Display Profiles

A Display Profile is a named set of hardware settings that gets applied to one or more display players. Two displays in the same restaurant might share a profile; a kiosk in a busy lobby might have its own profile with a faster polling interval.

Where to find it: sidebar → Admin group → Display Profiles.

What a profile controls

Every player runs against a profile that defines:

How often the player checks in for new content and instructions.
How much bandwidth the player is allowed to use when downloading media.
When the screen turns on and off (for power-saving).
What status information is collected and how often it’s sent.
What the player should do if it can’t reach OTS Signs.
Player-type-specific options (Android volume, Windows screen saver, etc.).

Settings are organized into profile detail cards and collapsible groups, such as Network & Downloads, Collection & Sync, Player & Updates, Power & Schedule, and Storage. The exact groups depend on the player type.

Player types

Each profile is tied to one type of player. Settings available on an Android profile aren’t all available on a Windows profile, and vice versa.

Type	Used for
Android	Most signage hardware. The OTS-supplied Android players use this.
Windows	PC-based signage players.
Linux	Linux-based signage players.
WebOS	LG Smart Signage screens (built-in).
Tizen	Samsung Smart Signage screens (built-in).

When you create a profile you choose its type up front, and that choice can’t be changed later.

The list

The Display Profiles page is a single table.

Column	Meaning
Name	The profile name. The default profile for each player type carries a `Default` badge. Click a name to open the profile.
Type	Player type.

Right-click a profile for actions: Edit Profile, Copy Profile, and (if it isn’t the default) Delete.

Creating a profile

Click the + button in the top-right.
Enter a name (something descriptive, for example “Kiosk — high bandwidth”).
Choose the player type.
Click Create Profile.

You’re taken to the profile detail page where you can configure the actual settings. Until you change anything, the new profile uses the system defaults for that player type.

Copying a profile

The simplest way to make a variant of an existing profile is to copy it.

Right-click the profile you want to start from.
Choose Copy Profile.
Enter a new name (the dialog suggests “Copy of X”).
Click Copy Profile.

The copy is created with the same settings as the original, and you’re taken to its detail page so you can adjust whatever needs to change.

Editing a profile

Click the profile name in the list, or right-click and choose Edit Profile. Use the cards and collapsible groups to find the setting you want, change it, and click Save at the bottom of the page.

Changes take effect on each player at its next check-in, not instantly.

Deleting a profile

Right-click a profile that isn’t marked as the default and choose Delete. Any displays that were using this profile fall back to the default profile for their player type. The default profile itself can’t be deleted.

Setting the default profile

Each player type has one default profile. New displays of that type are assigned to it automatically. The default badge shows you which one is current.

Defaults are set from inside the profile detail page using the Set as Default action. There’s only ever one default per player type — setting a new one removes the badge from the previous default.

Common tasks

”I want one display to update much more often than the others”

Don’t change the shared profile — that would speed up every display using it. Instead:

Copy the existing profile and rename the copy (“Kiosk — fast updates”).
On the copy, change the check-in interval to a smaller value.
Open the display in the Displays page and change its profile to the new one.

”Players are using too much bandwidth in the morning”

Edit the profile they share. Find the Network or Bandwidth tab and set a download cap or a “no downloads” window during peak hours. Players will respect the new limit at their next check-in.

”I’m setting up a new player type for the first time”

Start with the default profile for that type, deploy a few players, and watch how they behave for a day or two. Once you know what needs adjusting, copy the default and customize the copy. Leave the default alone so it remains a known-good fallback.