Activate
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This feature allows you to easily add players to your BSN.cloud network.
Prepare the Player
New Player
If your player is brand new, you simply need to attach a properly formatted storage device to the player, connect the player to the Internet, and power up the player.
Previously Provisioned Player
BSN.cloud retains the provisioning record for a player until that provisioning record has been explicitly deleted. Info on deleting or changing existing provisioning records can be found here.
Note that performing a factory reset on a player returns the player to its factory condition. However, a factory reset does not impact the provisioning record of that player on BSN.cloud. See here for the differences between reprovisioning and a factory reset.
Activate the Player
Shortly after bootup, assuming no provisioning record was found, the player should display the Activation screen shown below:
From this screen, there are several ways to activate the player.
As shown on the activation screen, you can use a web browser and go to http://bsn.cloud/activate which will launch BrightAuthor:connected and take you to the appropriate screen for device activation. For those who do not wish to use BrightAuthor:connected, one of the below activation methods may be used in conjunction with https://control.bsn.cloud.
If you are using a smartphone, you can scan the displayed QR code. The QR code contains a link that will take you to the activation web page.
Alternatively, select Player Activation under the Admin tab in either BrightAuthor:connected or via control.bsn.cloud at which point you will be prompted to enter the code. Once the code has been entered, you will be presented with a message indicating that the player has been activated.
Once activated, the player will be listed under the Network tab which enables access to many player settings.