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1.27.1

Improvements

  • BCN-14569: The Device Setup columns in the Setup Library of the Admin tab were reordered to prioritize the name and details of the setup package.

  • BCN-15418: When a player is selected in the Player List, the current presentation name associated with the player is now displayed in the Properties panel.

  • BCN-15443: Users can now expand or collapse all groups when viewing players by group in the Beta version of the Player List.

  • BCN-15450: Users can now drag and drop in the new Player List as they can in the current (non-Beta) Player List.

  • BCN-15466, BCN-15519, BCN-14665, BCN-13690: Added various localization and formatting improvements to the UI

Bug Fixes

  • BCN-13853: User variables are now available at the player_ip:8008 web page even if their values were left blank in the presentation.

  • BCN-15434, BCN-13558, BCN-15295: Fixed incorrect language in the application UI dialogs and an error message

  • BCN-15442: Fixed an error encountered when dragging and dropping a single item between player groups, which caused the error to persist when a user tries to drag a new item

  • BCN-15472: Updated the splash screen image with the appropriate branding

  • BCN-15487: Fixed an issue in the current Network tab, when the application does not retrieve the next or previous Player List page if the user scrolls to the point where the list is truncated.

  • BCN-15488: Added the ability to filter players by health status in the Beta version of the Network
    tab

  • BCN-15514: "Scroll to load more" now reliably loads additional content in the Content and Presentation windows.

  • BCN-15520: Fixed a crash (introduced version 1.26.3) that occurred when reloading the Remote DWS SD tab

1.26.3

Please update your firewall rules to allow outgoing connections to all *.launchdarkly.com domains. This service is used by BrightAuthor:connected in v1.19.4 and beyond to notify customers about maintenance windows. If you do not allow this API, you will not receive messages about maintenance windows and will not be able to unlock new features in the future.

See LaunchDarkley’s https://docs.launchdarkly.com/sdk/concepts/domain-list and https://docs.launchdarkly.com/home/advanced/public-ip-list pages for more information, as well as https://support.brightsign.biz/hc/en-us/articles/360059584233.

New Features

  • BCN-9959: The new “Registry” tab in the DWS lets users view and edit a player’s registry.

  • BCN-15069: Users can now enable Telnet and SSH on their players through the Diagnostics tab of the DWS

  • BCN-15312: Dynamic subscription information is now available on the Dashboard (for example, the number of subscriptions available and in use)

  • BCN-15389: Users can now try features before they are released through the “Beta features” option under Admin > Preferences > User Interface. The current Beta contains the new Network tab layout and features.

  • “Local IP address” is now an option in the “Select table columns to view” pulldown menu in the DWS

Improvements

  • BCN-3693: Serial numbers, IP addresses, and MAC addresses in Network, the DWS, and inProvisioningcan now be copied for use elsewhere.

  • BCN-5822: SFN user login information is no longer visible in the JSON file.

  • BCN-14276: If the application is in a maintenance window when users try to log in, they will now get an alert.

  • BCN-14458: There is now a check to confirm whether or not to disable the password when users create a setup package, enable the DWS, and apply the setup package.

  • BCN-15026: Added a system variable for “Player Model Number"

  • BCN-15073: The remote Diagnostic Web Server now provides the full text EDID (similar to the ldws/edid.html)

  • BCN-15143: Added the ability to export the Network tab Player List information to a CSV file. The full list can be exported, or a filter can be used to export a selected part of the list.

  • BCN-15265: When exporting the Player List to a CSV file, each player row now also contains its Player Group.

  • BCN-15193, BCN-15083: Layout and language improvements in the DWS

  • BCN-15244: Users can now select a more verbose log level in the DWS, which will contain errors, warnings, app activity, and debug messages.

  • BCN-14821: Updated BrightAuthor:connected labels (for example, “Local File Networking” is now “Local Network” and “Simple File Networking” is now “Web Folder”)

  • BCN-15356, BCN-12628, BCN-13687: Improved the Simplified Chinese and Turkish translations and made other language-related updates and improvements

Bug Fixes

  • BCN-14970: Enabled the presentation autorun and setup script to handle encrypted SFN passwords

  • BCN-14977: Restored thumbnails in the Mac desktop application

  • BCN-15044: The "Rename As" text field (in the SD tab of the DWS) now works correctly for Series 5 players.

  • BCN-15059: Updated the autorun version number, which was not updated in the last release

  • BCN-15111: Fixed a crash that occurs when a user goes to the Schedule tab on certain
    networks

  • BCN-15135: The numeric text field now clears correctly when users attempt to delete text

  • BCN-15261: Fixed the file upload process so the reported percentage will not exceed 100%

  • BCN-15271: Fixed the asset upload UI to show the icon and file name in the same line

  • BCN-15291: Reduced the volume of information-only messages written to the browser console on logging startup. Errors will still be flagged as appropriate.

  • BCN-15316: Fixed an issue with the Chromium debug section in the DWS not displaying correctly in the latest release.

1.19.4

Improvements

  • BCN-15239: Added LaunchDarkly to alert customers of maintenance windows and eventually reduce downtime

1.19.3

This is a hotfix for the BrightAuthor:connected 1.19.2 release.

Bug Fixes

  • BCN-14458: Fixed an edge case where the default DWS password is inaccessible to the user

1.19.2

New Features

  • BCN-14816: Added translations for five new languages:

    • Traditional Chinese

    • Korean

    • Portuguese

    • Russian

    • Turkish

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  • BCN-6084: Fixed excessive CPU usage when loading content

  • BCN-6694: Deleted reason-phrase conditions that prevented successful responses in the web client

  • BCN-8578, 11954: Fixed a bug that occurs when uploading content to a folder that has a name containing one or multiple single quotes

  • BCN-9979, 14278: Fixed player activation failures that occur when the user is not the creator of the default setup package

  • BCN-13991: Fixed a reboot loop which is triggered when an interactive event sends a UDP command from a Dynamic Playlist widget.

  • BCN-14024: Ensured that dialog boxes do not disappear unexpectedly

  • BCN-14261, 14034: Fixed an autorun crash in presentations that invoke the videomode plugin

  • BCN-14271: Fixed a bug that causes deleted tags to reappear

  • BCN-14344: Fixed an endless loop that occurs if many large files are uploaded simultaneously

  • BCN-14460: Fixed a reboot loop that occurs when publishing a presentation that enables enhanced synchronization

1.10.0

Improvements

  • BCN-8667: The Control Cloud network can now add users as an Administrator or as a General Manager

  • BCN-14183: Removed the Screens tab from the presentation creation UI for all non-multiscreen Series 5 players. This ensures parity with the upscaling behavior on older players.

  • BCN-12409: Ensured that when media is replaced, the new media name does not overwrite the state name

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