[Casper] SMART Notebook, Drivers and SMART (Senteo) Response Packages

[Kathie Iorizzo]

Dusty
We just purchased a few of the SC9 controllers for the multi-touch  
recognition for the SB 600 series boards. In doing so, I had to  
install the latest software with SP5. There is a difference in the  
driver package itself. I will try to package this with Composer and  
let you know how it deploys.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On May 7, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Dorey, Dustin wrote:

> Bringing back up the SMART topic, I started digging into our packages
> here and in doing so got talking to our Instructional Technology  
> person
> who told me that the service pack is due out and has a bunch of  
> changes.
> I'm thinking about waiting for that to dig into this any further  
> before
> I re-invent the wheel so to speak.   I'm hoping that the new service
> pack will be more apt to be packaged and deployable at image time.
> Anyone have an eta on that service pack from SMART by any chance?
>
> -Dusty-
>
> Dustin  Dorey
> Technology Support Cluster Specialist
> Independant School District 196
> Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools
> dustin.dorey at district196.org
> 651|423|7971
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
> [mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Gene  
> Anderson
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:28 AM
> To: Wade, Evan C.
> Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> Subject: Re: [Casper] SMART Notebook, Drivers and SMART (Senteo)
> Response Packages
>
> "Wade, Evan C." <ecwade at capousd.org> writes:
>> Has anyone had any positive results using Casper tools for remote
> installations of SMART Technologies products?
>>
> Positive, no. Successful, sorta. Using ARD and Casper Remote +  
> policies.
>>
>>
>> My district uses SMART Airliners and Senteo classroom response units.
> The software does not deploy successfully as a DMG built with  
> composer,
> nor does it deploy correctly if we just add the vendor PKG and MPKG
> packages to the repository.
>
> I had the same result, no Composer snapshots would work and it  
> seemed to
> be Smart's drivers. I kept getting kernel extension errors. Jamf  
> Support
> worked with me awhile on this and couldn't get it work. I have no  
> issues
> with the dozens of apps and packages I deploy. Only Smart's stuff  
> gives
> me this much greif. One thing I did note is that updates don't work at
> all, requiring a complete removal of everything before I could
> reinstall.
>>
>> I've been desperate to find a fix for this, because the alternative  
>> is
> having to manually install 700MB worth of applications and clipart on
> hundreds of systems at dozens of schools.
>
> I used Smart's Installer Manager application to bundle NoteBook (along
> with settings & the licensing key) along with the drivers and any
> desired gallery settings. It creates a custom PKG which I uploaded  
> into
> CasperAdmin and push out via a policy or with Casper Remote. The  
> package
> doesn't want to deploy properly within a configuration snapshot and  
> only
> installs properly once the machine has been fully imaged and booted.
> Once the machine is imaged, then I deploy the customized Smart PKG,
> reboot,
> install the latest SmartBoard drivers (Smart's own pkg) and custom
> gallery settings (team content, etc), and one more reboot.
>
> From what I've heard from our senior Windows guy, Smart's software  
> isn't
> much easier for him either.
>
>
> Gene Anderson
> Systems Analyst, ACTC, MCP
> Pembina Hills Regional Division No.7
> Phone: (780) 674-8535 ext 6860
> email: ganderson at phrd.ab.ca
>
> "Passwords are like bubble gum, strongest when fresh, should never be
> used by groups and create a sticky mess when left laying around"
>
> -anon
>
>
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