m4v, and mov. Set looping videos and image slideshows as Screensavers in Kiosk Pro.

Single Video or Folder of Images:

1. Go to Local File Directory in Kiosk Pro app settings.
2. Press and hold the file or folder you want to display and choose Set as Screensaver.

PDFs:
Set PDFs as Homepages in Kiosk Pro app settings. Modify PDF display settings as needed.

Looping Video Playlist:

1. Go to Screensaver Settings in the Kiosk Pro app Settings.
2. Choose Path to Local File or Folder and enter the path accordingly.
3. To play videos in order, number them sequentially.

Websites:
For websites, set Timers >> Idle Time Limit to 0 to play and loop videos immediately. Enable/disable video navigation bars as needed.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

• Q: Can I add content directly from an iPad?
  A: No, content must be added to Kiosk Pro from a computer.

• Q: What file types are unsupported by Kiosk Pro?
  A: Keynote, Powerpoint, Word files, Flash, iBooks/EPUB, PDFs with form fields or embedded video/audio are unsupported.

Kiosk Pro is used to display videos, images, PDFs and websites in kiosk mode. After loading your files and setting up your project in the Kiosk Pro Plus app’s settings, just press Run Kiosk Presentation at the top of the menu to run your project.

Adding Content and Projects to the iPad

Content must be added to Kiosk Pro from a computer*. You cannot AirDrop it to the iPad

1. Connect the iPad with a cable to a Mac computer. Choose yes if either device asks to trust the other. Choose no if it asks you whether to sync or backup.
2. Look for the iPad in the sidebar of the Finder window, and click on it. (Don’t click the eject button!)
3. With the iPad selected, click on Files (you may have to scroll horizontally to see this in the menu bar.)
4. Drag your files onto the green Kiosk Pro Plus app icon. That’s it!
5. Possible file types:
6. PDF
7. Video (H.264 mov, mp4, m4v)
8. Folder with images (jpg or png)
9. Folder with all the files for a local website (images, html, css, js)

We can do this either from your own Mac laptop, or a school computer

Lock an iPad to Kiosk Pro

• This is set using Guided Access, which you can find under Accessibility in the iPad’s settings. Users will be unable to exit your project when the iPad is in Guided Access mode.
• You’ll be given a unique lock / unlock code for Guided Access during your grad show project setup.
• After Guided Access is turned on in Settings and the code is set, launch your project by pressing on Run Kiosk Presentation in Kiosk Pro. Next, triple click the iPad’s top button (the power button) to start Guided Access mode. You’ll see a few options available, like whether to disable the touch screen.
• To get out of Guided Access, triple click the iPad’s top button, then enter the passcode when prompted.
• The other setting you should enable for the show is setting “Auto Lock” to “Never”. You can find this in the iPad settings under both Guided Access and Display and Brightness.

Unsupported Kiosk Content

• Keynote, Powerpoint, or Word files
• Flash
• iBooks / EPUB
• PDF files with form fields or embedded video/audio
• Websites with multiple windows, or pop-ups
• Locally stored (not online) websites that require server-side processing

Please Do Not…

• Change any of the Kiosk Pro “Admin” settings,or the iPad’s Power Management settings
• Change the Guided Access password to a different number than you were given.

If these are changed, ECU Technicians may not be able to fix issues with your project during the show, + may need to remove your files/setup.

Videos/Slideshows

Supported video formats: mp4, .m4v, and .mov (must be encoded with H.264)

• Looping videos and image slideshows are set as Screensavers in Kiosk Pro
• Enable Screensaver to begin (under Screensavers Settings)

Single Video, Or Folder of Images

1. Go to Local File Directory in the Kiosk Pro app settings.
2. Press and hold the file or folder that you want to display. (This can also be set in Screensaver > Settings by entering the name of your file in the Path to Local File or Folder field)
3. Choose Set as Screensaver in the contextual menu. note: File names cannot contain spaces.

Looping Video Playlist

1. Go to Screensaver Settings in the Kiosk Pro app Settings.
2. Choose Path to Local File or Folder.
3. Enter this (exactly as written): ./ (The “./” tells Kiosk Pro to play any video files it finds inside the top level of the Kiosk Pro folder.)
4. To play videos in order, number them sequentially: For example, 01video.mov, 02video.mov, 03video.mov

For both playlists and single videos set the Timers >> Idle Time Limit to “0” to get the videos to play and loop immediately.
Video navigation bars can be enabled or disabled in Display > Show Navigation

Navigation Bar Settings > With Presentation Content > Local Content

PDFs

PDFs are set as Homepages

• Go to Local File Directory in the
• Kiosk Pro app settings.
• Press and hold the file that you want to display and choose Set as Homepage
• To modify how PDFs are displayed — for example, setting the orientation of the PDF — go to PDF Display Settings.
• PDF projects can also be set to return to their first page by setting an Idle Time Limit in Timers.
• Navigations bars for PDFs can be enabled, disabled, or customized in Display > Show Navigation > Navigation Bar Settings > With PDF Content > Local Content.

Websites

Online Website

Websites are set as Homepages

1. All of the iPads are preconfigured to connect to ECU’s wireless network automatically.
2. Type your website’s URL in the Kiosk Pro settings under Content > Homepage
3. To get your website to automatically return to its homepage after a period of inactivity, set an Idle Time Limit in Timers.
4. To make sure visitors stay on your website rather than surf the internet, add the URL under “Allowed Domains” in the Visitor Management section of the Kiosk Pro options.

Local Website (files on iPad):

Websites are set as Homepages

1. Copy your website folder to Kiosk Pro.
2. Set up your website in the Kiosk Pro app’s settings under Content > Homepage by entering the path to your index.html page. For example, if your index page — the first page of your website — is inside of a folder called Website, you’d type Website/index.html
3. To get the website to automatically return to its homepage after a period of in-activity, set an Idle Time Limit in Timers

Click on the small the “i” button besides any of Kiosk Pro’s settings for more information about that setting

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