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Joan on displays

You can now show the entire schedule of both current and future meetings across your resources on an external device thanks to Joan on displays. Making that big TV in your office’s lobby finally useful!

Note: Joan on displays is now a part of the Wayfinding feature in the Professional Sign plan, and it can be individually enabled on your Joan Portal account.

Technical requirements

Joan on displays can be used on any external display as long as:

  • Has stable internet connectivity
  • Has Internet browsing capabilities. This can be in the form of a Smart TV or any streaming device that can make a TV “smart” such as an Airtame, Amazon Fire, Google Chromecast, etc.

The size, resolution, ratio, and orientation of the device do not matter. Joan on displays is fully responsive and will adapt to any screen setting.

How to connect Joan to your display

The process of connecting Joan to your display is very similar to pairing a Joan 6 or Joan 13 device to your Joan Portal account.

Here’s how to do it:

  1. Open a web browser on your display of choice and visit display.getjoan.com
  2. You will be presented with a pairing PIN code
  3. Open your Joan Portal on your computer and navigate to “Manage” -> “Devices”. Here is a direct link to that page
  4. Click “+ Add device
  5. Select the "TV or browser" tab in the new pop-up window
  6. Enter the PIN that you see on your display and click “Pair device
  7. You will be forwarded to the “Edit device” page for that display
  8. Enter the name for the device
  9. Select the room/resources which you wish to display on the device. You can select more than one resource
  10. Select the timezone in order to display the correct times
  11. Click “Save

And that’s it! You have successfully connected Joan to your own device.

Important note: The URL for the Joan meeting room overview on a TV ("Joan on displays") is static like the floorplans for desks. It's important that you don't bookmark "display.getjoan.com" as the URL but instead the one that points to the virtual device. The virtual device link looks like this: https://portal.getjoan.com/uuid/e0a96c28-6785-4560... (ending with the UUID/serial number of that virtual device). So please check that you're not always opening display.getjoan.com and instead use the direct link of the virtual device with the UUID number.

Joan on displays functionalities

Note: Joan on displays is available with a Professional subscription plan. Click here to learn more.

 

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At the moment, Joan on displays has one functionality with two different modes - Room mode, Meetings mode, and Custom Content.

In order to select one of the two main modes of the Status board functionality, make sure you have the “Advanced mode” of the Joan portal enabled (located in the top-left corner of your Joan portal dashboard) and then navigate to the bottom of the Joan on display’s page where you will be faced with the following option to select the desired mode under the Functionality settings section.

In case “Meetings” is selected, you will be provided with two additional options, allowing you to further customize the Status board:

  • Show vacancies - If enabled, vacant resources will be visible at the bottom of the Joan on display’s interface
  • Show only ongoing - If enabled, the Joan on display will display only currently ongoing meetings

Meetings mode

The meetings mode provides you with a detailed overview of all resources and meeting schedules, both current and in the future.

It features the following information:

  • Current date
  • Current time
  • List of current or upcoming meetings with 4 columns:
    • Meeting subject/name and location
    • Meeting organizer and number of confirmed attendees
    • Start and end time of the meeting
    • Day/Date of the meeting
  • Available rooms and resources
    • Name of the room/resource
    • Availability period - for example, “All day”, “Until 14:00”

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Rooms mode

The rooms mode displays all meeting rooms and their current and future status. 

It features the following information:

  • Current date
  • Current time
  • List of meetings rooms:
    • Meeting subject/name and location
    • Meeting organizer and number of confirmed attendees
    • Start and end time of the meeting
    • Day/Date of the meeting
  • Available rooms and resources
    • Name of the room/resource
    • Availability period - for example, “All day”, “Until 14:00”

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Custom content

By setting up Joan on displays on your own TV, you are also able to utilize Joan's Custom content feature and have it display your desired message or photo(s) instead of the default functionalities.

To learn more about how to set this up for your Joan on display, click here.

 

If you encounter any issues, feel free to reach us via support@getjoan.com or submit a ticket via this form.