# What is a Display?

OTS Signs Command Center helps you display content on your screens; whether you have existing content or need to create your own, to show on 1 screen or a 100.000, OTS Signs Command Center makes it easy!

OTS Signs Command Center uses the concept of Displays which are managed from the CMS to control when and how content is shown as well as provide device management tools for Users.

A Display is an essential part of digital signage as is it bridges the communication between the CMS software (Content Management System) and Media Player App.

The Player App is installed onto a Media Player, which can be a separate physical hardware device attached to a screen or an integrated Media Player found in supported System on Chip (SoC) professional signage monitors. A hardware key is generated on installing the Player App which creates a unique Display record in the CMS.

Once installed, the Player App must be Connected to the CMS by using a Code or by providing a CMS Key. Once connected a Display will be registered awaiting Authorisation in the CMS before it will become a managed device and start displaying content from the CMS.

## Creating a Display

1. Download the Player App
2. Install to the Player device. Some supported (SoC) System on Chip models will already have the Player App installed.
3. Connect the Player App to the CMS.
4. Authorise the Display using the row menu from the Displays page in the CMS.

The Display will regularly connect to the CMS to check for any updated schedule information or any new content to download. The Displays grid will update to show the status, indicate if the Display has logged in recently, show the date and time stamp of when the Display was last accessed etc, to help you manage your network.

> Any updates will be downloaded and saved to the Player App. This means that if a connection issue were to arise between the Display and CMS, the Display would continue to show scheduled content offline until the connection was restored.

Manage Displays from the CMS and use the range of device management tools to effectively control your network. You can organise Displays into Display Groups, apply configuration using Display Setting Profiles, and monitor performance with Reporting.

## Further Reading

Display Configuration

Create Display Groups

Apply settings using Display Profiles

Sync Groups

Reporting & Metrics

## See Also

- Scheduling Events — schedule content to show on your Displays
- Layout Editor — create the content your Displays will show
- Media Library — manage media files used in your content
- Troubleshooting — resolve common Display connection issues

## FAQs

Which Players can connect to the CMS using code?

All Players, at the latest version support connecting via a code, with the exception of the Linux Player.

Can I easily transfer a Display to another CMS?

First you need to ensure that you have Two Factor Authentication set up, from the User Profile to use Transfer to another CMS setting from a Display row menu. Multiple Displays can be transferred using the With Selected option at the bottom of the Displays grid.

Do the Player and CMS versions have to match?

Our recommendation is that your CMS and Players should be of the same major version for the best results.

What does it mean to Assign Files / Assign Layouts?

Library files and Layouts can be directly assigned to a Display so that they are always available in the local library of the Player. This is useful for pre-loading a Layout ahead of time when the Layout will be used for some API integration to trigger a change for example. Content will still need to be scheduled to show on Displays.