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How to display Today+ on an iPad

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Jacob Hougaard Christensen
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 This article will give you an guide to how to display Today+ on an iPad, iPad Mini, and iPad Pro. 

 

1. Download the AskCody Signage App
  • Go to the App Store on the iPad that you want to display your Today+ on, and download the "AskCody Signage" App.
    *The app named "AskCody" is an older version
 
2. Sign out off App Store
  • Open Settings
  • Choose "iTunes & App Store"
  • Click on your Apple ID
  • Choose “Sign Out”
  • The Apple ID is now empty

 

3. Disable Auto-Lock
  • Open Settings
  • Choose General
  • Choose Auto-lock
  • Click “never”
 
4. Set Brightness (Optional)
  • Open Settings
  • Choose Wallpapers & Brightness
  • Set brightness to maximum. Turn off “Auto-Brightness”

 

5. Setup Guided Access (optional)
Using Guided Access you limit the iPad to only view a single app (Today+). This will create a lockdown of the iPad while only displaying the Today+, so nobody can access the functions of the iPad unless you have a password. We recommend that you activate Guided Access.  
  • Open Settings
  • Choose General
  • Choose Accessibility
  • Click Guided Access
  • Click Guided Access on
  • Create Password
  • *Do not activate Guided Access yet 

OBS: In the current iOS version (v. 12.1) the iPad screen with guided access enabled will go black after approx. 20 minutes even though the sleep setting is set to never. Check out the link below for more information! 

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8565372?page=4 

 
 
6. Type in the Today+ License Key
In the AskCody Manager, you can find the Today+ license Key. Find your license key here. 
  • Open the AskCody Signage App
  • Type in the Licence Key or scan the QR code. 
  • Press start
 
7. Activate Guided Access (optional)
  • When the AskCody Signage App is running, activate Guided Access by clicking 3 times on the iPad home button. 

*Click the home button 3 times to deactivate Guided Access.

 

*Please note that AskCody is only responsible for maintaining the AskCody software and has nothing to do with the actual hardware, setup of hardware and the maintenance of hardware.

AskCody can only provide basic requirements of approved hardware, that has been tested with the AskCody products according to basic use, but the ultimate decision regarding hardware is completely up to you. 

 

 

These articles might be helpful: 

Want to know how to display Today+ on other screens?

How to handle iOS updates when displaying Today+ on iPads

 

 

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