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The Status section allows you to view the statuses of players and groups on your BrightSign Network account.
Groups
You can use groups to distribute presentations to a set of BrightSign players. Publishing a presentation to a group delivers it to all BrightSign players within that group. BrightAuthor includes two default groups: Default and LocalTest. However, you can create additional groups as needed:
- To create a group: Click Add Groups (beneath the Groups window). Type a name for the group and click OK.
- To delete a group: Right-click a group and click Delete.
- To move a player to a different group: Click the arrow next to the group that contains the player. Then click and drag the player to the new group.
Click the arrow beside a group to view details about players within that group:
- Status: A range of colors (green, yellow, red) used to indicate the status of a BrightSign player. Please see this FAQ for more information on what each color means.
- Name: The name of the player
- Description: The description given to the player
- Active Presentation: The name of the current presentation being run on the player
- Last connection: The last time the player checked in with the BrightSign Network servers
- Checks for content every: The interval for synchronizing with the BrightSign Network servers to determine if there is new content to download. This interval can be modified by right-clicking the player and selecting Edit.
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Right-click a player to access options associated with it:
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- Refresh: Click this button to get the most up-to-date snapshot(s) from the player.
- Date/Time: The timestamp indicating when the snapshot was taken. The timestamp is formatted as follows: yyyy:mm:dd hh:mm:ss
- Serial Number: The serial number of the player taking the snapshot
- Model: The model number of the player taking the snapshot
- Firmware: The firmware version of the player taking the snapshot
- Edit: Opens the Edit Unit window, which allows you to edit many of the parameters set during the Unit Setup process, including the name/description, group, and Remote Snapshot settings.
- Tags: Opens the Device Tags window, which allows you to add tags to the player. You can use player tags to conditionally filter media in Tagged Playlists on a player-by-player basis. See this section in the BSN WebUI documentation for more information about player tags.
- Delete: Removes the player from the BrightSign Network. The player will continue playing content, but it can no longer be updated or monitored.
- Info: Provides details about the player hardware, software, networking, and subscription status.
- Download Progress: Displays the progress of the most recent content synchronization action.
BrightWall Groups
Use the BrightWall Groups section to manage players that are assigned to BrightWall video walls.
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- Each player is part of a BrightWall: It has a Number indicating the section of the BrightWall to which it belongs. Screens are numbered by row, starting from the top-left section of the BrightWall (the example diagram to the right shows the numbering of a 4x3 BrightWall).
- Each BrightWall consists of a number of players: The Status will only display green if all players in the BrightWall are green, or red if all players in the BrightWall are red. If the players are a mix of red, green, or yellow, the Status will display yellow.
- Each BrightWall group consists of one or more BrightWall(s): BrightWall(s) within the same BrightWall group use the same Configuration File. This means that each BrightWall group represents a certain BrightWall configuration (for example, a 3x2 video wall using HDMI®, with a 3% bezel ratio). Like standard BSN groups, BrightWall(s) within the same BrightWall group are assigned the same schedule.
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Players and BrightWall(s) are added to a BrightWall group during the Unit Setup process.