# Configure the touch screen *Applies to: Pearl-2, Pearl Mini* The touch screen is enabled by default and all its features are available. You can disable the entire screen or some of its features using the Admin panel. - **Enable display** - Enable or disable the device from displaying anything on the touch screen. - **Show preview** - Hide or show the channel previews on the touch screen. - **Show system status** - Disable or enable the system status screen. If disabled, system information like device IP address will not be available from the touch screen. - **Allow control for network settings, configuration presets, Epiphan Edge, output port and SD card** - Enable or disable the ability to: - modify network settings - modify configuration presets - Enable/disable Epiphan Edge access - format output port and SD card. - If this check box is cleared and **Show System Status** is selected, users see an *i* icon instead of the configuration gears icon in the lower right corner of the touch screen. - **Allow control for recording, streaming, and layout switching** - Enable or disable control for recording, streaming and layout switching. **Show preview** must be enabled for the touch screen for recording, streaming and live switching control to work. - **Single touch control** - Select from the following: - **Default** - The Single Touch control screen is accessed by tapping the One Touch control icon at the bottom of the touch screen. - **Start screen** - The Single Touch control start screen displays automatically on the touch screen when you power on the device. Operators can still navigate to other screens from the Single Touch control screen by tapping the Home icon in the top right corner of the screen. - **Locked** - The Single Touch control start screen is the only screen that displays on the touch screen. Operators cannot navigate to other screens from the Single Touch control screen. - **Timeout** - Set the touch screen to shut off after a given amount of time. To re-enable the touch screen after it times out and shuts off, simply tap anywhere on the screen. - **PIN** - Enable a 4-digit pin to lock the screen. - **Reset PIN** - Enable a 4-digit pin to prevent users from using the Touch screen to apply the built-in presets. **Device differences** - **Pearl Mini only:** **Orientation** - Rotate the image displayed on the touch screen of the Pearl Mini 180 degrees. Text will appear upside down and backwards on the touch screen unless you physically rotate the Pearl Mini device. This display orientation setting does not affect the video sent to the video output port, or the video being streamed or recorded. Pearl-2 does not offer this setting. See "Rotate the Pearl Mini's touch screen orientation" below. ### Disable or enable the touch screen You can enable or disable the device from displaying anything on the touch screen. The touch screen remains touch-sensitive even when the display is disabled. **Disable or enable the touch screen display using the Admin panel** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - From the Configuration menu, click **Touch Screen**. The touch screen configuration page opens. - Uncheck **Enable display** to disable the touch screen display. Check **Enable display** if you want the touch screen display enabled. - Click **Apply**. #### Hide or show channel previews on the touch screen Previews of your configured channels display on the touch screen by default. You can disable channel previews using the Admin panel. A message displays on the touch screen when channel previews are disabled. If you have configured **system status** or **settings and configuration preset changes** to be allowed, then tapping anywhere on the touch screen opens the settings page. **Hide or show the channel previews on the touch screen using the Admin panel** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - From the Configuration menu, click **Touch Screen**. The touch screen configuration page opens. - Uncheck **Show preview** to disable channel previews from displaying on the touch screen. Check **Show preview** if you want to enable channel previews on the touch screen. - Click **Apply**. #### Disable or enable the system status screen The system status screen displays network and system related information, such as the IP address needed to access the device. You may not want this information visible on the touch screen after you've configured the device. You can use the Admin panel to disable the system status screen from displaying on the touch screen. **Disable or enable the system status screen from displaying on the touch screen** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - From the Configuration menu, click **Touch Screen**. The touch screen configuration page opens. - Uncheck **Show system status** to prevent the system status screen from opening on the touch screen. Check **Show system status** if you want to enable the system status screen to open on the touch screen. - Click **Apply**. #### Disable or enable configuration using the touch screen You can apply configuration presets and configure network settings using the touch screen by default. You can disable this ability using the Admin panel. If configuration is blocked and system status is permitted, touch screen users see an *i* icon instead of the configuration gears icon in the lower right corner of the touch screen. **Disable or enable configuration using the touch screen** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - Select the **Touch Screen** link in the Configuration menu. The touch screen configuration page opens. - Uncheck **Allow settings and configuration preset changes** to disable configuration from the touch screen. Check the check box if you want to enable configuration from the touch screen. - Click **Apply**. #### Disable or enable recording, streaming, and switching from the touch screen Recording, streaming, and live switching control using the touch screen is enabled by default. You can disable this function using the Admin panel to stop users from switching layouts and from starting or stopping live streams and recordings. Channel preview must be enabled for the touch screen for recording, streaming, and live switching control to work. **Disable or enable recording, streaming, and switching control using the touch screen** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - From the Configuration menu, click **Touch Screen**. The touch screen configuration page opens. - Uncheck **Allow start/stop recording and streaming** to disable recording, streaming, and live switching control from the touch screen. Check the check box to enable recording, streaming, and live switching control. - Click **Apply**. #### Rotate the Pearl Mini's touch screen orientation (Pearl Mini only) Using the Admin panel, you can rotate the image displayed on the touch screen of Pearl Mini 180 degrees. Text will appear upside down and backwards on the touch screen unless you physically rotate the Pearl Mini device. This display orientation setting does not affect the video sent to the video output port, or the video being streamed or recorded. **Rotate the touch screen 180° using the Admin panel** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - From the Configuration menu, select **Touch Screen**. The Touch screen configuration page opens. - From the Orientation drop-down menu, select **180°** and then click **Apply**. #### Set the screen timeout Initially, the screen is always on for easy monitoring. However, you can set the screen to shut off after a given amount of time. To re-enable the screen after it times out and shuts off: - Tap anywhere on the screen. - If the start screen is not set to locked mode and a screen timeout occurs, tapping the touch screen returns you to the last screen you were on before the timeout occurred. - If you set a 4-digit PIN when the start screen is in locked mode, a lock appears in the top right of the start screen after a timeout. You must enter the PIN to unlock the start screen for access to the touch screen. **Set the screen timeout using the Admin panel** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - From the Configuration menu, select Touch Screen. The Touch screen configuration page opens. - Enter the number of seconds before the screen automatically shuts off in the **Timeout** field. A value of 0 keeps the screen on at all times when the system is on. - Click **Apply**. #### Set a PIN security code You can set a PIN code to protect the screen from unauthorized access. By default, the PIN is not set. If a PIN is configured, users are prompted to enter the PIN code whenever: - You power on or restart the device. - The device recovers from timeout mode. If you set a PIN when the start screen is in locked mode, a lock appears in the top right of the start screen. You must enter the PIN to unlock the start screen, access other screens, and use the Record and Stream Control keys to start and/or stop recording or streaming. When you return to the Single Touch control or CMS start screen, the device automatically locks itself and you must re-enter the PIN to unlock the screen. If no PIN is set when the start screen is in locked mode, you can access the configured start screen right away. Anyone can quickly start/stop streaming and recording if the Single Touch control start screen is configured, or start/stop an event if the start screen is configured for Content Management System (CMS). However, no other screens are accessible using the device screen. **Set a device screen PIN security code using the Admin panel** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - From the Configuration menu, select **Touch Screen**. The **Touch screen configuration** page opens. - Enter a 4 to 12-digit PIN code in the **PIN** field, then click **Apply**. Record the PIN code in a safe location for future reference. You need this PIN to access the device screen. #### Set a Reset PIN You can set a Reset PIN code to protect from unauthorized application of the built-in configuration presets such as Default Configuration preset and the Easy Mode configuration preset via the touch screen. If a Reset PIN is configured, users are prompted to enter the PIN code whenever: - You want to use the touch screen to apply the Default Configuration preset. **Set a Reset PIN security code using the Admin panel** - Log in to the Admin panel as **admin**. - From the Configuration menu, select **Touch Screen**. The **Touch screen configuration** page opens. - Enter a 4 to 12-digit PIN code in the **Reset PIN** field, then click **Apply**. Record the PIN code in a safe location for future reference. You need this PIN to apply the built-in configuration presets. > product: pearl-family · topic: touch-screen · source: pearl-family-common.md · updated: Oct 13, 2026