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.

Install

Google Play and App Store listings are in progress. In the meantime, the Android app is available directly from GitHub Releases.

Android

Android 8.0 or newer. Signed APK ready to sideload.

Coming to Google Play soon.

iOS

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

Coming to the App Store soon.

Sideloading the APK shows Android's "unknown source" warning. That is expected for apps not yet published to the Play Store. Once OpenAVC is listed on Google Play, the warning goes away.

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 and the app connects in seconds.

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.