2. Devices & Players

Connecting screens and managing them day to day. This section has many pages, but a beginner only needs three of them. Everything else is here for when you need it later.

Start here (to get one screen running)

Do these three, in order:

1. impressPlayer install guides — put the player on your screen (or skip if your installer already did it).

2. Connect a new screen with its activation code — link the screen to your account using the 6-digit code it shows.

3. Managing devices day-to-day — the device list and the buttons on each device's card.

That's enough to get a screen live. Then go to Content and Playlists & Publishing to put something on it.

Everyday tasks

• Turn a screen on or off, mute it, set volume (remotely) — immediate, one-off commands.

• Send a command to a screen — the three ways to send one, and the commands you'll actually use.

• Device settings reference — rotation, brightness, volume, resolution and more.

• Organising devices with tags and Targeting screens with tags — group screens and act on a whole group at once.

Advanced (come back when you need it)

Custom resolution · Synchronized playback (master/slave) · Software releases & updates · Self-healing (auto-reboots & watchdogs) · Local peer-to-peer downloads between screens · Remote TV app installation (Beanstaller) · Exiting kiosk mode on Android · The emergency control app · Remote actions / commands reference.

New here? You can safely ignore the Advanced list on your first day.