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When using BrightAuthor:connected, provisioning is done through a player Setup. Setups are which can be created within the app. When a player is provisioned with a particular Setup, the Player Config is applied to the player and the Player App is created on the player. With BrightAuthor:connected, the Player App is often referred to as the autorun.

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By default, the player will search for a network connection via Ethernet and, if a connection is found, obtain an IP address using DHCP. Explicitly Therefore, xxplicitly applying a Player Config is not necessarily required if the player is intended to be connected via Ethernet to the local network and the default player settings are acceptable.

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Alternatively, partners can use the free, unbranded control.bsn.cloud or as well as BrightAuthor:connected to create and apply Setups to players.

Player App

The Player App is a script or set of scripts that instructs the player what to do upon boot up.

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When using BrightAuthor:connected, the Player App is known generically as an autorun and more specifically as an autorun.brs file (.brs denotes a BrightScript file). When a BrightAuthor:connected Setup is applied to a player, an autorun.brs and associated files are file is automatically created on the player.

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Partners can write a custom Player App to connect players with their CMS and many . Many partners use our basic autorun.brs as a foundation for writing their own Player App.

If a player Setup was created using Alternatively, partners can use the free, unbranded control.bsn.cloud , applying that Setup to a player will automatically create the autorun.brs, just like with BrightAuthor:connectedor BrightAuthor:connected to create and apply Setups to players. When players are provisioned with a Setup, an autorun.brs file is automatically created on the player.

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The term Partner App may sometimes be used when referring to the partner’s Player App.

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