Xibo

Website with user auth - connection sharing possible?

Asked by Joerg Schuster

Hi,

I plan to use Xibo as a "production control device".

Information:

We have one client configured as a virtual desktop over 4 Displays. I take a resolution of 5120x1024 on the client. The template with the total size of 5120x1024 have every 1280x1024 a region- so one Xibo Client drives 4 Displays with USB VGA Graphik Cards from "Manhattan".

It works absolutely fine!
The same commercial systems are very expensive - one display up to 8.000€!
( http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/05/bowling-green-factory---03_450.jpg )

The Xibo System --> 1000€! :-)

Problem:

But now, Im looking for a feature, so that Xibo shows 4 different Websites with User Auth. The PASS are into the URL.
After the user auth, the Webserver knows, which information Xibo shows on one of the 4 Displays (regions). The problem is, that every logged in user, becomes the same Informations from the server. Xibo, or Internet Explorer/Firefox shows always the same info on every Display or Tab. This is absolutley normal so the webserver serves out one communication session, for one client session.

To become the right information for each user on one client, its only possible when i start the Internet Explorer with the function " iexplore.exe -nomerge". So all works fine! The webserver gaves one session for one opened browser window--> session sharing.

My question is, is it possible to get a "-nomerge" feature into Xibo when he opens a url?
Maybe a registry hack?

sincerely, Joerg

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Answered
For:
Xibo Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Last query:
Last reply:
Revision history for this message
Dan Garner (dangarner) said : 		#1

I'll take a look, but we aren't actually launching an IEXPLORE process, we
are using the Active X DLL.

I am actually surprised shared sessions is a problem, I thought that came in
with IE8 (and that we still used IE7)

Revision history for this message
Joerg Schuster (joerg-schuster) said : 		#2

Hi Dan,

I tought you are using the IE...
A "nomerge" function (or similar) would be incredible, so Xibo mutated to a multi "can do anything system" ;-)

Now we have some tests, to implement the session ID we got from our server, into the URL.

Today we rolled out our fifth Xibo Client, we have 7 Displays in our company! ;-)

sincerely, Joerg

Revision history for this message
Dan Garner (dangarner) said : 		#3

Hi Joerg,

We do use IE, but we use the WebBrowserControl for .NET to embed IE - I am
not sure if this can be launched with nomerge or not.

Could you create a blueprint for this feature and link it to this question
so we do not lose track of this request?

Glad to hear you are getting along well with Xibo!

Revision history for this message
Joerg Schuster (joerg-schuster) said : 		#4

Hi,

our idea with the session ID into the url doesn't work :-(

I created a blueprint for this feature:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/xibo/+spec/internet-explorer-nomerge

sincerely, Joerg

Can you help with this problem?

Provide an answer of your own, or ask Joerg Schuster for more information if necessary.

To post a message you must log in.