Introduction To Screens
Screens turn PrimeCal into an always-on wallboard: a shared household schedule on the kitchen TV, a team standup board in a meeting room, or a calm single-task display for focused work. Every other part of PrimeCal assumes someone is actively logged in and clicking around — Screens is the one surface designed to be glanced at, not interacted with.
What a Screen is
A Screen is a layout you design once: a canvas of a chosen size, a wallpaper (an uploaded image or a theme color/gradient), and one or more Gadgets — small tiles that each show one thing (a clock, your focus list, a countdown, a notification feed, and many more — see the gadget catalog).
A Device is the physical hardware that displays a Screen: a wall-mounted TV, a tablet on a stand, a kiosk PC, a Raspberry Pi, even a car's built-in screen. You design Screens from your normal PrimeCal account; you pair Devices to them separately (see pairing a device).
Getting started
- Open Screens from the main navigation.
- Click New Screen, pick a size (a dropdown of common TV/tablet/monitor resolutions, or a custom width/height), and give it a name.
- Drag Gadgets from the palette onto the canvas, then drag and resize them to taste.
- Pick a wallpaper — either upload an image or choose a color/gradient from PrimeCal's theme palette.
- Optionally turn on Hide navigation (kiosk mode) so the Screen renders with zero app chrome when shown on a Device.
- Pair a Device to it (see pairing a device) or apply one of the built-in Templates to get started faster.
Read-only by design
Screens shown on a paired Device are strictly read-only — nobody is expected to be standing at the wallboard with a keyboard. The one exception is the Quick Trigger gadget, which lets a rule owner offer a single confirm-to-fire automation button on a Screen; it requires the rule to be explicitly marked safe for this by its owner, and every tap requires a second confirming tap plus a cooldown before it fires again.
Plan limits
The number of Screens you can create depends on your plan:
| Plan | Screens |
|---|---|
| Free | 1 |
| Pro (User) | 4 |
| Family | 8 |
| Store | 12 |
| Enterprise | Unlimited |
Sharing a Screen's layout as a Template with a group or organisation requires Pro or above.