Open one link on any TV or tablet at your door and it becomes a full-screen display: your branding, the current wait, how many parties are in line, and the QR code to join — refreshing itself every 30 seconds, all night.
Grab the display link from Settings → Lobby display, open it in the screen’s browser, and go full screen. Upload a background photo of your room or your food and an optional display logo; without them you get a clean dark default and your main logo. That is the whole install.
The wait shown is the same live quote your host quotes — automatic from your seating pace, or whatever your host set, refreshed every 30 seconds without reloading. An empty list flips the screen to a friendly “No wait — walk right in.” Stale leftovers from a past service never drive the number.
The display URL rides the same code as your printed QR sign: turn the QR waitlist off and the display goes dark with it; generate a fresh code and both move together. Nothing on the screen is more sensitive than what is already printed on your sign.
Any screen with a web browser — a smart TV, a spare tablet on a stand, or a TV with a cheap streaming stick that has a browser. There is nothing to install.
No, by design — guests scan the code and join from their own phone. That keeps texting consent theirs, on their device.
A green "No wait — walk right in," with the QR still visible for guests who want a spot in line later.
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