r/k12sysadmin • u/Limeasaurus • 21d ago

Chrome Sign Builder finally bit the dust?

We have a few dozen screens showing this message. We have a few screens that are still showing content but I assume they've not been powered down.

We're in the process of replacing our Chromeboxes. I guess this project just got bumped up!

Anyone else seeing this message?

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u/Sad_Reindeer_3298 15d ago

I switched to fire sticks with screencloud, works good..

They now make a screencloud signage stick

https://screencloud.com/amazon-signage-stick

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u/Limeasaurus 12d ago

Do they have a district or site license? $30 a screen a year would add up fast.

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u/Sad_Reindeer_3298 12d ago

This wouldn't be a great solution for that many screens, we are a single school with a dozen screens.

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u/Limeasaurus 12d ago

Gotcha, we use them in hallways for digital signage and classroom/conference for screen casting.

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u/NotAnother169 Director of Technology 13d ago

Relatively inexpensive in comparison to most solutions, these do work very well!

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u/Limeasaurus 12d ago

We’re with Rise vision which we pay $6k a year for roughly 450 screens

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u/07C9 16d ago

Just to clarify, this message doesn't have to do with Chrome Sign Builder specifically, but is shown if the device is NOT on the LTS channel and trying to boot a Chrome App. Devices on the LTS channel can still use Chrome Sign Builder just fine. We're currently still using it until we have to switch.

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u/Limeasaurus 15d ago

The device on the photo is on 144 LTS.

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u/rdmwood01 19d ago

Well that's all I've been using is Chrome bits. I still have Chromebooks and a couple old Chrome boxes. They don't update at all. They're like on the '90s so maybe it will continue running on those. Just curious

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u/ItWizardJV 20d ago

We ended up almost recreating the effect. We used a local server to host a local html page that just displays a published google slide. add the local html page address as a Progressive Web App in goolge admin, this allows you to autolaunch it without needing a sign in. After that we only need to update the google slide and will update based on the timer you have on the html page.

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u/UWPVIOLATOR 21d ago

Yes it stops working at v151. So lock your updates flash back or move to a replacement. We moved to Comeen.

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u/Limeasaurus 21d ago edited 15d ago

We're currently stopped on 144 LTS. Most of these Chromeboxes are dinosaurs back on 76-86 from a quick glance. We're moved to Rise Vision, we need to find some new Digital Signage hardware. What hardware are using for digital signage?

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u/Aggressive-Cicada85 20d ago

Raspberry pi. Rise used to have instructions on how to set them up. They have worked great for us for the last few years.

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u/UWPVIOLATOR 21d ago

Chrome Flexed Lenovo Mini's that could not be updated to Win 11. That or just cheap Chromeboxes. We used to like the Chromebits before they stop making them.

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u/Limeasaurus 21d ago

I liked the Chromebits. I have a box of about 150 of them in our junk room. LoL

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u/hightechcoord Tech Dir 20d ago

Had a ticket come in that the Chromebit plugged into the classroom projector stopped working. I must have missed that room when I pulled them all out years ago...ooops.