The display URL and QR code
Where each screen’s address lives, and how to get it onto the device.
The display URL and QR code
Every screen has its own address. Open it on the device in the lobby and
that device becomes the board.
Where to find it
Displays → open the screen → Preview & URL. The tab shows the board
as it will look, the URL, and a QR code.
It used to live on a Preview page of its own. It is per screen now, which
is the only place it can be — two screens on the same hotel have two
different URLs and two different configurations behind them.
The URL is permanent, unguessable, and does not need a login. Anyone with
the link sees your board, so treat it as semi-public: fine on a screen in
your lobby, not something to publish.
Getting it onto the device
With the QR code. Open the camera on the device, point it at the code
on your laptop, follow the link. Fastest when the device has a camera.
By hand. Copy the URL and type it into the browser on the device.
Tedious, but it works on a smart TV with a remote and no camera.
Once the board is open:
Then set the device to open it on boot. A board that needs someone to
tap through a browser after every power cut is not yet installed — see
The preview tab needs an active display
An inactive display has nothing to preview. Activate it on the General
tab first.
When the URL does not work
Copy it again from the tab.
shows cached flights and an offline marker; a board that has never
loaded shows nothing.
Each has its own.