SeanKann Posted June 21, 2023 Report Share Posted June 21, 2023 it would be nice to have the wallboard not require a user to view it so if we want to put it on a TV screen etc we can just go to a URL to view it example companypbx.com/wallboard/500 <-- 500 being the ext number of the queue or even if you do put a password make it so you can log in once to remember or something. Just a suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott1234 Posted June 22, 2023 Report Share Posted June 22, 2023 10 hours ago, SeanKann said: it would be nice to have the wallboard not require a user to view it so if we want to put it on a TV screen etc we can just go to a URL to view it example companypbx.com/wallboard/500 <-- 500 being the ext number of the queue or even if you do put a password make it so you can log in once to remember or something. Just a suggestion or IP whitelist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskenderian Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 or just script something to login for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodia PBX Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 The way we envisioned the usage is that the user logs in using credentials, passkey or whatever and then navigate to the wallboard, disables the screen saver on the OS, puts it on full-screen. The wallboard has a special way of keeping the session token so that if the PBX would have to restart or the connection gets lost, it would stay on the wallboard. This should work for a long time. This would assume that the underlying PC never shuts down. Passwords in URL are a bad idea, see e.g. https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-reporter-hacked-eu-council-interview/ especially when they are visible to a lot of people! The question is what happens if you reboot the PC underneath, e.g. because it lost power or a software update triggered a restart. ATM it would mean that the user would have to log in again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardDCG Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 The wallboard is removed from the Windows app menu (never worked anyway) but is still there in the web browser login? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodia PBX Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 10 hours ago, RichardDCG said: The wallboard is removed from the Windows app menu (never worked anyway) but is still there in the web browser login? We took it out from the Windows app for now. We'll have some work to do for the Windows app anyway, and then we can see if we can find a full-screen mode for the wallboard for the app that might also solve the issues e.g. when rebooting the PC (we all know the blue screen at the airport and we don't want that ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskenderian Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 19 hours ago, Vodia PBX said: The way we envisioned the usage is that the user logs in using credentials, passkey or whatever and then navigate to the wallboard, disables the screen saver on the OS, puts it on full-screen. The wallboard has a special way of keeping the session token so that if the PBX would have to restart or the connection gets lost, it would stay on the wallboard. This should work for a long time. This would assume that the underlying PC never shuts down. Passwords in URL are a bad idea, see e.g. https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-reporter-hacked-eu-council-interview/ especially when they are visible to a lot of people! The question is what happens if you reboot the PC underneath, e.g. because it lost power or a software update triggered a restart. ATM it would mean that the user would have to log in again. thats why its better to just script it and have the script run on start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanKann Posted July 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 Should be some way to do this without a password. As stated above. some type of whitelist. What if you have a Samsung TV and use the browser that is built in and not hook up a PC. We do this with another PBX. It's just a URL. they can only view data nothing else. can't click on anything just shows the data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskenderian Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 Password should be required. Even if it’s just with basic auth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodia PBX Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 10 hours ago, SeanKann said: It's just a URL. they can only view data nothing else. can't click on anything just shows the data. Today that would be considered a total no-go. There must be some kind of authentication. We currently have super-admin, system-admin, tenant-admin and user login types. Would it make sense to add another type just for the wallboard? E.g. we could recycle the tenant-admin, make a new type tenant-wallboard and allow only the wallboard to be shown. Then you could e.g. whitelist the address of the TV and choose a trivial password, write it on a post-it, stick it on the TV and it would still be reasonable secure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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