Digital Menu Boards During Wi-Fi and Power Outages

Understand loaded-menu playback, offline browser storage, reconnecting menu boards, and practical restaurant checks after an outage.

When the Wi-Fi drops

The menu already on screen stays there. A small notice in the corner says the connection was lost. Slideshows keep rotating from the images already loaded. When the connection returns, the board checks for changes by itself.

This does not run for ever, and that is deliberate. After six hours a small watermark admits the menu has not been updated. After two days the board stops showing the menu altogether and asks to be reconnected. A menu board carries prices — serving a days-old copy that nobody can correct is how a withdrawn offer or an old price ends up on the wall looking like fact. The moment the screen is back online the menu returns on its own, with no code and no re-pairing.

When the power goes out

When the TV comes back on, reopen ezmenuapp.com/tv (or let the browser open it automatically). The board shows the last menu it saved immediately, then checks online for anything newer.

Scheduled changes during an outage

A scheduled update is applied on the server at the set time. A board that was offline picks it up the moment it reconnects.

Checks after an outage

1. Every TV shows a menu, not a code. 2. Prices match what the register charges. 3. The green dot on the Menu boards page is on for each TV. If a TV shows a code, the browser lost its saved data; disconnect the old board and pair the TV again.

Keep a fallback

A printed copy in a drawer costs nothing and covers the one day a TV is replaced or the store's internet is down for hours.