Add a display 📺

🤖 Connecting Android change I've done this before, skip ahead

1. 1

   Install the player app

   Copy the APK onto a USB stick and open it on the screen, or install Xibo for Android from the Play Store. When it finishes, tap Open.

   Downloads →

   Done, next step
2. 2

   Allow the two permissions

   Android asks twice: once for photos, media and files, once for location. Tap Allow on both — the player caches your content on the device and cannot play anything without them.

   Done, next step
3. 3

   Enter the licence email — if it asks

   Most players never ask for this, and if yours does not, skip straight on. When it does appear, enter the address below exactly as written; it activates the commercial Android player.

   Licence email

   licence@myeasycms.com

   Next step

   Didn't see this screen? Nothing is wrong — carry on.

4. 4

   Choose "Configure Manually"

   The player asks how to connect. It offers Activate Player with a six-character code, and Configure Manually.

   Choose Configure Manually. The activation code is a different Xibo service and does not work with easyCMS — a code like 4EFF15 on screen means you are on the wrong option.

   Done, next step
5. 5

   Enter your CMS address and key

   Type both into the player exactly as shown below, including https://.

   CMS address

   https://app.myeasycms.com

   CMS key

   — Sign in below to see your key, or take it from your welcome email.

   Done, next step
6. 6

   Press Connect on the player

   Tap Connect on the screen itself. It will report that it is waiting for authorisation — that is exactly right, and the next step is where you give it.

   Nothing reaches us until you press Connect. If you skip it, your screen will not appear in the next step no matter how long you wait.

   Done, next step
7. 7

   Leave the screen switched on

   The player checks in with us every few minutes, and it has to be on for us to find it. Leave it exactly where it is and come back here.

   Done, next step
8. 8

   Connect it to your account
9. 9

   Press Connect once more, on the player

   Go back to the screen and tap Connect again. Authorising alone does not move it off the waiting screen — this second press is what makes it collect its configuration and start playing.

   This is the step people miss. Without it the screen sits on "waiting for authorisation" even though everything on our side is done.

   Done, next step
10. 10

    Watch it come to life

    Within a minute or two the screen shows the default easyCMS layout. That is the sign everything worked: registered, licensed, claimed and taking content.

    Open your displays in easyCMS →See it in your account →

🪟 Connecting Windows change I've done this before, skip ahead

1. 1

   Download and install the player

   Run the easyCMS Windows installer on the PC behind the screen. No licence email is needed on Windows.

   Downloads →

   Done, next step
2. 2

   Open Player Options

   Installation opens Player Options. If it is already closed, open it again from the Start menu.

   Done, next step
3. 3

   Enter your CMS address and key

   Fill in the CMS Address and Key exactly as shown below, including https://, then click Save.

   CMS address

   https://app.myeasycms.com

   CMS key

   — Sign in below to see your key, or take it from your welcome email.

   Done, next step
4. 4

   Start the player

   Launch the easyCMS player itself. It registers with us and shows a message about waiting for authorisation — that is correct, and the next step fixes it.

   Done, next step
5. 5

   Leave the player running

   It has to stay running for us to find it. Leave it on the screen and come back here.

   Done, next step
6. 6

   Connect it to your account
7. 7

   Restart the player

   Back on the PC, close the easyCMS player and open it again, so it collects its configuration.

   This is the step people miss. Until the player restarts it sits on "waiting for authorisation" even though everything on our side is done.

   Done, next step
8. 8

   Watch it come to life

   Within a minute or two the screen shows the default easyCMS layout. That is the sign everything worked: registered, claimed and taking content.

   Open your displays in easyCMS →See it in your account →