| 20.07.2025 |
Ring installed at Stadt:Raum |
Carpenters from the Stadtwerke mouned the Ring to the sandstone. Added own CAT5 cable to the drywall tube. |
| 05.08.2025 |
Installed rendering PC; Configured scheduling |
Preliminary mounting structure used for installing the render laptop. |
| 05.08.2025 |
Wooden Ring is a little tight and hard to turn. |
Mailed Form13 about the issue. Maybe he has an idea. |
| 05.08.2025 |
Realized the table data is lost when the pc crashes. |
Created new method for hourly backup. Needs implementation on production system. |
| 05.08.2025 |
Render PC crashes if HDMI2 is switched off at night. |
EDID Emulator may help. |
| 20.08.2025 |
Display shut down time was modified to 21:00 |
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| 21.08.2025 20:00 |
TD App was found with dialog open looking for 2nd monitor asking to perform on 1st. |
Email was sent to Stadt:Raum public communication team assistant to investigate if shut down times of the PD was changed. Assistand answered it was changed to 21:00 to shut off in sync with the second PD. |
| 23.08.2025 |
Changed Startup in TouchDesigner |
Perform mode is now only triggered if 2 monitors are available or a 2nd monitor becomes available. Also hourly backup was deployed. |
| 29.08.2025 |
Tested EDID emulator at the test system. |
Seems to work. First connect in the order of 'intelligent mode' then use 'standard mode'. |
| 29.08.2025 |
Changed switch on time to 4:00. |
To make sure the system waits in a ready state for the second display to come on, the reboot was moved in front of display turn on. |
| 02.09.2025 |
PD startup time and switch off was reverted to intended timings. |
Assistant changed timings back to 5:00 - 1:00 after feedback from advisor. |
| 02.09.2025 |
Rendering PC was switched off to show new content via pi. |
Program manager turned off rendering pc du to the fact 'SimpleWechsler' App not updated and researcher no access to piSignage (due to 2FA issue with shared account) to download content. |
| 02.09.2025 |
Researcher reacts first time to adaptions needed in terms of already installed media infrastructure. |
Updating the Content required the MAI Software to be changed cased by external stakeholder. Solution found to integrate SCL content managed through PiSignage using the local access (download credentials) feature. |
| 03.09.2025 |
Program manager and researcher meet to discuss switch off. |
Quickfix: Permanent content to interactive display. Temporary Content to self managed. |
| 04.09.2025 |
Program manager re-connects HDMI of Render PC to PD |
Quickfix was implemented by Program manager. Researcher prepared application to suppport networked content. Currently switched to local machine content. |
| 06.09.2025 |
Render PC not reachable via AnyDesk. |
After discovering the Render PC was not reachable, local inspection showed the Failsafe PI contet was shown. Currently unclear wny Render PC is off or not connected. |
| 08.09.2025 |
Windows 11 FU****. Reinstalling. |
Not sure what happened, but i think i remember the PC was about to do an Update and Restart when I was logged in last time. I thought, it is going to restart anyway at night. I guess this fu**** the OS. |
| 09.09.2025 |
Render PC setup anew. Lab testing. |
Configuration still uses a local user account and Bitlocker was switched off to avoid locking the system again. |
| 16.09.2025 |
Installed the Render PC back in the Stadt:Raum. |
There have been some changes to the SimpleWechsler/BasicSetup App. The Showcase Karolinenstrasse has been added and the Competition Advert. |
| 23.09.2025 |
4k Config |
Researcher went to Stadt:Raum to solve the resolution problem with the EDID Emulator. the former issue was, when using the Ugreen USB C Dual Head adaper connected to the EDID donnected to the PD, the Display would either (1) not display the image in 4k eventhough Win11 has a clean Display config in the display manager. Or (2) the full 4K resolution (only 1080p) is not available in the Win11 Display settings. The Sulution is still unclear, how to convince alls the smart hardware to play nicely together. However, after some tinkering ist seems to work now, but only connected to the built in HDMI and not the DUAL Head USB C Adapter. Currently it looks like it is doable also using the adapter, but the clear way of configuration is not known. Tinkering is a mix of connecting the cables in various sequences (most successful one was first connecting the display to the EDID and then to the PC) and then pugging off the PD and reconnect the power. Once the setup is stable it stays stable eventhough of the switching and reboot routines during night. |
| 23.09.2025 |
Content pulling issue from Pi. |
Discovered the Pi did not report to cloud since 7 days and connected to local router since 6 days. Reset using local player login did not work. Pulled the plug for hard reset. Reason unknown, except, the installation might have caused it. |
| 24.09.2025 |
Content pulling issue from Pi. |
Program manager found online simpleWechsler with black content. Investigation show Pi crashed approx. 15:00. Also discovered Updated version 121 was not loaded as intended. 118 was on, which does not deactivate pulling from pi if another app is selected. However, app was switched to online simpleWechsler in the morning at approx 6:00. Hence Pi crashed after 9 hours acting as content delivery server. BaseApp starts with local SimpleWechsler now. SK App seems ok, ran for couple of days. Only issue is hinting burn-in artifacts occur. SK app wont be shown in the near future due to burn-in risk. |
| 27.09.2025 |
Power Outage? Both PDs and Render PC off |
They were switched back on on Monday. Reason unclear. |
| 07.10.2025 |
Screen black. Pi unresponsive since 13 days. |
The black screen was cased by the Render PC not generating a usable signal. 4k Signal stayed black. Switched EDID Emulator to Learning mode (blue LED on). 4k signal seems ok now. PI was found with damaged image. The cause might be power outage, misuse of content delivery server or something else. |
| 07.10.2024 |
Ash wood ring was found stuck. |
Current moist weather with 16° cesius and 70% humidity seems to have grown the ash wood ring to a larger diameter getting stuck in the steel ring. Changed to PLA fakewood ring from the lab. I'd expect this material to expand too, but we do not have alternate material without any reaction to moisture. |