Managing devices day-to-day

Open the device list from the right edge of the dashboard. An active (online) device has a coloured card with a check icon; an off or offline one is grey with a stop icon.

The device card buttons

Device card buttons

Each device is a card: the top shows an ON/OFF badge, the device name and id, the playlist it's playing (with the track number), and the current track. A small platform badge in the top-right corner shows what kind of player the screen runs — a browser icon for a Web player, or the TV/box brand for real hardware. Along the bottom is a row of buttons:

Stop (■) — stop playback on the screen.
Next track (▸▸) — skip to the next track in the playlist.
Settings (⚙) — open the device's settings.
Schedule (🗓) — open the device's working-hours schedule.
Turn screen on (⚡) — wake the screen now.
Turn screen off (⏻) — put the screen to standby now.
Volume (🔊) — set the level with the slider (0–100); the current level shows next to it. Set it to 0 to mute.
Publish / send (↗) — publish a playlist to the screen, or send it a one-off command.
Update playlists (🔄) — push the latest version of the device's existing playlists to it.
See logs (📈) — open the device's detailed logs.
Download sticker — download the device's printable sticker (its label).
Edit device info (✏️) — edit the device's details, including its name and address.
Today's playlist (☰) — preview what the device will play today.
Live view / Screenshot — open a live view of the screen, or capture what it's showing right now.

Not every account sees every button. Depending on your account settings and the player's software version, you may also see Reboot (restart the device — it can also be sent from Publish / send), View info, View logs, and sensor arm / disarm. A couple of buttons are impressBox-staff only — remote SSH access and Update app — and won't appear for regular users.

If your card doesn't show a Reboot button, you can still restart a screen: send reboot from Publish / send (↗) or ask the assistant — as with any one-off command that has no button of its own. See Send a command to a screen.

What the platform badge means

The small badge in the top-right corner of each device card tells you what kind of player the screen runs (a Web player is shown below as an example):

Platform badge (Web player)

Web player — a browser tab used as a screen (shows the browser icon). See Try impressBox without a screen.
LG — an LG Smart TV (webOS).
Samsung — a Samsung TV (Tizen).
Android — an Android box, tablet or TV, including Philips, Hikvision, iiyama and other Android-based TVs (they all show the Android badge).
BrightSign — a BrightSign player.
Raspberry Pi — a Raspberry Pi player (Pi 3 / 4 / 5).
Desktop player — a Windows or Linux desktop running the player app.

Each badge shows that player's logo (or the browser icon for a Web player), so you can tell at a glance what a screen is running. To install any of these, see impressPlayer install guides.

Renaming

Rename a device at any time. The name is only a label — renaming does not change the device's identifier or its assignments.

On the device's card, click the edit (pencil) icon.
Choose Device info.
Type the new name in the Name field.
Save.

Edit device info