Support

Help with the Slated Calendar display and app. Can't find an answer? Email support@ledtickers.com.

Getting started

Install the Slated Calendar app and sign in with your email, Apple or Google.
Make your household: its name, and where the weather is for.
Add the people in your family and pick a color for each.
Connect your calendars, and choose whose each one is.
Set up your display (below). Your first page appears within a minute or two.

Setting up the display

A new display shows a QR code. In the App, choose Set up a calendar and scan it. The App joins the display's own Wi-Fi network for a moment; pick your home Wi-Fi and type its password.

Use a 2.4 GHz network. The display can't join a 5 GHz-only network. Most home routers offer both under one name, which is fine.
Wrong password? The App says so and lets you try again.
Keep the App open during setup: your phone leaves the display's network if you switch apps.

Connecting calendars

iCloud

iCloud needs an app-specific password, not your Apple Account password. Make one at account.apple.com, under Sign-In and Security, App-Specific Passwords, then enter it in the App with your Apple Account email. If you later revoke that password, the App asks for a new one.

Google Calendar

Choose Google in the App and sign in to Google to allow read-only access. Slated Calendar never changes your calendars.

Outlook and Microsoft 365

Choose Microsoft in the App and sign in to allow read-only access. This works for Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts, and for most work and school accounts; some workplaces need their IT department's approval first. A Microsoft account made with another company's email address (Gmail, say) has no Outlook calendar of its own until one is set up at outlook.live.com.

Calendar links

Any calendar with a link ending in .ics (a school, a club, a church) can be added by pasting its link. Treat a private calendar's link like a password: anyone with it can read the calendar.

Calendar types

Not every calendar is a person's. Give a calendar a type instead (Birthdays, Meals, Anniversaries, Trash & recycling, Pets, School days off, Practices & activities, Travel or Reminders) and its events show as quiet lines with a small icon, so the family's own plans stand out. For anything else, choose Other and pick its icon.

Repeating events

Some things happen on a pattern without being on anyone's calendar: trash day, recycling every other week, piano on Wednesdays, allowance on the 1st. Add them in the App under Repeating events, say who or what each is for, and they appear on your display without a calendar to keep.

Paper or chalkboard

Your display can look like paper (dark ink on white, the default) or like a chalkboard (light on black). Choose in the App, in your household's settings under Look, where you can also give today's panel a color. The display changes at its next check.

Holidays

Holidays are built in, so there's no calendar to add for them. In the App, open your household's settings and choose Holidays to pick which ones your display shows: federal holidays, family days like Mother's Day and Halloween, and Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and cultural holidays. Jewish and Muslim holidays are shown on their first full day; they begin at sundown the evening before.

Sports teams

Follow your teams and their games appear on your display, each a small line with the team's logo: the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, NWSL and Premier League, and college football, basketball and hockey. In the App, open your household's settings and choose Teams. A game shows at its start time, or as an all-day entry while the time isn't set yet.

Questions

How quickly do changes show up?

The display checks for changes every 15 minutes during the day, and sleeps at night to save its battery. You can choose to have it check only once a night instead, for the longest battery life. The App's preview always shows the latest page.

How long does the battery last?

Usually several weeks on a charge with daytime checks, and longer with nightly ones. The App shows the battery level, and the display tells you on its page when it needs charging.

Can more than one display show our household?

Yes. Set up each one from the App; they all show your household's calendar.

Your account

To delete your account, open the App's Settings and choose Delete account. This deletes your household, its people and calendars, and releases its displays. It can't be undone. See the privacy policy for what we keep and for how long.