How to add a screen
- Open the management console, and navigate to screens page
- Install the player app on your device
- If you have Google play store available in your device, click on Install from Google Play to install the player app
- Otherwise, download and install the player app manually. For more information about installing the player app on your device, check Installation
- After installation, a Hash ID should be shown on your display, this ID will be used to add your screen to your management console
- Click on Add Screen
- Enter the ID from your display. This Hash ID is case sensitive
- Enter name and location of your screen
- Entering screen’s address will integrate with google maps screens map that is available in your dashboard
- Click on Add Screen
- Your screen will be added in the list
- To change a screen’s name, click on the name, then click on the edit icon next to the name, type the new name and click Save.
- To change the screen’s location, click on the location and change it.
Media Source
- To add content to your screen, click on Set Screen Content
- Screens can be assigned to playlists, channels, groups, and schedules
- Choose the source type: Playlists, Channels, Groups, or Schedules
- To assign to a playlist, click on Playlists
- If you already created playlists, click on the playlist your want to assign to your screen
- or click on Set to new Playlist to create a new playlist and assign it to your screen
- Type in a playlist name to filter the playlists
Note: If the screen is horizontal, only horizontal playlists will show, and if it’s vertical only vertical playlists will show.
- To assign to a channel, click on Channels, then on the channel name
- To assign to a group, click on Groups, then on the group name
- To assign to a schedule, click on Schedules then on the schedule name
Screen Settings
- Click on the Settings button of your screen
Power Management
Check Power Management
Brightness Management
Check Brightness Management
Screenshot
- Click on Screenshot from the screen details
- Click on Take a new screenshot
- Wait for the screenshot to load, it might take a few seconds
- You can check the timestamp of the last screenshot taken
Rotate Screen
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Click on Rotate Screen from the screen details
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The screen can have one of the 4 orientations:
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horizontal: the screen is at 0 degrees
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vertical: rotate the screen 90 degrees
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horizontal flipped: rotate the screen 180 degrees
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vertical flipped: rotate the screen 270 degrees
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Choose one and click Save
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Your screen will rotate to the chosen orientation
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You can also enable fake rotation which will cause the screen to report in the opposite orientation, but it will not change the actual orientation of the screen.
- If you choose vertical, you can see that the Type has changed to vertical
- The media source is cleared, since the vertical playlists are different from the horizontal ones, choose a new one by clicking on Set Screen Content
Tags
- Click on Tags
- Choose Tags for the screen
- Click Save
Screen Details
- Click on Details
- View the hardware and software screen details
Restart
*Requires a Rooted screen*
- Click on Restart to make your screen reboot.
Status history
The status history displays when your screen goes online and offline.
Delete
- Click on Delete to remove your screen from the management console
- The screen should show the Hash ID and can be added to other accounts
- All the data and media files will be removed from the screen
Filter and Search Screens
- Type in a screen name to search for it in the list
- Click on Filter Screens to filter by:
- Tags
- Status: All, Online, Offline
- Type: All, Vertical, Horizontal
- You can export players details as CSV file.