Opening and closing screen scheduler
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      How to turn screens on and off?

      How to manage your screen's display schedule in the Screen on/off and software update scheduler

       

      Available with:
      Windows player: Starter, Pro, Premium
      Web player: Starter, Pro, Premium
      LG webOS Signage : Starter, Pro, Premium
      Samsung SMART Signage Platform (SSSP / Tizen) player: Starter, Pro, Premium
      Brightsign Player: Starter, Pro, Premium
      Android Player: Starter, Pro, Premium
      Linux Player: Starter, Pro, Premium
      macOS Player: Starter, Pro, Premium

       

      1. Go to the screen on/off and software update scheduler

      1. On the left, under “01 Select a Screen,” find the player you wish to program to turn on and off at given times.

      2. Click the gear icon on the right.

      3. Click “Screen on/off and software update scheduler.”

      Select gear

      You can also manage all the screens in a given site or group. Simply click the house icon (site) or the globe icon (group).

      tree view screen scheduler

      2. Adjust the on/off settings

      To configure the times for turning a screen on and off, indicated at the top and bottom of the blue column, click and hold the four white dots and drag the column to the desired times.

      Note: The default setting is 24/7.

      Active Hours

      Note: The green lines represent the software update schedule for your screen, here is an article that explains how to configure the software update schedule.

      Once you have set the on and off times for your screen, a new window will appear with two choices:

      • Edit current occurrence
      • Edit the series

      Edit the series

      Edit current occurrence

      The “Edit Current Occurrence” button will apply this setting to the selected day.

      Edit the series

      The “Edit the Series” button will apply the setting to the selected day as well as all other identical days that follow. For example, if you program a time on Friday, May 1, for the system to turn on, the same time will be applied to every following Friday.