Get your first display
up in 10 minutes.
Six steps from unboxing to live room status. No IT department required.
Pick your display type
Lobby runs on three surfaces. Pick one. You can always add more later, and they all share the same dashboard.
Physical e-ink
E-ink hardware beside every meeting room door. Follow all 6 steps below.
Virtual
Any browser, tablet, or TV you already own. Skip to Step 4. No hardware, no mount, no pairing.
Room overview
One screen, every room. Skip to Step 4, then pick which rooms to include from the dashboard.
For virtual and overview: you only need Steps 4 → 5 (create account, connect your calendar). Then open the display URL on any screen.
Meeting Room
Boardroom A
Next meeting
Design Review · 2:00 PM
Buy an e-ink display
Lobby runs on open-source e-ink hardware you buy once and own outright. Readable from 5 metres, zero glare, 3–6 months on a single charge.
Get a mount
No drilling required for most options. Hang it on a single screw through the built-in keyhole slot, use a no-drill magnetic solution, or print a free frame design.
Connect your display to Lobby
How you pair depends on which display you bought.
Seeed reTerminal E1001 — our recommended display
A one-time firmware flash, about two minutes, then it pairs with Lobby directly — there is no third-party account in the middle.
Leave “Firmware Early Release” and “OTA Updates” switched off. Those updates target the original hardware and can leave a reTerminal unresponsive, so you update this device deliberately rather than automatically.
Want a hand with the first one? Email hello@usethelobby.com and we’ll walk you through it.
TRMNL device
Install from the plugin store — no flashing needed.
Create your Lobby account
Head to the Lobby get-started page and fill in your details. Free forever (up to 3 active devices).
Connect your calendar
In your Lobby dashboard, click Connect calendar and pick Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. Sign in with an admin account, authorise read-only access to your room resources / room mailboxes, and assign each display to a room.
Next: 3:00 PM
Mount & enjoy
Put up the mount you chose in Step 2, hang the display, connect to WiFi. Within seconds it shows live room status. Green = available. Red = in use, with who has it and until when.
Prefer to just email?
That works too. Reach us at hello@usethelobby.com and being a small team, we’ll reply the same day.