Meraki Display Introduction
Overview
Video wall solutions are a staple of any comprehensive video surveillance system. For onsite and remote security, dedicated video walls offer an effective way to surveil and protect one or multiple sites. For open lobbies, public-facing video walls are part of preventive strategies for crime deterrents by signaling passersby that they are monitored.
Meraki Display is an Apple TV app capable of live streaming up to 16 cameras on a single display for video wall monitoring. Leveraging the power of the Meraki platform and Apple TV hardware, Meraki Display delivers a high-quality 24/7 viewing experience that is customizable from the dashboard. It is also capable of transmitting both cloud and local streams to maximize stream uptime.
Meraki Display only supports MV cameras and requires a software license for the full experience.
Getting Started
- Complete Apple TV setup
- Download and install the Meraki Display app from the Apple TV app store
- Enter your dashboard username and password
- Make sure a video wall is already created from the Meraki Dashboard
- Navigate to the camera network and select a video wall to start streaming
Features
Meraki Display offers a simple experience to initiate and monitor video walls via Apple TV. By leveraging the MV architecture for direct and cloud proxy streaming, Meraki Display achieves stable 24/7 streaming for passive monitoring and crime deterrence.
Authentication
Users authenticate to Meraki Display using their Meraki Dashboard credentials. Open the app and enter a valid email address and password to access it.
Users will be logged out every 30 days and must log in again on the Meraki display.
- Two-factor authentication: 2FA is configurable from Meraki Dashboard. Once 2FA is enabled, affected users will be prompted to enter a security code received from their SMS.
- SAML/SSO: Is not supported on Meraki Display.
Access is denied if no valid Meraki Display license is found or if the maximum license limit is exceeded. Learn more about the Meraki Display license here.
Permissions
Access to video walls is inherited from user permissions on the Meraki dashboard. Both organization and network admins on the dashboard can access the application. To granularly restrict camera access, a camera-only admin may be created with limited access to only a set of cameras. With the camera-only admin setup,
- Users can view existing video walls within allowable networks.
- Restricted cameras will show up as black screens upon video wall launch.
Configure video wall
A video wall must be created before using Meraki Display.
- Video walls are configured from the Meraki dashboard or Vision Portal
- Multi-network video walls can only be configured from the Vision Portal
- Video wall tile placement is shared between the dashboard, Vision Portal, and Meraki Display
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Video wall on the Vision Portal |
Video wall on Meraki Display |
Navigation
- Use the Apple TV remote (or a Bluetooth keyboard) to navigate through the organization and network picker screens.
- Select a video wall to start viewing
- Select a camera to expand the camera screen
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Select between video walls |
Launched video wall |
Audio playback
If audio recording is enabled for the camera, selecting a single camera stream will allow audio playback. Use the monitor remote to control the volume.
Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Meraki Display supports MDM deployment. If you use Meraki's Systems Manager, review the documentation on tvOS enrollment. Deploying through MDM offers several benefits:
- Single app mode: limit interactions on the Apple TV to only Meraki Display and prevent accidental closure
- Zero-touch deployment: 1 click deployment of new Apple TVs with Meraki Display pre-installed on the device
- Manual App configuration still necessary
Meraki Display app does not have Managed App configs that can be used with Systems Manager
Want to learn more? Watch the video below on zero-touch deployment of Apple TV with Systems Manager. You can also access the quick start guide here.
Video wall rotation
This feature is currently not available but is coming soon.
Hardware
We recommend purchasing the latest generation of Apple TV hardware for Meraki Display for both improved performance and additional functionality. The suggested hardware models are:
- Apple TV 4K (3nd Generation) Wi-Fi + Ethernet
- Apple TV 4K (2nd Generation)
Hardware Purchase and Support
Meraki does not offer to sell Apple TVs; we will not take purchase, hardware repair, or hardware replacement requests. You can purchase Apple TV directly or work with a 3rd party vendor to procure hardware. We highly recommend leveraging Apple Business Manager and Meraki Systems Manager to simplify purchasing, deployment, and management of your Apple TV hardware. Hardware repair is also available through the official Apple services.
Refer to MV Smart Camera FAQ (section - Meraki Display Introduction FAQ) for more information.