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# City Facility TV Display Documentation

This repository contains tips, tricks, and setup instructions
for [cityssm/tv-display](https://github.com/cityssm/tv-display) based
TV Displays.

## The Main Setup

Setups can greatly vary depending on your environment, with the basic steps as
follows.

1. **Clone or download the
[cityssm/tv-display repository](https://github.com/cityssm/tv-display) to a
web server.**

The web server can run on the machine that will be displaying the content,
or on another machine that will be visible to the display machine over
a network connection.

2. **Build a `config.json` file, defining the content that will be shown.**

3. **Open a web browser on the display machine and point it at the display
configuration.**

To load the `default.json` configuration, for example, the link might be:

## Device Setups

Although these instructions are geared towards specific operating systems,
it should be possible to use them on the OS of your choice.

- [Setup on Linux Mint](deviceSetup/linuxMint.md)

Includes instructions for a local web server.

- [Setup on a Raspberry Pi](deviceSetup/raspberryPi.md)

Includes instructions for a local web server.

## "Real World Sault Ste. Marie" Setups

### Installed

![Seniors TV Display at the Northern Community Centre](realWorld/nccSeniors.jpg)

- Civic Centre - Clerk's Department
- Civic Centre - Lobby
- Transit - Dennis Street Bus Terminal
- Transit - Staff Room
- John Rhodes Community Centre - [Case Study](realWorld/johnRhodes.md)
- Northern Community Centre - Seniors 55+
- Seniors' Drop-In Centre

### In the Works

- Northern Community Centre

## Tips and Tricks

- [Tips](tipsAndTricks/tips.md)
- [Troubleshooting](tipsAndTricks/troubleshooting.md)