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Working with our QSYS vendor and getting conflicting answers.

On a NV21 being used as a decoder, can the local HDMI input be controlled?

For example, I have a NV21 Decoder connected to a TV. A digital signage unit is plugged into the NV21 HDMI input. I want to control the NV21 to sometimes use a network stream (from another NV21 acting as an encoder), but sometimes use the Digital Signage connected via the local HDMI.

This seems possible, and at first it was “no problem” but now I’m being told I need an addition NV-21 to encode the digital signage if I want to control it.

I can’t find a clear answer in the online product sheets or manual, so looking for Reddit to help! :-)

Is this feature specified somewhere I can point the vendor to as evidence?

I need to connect 24 NV-21 to a switch. These require PoE++ to work.

The QSYS NS26-1440++ has enough PoE++ ports and budget, but only had a 1Gbps SFP port. Will I be maxing out the bandwidth on the uplink? If I did two of these switches would 12 NV-21 max out the bandwidth on the uplink?

The NV-21 specs vary, and say estimated bandwidth is between 100-800Mbps.

Does anyone have a great school website, news, newsletter , and communication solution you are really proud of? We’re due for a complete overhaul and I’m struggling to find one solution.

Ideally we want something that can:

do our website

have a single source for posts

post to website, social media, etc

have a weekly web/email newsletter from those posts

handle classroom communication

handle sports/club communication

Mass messaging for district blasts

I see ParentSquare, Apptegy, and FinalSite used a lot. However I can’t find people using all the tools. I see a ParenrSquare website and classroom communication, but they use Smoore for newsletters. Or Apptegy website and ParenrSquare for communications, etc.

Any magical solution or examples I’m missing? Thanks!