Connect many displays at once

Twenty branches, twenty panels, one remote control per device: The usual way of reading off a code and typing it in costs a whole morning. This path creates all displays in one go and gives you a file that the device reads itself.

What you need in front of you#

• The number of displays — and exactly as many free seats. Either all displays are created or none.
• A name prefix by which you can tell the devices apart later (North branch).
• A USB stick or a place on the network that the devices can read from.

The procedure#

1. Open Displays › Pair display and expand Several displays at once.
2. Enter the number and the name prefix, and choose a location if needed.
3. Create and download file. The displays appear in the fleet right away as “not connected”, and the file is in your downloads folder.
4. Put the file on the USB stick or the provisioning server.
5. Switch the devices on. Each one takes the next free entry.

The names are numbered: North branch 1, North branch 2, and so on. You can rename them at any time later, but the assignment to a device cannot easily be changed afterwards, so choose a name prefix that is also written on the box.

The file is an access credential — treat it like one#

Caution: The file contains a connect address for each display. Anyone who finds it can take those displays over. Two things limit the damage: Each address works exactly once, and all of them expire after 24 hours. Do not leave the file where it will stay lying around — and wipe the USB stick when the rollout is done.

If the 24 hours are not enough: The displays stay created. For each one, you issue a new address under Displays › Display › Device. A second batch creates new displays — it does not replace the old ones.

All or nothing#

If the booked seats do not cover the whole batch, not a single display is created. That is intentional: A rollout that stops at eight of twenty leaves behind eight half-connected displays, eight seats in use, and the question of where to continue.

The message states how many seats are booked and how many are in use. From there, you can go on to book more.

Which devices can read the file#

Caution: For the professional panels, Platforms: TVs and panels in the browser still applies — it states which address a panel takes and which four settings belong with it.

If something is not right#

Related pages#

• Pair a display — the path for a single display
• Platforms: which devices run Szenera — which devices come into question
• Web display: a display in the browser — what a display without a device can and cannot do
• What do you pay for: packages, seats, and add-ons? — where the booked seats come from