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What are timer triggers?
Triggers let your screens respond to specific moments, conditions, or actions. When a trigger fires, it displays a playlist for its set duration, then your screens return to their normal rotation.
Timer triggers are scheduled triggers. You set a start date and time, and Fugo automatically fires the playlist at that moment — no manual action needed.
Optionally, you can also set an end date and time to define when the content should stop showing.
They're ideal for:
Posting a morning stand-up slide at a fixed time
Displaying a lunchtime announcement without anyone needing to be at a desk
Running a scheduled promotion on a specific date
This guide focuses on timer triggers — the simplest way to get time-sensitive content on screen automatically.
Timer trigger setup and editing
Creating the Timee Trigger
To create a Timer Trigger in Fugo, you will need to:
1. Log into your Fugo account.
2. Navigate to the Triggers page from the top navigation bar and click either of the Create Trigger buttons
3. This will open the Trigger builder.
Give your trigger a name. For example: "10am daily stand-up" or "Friday lunchtime promo".
4. Choose the Timer trigger option from the trigger source picker.
6. A configuration modal will open.
7. Set your start date and start time — these are required.
☝️ Note: The start date and time must be in the future. Setting a past date and time may cause the trigger to not fire correctly.
8. Optionally, set an end date and end time. If set, your content will stop showing after this point and your screens will return to their regular playlist.
☝️ Note on same-day end times: If your end date is the same as your start date, make sure the end time is after the start time — otherwise the trigger won't run as expected.
9. Confirm your schedule. Your configured start (and end, if set) date and time will appear as a summary on the trigger source card.
10. Now that your timer source is set, choose the content that should play when your trigger fires. You can choose between different types of content:
👉 Discover Fugo's apps Media Display an image, video, audio, or presentation file from your media library.
👉 Learn what media types Fugo supports Studio Content Display a slide or slideshow created in the Design Studio.
👉 Learn how to use the Design Studio Dashboards Display a dashboard connected via Fugo's TV Dashboards feature.
11. When you've chosen your content, it will appear as a pane in your Content card.
☝️ Note on duration:
Image content defaults to 10 seconds.
Videos play for their full length.
App content defaults to 30 seconds
Design Studio slides play for the duration assigned to them in the studio.
12. Finally, tell Fugo which screens should display your content when the trigger fires - Click Screens.
13. Choose from your already-paired screens. You can either:
Chose screens from the screen table
Chose the screens using pre-applied properties. For more information - Publishing by property guide.
If you need to pair a new screen, check out our hardware setup guides for step-by-step pairing instructions for your device: 📚 Hardware setup guide collection
15. Once you've selected your screens — that's it! You can:
Preview the Trigger
Click Save and finish it later
Click Save and Publish to schedule it.
16. Once done, your new trigger will appear on the Triggers page.
If published, at the scheduled start time, Fugo will automatically fire your playlist on the assigned screens. When it's done, your screens return to their normal content.
Editing or cancelling a timer trigger
Once a timer trigger is saved, you can adjust the schedule or cancel it at any time before it fires.
To edit the schedule, open the trigger and click the settings icon on the Timer source card. This will reopen the configuration modal where you can update the start or end date and time.
To cancel a scheduled trigger, delete it from the Triggers page before the start time.
⚠️ There is currently no dedicated stop button for timer triggers. Deleting the trigger or editing the schedule to a future time is the recommended way to prevent or reschedule playback.
More trigger sources
Fugo supports several types of trigger sources. Each one lets you fire a playlist based on a different kind of event or condition.
Manual triggers — fire content on demand with one click (available now)
HubSpot triggers — fire content from events in your HubSpot account (available now)
Salesforce triggers (coming soon)
QR code triggers — fire content when a viewer scans a code on screen (coming soon)
API triggers — fire content from your internal tools via the Fugo API (coming soon)
MCP triggers — fire content from tools connected through Fugo's MCP layer (coming soon)
Need more help?
If you run into issues, can't find what you're looking for, or something isn't working as expected, we're here to help.
Reach out through the chat box in the Fugo CMS or email us at support@fugo.ai, and our team will get you sorted.
📺 Happy triggering!