Add a display

You must register your displays to use SignKontrol. We built our platform on top of the well-known Xibo Open Source project and focused on Android devices. You can use any Android TV Box, digital signage screens based on Android, or even Amazon Fire TV Sticks to develop your display network. The only thing needed is to install the Xibo Android Player application on them.

We sell Android TV Boxes on Amazon, ready-to-use our platform. These boxes come with a customized version of Android that includes all the parameters needed to get the most from SignKontrol. If you are "techie" enough, you can set up an Android box in the same way we made it, and I explain how to do it in the article "How to prepare an Android box to use SignKontrol."

Once you have a box with Xibo Android Player installed and connected to the Internet, open Xibo and choose "Use Code" at the top of the screen. It will take seconds to show you a code of six characters. Go to "app.signkontrol.com," Displays, and press the button "Add display." A form like the one shown below will appear. Enter the code that Xibo is showing, give a name to your new display, select the orientation it will use, its time zone, and usage.

It's important to know that the time zone you set on SignKontrol is only a reference. The time zone you configure on your Android device defines when the content will play. So, the two essential tasks you must complete when setting up an Android signage device are connecting it to the Internet and setting up the time zone. Once you finish these tasks, proceed to add your display to SignKontrol.