New Device Setup (DOCS-928)

Device Type (7) : Select a publishing method for the player. 

• Standalone: Allows you to publish files that can be put on SD card or USB and then physically delivered to your player.  Use this method if your player doesn't have a network connection and/or you do not plan to update the presentation frequently. You can use the USB drive to update the schedule/presentation if you don't want to remove the SD card and/or it is inaccessible. The USB drive can be used with or without a password: the password protection feature ensures that a player cannot be updated with the Publish for USB update option unless the correct password is supplied. If you choose to require a password, note that the password cannot be changed once configured, and cannot be recovered. See this page for more information. 

• Simple File Networking: Publish presentations remotely using your own web server.
  • URL for WebFolder: Specify the location from which the player will download content updates. Do not use trailing slashes in your URL; some web servers do not support trailing slashes. If you're having trouble getting players to communicate with your web server, see this FAQ for troubleshooting tips.
  • Content Check Frequency: Set how often you want the player to check your server for updates.
  • Simple File Networking Authentication (optional): Enter a User name and password to enable digest authentication between the BrightSign player and the server.
    • Enable basic authentication: Instruct the player pass credentials to the web server in unsecured packets. Use this option only if it is absolutely required by the configuration of your web server.
• Partner Application: Select custom applications created by BSN.cloud integrated partners. See Partner Setup and Recovery for more information about creating a recovery URL for partner applications.
• Custom Application URL: Specify an URL address to point players directly to an externally hosted application (for example, if your players are set up behind a firewall).

Network Configuration (8):

• Include Network Configuration allows you to set network options in the Network Options window before connecting to your network.
• Use Current Device Settings if the player to be re-provisioned is currently configured on a network which requires a specification configuration (security, certificates, etc.) to maintain your player's current network configuration. 

Save Setup Files (9): Publish the Device Setup manually. Follow these steps to complete the Device Setup process: 

1. Save the Device Setup files to an SD card (recommended) or USB flash drive. Ensure the setup files are saved to the root folder of the storage device.
2. Turn off the BrightSign player by unplugging the power adapter (or Ethernet cable if the player is being powered by PoE).
3. Insert the SD card or USB flash drive into the player.

4. Turn on the BrightSign player by reconnecting the power. 

   Note

   We recommend formatting your SD/microSD card using FAT32 or exFAT. The exFAT format allows you to store files larger than 4GB, but is not supported on the 4Kx42.

   Important

   The storage device must remain in the player at all times while playing presentations. 

Add Setup File (10): Add the Device Setup to the BSN.cloud Setup Library. You can then open the Device Setup later or provision players using the Device Setup.

Logging

Use the check boxes to enable/disable logs. Logs can be turned on and will work behind the scenes, but can only be retrieved from the SD card.

• Enable Playback Logging: Record playback start and end times, zone names, media types, and file names.
• Enable Event Logging: Record timestamps, state names, zone names, event types, and event data.
• Enable State Logging: Record current and last state names, timestamps, and media types.
• Enable Diagnostic Logging: Record timestamps, firmware and script versions, and the current presentation.
• Enable Variable Logging: Record the current and default values of all User Variables in the presentation.
• Uploads logs: This feature is available with SFN. Specify log upload settings:
  • On Startup: Check this box to have the player upload its logs to the BSN servers each time it boots up.
  • At specific time each day: Check this box to have the player upload its logs daily at the specified time.

BrightSign OS Update

Use this section to include an OS update file with the Device Setup. First, determine the behavior of the update file using the Update Type dropdown list:

• Standard: The OS update is applied to the player. The player reboots and deletes the update file after the update is complete.
• Different: The OS update is only applied if the version of the update file is different from the current OS version on the player. The player reboots and deletes the update file after the update is complete.
• Newer: The OS update is only applied if the version of the update file is newer than the current OS version on the player. If the player is booting up in Safe Mode, the update is always applied because the player cannot check its OS version before applying the update. The player reboots and deletes the update file after the update is complete.
• Save: The OS update is applied to the player, but the update file is not deleted from the storage device. The player does not reboot after applying the update; instead, it waits for the storage device containing the update file to be removed.

Next, select the version of the OS update file according to your player model:

• Production Release: The current official release of BrightSign OS
• Beta Release: The current beta release of BrightSign OS
• Minimum Compatible Release: The minimum OS version that supports presentations created by your version of BrightAuthor:connected. The minimum compatible OS may not support all features provided by a contemporary version of BrightAuthor:connected.
• Specific File: Select a .bsfw firmware update file from your hard drive. The other options will download the update file from BrightSign when the setup files are created.
• Update from URL: Enter the download URL for a .bsfw firmware update file. This option is only available when distributing a Device Setup via Provision.

Remote Snapshot

If you select the Enable Remote Snapshot checkbox, this feature will be enabled in BrightAuthor:connected. Remote snapshots can be turned on and will work behind the scenes, but can only be retrieved from the SD card. This feature has the following options: 

• Remote Snapshot Interval: Specify how often the player should take a snapshot of the presentation display in minutes.
• Maximum Number of Images to Save: Specify how many JPEG snapshot images can be stored on the local storage of the player.
• JPEG Quality Level (1-100): Specify the quality level (and thus the file size) of each image file.
• Screen Orientation: Images can be rotated to either Landscape or Portrait mode.
• Relative URL for Remote Snapshot Handler: Post snapshots to this endpoint (only available for SFN).

Debugging

• Enable Serial Debugging: Enable serial debugging on the player. The autorun script will output debugging information related to the presentation to the serial port (as well as over Telnet and SSH if these features are enabled).
• Enable System Log Debugging: Enable system-log debugging on the player. The player will output system log information to the Log tab in the Diagnostic Web Server (or the serial/telnet/ssh ports if these are enabled via the Serial Debugging option).

Advanced

• Enable BSN.cloud: Enable the persistent Websockets connection between the player and BSN.cloud servers. This allows for BSN Control Cloud and Content Cloud functionality with players.