OpenAVC Panel

Turn any Android or iOS tablet into a dedicated AV touch panel. Auto-discovery, QR pairing, dedicated-panel lockdown, boot to panel.

Free and open-source. Works with any OpenAVC system on the same network. Approve a tablet once and it stays connected.

OpenAVC Panel running on an Android tablet

Install

Free on Google Play and the App Store.

Android

Android 8.0 or newer. Basic and full dedicated panel supported.

Free on Google Play.

Locking a tablet so it only runs the panel? Install the signed APK instead. Android won't lock a tablet to one app while a Google account is signed in, and Google Play needs one. Current APK v0.2.0.

iOS

iOS and iPadOS 16 or newer. Guided Access and MDM dedicated panel supported.

Free on the App Store.

Installing the APK shows Android's "unknown source" warning. That is expected for an app installed outside Google Play. The Android dedicated panel guide walks through both install routes, including QR provisioning for fleets.

What the app does

A thin native wrapper around the OpenAVC web panel. The UI is the same. The app adds everything a browser on a wall-mounted tablet cannot do on its own.

Auto-discovery

Tablets on the same network find your OpenAVC system automatically over mDNS. No typing IP addresses at the wall.

QR pairing

Scan the QR code from the Programmer dashboard, approve the tablet once, and it stays connected.

Dedicated panel mode

Lock the tablet to the panel so end users cannot exit to the home screen, open other apps, or pull down the notification shade.

Boot to panel

The panel relaunches automatically when the tablet powers on, so accidental reboots do not leave the space without a controller.

Full screen, always on

No browser chrome, no URL bar, no system chrome. The display stays awake as long as the panel is foregrounded.

Same panel you already built

The app is a thin wrapper around the OpenAVC web panel. Whatever you design in the UI Builder shows up here, with full touch, WebSocket, and macro support.

Dig into the details

The full walkthrough for pairing, dedicated panel provisioning, and troubleshooting lives on the docs site.

Open source on GitHub

The panel app is MIT-licensed. Report bugs, request features, or contribute code.