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Hi Group,
I'm new to the Android tablet world, so please forgive this noob question.
I've been kicking around the idea of replacing the analog clock in the back of our ambulances with a <$100 Android tablet. We've been battling the clocks for years, time changes, batteries, they just keep bad time. We tried 'atomic' clocks too, but they did not work either, too far from Colorado to get a signal.
To expand the function of the tablet to more then just a clock, I thought about creating an custom application that would display two different screens, one is the TIME (HH:MM:SS) and the second screen is the number of minutes that the ambulance crew was AT SCENE of the of 9-1-1 call, in MM format. As the minutes count UP it would motivate the crews to go enroute to the hospital. Yes, this does happen, no joke.
But for a successful project the tablet needs to Auto Power On and auto load the application. I have not purchased any tablets yet and I come from an iPad world, so I don't know if this can happen. I can provide constant power to the tablet or power it on with the ignition. Once the tablet gets power, it needs to turn on and load the application.
Each ambulance also has wifi, so each tablet would be joined to that truck's AP. The tablet would also need to auto join its pre-paired SSID network. Again, not sure this can be done without any human intervention.
The final solution needs to work without any human intervention, I can't ask people to 'log into your wall clock' at the beginning of their shift.
Thanks for any feed back.
Jim
I'm new to the Android tablet world, so please forgive this noob question.
I've been kicking around the idea of replacing the analog clock in the back of our ambulances with a <$100 Android tablet. We've been battling the clocks for years, time changes, batteries, they just keep bad time. We tried 'atomic' clocks too, but they did not work either, too far from Colorado to get a signal.
To expand the function of the tablet to more then just a clock, I thought about creating an custom application that would display two different screens, one is the TIME (HH:MM:SS) and the second screen is the number of minutes that the ambulance crew was AT SCENE of the of 9-1-1 call, in MM format. As the minutes count UP it would motivate the crews to go enroute to the hospital. Yes, this does happen, no joke.
But for a successful project the tablet needs to Auto Power On and auto load the application. I have not purchased any tablets yet and I come from an iPad world, so I don't know if this can happen. I can provide constant power to the tablet or power it on with the ignition. Once the tablet gets power, it needs to turn on and load the application.
Each ambulance also has wifi, so each tablet would be joined to that truck's AP. The tablet would also need to auto join its pre-paired SSID network. Again, not sure this can be done without any human intervention.
The final solution needs to work without any human intervention, I can't ask people to 'log into your wall clock' at the beginning of their shift.
Thanks for any feed back.
Jim