Beta Release Notes

Owned by Stephanie Mulqueen
Last updated: Jun 28, 2023
9 min read

0.37.2 (beta)

NEW FEATURES 

  • BCN-5715: Support for the 1920x1920x60p resolution on 4K-capable players

  • BCN-5560: The Diagnostic Web Server now has Network Packet Capture.

IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES

  • Device Setup and Provisioning 

    • BCN-5823: All players setup for the BSN.cloud beta will now automatically update to OS 8.0.119 before provisioning begins. 

    • BCN-5748: Players setup with B-Deploy will now automatically update to OS 8.0.119.

    • BCN-5666: New Reprovisioning feature: update the provisioning package of a player through the DWS.

    • BCN-5445: Device Setups that are in use can no longer be deleted. 

    • BCN-5492: Players will now display a purple screen with a status indicator during setup.

    • BCN-5375: Applying a Partner URL no longer requires the player to reboot and have its autorun deleted.

  • Presentations

    • BCN-5428: The default Image Mode for the Video or Image zone and the Image zone is now Scale to Fit.

    • BCN-5622: The volume of video and Video In states in an interactive zone can now only be changed using the Set Volume command.

    • BCN-5107: Adding unsupported content to a non-interactive zone no longer causes the application to crash.

    • BCN-3911: The dimensions of an Asset can now be viewed in Asset Properties.

    • BCN-3430: Video states in interactive zones now have the options to Loop media if no media end transition is specified or Hold last video frame if no media end transition is specified.

    • BCN-5816: New Enable Full Resolution Graphics option in Presentation Settings for certain video modes larger than 1920x1200. See here for more details. 

    • BCN-4056: The Live Text state now has Advanced Commands.

    • BCN-5820: The application no longer crashes when a presentation contains an Audio Time Code event.

  • Content 

    • BCN-4855: A save menu with a Save As option is now available for Live Media Feeds, Live Data Feeds, Dynamic Playlists, as well as for the Presentation and Schedule tabs.

    • BCN-4871: Attempting to edit the Validity Date of a feed no longer causes the Validity Date settings to disappear. 

    • BCN-5605: Empty Dynamic Playlists, Live Data Feeds, and Live Media Feeds now contain instructional dialog.

  • Publishing 

    • BCN-4006: Players can now update their OS when publishing a presentation in the Schedule tab using Option > BrightSign OS Update.

    • BCN-4682: The Enable Serial Debugging and Enable System Log Debugging options in the Options pane of the Schedule tab are no longer enabled by default.

    • BCN-3648: Empty schedules can now be published to remove all scheduled content from a particular Group. 

  • Permissions

    • BCN-5704: The Assign to Role selection is no longer empty when adding a new user to a Control Cloud subscription.

    • BCN-5756: Users added to a Control Cloud network no longer disappear from User Management when the Network Administrator logs in.  

  • Network 

    • BCN-5721: Device Groups selected in the Hierarchy will no longer sometimes lose their delete icon when they appear under Device List.

    • BCN-5475: Players no longer disappear from the Device List if their Network Status changes.

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES

  • Device Setup and Provisioning 

    • BCN-5657: The “Back” button is now properly displayed in Device Setup in the browser client.

    • BCN-5292: When provisioning a player running OS 8.0.48 or earlier, it will now automatically update to OS 8.0.119 while performing Device Setup to prevent an erroneous Device Activation screen. 

    • BCN-5440: In Device Setup, the Enable Serial Debugging and Enable System Log Debugging options are no longer enabled by default.

    • BCN-5914: Provisioning a player by using Apply Setup no longer triggers an inaccurate success message if the setup failed. The player will also now update to the correct device setup immediately.

    • BCN-5445: Device Setups that are in use can no longer be deleted. 

    • BCN-4477: Improper error messages no longer display when saving a device setup to an SD card. 

    • BCN-5716: Custom Limit Content Downloads values now save correctly to Setup Files. 

    • BCN-5703: Enabled Debugging options in Device Setup now save correctly to Setup Files.

    • BCN-4446: There is now a Save As To Library option when editing a Device Setup in the Device Setup Library.

    • BCN-4446: A duplicate button has been added to Device Setups in the Device Setup Library. 

  • Presentations

    • BCN-5775: The Scroll Speed of scrolling text in a Ticker zone is now converted correctly when the presentation is saved then imported.

    • BCN-5652: Text in the Name field no longer disappears when adding a Data Feed to a presentation in Presentation Settings.

    • BCN-5543: The Device Web Page error indicator now functions properly when adding a Data Feed to a presentation in Presentation Settings.

    • BCN-5482: The application no longer crashes when changing the Time to Display Each Line of an RSS Feed in a Live Text State.

    • BCN-5188: Media states in saved interactive presentations are no longer rearranged when re-accessed by the user.

    • BCN-4988: Improved Event state labeling.

    • BCN-4255: Individual Touch Regions now have the capability of using Advanced Commands.

    • BCN-4753: Fixed an issue that causes the Zone Properties of a Ticker zone to be labeled as “State Properties”.

    • BCN-4858: The Input specifies variable option for UDP events now works.

    • BCN-5600: The Volume option for audio and video states in a non-interactive zone has been fixed.

    • BCN-3951 + BCN-3695: Empty zones now contain instructional dialog.

    • BCN-5432: The Update Data Feed command now has a dropdown list of all Data Feeds defined in Presentation Settings.

    • BCN-5399: The Cut, Copy, and Paste options in the Edit dropdown menu now work in the desktop client.

    • BCN-3983: The properties of newly added touch regions now display properly in Touch Regions.

    • BCN-5284: Accessing the Touch event authoring window now only opens the selected touch region properties while leaving the other regions’ properties collapsed.

    • BCN-3286: The Script Plugin Name and Parser Plugin Name fields must be the same as the name of the BrightScript subroutine for added plugins to work.

    • BCN-3286: Spaces within the Script Plugin Name and Parser Plugin Name fields now trigger an error message.

    • BCN-5851: Specifying the Query String of an HTML5 state now functions properly.

    • BCN-5813: Importing a .bpf with a custom autorun now correctly prompts a fatal error message. Custom autoruns are not yet supported in BrightAuthor:connected, see here for a list of BrightAuthor features that are not yet supported in BrightAuthor:connected.

    • BCN-5812: Duplicate data feed sources in a .bpf  no longer lose their configurations once the .bpf  file is imported into the application.

    • BCN-5811: Importing a .bpf  with a custom Device Web Page no longer fails.

    • BCN-5810: Importing a .bpf  with a Portrait Orientation no longer fails.

    • BCN-5542: Data feeds not references by a media state that are imported from a BrightAuthor .bpf  will now be visible in Presentation Settings > Support Content > Data Feeds. 

    • BCN-5808: Media selected in Assets are now properly deselected when the user clicks anywhere within the presentation canvas.

    • BCN-5799: A Return to start after inactivity option has been added to the Media List state.

    • BCN-3916: The Delete key now properly deletes selected elements in the Presentation canvas.

    • BCN-5765: Added a scrollbar to the Library dropdown in the Presentation tab when in Local Content mode.

    • BCN-5724: BLC400 commands now have the correct Parameters.

    • BCN-5723: Touch Region settings are now properly labeled as “Event Properties”.

    • BCN-4647: Fixed an issue that causes elements to be immovable in the Live Text canvas when the Zone Size is less than full-screen.

    • BCN-5767: When media is added to a zone, the zone types in Zone Properties > Type will now properly reflect the zone type that is compatible with the media added to the zone.

    • BCN-4399: Fixed an issue that causes Touch Regions to be improperly sized when viewed in the Touch event canvas.

    • BCN-4005: The background of the Touch event canvas now properly displays the content that the event is being added to.

    • BCN-4642: The z-ordering of elements in Layers in the Live Text canvas is now reflected properly in the canvas.

    • BCN-5755: Improved presentation playback from the browser client.

    • BCN-5650: Improved memory management during presentation playback. 

    • BCN-3647: Red error indicators now appear if two of the same media states have an identical Name.

  • Content

    • BCN-5589: Dragged and dropped media from Assets now show up correctly in the presentation canvas when using the desktop client. 

    • BCN-4359: The “Unsaved Changes” dialog box no longer appears at improper times. 

    • BCN-4637: New Create New Folder option in the Change Destination Folder when uploading content to BSN.cloud.

    • BCN-2892: The Title of Assets added to a Live Media Feed is now set to the asset’s filename by default.

  • Permissions

    • BCN-5709: Adding a second user to an existing Control Cloud Network no longer gives them access to user management controls.

    • BCN-5548: Fixed an issue that caused users to be unable to add customized Permissions to Custom Roles.

  • Publishing

    • BCN-5574: Saved BSN.cloud schedules now load correctly when accessed in Local Content Mode.

    • BCN-4882: Removed cursor hovering in the Transfer Monitor window when the progress of a transfer item is not expandable.

    • BCN-5559: When scheduling a presentation in the Schedule tab, the default Destination Type is now Local System Storage or the last destination used.

    • BCN-5291: Fixed an issue that causes players provisioned for Standalone or Simple File Network to not appear in the Network until content is published to it. 

  • Network

    • BCN-5555: Fixed Player Name inconsistencies.

    • BCN-5166: Fixed an error message that appears in the Remote DWS.

    • BCN-5594: Increased the player access token timeout from 15 minutes to 24 hours.

    • BCN-5523: Setting recovery_url to an empty string using the Remote DWS API now properly deletes the recovery URL. 

    • BCN-5472: The Remote DWS API recovery_url now correctly returns the recovery URL. 

    • BCN-5489: The Analyze Media File tool in the Diagnostic Web Server no longer misidentifies Remote Snapshot .jpg  files as video files. This tool only returns a result for audio and video files.

    • BCN-5918: Groups left unchecked in Hierarchy will no longer incorrectly appear in the Device List.

    • BCN-5947: When a player’s status changes, the player no longer occasionally disappears from the Device List when accessing the Network tab through Dashboard.

  • Admin

    • BCN-5562: “Application Preferences” text is now consistent within the Admin tab.

    • BCN-5303: Clicking Apply Changes in Application Preferences now triggers a confirmation message.

0.53.0 (beta)

NEW FEATURES 

  • The Control Cloud now allows network owners to create and assign additional users.

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES 

  • Device Setup and Provisioning 

    • BCN-5454: Fixed an issue that causes setup files to not publish to an SD card from the Device Setup Library if the Device Setup contains a wireless password.

    • BCN-5312: It is no longer possible to configure a player for Simple File Networking without setting a “URL for Web Folder” value.

    • BCN-4615: Enabled the Local Diagnostic Web Server password in Device Setup when using the browser client.

    • BCN-5192: Attempting to create a Simple File Network Device Setup for B-Deploy no longer causes an error.  

    • BCN-5090: The Local Diagnostic Web Server user name and password are now saved when the Device Setup is added to the Device Setup Library.  

  • Presentations 

    • BCN-5478: Specifying a Time to Display Each Line of 0 for an RSS feed in a Live Text state no longer causes the lines to refresh at an unreadable speed.

    • BCN-5386: Attempting to import a presentation while editing another presentation will no longer result in an incomplete import.

    • BCN-4339 + BCN-4350: When viewing All Presentations, the presentation directory is now based on the set content mode, either Local Content or BSN.cloud Content. 

    • BCN-4928: Clicking Save As after importing a presentation re-saves the presentation as the correct default filename.

    • BCN-5526: When a Set Variable command is added to a presentation the value of the variable is no longer assumed as the user variable.

    • BCN-5514: There is no longer a crash when a user attempts to Double Click to Edit Zone Playlist then click the Presentation tab.

    • BCN-5447: Images that are too large for a presentation zone no longer trigger a “Fail to upload” error.

    • BCN-5503: When adding assets that require a resize to a presentation, the resized asset is also added to the library. 

    • BCN-5469: Media no longer disappears from an Images Zone when the presentation is published to the Content Cloud for players set up with BSN.cloud Networking.

    • BCN-5486: A local presentation containing two HTML 5 states no longer fails to upload.

    • BCN-5117: The Media List state now works when populated from a URL feed.

    • BCN-4652: All references to Local Site input is now gone when in BSN.cloud Content mode.

    • BCN-4640: The search box in Select Asset now works.

    • BCN-3617: A duplicate button has been added to advanced commands for media states and events.

  • Content 

    • BCN-5409: Media thumbnails are no longer missing when media is uploaded to the Content Library when in BSN.cloud Content mode.

    • BCN-5358: It is no longer possible to create multiple Dynamic Playlists that have identical names.

    • BCN-5645: Improved handling of non-media type files.

  • Permissions 

    • BCN-5295: Users and Roles are now immediately visible after creating a BSN.cloud network.

  • Publishing 

    • BCN-5360: Changing the Event Time of a recurring presentation now has no effect on the Start Date or End Date.

    • BCN-5313: Opening a directory twice during Simple File Network publishing no longer triggers an "Invalid presentation directory" message to display.

    • BCN-5060: Fixed an error that arises when attempting to edit user permissions for a device group.

    • BCN-5218: A “Publish” option is now available in the Unsaved Changes dialog box that appears when editing the Schedule in BSN.cloud Content mode.

    • BCN-5217: A “Save” option is now available in the Unsaved Changes dialog box that appears when editing the Schedule in Local Content mode.

  • Network 

    • BCN-5481: Editing the properties of a group of players in Device Group no longer causes a crash.

    • BCN-5133: Communication between BrightAuthor:connected and the WebSocket server has improved.

    • BCN-5123: The Network tab is now accessible when no user is signed in.

    • BCN-5522: Removed DNS lookup re-directs for some Internet Service Providers.

    • BCN-5170: Improvements to Network name validation and feedback to the user.