Hey Jason, Jason, I’m hoping to release the code on Monday. I got the new github repository created and some sample json files in place. I just need to finish off the readme file to help anyone who is trying to adapt the code for their university.
To answer your questions, Yep, the AppleTV is being advertised locally on the iPad. This method could work for other uses. The iOS app talks to a server which has the AppleTV registrations and updates. A registration simply contains a DNS hostname and location (campus, building, and room). We only need to update the server for new AppleTVs. We built auto-updating into the app so users are notified when a new version is available. When I release a new version I simply increase the version number in the plist file and anyone connecting gets the new version. Jason On Jan 17, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Jason Watts <jwa...@pratt.edu> wrote: > Jason (Third Jason here), > > We too have been getting the lean-on from faculty and staff to bring the ATV > experience to the classrooms and conference rooms. > > To reiterate what another poster asked, your app is just allowing the iDevice > to publish the remote ATV to itself locally, right? > > My question is, does your app have all of PSU's ATV devices hard-coded into > it or served up from a website that your app code connects to? > > Is the app simply taking static DNS names or IPs of ATVs and publishing them > locally as they are selected in the app thereby forcing the iDevice to > resolve them on the network and enumerate them? > > I hope I have the concept right. If that's the case then building a simple > website that filters by user role, schedule, etc and lets one connect to any > ATV on the fly would be great. I suppose you could still require PIN entry on > the ATV to restrict access to folks within viewing range. > > Anyhow, it sounds promising and I for one am looking forward to the code > release. Thanks for such a cool effort. > > ------------ > Jason Watts > Pratt Institute, Academic Computing > Senior Network Administrator > > > On 1/17/2014 4:28 PM, Jason Heffner wrote: >> Brian, >> >> We should have the code available next week. We just need to clean up our >> Github repository. We are currently distributing the app under our iOS >> Developer Enterprise Program to all of PSU through an easy web site download. >> >> Jason >> >> On Jan 17, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Brian Helman <bhel...@salemstate.edu> wrote: >> >>> Any chance you'd be willing to share that app? My iPad is jailbroken, so I >>> can sideload it. >>> >>> -Brian Helman >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv >>> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jason Heffner >>> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 8:45 AM >>> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV display mirroring spectrum use in HD >>> wifi >>> >>> On Jan 17, 2014, at 3:03 AM, James Andrewartha >>> <jandrewar...@ccgs.wa.edu.au> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Jason, >>>> >>>> On 17/01/14 01:59, Jason Heffner wrote: >>>>> We took a slightly different approach to solve our issue with the >>>>> AppleTV specifically at Penn State. We do have a Doceri deployment >>>>> but recently we have released a PSU Airplay iOS enterprise app to >>>>> allow mirroring to AppleTVs w/o having bonjour enabled. Since I saw >>>>> this topic come up I thought it was a good time to share. >>>> That's a very impressive solution, good thinking. >>> Thanks! >>> >>>>> If interested you can find out more on a recent blog entry I wrote up >>>>> on the specifics. >>>>> >>>>> http://sites.psu.edu/jasonheffner/2014/01/10/airplay-without-bonjour- >>>>> on-enterprise-wireless-networks/ >>>> So the app advertises the Airplay service over the network, but only >>>> the device it's running on sees the advertisement because you have >>>> multicast disabled? >>> That's correct. On an earlier revision we were doing SSID detection and >>> only broadcasting if that network was connected. We later removed that >>> since we could stop the broadcast when the app went into background, and >>> then restart the broadcast when it was in foreground. >>> >>>> -- >>>> James Andrewartha >>>> Network & Projects Engineer >>>> Christ Church Grammar School >>>> Claremont, Western Australia >>>> Ph. 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