How it works
How it works
Reboot Signage has two parts: one server that holds your content, and a player behind each TV. Both can be old PCs. Here’s how they fit together.
The server
One PC that runs the Reboot Signage dashboard and stores your photos, videos, menus and schedules. Put it in an office or a back room; it doesn’t need a screen of its own. An old office desktop is ideal. Server requirements.
The players
A small PC behind each TV, connected by HDMI or DisplayPort. It starts straight into full-screen signage when it’s switched on, and shows whatever the server tells it to. Tiny office PCs like the OptiPlex Micro or ThinkCentre Tiny are perfect. Player requirements.
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Build and change what’s on your screens from any computer, tablet or phone on the same network. No app to install.
What you can put on your screens
- Menu boards and specials that you update in seconds, and that update every screen showing them.
- Photos, videos and announcements, played as a slideshow.
- Split screens: a menu beside the weather, or an event list under a promo video.
- Schedules: the lunch menu at lunchtime, happy hour in the evening, a holiday promo for the week before.
- Live extras: weather, news headlines and a scrolling ticker.
When the internet goes down
With your own server, the server and players talk to each other over your own network, not over the internet, so your screens keep showing their content during an outage. Only the live extras (weather and news) pause until the connection comes back.
Where to put the server
In your building
An old office PC in a back room or network closet, with the one-time license. Your content stays in your building. This is what most people choose.
On a cloud server you rent
Several properties and no good place for a server? Run it on a small cloud server you rent yourself, such as AWS Lightsail. It’s still yours to run. See the setup guide.
Ready to try it?
Check your old PCs against the hardware checklist, then join the beta.