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A Technical Report
A Technical Report
ON THE
STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES)
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This report is dedicated to the glory of the Almighty God, the creator for his protection over
me through the period of my training. I also dedicate it to my parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ajayi for
I want to start by saying thanks to almighty God for his grace and protection over my life all
through the training and for his faithfulness over my life. I say a very big thank you to him.
My profound gratitude goes to my parents, Mr. And Mrs. Ajayi for giving me the opportunity
to be a scholar and for being there for me all through my hard times. I will forever remain
I want to thank ITF for coming up with this programme and also my school for being a part
of it because it has really prepared my knowledge for what I’ll be facing in the nearest future.
I say a very big thank you to all lecturers that have contributed to me directly or indirectly
right from my year one even to this present moment, for all the opportunity given to me to
To all the staff of Xanda Technologies Limited, I appreciate you all for the opportunity given
to me to learn from you, for the intensive training and for the love shown. God bless you all.
To my Supervisor at Xanda Technologies Limited, Mr.Femi Ola-Iya, thank you so much for
Ibipeju, Adeoye Roseline, Enitan Jimmy, I appreciate you all for being a friend all through.
Cheers.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page i
Dedication ii
Acknowledgements iii
Table of Contents iv
Abstract v
This report is the collation of the experiences gained and a summary of the projects carried
out
A proper documentation on each of the projects and activities I was involved in as well as a
A detailed and concise note on the knowledge garnered, both theoretical and most especially
practical which has helped developed and broaden my use of digital signage, setting up of
digital billboard signage. Also, troubleshooting and solving IT related issues I learnt how
The report also discusses the relevance of the student industrial training scheme to students
and also recommendations in order to improve the schemes competence and capability to
impart students immensely with professional idea and skill acquired at their various firms of
attachment.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) is training programme designed by
the Federal government of Nigeria in the year 1973 as part of its effort towards providing
adequate practical skills for students in the institution of higher learning, it’s a scheme
designed to expose student in tertiary institution to the work and conditions and ethics in the
surmount the challenges in their various disciplines before obtaining the degree in view
It serves as an effort to bridge the gap existing between the theoretical knowledge obtained in
school with the actual industrial experience. It’s aimed at exposing students to machines that
are not available in schools, professional work methods and ways of safeguarding the work
area and workers in industries and other organizations. It is funded by the federal government
which is jointly coordinated by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the National
University council (NUC). During my industrial training period which was undertaken
gap between theory and practical skills of students. Therefore, there was a need to give
students to get real work experience. The program was created to give student experience in
addition to theoretical learning. The industrial training policy was introduced by Federal
Government of Nigeria in 1973. As at that time it was called Student Industrial Training
(SIT). This Project was necessary to improve practical skills of students. SIWES has become
The aims and the objectives of the student industrial work experience scheme are as follow.
To provide student with an opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge in real work
situation, thereby bridging the gap existing between university work and actual practice.
To serve as opportunity for self – actualization for student thus making positive and
To expose students to work methods, techniques and machines that may not be available
in the schools.
To prepare students for the work situation there are likely to face after school.
To provide an avenue for students in the Nigerian universities to acquire industrial skills
One of the significant features of advanced industrial societies is the degree to which they
have achieved progress in the field of science and technology. This had enabled the citizens
to enjoy good standard of living which exceeds that of the developing countries. Thus formal
education comprising of field or industrial work is vital for the production of graduate with
Development of critical and scientific approach to problems and their possible solutions
As a matter of fact, the student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) is a promotion
for the growth of science and technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Medical, Management
professionals, With deep understanding of modern technology and strong expertise in mul-
tiple business ranging from digital solutions and signages to proximity advertising, internet
service provision amongst others.. We develop custom solutions engagement that simplifies
ADDRESS
Nigeria.
Website: www.xandatechnologies.com
MISSION: As a 21st century service company, our mission is to surpass client and partner
expectations through the provision of premium quality service with cutting edge approach to
VISION: To be the choicest service provider in the Nigeria service industry and beyond.
i. Human Resource Department: This department in Xanda Technologies Ltd is the back-
bone of the organization, it is the link between the company’s various department. The de-
partment keep record on the company policies and write a new policies if needed. While at
that, keep confidential policy sealed and non-confidential policy separate for the confidential
ones. They keep record of leave policy of employee, retain track of training and meetings of
ii Sales Department: They ensure to know the company’s product and know the company’s
target market, then they Source for clients to buy the products. They make sure they have
good relationship with customers and ensure to keep in touch with the clients, follow up with
the clients at all time, always available to answer and respond to clients when they have is-
sues and also send mails to the prospective from time to time.
iii. Information technology support Specialist: They get accustomed to the technical parts
of the company and know how to solve customer’s issues. They are in charge of the confer -
ence room PC and TV set up for meetings. They create IT security policies and also provide
on-site technical support to clients provide internet to users and internet troubleshooting in
the company.
iv. Finance and Account: They are in charge of fiscal matters and payments.
2.2 ORGANISATION CHART
TECHNOLOGY
SUPPORT
ACCOUNTANT SPECIALIST 1
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR
SALES
HR OFFICER
Xanda Deck
iPoster LED
Restaurant Automation
Hospitality Solution
CHAPTER THREE
During my Six months Student Industrial Working Experience scheme (SIWES) at Xanda
Technologies Limited. I must confess I gained a lot of experiences and I was exposed to so
many things in the Digital signage world alongside the IT (Information Technology) world
and the work done during these months have been able to increase my knowledge and helped
on how I can handle any projects or jobs given to me outside the four walls of the school.
However, I believe that the experiences I have gained will really help me after school on a
long run. I can single-handedly supervise any project on digital signage, I can execute and
manage any company’s project without supervision, and also provide support to users in any
essential TECHNOLOGY is in the digital signage world, setting up the digital signage and
office upkeep was part of me throughout my SIWES at Xanda Technologies Limited and it
I had monthly presentation during my SIWES and that has helped build my confidence to de-
liver presentations well and capable of producing a well suitable slide for the presentation.
3.1 MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY
I was introduced to what the Xanda deck player is, and how I can solve client’s issues when
there are problems, what benefit the xandadeck adds to users, what my work is as an
Xandadeck is a next-generation digital signage service, born and raised on the Cloud. This
cloud-based digital signage platform helps you design, create and schedule easily for your
screens from anywhere in the world, using your computer or smartphone, effortlessly. It
basically helps to turn your screen into a communication platform of sorts. It can turn your
Xandadeck is a digital signage player. Digital signage players are physical or palpable
devices that display contents on your screens but they are not software themselves, they only
work in hand with digital signage software screens and generally connect to the digital
digital signage, by which it pushes messages from one location in any part of the world
because it can split your TV screen and display multiple message at the same time.
FIG.2: An image of a xandadeck player.
Contents can only be pushed out via the digital signage player only when we must have been
able to join the digital signage player together with the digital signage software, then we can
manage and also troubleshoot via the content management system. The both are needed for
each other because they are essentially needed for ensuring the digital signage network runs
seamlessly.
3.1.1.2 HOW THE XANDADECK PLAYER WORKS
The Xandadeck player which is a digital signage player, far from digital signage content
management systems, are not a platform you log into. They are not an operation centre or
dashboard you need to check daily. Rather, a digital signage player is a system installed on a
physical device that plays on a screen. Once the clients set up their player, they can
essentially just let it do its job. The real work is done by the team on the content management
system who are the Information technology support specialist, which I happened to be a part
As mentioned, the content management system is the digital signage platform that allows you
to control what is showing up on your screen while also troubleshooting any issue that arise,
which is what I deal with as Information technology support specialist in the company.
rendered services and gave technical support to the company’s clients and I was assigned to
give daily report of every players from every organisation, because I was given the access to
The daily reports of online and offline players made it easier for me as an Information
technology specialist, I always go to each organisations that are having offline players to give
TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST
Different issues can always come up since the player is a technical device which also requires
network, the network can be in form of either Internet cable or local area network depending
on the organisation.
ENVIRONMENT:
In a wi-fi environment and there was a change of wi-fi password or a change in the wi-fi
name itself, automatically, the xandadeck player will disconnect from the cloud based
solution because it won’t be seeing the new wi-fi credentials that has just been changed
to, that makes the player go offline since it has been disconnected from the cloud and
there is no internet. I learnt how to troubleshoot when problems like this occurs as an
information technology support specialist. In solving this problem, I remove the memory
card on the player and put it in a memory card reader, after that, I slot it in my personal
computer to check for the network credentials and then edit it to the new network
credentials, if it still doesn’t work, that is where I have to flash the memory card, flashing
the memory card wipes away the old wi-fi credentials, after flashing it then I install back
the operating system, because in the process of flashing the memory card to wipe away
old credentials, it also wipes away the operating system and make the memory card an
ordinary memory card. So, it is required to flash the memory card and then install the
operating system, after that, input the new credentials. After doing all of these,
successfully, the player comes back online because it is now using same wi-fi credentials
NETWORK) ENVIRONMENT:
In a LAN (local area network) environment, internet cable is being used instead unlike
the wi-fi environment where we use wi-fi to get internet to the player. So when there is
no internet connectivity here, I check the LAN ( local area network) cable to see if it is
plugged to the player and check if the player is not blinking, if it is not blinking , it is
right to check if LAN (local area network)cable is properly plugged and check the switch
on the wall to see where the LAN(local area network) cable is coming from , if it is
properly plugged and everything seem fine but the player is still not online and
displaying contents, then the network cable will be removed and plugged to my personal
computer to see if there is internet on the LAN(local area network) cable, if there is
internet on the cable and it is still not blinking, the player will be re-plugged back. In a
case where the there is no internet on the cable, then I go the server room to check the
specialist dealing with the xanddadeck player. Sometimes, the problem maybe from the
cable, probably the cable is bad or ports on the switch is bad. It can also be that the
switch where the cable is coming from is bad, lastly, the problem may also be from the
internet port of the player itself, maybe it’s bad, those can be the issues in a LAN (local
All these are ways of solving the issues surrounding the xandadeck player but the issues
support specialist.
Sometimes, after doing all of these steps rightly and the problem has still not been
solved, in a LAN (local area network) environment, the last step of trouble shooting as
Information Technology Support Specialist will be to delete the player from the portal
itself, then flash it and provide the network credentials, after that, it will come up with a
registration code, then the player will be re-registered. That’s how it works, the client’s
issue has been successfully solved after doing all these as an Information Technology
Support Specialist.
FIG.6: An image of myself checking if the player is properly connected and blinking.
FIG.7: An image of me connecting the player to my personal computer as part of
troubleshooting.
FIG.8: An image of connecting the player to the Television screen for the company’s client.
FIG.9: An image showing registration code of a player after I re-registered it.
3.1.1.4 PROBLEM WHO ARE THE CLIENTS?
The clients are different organisations like banks, pharmacies, restaurants, and hospitals
Push messages from one one location in any part of the world to other locations
Split your screen and display multiple messages at the same time.
Group the branches and customize messages. For instance, what you send to branches
Remotely manage the content of your screen from your desktop, laptop or tablet.
3.1.2 INTRODUCTION TO LED IPOSTER
I was introduced to the LED IPOSTER and I learnt how it works and how I can render
adds to users.
The LED iPoster is the digital form of the traditional rollup banner, exactly same length and
breadth but a lot more engaging that one can even imagine.
It is the first commercial display that can achieve a seamless splice. The Iposters can be
combined together to form a large screen, which is what I did on behalf of the company’s IT
department, I single-handedly handled these product and I took charge of this part in the
company due to how I was able to understand it fast and my own personal study about it
The LED Iposter are connected with the HDMI but it can only work after you must have
configured it and set it up like your computer for it to respond to every of your commands,
which can be done with the knowledge of an IT personnel, hence, I was given the job to
The LED Iposter screen has a software which you can push your contents through to the
screen for the display, it is mostly done using mobile devices and as an IT personnel, I learnt
how to not use the mobile device network with the software, the LED iposter has its own wifi
As an IT personnel, working with the LED Iposter screens made me get more familiar with
using the HDMI cable. The screen has different ports in which they all contribute to the
configuration of the screen. As an IT personnel, it was my job to ensure all ports of the screen
are all plugged with their accurate components to make the screen work. The components are
The LED iposter will come on after plugging the components to their correct ports.
and make it easy to control like a computer can be controlled for it to respond to the
command given to it by the user. I did that by using the device with me, one can use any
device as long as it has been configured to the iposter settings. There are some rules and
regulations that governs them in which I learnt them as an Information Technology personnel
and was able to apply them and gave support to clients of the organisation.
After the LED iposter has been configured and it’s already on, we configure it so we can
control it by doing something called “ACTIVATING SCREEN”. After the screen is on, I
learnt how to set it to be controlled on the mobile device using the LED iposter software
( vplex handy).
ACTIVATING SCREEN:
Connect mobile device to screen wifi which helps the screen to be able to acknowledge the
mobile device and confirm that the mobile device has been set to the screen, then Set video
control to HDMI to set the video source to Internal and any message from the mobile device
Activating the screen or pushing contents to the screen can only be done through the
customised software. To activate the screen as a controllable machine, I made sure I set the
from your mobile phone and in the case where we have two screens, what is displayed on the
master screen, is what will also display on the other screen as long as the two screens have
During my training, I was able to learn how to bind two or more screens together and also
Creating a master screen, I learnt to make sure the HDMI cord is connected to right
port on the screen which is the HDMI OUT port. That indicates that the screen giving
out data and it is getting data from the direct source which is the mobile phone.
On the LED iposter software, the video SOURCE is also set to be INTERNAL,
which is done on the video control from the software. Sometimes, the screen might
troubleshooting.
Every screen has its own position on the software, for the master screen, I set the X
position to 0, turning the X position is a part of the steps in turning the screen into a
master screen, which is to give the screen signal to confirm that the screen won’t be
After doing all of these carefully, as an Information technology personnel, I was able to turn a
screen into a master screen for every event the company had during my five months of
training.
There are some steps to creating a receiving screen in which I also learnt during my five
months training. What is a receiving screen? A receiving screen is the screen that displays
content from the master screen, the receiving screen is dependent on the master screen, it
can’t display a content on its own and it does not get contents from the direct source (mobile
The receiving screen receives data from the master screen or display same content as the
master screen, so I ensure to connect the HDMI cord to the right port on the screen which is
the HDMI IN port. That indicates that the screen will be getting data from the mater screen.
Unlike the mater screen, the receiving X position is always set depending on how many
screens I am to bind together. I learnt to bind as many as 4 screens together. In which 3 out of
the 4 screens will be receiving content from the remaining one called master screen.
Every receiving screen has its own X position, the master screen is always the screen1, the
one after the screen which is a master screen is called screen2, the screen 2 X position will be
set to be 224, screen3 X position is set to be 448 while the screen 4 X position is set to be
672.
I learnt to always set all receiving screens to HDMI instead of INTERNAL which is used for
After doing all of these correctly, I can control the screen from the mobile app, and send data
to the master screen which will pass same data to every receiving screen connected to it.
FIG.8: An image of 2 screens bound together by me for the organisation’s client (emzor).
From the above image two screens are displaying same content as a result of successfully
binding them together to give same content and make the screen look like one large screen.
I furthered my knowledge about the LED iposter by learning how to unbind screens that had
Unbinding the screen was really important in my due to different clients and their requests, I
also understood that as Information technology personnel, its my duty to understand what the
mobile device. Below are the few steps I learnt to unbind screens;
Connect to wifi network provided by the receiving screen to be unbind. The receiving
change every settings to same settings as any master screen to make it easier to learn.
All these are done through the dedicated software designed for the screen which was
From the picture above, I was able to unbind two screens that were bound together, so now
each screen can now operate independently and be used separately. Hence, they are
3. 1 .1 BALENAETCHER
Balenaetcher is a software or tool used to flash OS Images onto SD cards and USB drives
which is important in my field because during the Setup, installation and techn
ical support to client for one of the company’s products Xandadeck. I reconfigured the Xan-
dadeck player by using BalenaEtcher to reinstall the Raspberry pi OS, this procedure can also
be called flashing of the player and this was what I used the software for during my Industrial
training at Xanda Technologies Limited. It is also a free and open-source utility used for writ-
ing image files such as .iso and .img files, as well as zipped folders onto storage media to
3. 1 .2 VIPLEX HANDY
Viplex handy is a software application which runs on mobile devices designed for the Led
Iposter digital signage screen. I used this software in configuring the Led Iposter digital sig-
4.0 SUMMARY
4.2 CONCLUSIONS
The industrial training has exposed me to another world of Information technology, I was
able to get familiar and understand the digital signage, how it works, setting up the LED
Iposter.
Also, it made me understand the basics of computer, got familiar with computer and it’s
component, and even how to solve some problems as an Information technology support
specialist, from troubleshooting to how to relate with users when there are issues because I
support specialist, widen my scope on the IT field and most importantly practical application
of the theoretical knowledge in school. Also, it has built up my confidence and my level of
Conclusively, at the end of this industrial training, I was really convinced and shown that;
Computer Science is incomplete without the practical experience and exposure to some areas
industrial–based supervisors by giving me some jobs to carry out during my stay with them in
the course of my industrial training and as a result of this, I can now on my own perform
professionals, which has brought out my capabilities under an official condition, working
with Information technology specialists, knowing their functions, roles and their
4.3 RECOMMENDATIONS
It is highly recommended that industrial training should be carried out in 200l, and 300l to
enable the students realize the inter – woven of scientific discipline and to provide an insight
I also recommend that there should be proper supervision of students by both ITF officials
and school based supervisors to ensure that students are taking the programme serious.
4.4 REFERENCE