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Use the Dashboard to get a status overview of your players and jump into common BrightAuthor:connected tasks.
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Storage SelectorContent Mode: This toggle button switches between Local Content and content and BSN.cloud Contentcontent:
Local Content: Author presentations using content files located on your Mac or PC or Mac, and publish them using the Standalone, Local File Network, or Simple File Network methodsWeb Folder publishing modes. Presentations authored with local Local content cannot be directly accessed when BSN.cloud Content mode is selected; content must first be uploaded to BSN.cloud before it can be accessed.
BSN.cloud Content: Author presentations and feeds using content files that have been uploaded to your BSN.cloud network. This option requires a BSN Content Cloud subscription. Presentations authored with BSN.cloud content cannot be accessed when Local Content content mode is selected.
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This toggle button is only available in the desktop version of BrightAuthor:connected. The browser version of BrightAuthor:connected uses BSN.cloud content only. |
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3. Player Status Overview: This bar provides a quick overview of player health. You must add players to your BSN.cloud network to view their health in BrightAuthor:connectedPlayers must first have been added before their health can be displayed. The following statuses can appear in the status-overview bar:
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Disconnected: The player has no subscription, or its subscription has expired (BSN Content Cloud networks only; subscriptions are not required during the Beta period).
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TipClick the Player Status Overview bar to jump to the Networktab, where you can get more detailed information about the current status of your players |
4. Recent presentations: This pane provides a list of recently created/edited presentations. As noted above, you will only see locally saved presentations when Local Content is content is selected. Select Manage Presentations >> to see all saved presentations.
5. New Device Setup Activate Player: Set up Activate a player for player for BSN.cloud or another publishing method.
6. New Presentation: Create a new presentation.
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9. Manage Network: Manage players that have been added to your BSN.cloud network.
10. Learning Resources: Visit docs.brightsign.biz to learn more about BrightAuthor:connected.11. Network Status: The Network Status temperature icon takes you to the Network Status page, which provides a visualization of network health for the previous 24 hours. It is also available in the Dashboard dropdown. Get Help: Link to training and support resources.
11. Subscription Information: This section provides the following dynamic subscription information:
The subscription type
The total number of subscriptions available and the number that are in use
The number of days remaining on those subscriptions
The expiration date of the Content Cloud subscriptions
Menu Items
When BrightAuthor:connected is launched, three menus will appear in the toolbar at the top of your window. These menus offer additional BrightAuthor:connected functionality.
BA connected
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About BA connected
Displays which version of BrightAuthor:connected you are running, as well as copyright information.
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Use this, or the corresponding key command, to quit the application.
File
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New/Open/Import/Recent
These tools allow you to create a new presentation or schedule, open or import an existing presentation, and list recent presentations that can be reopened.
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