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  • Network settings (wired, wireless, username/password, etc.)

  • Player name and description (more descriptive info for the player beyond its unique serial number)

  • Time zone (especially relevant for geographically dispersed players)

  • Publishing mode (tells the player how to retrieve content; more details about these modes here)

  • Diagnostic web server (enables access to a wealth of diagnostic info on the player)

  • Logging (enables various logging options)

  • Debugging (enables access via various logging tools)

  • BrightSignOS version (enables the assignment of a specific OS version to the player)

Info

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 applying a Setup is therefore not required if the default Setup acceptable. The Player App (described below), however, is always required.

Setups can be created in BrightAuthor:connected or the free and unbranded Control Cloud at control.bsn.cloud (more detail about this on the next page). In both cases, Setups can be saved to a library for future use.

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