With only a few days until Christmas, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2018! 2017 has a been yet another record-breaking year for ProVu. All of this, of course would not be possible without your support – thank you!
Our offices will close at 1pm on Friday 22nd December, but we will be open between Christmas and New Year should you need us. See full details of our opening and shipping times over the festive period.
With Christmas quickly approaching, we would like to share our shipping and opening times over the festive season.
Please note: The last date for shipping before Christmas will be Thursday 21st December. APC will not be operating between Christmas and New Year, orders placed to be collected by APC after the 21st December will not be delivered until 3rd January.
| Order Date | Delivery Date |
| 27th – 28th December | Next working day |
| 29th December* | 2nd January |
| 2nd January | Normal Service Resumes |
*Saturday delivery can be arranged for 30th December upon request, however this service will incur an additional charge.
| Date | Time |
| 22nd December | NO COLLECTION |
| 27th – 29th December | 14:30** |
| 2nd January | Normal Service Resumes |
**Please note: We will be operating a ‘best endeavour’ service and collection times may differ.
| Dates | Opening Times |
| 22nd December | OPEN: 09:00 – 13:00 |
| 23rd – 26th December | CLOSED |
| 27th – 29th December | OPEN: 10:00 – 16:00 |
| 1st January | CLOSED |
| 2nd January | Return to normal: 09:00 – 17:30 |
We recently set up our 2N IP Vario to wake up our computers when we scan our key fobs to enter the office. This means that our employee’s computers are switched on and ready to go before they even arrive at their desk.
We did this by writing a web app which uses the ‘Wake on LAN’ protocol, this was then added to 2N’s automation feature. ‘Wake On LAN’ is an existing protocol supported by many desktop computers.
Once a user scans their key fob on the IP Vario it then sends a HTTP request to our web app that includes the id of the key fob. The app then finds which user has scanned into the building by looking up the id of the key fob which was used and finds the associated user. With the username, the app then looks up the mac address for that user’s computer which calls Wake On LAN to broadcast a magic packet across the network. If the PC has power but is not turned on the computer will then boot.
Here is an example of the config we set up in our IP Vario’s automation:
<automation><row><name>Event.CardEntered</name><value>Card=valid;</value></row><row><name>Action.SendHttpRequest</name><value>Event=1; Uri=http://webapp.provu.co.uk?Id=$(1.Card)</value></row></automation>
It’s a situation we all hope will never occur, but on occasion, we know faulty goods arise and have to be returned. With Sennheiser‘s best-in-class warranty, returns couldn’t be simpler – thanks to their no quibble guarantee items are replaced with brand new products within 24 hours (subject to availability).