Set Up a Slideshow Screen
Turn a TV or tablet into a screen that plays your pictures and nothing else: the Slideshow Screen profile, the pictures it shows, and the hidden way out.
A slideshow screen is a TV, a monitor or a tablet in your shop that plays your pictures full screen: your work, a price list, a promotion, your retail. It signs in with its own profile, and that profile can do nothing else. It cannot open the calendar, the tickets, your clients or your messages, and it never shows up as a member of staff to book with.
Create the profileCopy a link to this section
- Open Members, then Add Member → Create Member. Any name works, for example "Window Screen".
- Give it the Slideshow Screen role, and only that role.
- Set its username and password, which the screen signs in with.
The screen is a member of the business, so it is listed on the Members page, where you can edit or disable it later. It is left out of the calendar, booking, the kiosk and every staff picker.
Choose its picturesCopy a link to this section
- Open Features Configuration → Device Slideshows.
- Create a slideshow, or open one you already have, and add your pictures.
- Turn on Slideshow Screen for it.
The screen plays every slideshow that has Slideshow Screen on, in order. The same slideshow can also run on the kiosk and the cashier screen. A running screen picks up new and removed pictures within a couple of minutes, so you never need to touch the device to change what it shows.
Start the screenCopy a link to this section
Open Perceny in the browser on the device (or the Perceny app) and sign in with the screen's profile. It goes straight to the slideshow and stays there: any other page it reaches sends it back. On browsers that allow it, the screen stays awake while the slideshow plays. Put the browser in full-screen mode so its own bars are hidden.
The way outCopy a link to this section
The exit is hidden on purpose, so a client walking past cannot close the slideshow. Press and hold the top-left corner of the screen for three seconds (with a finger, or the mouse button). A dialog asks whether to exit; Sign Out signs the screen out. A short tap on the corner does nothing.
Tell the people who manage the screen where the exit is. Anyone who doesn't know about it won't find it.