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Settings

Every add-on setting, with its default. Open them under Add-ons > My add-ons > Services > CrossWatch for Kodi > Configure. Settings marked "Advanced level" only show after you switch Kodi's settings screen to the Advanced level.

CrossWatch

Setting Default What it does
Pair with CrossWatch Connects this Kodi to CrossWatch with a pairing code. See Pairing.
Status Read-only. "Paired with <instance> at <address>" or "Not paired". See The Status line.
Unpair Disconnects this Kodi from CrossWatch. Only shown while connected.
Webhook URL blank Advanced level. The CrossWatch endpoint, for a manual setup. Pairing fills it in.
Webhook token blank Advanced level. The token, for a manual setup. Pairing fills it in.
Device id (blank to generate) blank Advanced level. Identifies this Kodi to CrossWatch. Leave it blank and the add-on makes one. A change takes effect after Kodi restarts.

The device name CrossWatch shows is Kodi's own, set under Settings > Services > General > Device name.

Viewers

Setting Default What it does
Configure viewers and playlists Add, change or remove viewers. See Viewers.
Remembered answers See, change or forget the answers remembered per show. See Remembered answers.
Ask who watched a film On Off: films that playlists and profiles do not settle are sent with no viewer instead of asking.
Ask for a rating Off Films, Episodes, or Films and episodes: ask for a score after a finished watch. See Rating.
When to ask After each watch Only shown when rating is on. "At the end, for everything watched" saves the questions until playback stops for good.
Shared rating Off Only shown when rating is on. One question for everyone who watched, instead of one each.
Write the rating to Kodi's library Off Only shown when rating is on. Also sets Kodi's own user rating. See Kodi's own rating.
Skip PlexKodiConnect playback On Playback through PlexKodiConnect is not reported, so that a household also running CrossWatch's Plex watcher does not count it twice. Off: it is reported, marked as PlexKodiConnect playback. Not yet tested against a real PlexKodiConnect.

Advanced

Setting Default What it does
Progress report interval (seconds) 60 30 to 600. How often the playback position is sent while something plays, and after a seek.
Playlist refresh interval (minutes) 60 Advanced level. 5 to 720. How often playlist membership is re-read. A library scan or clean and a settings change also trigger it.
Enable debug logging (records viewing history to disk) Off Writes a detailed log file, including titles and viewer names. Takes effect at once. Leave off unless you are troubleshooting. See Logs.