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Operator Hub and TV display
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Two full-screen pages are meant for screens on the floor rather than for a desk. Operator Hub is in the sidebar under Monitor; TV Display is not. On a floor screen, open their addresses directly and bookmark them, or set them as the kiosk start page.
| Operator Hub | TV Display | |
|---|---|---|
| Address | http://<appliance>/operator | http://<appliance>/tv |
| For | A touch panel or tablet an operator taps through | A wall-mounted monitor nobody touches |
| Sign-in | Always required | Required unless public access is allowed |
| Shows | Devices, alarms and a list of dashboards in tabs | Device grid and alarm feed, or dashboards cycling |
Operator Hub
A touch-friendly page with large targets: a summary strip (Devices, connected, Alarms) and three tabs — Devices (tap a card to open the device), Alarms (active alarms with severity) and Dashboards (tap to open). Without a signed-in user it shows Login required and Go to Login. Full details: Operator Hub.
TV Display
The TV Display has an always-visible status bar with the logo, the current view name, a pulsing alarm count when alarms are active, connected/enabled devices (for example 12/14), and a clock.
It has two views:
- Overview (the default): four stat cards (Total Devices, connected, Active Alarms, enabled), a Machines grid with each device's status dot, protocol, machine name and run state (running, idle, fault and so on), and an Active Alarms feed with message, tag = value and time. Devices using the local tag driver are left out.
- Dashboards: shows dashboards one at a time, read-only.
Move the mouse or tap the screen to show the controls at the bottom; they hide again after 8 seconds, and the mouse pointer is hidden over the page.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| X (Back to app) | Leaves the display: to the home page when signed in, otherwise to the sign-in page |
| Overview | Switches to the device and alarm overview |
| Dashboards | Switches to dashboards, starting with the first in the list |
Previous / next arrows and 2/5 | Step through dashboards (shown with more than one dashboard) |
| Play / pause (Auto-cycle dashboards / Stop cycling) | Moves to the next dashboard every 30 seconds |
| Toggle fullscreen | Browser full-screen on or off |
Device states refresh every 10 seconds, alarms every 15 seconds plus live events. Auto-cycle is off each time the page loads, and the interval is fixed at 30 seconds.
Showing the TV Display without signing in
- Go to System → Settings, TV Display card.
- Turn on Allow public access to TV Display.
- Click Save Settings.
Anyone who can reach the appliance can then open /tv without an account. With the setting off, a signed-out visitor sees "TV Display is not publicly accessible" and a Go to Login button.
Public access shows only what the display itself renders: each device's name, driver and machine name (no connection settings or credentials), the active alarm list, and dashboards whose own Security is set to public — a dashboard left private stays private even with the TV Display made public. Turn it on only on a network where the device names, alarms and any public dashboards are acceptable to show.
Named TV displays
TV Displays (/tv-displays) lists named rotations of dashboards and custom pages, each opened at /tv/<address>. Who can open or change one:
| Display | Not signed in | Signed in |
|---|---|---|
| Public | Opens; shows only items that are themselves public | Opens; shows every item that user may view |
| Private (default) | This TV display is not public | Opens only for users who may view the display; shows the items they may view |
In the display's editor, Group access limits a private display to chosen user groups (View) and limits who may change it (Edit). Per-user restriction is under Users → lock icon → Resource Access → TV Displays. Admins and the display's creator always have access; only they can change its groups. Users who may not view a display don't see it in the list; users who may not edit it don't get its edit button.
Using them as a kiosk
On an appliance with a locally attached screen, the Kiosk Display card under System → Settings can send /kiosk to the Operator Hub or TV Display at boot. A discreet lock button on those pages returns to the sign-in screen for admin access. See Settings.
For a production scoreboard with targets and OEE, use an Andon display instead.