Case study

BBB needed live signage. We built the platform.

Bloomfield Best Bagel is a Toast-POS restaurant in NJ. Owner wanted dual-screen menu boards that updated in real time and didn't need a tablet visible to customers. We built the system. It runs 24/7. The same architecture now powers our TV Station product.

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This is the real production system. Refresh in 10 seconds and you'll see whatever's currently on Screen 1 at the restaurant.

Production deployment

Bloomfield Best Bagel — Screen 1

Two LG TVs (75-inch + 55-inch), one PELADN WO4 mini PC, Tailscale networking, Kiosk Launcher v4.0. Each screen runs an independent zone. Menu rotation, daily specials, store hours, all DB-driven.

What we were asked to do.

The brief

"I want my menus to update from one place. And I don't want to look at a tablet."

BBB had been using printed menus that needed reprinting whenever a price changed. The previous attempt at digital signage used a USB-stick + PowerPoint setup — clunky, no remote updates, no monitoring. The brief was simple: a system the owner could update from anywhere, two screens (a 75-inch for full menu, a 55-inch for daily specials), no visible hardware in the dining area, and zero ongoing maintenance for the staff.

— BBB owner, brief discussion 2025-12

What we built.

The same architecture now ships as TV Station.

Dual-screen layout engine

Each TV gets its own zone. Independent rotation, independent content. Configured from the Command Center, no on-site work.

PELADN WO4 mini PC

Industrial mini PC behind the wall. Chromium kiosk mode. Auto-restart on crash. Watchdog process keeps everything running.

Tailscale private mesh

Mini PC is on our private network at 100.124.84.47. No exposed ports. We push updates without touching the restaurant's WiFi.

1-minute heartbeat

Every minute the mini PC reports in. If we miss two heartbeats, we get pinged. To date: zero customer-facing outages.

Schema-driven menus

Menus, specials, prices all live in the DB. Owner updates from a web form. Changes propagate to the screens within 30 seconds.

Time-of-day scheduling

Different content for breakfast vs lunch vs late-day. Tied to NJ local time. Set once, runs forever.

POS-safe isolation

Signage system is completely isolated from the Toast POS network. Zero impact on payment processing.

Owner-only admin

Single login, role-locked. Staff can see the dashboard but cannot modify pricing without owner approval.

By the numbers.

Production data from the live deployment.

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What it cost.

Plainly priced

$399 hardware + $89/mo software. That's the whole bill.

One-time: the PELADN WO4 mini PC, pre-loaded with our Kiosk Launcher software ($399). Recurring: TV Standard tier — 2 screens, multi-zone layouts, 24/7 monitoring, content updates whenever the owner wants ($89/mo). Hardware warranty: 12 months. Service warranty: as long as you're a client. We installed it on a Tuesday. By Wednesday it was running unattended. By the time we got back two weeks later, no one had touched the dashboard — it just kept doing its job.

BBB has been a paying client since Day 1 of the deployment.

TV Station pricing details

Want this for your restaurant?

TV Station starts at $49/mo. Hardware from $299 one-time. Talk to Obi about your space.