Screen groups and schedules

Grouping screens, orientation, default playlists and time-based schedule rules.

All screens in a screen group play the same content. Create groups by place or purpose: Lobby, Menu boards, Break room.

Creating a group

On Screens, tap New screen group and set:

Name.
Orientation: landscape, portrait, or either one flipped (for screens mounted upside down). The player rotates its output, so you don't need to change any display settings.
Default playlist: what plays whenever no schedule rule applies.

Screens join a group when they're paired. You can move a screen to another group at any time from its details.

Schedule rules

A schedule rule plays a different playlist under certain conditions. Each rule has:

Field	Meaning
Playlist	What to play while the rule is active.
Days	Any combination of Monday–Sunday (default: every day).
Time window	Optional start and end time, e.g. 11:00–14:00. If the end is earlier than the start the window runs past midnight, e.g. 22:00–02:00.
Date range	Optional first and last date, e.g. a campaign from 1 to 24 December.
Priority	0–1000. When several rules are active at once, the highest priority wins.

Rules are evaluated on the screen itself, in the screen's time zone, so they keep switching on time even while a screen is offline.

Example: café

Rule	Days	Time	Priority
Breakfast	Mon–Fri	07:00–10:30	10
Lunch	Mon–Fri	10:30–14:00	10
Weekend brunch	Sat–Sun	09:00–14:00	10
Christmas specials	every day, 1–24 Dec	—	50
Default playlist: Coffee & cakes

During December the Christmas playlist wins over everything else; the rest of the year the meal playlists apply at their times, and Coffee & cakes fills the gaps.

Tip

Keep the default playlist something that's always appropriate. It's what shows whenever no rule applies.

Publishing

Changes to groups and schedules are drafts like everything else — publish to send them to screens.