Display Hub
Display Hub is the POS feature that turns extra iPads into specialized screens — a Kitchen Display System (KDS), a customer-facing payment screen, a loyalty signup screen, or a drive-thru handoff display. Each iPad runs the same Selflane POS app, but in More → Display Hub you tell it which role to play.
Which display do I want?
| Display | Who looks at it | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen Display | Line cooks | Replaces or supplements kitchen printers — orders appear as digital tickets you mark cooked. |
| Kitchen-Prep Display | To-go packers | Speeds up packing for online and pickup orders. |
| Customer-Facing Display | The customer at checkout | Shows the order, lets the customer tip and sign on screen. |
| Loyalty Display | The customer at checkout | Lets the customer sign up for the Member Program. |
| Drive-Thru Display | A second staff station | Lets one person take the order and another collect payment, shortening the wait. |
To open Display Hub on any iPad, tap More → Display Hub.
Settings
Station Identifier
If you run more than one POS station, give each one a number. The number tags every transaction and shows up in the Overall Report so you can see how each station performed.
Two iPads in a Display Hub pairing must share the same Station and Peer Comm Channel to find each other on the network.
Looking for the standalone Selflane Displays app? See Selflane Displays for full documentation on the dedicated KDS app for iOS and Android.
Kitchen Display
The Kitchen Display System (KDS) replaces or supplements the kitchen printer. Orders appear as digital tickets that the line marks as cooked, freeing up paper and giving the kitchen a real-time view of the queue.
Set up a Kitchen Display
- On the iPad you’ll use as the KDS, tap More → Display Hub.
- Tap Kitchen Display.
- Assign which print targets this display covers (Kitchen, Kitchen2, Kitchen3, Bar, etc.). One display can cover multiple targets.
Day-to-day controls
Across the bottom of the KDS screen:
- Order type filter — choose which orders to show. Online + Store is the recommended default.
- Show Cooked — toggle to see tickets that have already been marked done.
- Notification — white icon means notifications are on; red means muted.
- Reload Orders — pull the latest orders if anything looks out of sync.
- Current / Previous — switch between today’s open tickets and historical orders.
Settings
- Display assignment — change which print targets feed this screen.
- Load Orders — choose All or Online only.
- Exit — leave the KDS view and return to the main POS.
Kitchen-Prep Display
Kitchen-Prep Display: A restaurant can use this to speed up their to-go order packing.
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More/Display Hub - Tap
Kitchen-Prep Display
Customer-Facing Display
Customer-Facing Display: Gives the customer a real time view of the order entered and the ability to tip and sign for a credit card transaction.
Ensure Station and Peer comm Channel are set to the same station the iPad with which it is associated.
Loyalty Display
Loyalty Display: Gives the customer the ability to sign up for the Member Program.
Drive-Thru Display
Drive-Thru Display: Gives the restaurant the ability to have one employee enter the order and another collect payment from the customer. This can improve wait times for your customers.
Ensure Station and peer channel are set to the same station the iPad the orders are entered on.
