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title: "Screen Control for Premium & Lite"
slug: "screen-control"
updated: 2025-08-21T13:55:00Z
published: 2025-08-21T13:55:00Z
canonical: "support.dise.com/screen-control"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.dise.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Screen Control for Premium & Lite

Screen control can be used to control a screen that’s connected to an external media player via RS232 into standby. Screen control will:

- Force the screen on when inside [operating hours](/dise/docs/operating-hours).
- Force the screen off when outside [operating hours](/dise/docs/operating-hours).
- Force the screen to only show on the desired input.

## Enable screen control

1. Navigate to 'Displays' in the left menu: ![displays_menu](https://cdn.document360.io/b18b81f9-f0ab-453e-8933-1b71091f98f7/Images/Documentation/displays_menu.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T16%3A21%3A52Z&se=2026-11-12T17%3A21%3A52Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=9RoqTqzg%2FT%2Bj%2BckCBkrB5Fv%2FK%2FFlThKR2RTCUuTjuoQ%3D)🔎︎
2. Select a display.
3. Click 'Edit' in the top right.
4. Add settings under ‘Screen control settings’ (double click in the text field for suggested entry:
  1. Name - Set a name for the screen control, commonly the COM port used for the RS232 connection.
  2. Manufacturer (optional) - The manufacturer of the screen.
  3. Model (optional) - The model of screen.
  4. Screen id (optional) - The id of the screen when multiple screens are connected.
  5. Baudrate (optional) - Set the baudrate of the serial connection.
  6. Input (optional) - Set the input of the player is connected to the screen with. This will force the screen to only show on the desired input.
5. Use the ‘+’ button to add screen control for a second screen connection.
6. Click ‘Save’:

![screen_control](https://cdn.document360.io/b18b81f9-f0ab-453e-8933-1b71091f98f7/Images/Documentation/image-1718708464312.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T16%3A21%3A52Z&se=2026-11-12T17%3A21%3A52Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=9RoqTqzg%2FT%2Bj%2BckCBkrB5Fv%2FK%2FFlThKR2RTCUuTjuoQ%3D)

## Related

- [Operating Hours](/operating-hours.md)
- [Edit a Display](/edit-a-display.md)