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issue 17 · build 2026-00-00
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rcs // it department
Eagle Tech Weekly
Sunday, May 10, 2026 · Issue #17
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> eagle-byte@rcs-it ~ echo
Reporting live from inside the help desk, where this week's greatest hits included...
This week's tickets included gems like...
“My BenQ board keeps signing me out” “The printer needs toner and my class is watching” “The WiFi has opinions this week”
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01 av + benq |
// the story this week.
Byte's Field Report
Picture this: it's first period Monday morning - the first day back with students. You tap your BenQ board to pull up your lesson plan and it signs you out. You sign back in. It signs you out again. Twenty-eight kids are watching. This scenario played out across multiple classrooms during the first week back, and IT was on it fast. What was happening: the BenQ boards were running a firmware version that caused sign-in sessions to expire unexpectedly under certain network handshake conditions. It's a known issue BenQ flagged earlier this year. The fix is a firmware update combined with a full power cycle - and that's exactly what Trent and Steve worked through this week, classroom by classroom. If your board is still misfiring - signs you out repeatedly, freezes on the login screen, or shows a spinning wheel - here's your two-step field fix: (1) Hold the power button on the board for 10 seconds, unplug the board from the wall for 30 seconds, then plug it back in. (2) If it still signs you out more than twice after a full power cycle, file a Zendesk ticket with your room number. We'll check the firmware version remotely and push the update. Most classrooms are already patched. If yours isn't, it will be within the hour of your ticket landing.
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“When your board signs you out for the third time, it's not personal. It's firmware. And firmware has a fix.”
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02 crew |
// real humans. real wins. real numbers.
High-Fives from the Nest
| New tickets this week |
80 |
| Tickets resolved |
30 |
| Fastest close | BenQ board restarted and patched same-period the ticket was filed |
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// this week's hero
Trent Stone
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03 theme |
// the story this week.
Theme of the Week
This week's MVP: Trent Stone. Robin Clark was out Monday through Sunday (earned vacation, well-deserved). That left Trent and Steve to handle the first full week back with students solo. Trent closed 15 tickets, led the BenQ firmware sweep across Lower School and Middle School, and kept the Zendesk queue from turning into a parking lot. If your board got fixed this week without you even knowing it was broken, there's a solid chance Trent got there first.
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// status_board
System Snapshot
week of --
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wifi_uptime
90.0%
all campuses · 7d
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new_guides
0
Help Center articles published
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devices_repaired
3
back in students' hands this week
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days_to_winter_break
126
until June 1
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// byte tip of the week
BenQ board acting up? Don't restart from the on-screen menu - that's a soft reset and it won't clear the sign-in cache. Hold the physical power button on the panel for 10 full seconds, then unplug from the wall for 30 seconds. That hard reset clears the session cache and usually solves the sign-out loop. Still misfiring after that? File a ticket - we'll push the firmware remotely.
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04 video |
// byte --play kKDg1SBvoe4 --reason "because understanding why the board keeps signing you out beats guessing"
Your Smart Panel Is Shutting Itself Off - Here's the Real Reason Why
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Your Smart Panel Is Shutting Itself Off - Here's the Real Reason Why
9:47 · youtu.be/kKDg1SBvoe4
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Watch on YouTube →
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05 schedule |
// on the it radar
What's Coming Up
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08.xx
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US Art Room BenQ Demo Unit
Coordinating a demo unit from Vizual Symphony for the US Art room - this will inform whether we expand the BenQ fleet further.
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08.xx
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US Yearbook MacBook Refresh
Replacement MacBook for the Yearbook editing station. Connects to the Yearbook switch and replaces the aging current machine.
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TBD
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Watch Server Upgrades
Scheduling maintenance windows for Watch, Watch2, and Watch3 - memory and storage upgrades to keep the security camera infrastructure healthy.
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● eagle-byte@rcs-it:~$ sign-off --v=17
Keep your Chromebooks charged and your Zendesk submissions descriptive. See you next week. Fly high.
Eagle Byte · on behalf of the RCS IT team
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rcs it help desk
eagle-tech-weekly // issue 17 // 2026-00-00
Redlands Christian Schools · Educating for Eternity · Est. 1921
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