Commands

Commands are reusable instructions that display players can carry out — for example, “reboot,” “turn off the screen,” or “power on the TV.” Once defined here, a command can be sent to a display from a schedule, an action, or directly from the Displays page.

Where to find it: sidebar → Admin group → Commands.

What a command is made of

Each command has three parts:

Name — a friendly label (for example, “Reboot Player”).
Code — the short identifier the player matches against (for example, reboot).
Description — optional notes for whoever has to read the list later.

The player-specific details are configured inside the Display Profile. That keeps the command list simple: one command named “Reboot” can work across different player types.

The list

Column	Meaning
Name	Friendly label.
Code	Short identifier used internally. Visible on medium screens and up.
Description	Optional notes. Visible on large screens.

Right-click any row for Edit and Delete.

Creating a command

Click the + button in the top-right.
Fill in:
- Name (required) — what humans see in the picker.
- Code (required) — short, lowercase, no spaces. This is what player profiles match against.
- Description — optional but recommended.
Click Create Command.

The command is now available to attach to schedules and actions, and to send manually from the Displays page. It must also be enabled in the relevant display profiles before players can run it.

Editing a command

Right-click → Edit. You can change name, code, or description. Changing the code can break existing profile settings, so update profiles first, then change the code here.

Deleting a command

Right-click → Delete. Schedules and actions that reference the command will fail silently when triggered after deletion, so check usage first.

Sending a command to a display

Once a command exists here and is wired up in the relevant display profile, you can send it:

One-off: Displays page → right-click a display → look for the command in the actions menu.
Scheduled: create a Schedule of type “Command” and pick the command from the list.
Triggered: create an Action so the command fires in response to a touch event or layout interaction.

Common tasks

”I want every display to reboot at 4 AM nightly”

Make sure a command named “Reboot” exists here, and that each player profile is set up to run it.
Open the Schedules page and create a new schedule.
Set the type to Command, pick “Reboot”, target the display group of choice, and set a daily recurrence at 04:00.

”I need to turn TVs on and off in the morning”

For each TV model you operate, the player needs the right power settings in its display profile. Define commands here named “TV Power On” and “TV Power Off”, enable them in each relevant profile, then either schedule them or connect them to a Time Window.