John, We had built our own discovery method through the Mirror App. You can grab the code over at https://github.com/psutlt <https://github.com/psutlt> to build for your own institution. We are testing out the bluetooth discovery as well, and both have their own advantages. Most the issues we are running into right now have been with iOS8 updates affecting both methods. Apple has a lot of bugs to fix yet.
Fo the AppleTVs you could restrict whom has access to make changes on it with a “parental” code and disable apps you don’t want them to use. We do have several AppleTVs on private psu networks, which auto disable these apps, but we have been troubleshooting video streaming issues with iOS8. We are starting to see that some of the videos want to stream directly to the box, similar to how Chromecast works. Jason > On Oct 24, 2014, at 11:13 AM, John York <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jason > I see that you have users download their iOS Mirror from your site. Is that > the standard version, or do we need to customize one for our net? > Thanks > John > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Heffner > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 11:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV (again) > > John, > > It depends how the iPeople are using these AppleTVs. We are simply using them > for Airplay mirroring, running in conference mode, with onscreen passcodes. > Some disable the other services on the AppleTVs since our Security Office, > including us, are worried about accounts be left signed in. We wire all the > AppleTVs to the LAN. I’ve tested peer-to-peer with bluetooth discovery which > can work well for small conference room and small classrooms. I found I get > about 25 feet for bluetooth discovery and about 50 feet on the peer-to-peer > in my testing. > > Our directions, please ignore their brevity, are located at > http://mirror.psu.edu/configuring-an-appletv-for-use-with-mirror/ > <http://mirror.psu.edu/configuring-an-appletv-for-use-with-mirror/> . I’ve > seen other universities that have similar instructions out there too. > > Jason > > p: (814) 865-1840, c: (814) 777-7665 > Systems Administrator > Teaching and Learning with Technology, Information Technology Services > The Pennsylvania State University > > On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:52 AM, John York <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I’ve been following the Apple TV mail on this list, and was glad to see that > colleges have had good luck connecting the TVs on the wired network and using > Bluetooth (or whatever Apple uses) for user connections. We have an Apple TV > infestation that just started, and the iPeople are telling me, “Oh no, that’s > not right. The Apple TV has to have its own wireless network. Also, the > Apple TV needs its own Apple account and everyone has to have the account > name and password.” > > Can anyone point me to documentation that describes how to use these things > somewhere other than a home network? > > Thanks > John > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/ <http://www.educause.edu/groups/>. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
