Activate

this feature allows you to easily provision a player upon boot up, a player that has not yet been provisioned (primarily new players but also factory reset players) will try to connect to brightsign cloud and look for a provisioning record if one is found, the player will set itself up according to the provisioning record if a provisioning record is not found, the player will boot up to the “activate” screen 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 brightsign cloud retains the provisioning record for a player until that provisioning record is explicitly changed info on deleting or changing existing provisioning records can be found here docid\ cyl9kpm02co5rgcb9wqqv performing a factory reset docid\ yncf7p2pyzo2qedf1jyim on a player returns the player to its factory condition however, a factory reset does not impact the provisioning record of that player’s serial number on brightsign cloud activate the player you can activate your player automatically or manually automatic activation is the most common method, but manual activation can be useful on audio only players, like the au335, which do not have a display automatic player activation shortly after boot up, 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 http //bsn cloud/activate which will launch brightsign author and take you to the appropriate screen for device activation for those who do not wish to use brightsign author, one of the below activation methods may be used in conjunction with https //control bsn cloud 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 brightsign author or via brightsign control 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 image 20241218 205048 png manual player activation you must know the player serial number to use manual activation it can be found on the bottom of the player, or on the side of the packaging box go to admin > provision select add player add the player serial number , player name , and player description and then add player image 20241218 205142 png once activated, brightsign cloud will know about the player however, the player will first need to apply its setup file (as specified by its provisioning record) in order to establish the proper connections to brightsign cloud after the setup file has been applied, the player will be listed under the network docid\ uba8sfkmsajsibrbv4a6n tab, assuming that there are no networking obstructions from here, access to many player settings is available