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  • A BrightSign player that has already been set up. If you have not set up your player yet, do so by following the BrightSign Player Setup Quickstart.

  • Mac or PC with the BrightAuthor:connected software installed. This software should have already been installed as part of the player setup process.

  • For Standalone configured players, you will also need a blank microSD (µSD) card and a µSD microSD card adapter (computers with SD card readers typically require an adapter to access µSD microSD cards)

  • Visual access to the display on which the presentation will be displayed.

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There is an important distinction between Save and Publish.

Saving the presentation saves any changes to the previously defined destination directory, similar to saving a typical text document or spreadsheet. The saved presentation file (.bpfx file) is not self-contained - it does not contain the various media files (images, videos, etc.). The presentation file is therefore insufficient on its own for display and requires access to the required media files.

When the presentation is published, BrightAuthor:connected gathers all the necessary files (the .bpfx file, images, videos, etc.) and outputs it in a way that the player can read and process.

Generally speaking, you do not want to Save the presentation directly to the µSD microSD card. Rather, you should Publish the presentation to the µSD microSD card.

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Selecting Publish will take you to the Schedule tab where you can define schedules to control when the presentation will play. In this example, the presentation will use the default schedule which is to play all day, every day.

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titleSteps for Standalone publishing
Note

Make sure to erase the µSD microSD card before copying the presentation and media files to it. If the setup files are left on the card, the player may attempt to run the setup process every time it is rebooted and not play the presentation.

  1. For Destination Type, select Local System Storage (a).

  2. Insert a blank µSD microSD card into the computer and select the card as the Destination Local Directory (b).

  3. Select Publish (c). This will publish the presentation to the µSD microSD card. Remove the card from the computer and plug it into the player. The presentation should then play on the display. If the presentation does not play after a few minutes, try rebooting the player.

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titleSteps for Web Folder publishing

Web Folder Mapped to Local Directory

  1. For Destination Type, select Web Folder (a). If you have a local directory that’s mapped as a volume to your web URL, select Directory (b) and select the folder icon to navigate to and select that local directory.

  2. Select Publish (c) to publish the presentation to the directory you’ve selected. If set up properly, your SFN configured player should detect new content at the web URL, transfer that content to its µSD microSD card, and play it.

FTP

  1. To transfer files to the web URL via FTP, select FTP Site (a) as the Destination Type.

  2. Select the + icon (b) to enter a new FTP site.

  3. Enter the required info for the FTP site and select Submit (c).

  4. Select Publish (d) to publish the presentation to the specified FTP site. If set up properly, your Web Folder configured player should detect new content at the web URL, transfer that content to its µSD microSD card, and play it.

Publishing to BSN.cloud

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