Where to find the Screens Manager menu
As you view your screens, the 'Screens Manager' button appears just below the search bar.
The 'Screens Manager' button can also be found when you click your username.
In Screens Manager, you will see all of your screens, at 20 screens per page. Here you can see such things as the current status of your screens, what they are playing, which group and space they are located in, and the last update the screen received.
Filter your screen view
You can filter your view by name search, screen status, space, and by platform (player OS).
Search by screen tag
If your screens have been tagged, these will be visible in your Screens Manager. Simply click a tag to display only the screens which have been tagged with that word.
Learn how to tag your screens here.
Export a report of your screens to csv
You can collect a csv report of your screens by clicking the Export button. Please note that the exported information can also be changed if you first filter your view and then export.
Once exported, you are provided with a csv file report containing the following details for each screen:
Screen Name
Device Model
Device Platform
Screen Status
Last Status Change (Written as MMM DD, YYYY, HH:MM PM/AM - Example: Jan 01, 2023, 8:00 PM)
Screen Group
Screen ID
Space Name
Space ID
Customize your screen column order and view
You can customize the columns displayed and what order they are displayed in by using the column management feature in Screens Manager.
To use the column management feature, select the 'Column' button. You will then be able to elect which columns you want displaying by either selecting the plus or minus symbols to the right of each column name and reorder the order of the columns displayed by dragging a column up or down using the 4-line re-ordering symbol to the left of each column name.
If you can't see all of you columns, you can scroll through this horizontally by holding down Shift on your keyboard and scrolling the mouse wheel down.
Keep up to date with screen warnings
When a screen has a notification warning, you will see this under the Warning column.
Example of what the warnings mean, according to their color:
Blue - Update: Please update the ScreenCloud player app on the device.
Orange - Warning: Make changes to keep running your ScreenCloud content.
Purple - Error: Device and hardware reaching the end of ScreenCloud support.
Apply quick changes to a screen or group of screens
To apply changes to a single screen or a group of screens, check the box for a screen (or all screens) to enable these options. The settings you can then apply are to set content, cast, refresh, or edit the location, edit timezone, and enable screen notification of a screen or group of screens.
Make quick changes to an individual screen
By clicking the options (ellipses) button of a screen, you can access the individual actions for this screen:
Set content
Clear Cache
Transfer
Edit location
Note
Deactivate
Replace Device
Delete Device
Rename a screen
To rename a screen, simply hover over its name until the 'edit' (pencil) icon appears.
Access individual screen information, settings and RDM tools and see what's playing on screen
Click a screens platform or player icon to access it’s screen settings and remote device management (RDM) tools.
To learn more about managing screen settings and it's remote device management tools, please see How to Manage and Maintain Your Screens With ScreenCloud's Remote Device Management (RDM) Tools.
As you view the screen's information, select Now Playing to see what content the screen is showing
However, to find out for certain what is showing on the screen at the current moment, you can take a Screenshot.
Open a screen in another browser window
You can open the screen in another tab on your browser by clicking the 'Open in new tab' button. This allows you to quickly access the space the screen is located in.
Similar to clicking the platform (player) icon in Screens Manager, you can click this icon as you view a screen's settings to open a more advanced information view of the screen and it's RDM tools.
Network Configuration with USB Provisioning
The USB provisioning tool, located in the Screens Manager, simplifies network configuration for ScreenCloud OS Station P1 and P1 Pro devices. By connecting a USB flash drive containing your network settings, the device automatically displays a pairing code, enabling quick setup, especially for large deployments.
You can learn more about this setup process here.