Dashboard and Menus

dashboard use the dashboard to get a status overview of your players and jump into common brightsign author tasks some of the tasks will be greyed out until you connect to bsn cloud and sign in to your account (in the upper right corner) image 20241023 211754 png 1\ content mode this drop down menu enables switching between content that is local (stored on your computer) and brightsign author plus (bsn content) , which is stored on brightsign cloud local author presentations using content files located on your mac or pc, and publish them using the standalone, local network, or web folder publishing modes docid\ resciigy djrpuzgwaa4e presentations authored with local content cannot be directly accessed when brightsign author plus (bsn content) mode is selected; content must first be uploaded to brightsign cloud before it can be accessed brightsign author plus author presentations and feeds using content files that have been uploaded docid\ gpjwf1lnjhau eqzjmfuq to your brightsign cloud network this option requires a brightsign author plus docid 7sqjdlzkp5fqzdp4hnsxv subscription presentations authored with this mode cannot be accessed when local content mode is selected this drop down menu is only available in the desktop, not the browser, version of brightsign author 2\ nav bar use the nav bar to navigate among the different sections of brightsign author select the down arrow next to a heading to see additional options (for example, the dropdown menu under dashboard allows you to access info about the network status docid 69plon ps9hu fnfjcvft and brightsign cloud status docid\ ere9vexdfz42ps2gjzhym ) 3\ player status overview this bar provides a quick overview of player health players must first have been added before their health can be displayed the following statuses can appear in the status overview bar icon interpretation healthy the player has checked in less than 5 minutes ago connection lost the player has not checked in for 5 to 15 minutes inactive the player has not checked in for 15 or more minutes disconnected the player has no subscription, or its subscription has expired this only applies to brightsign author plus networks click the player status overview bar to jump to the network docid\ uba8sfkmsajsibrbv4a6n tab, where you can get more detailed information about the current status of your players 4\ recent presentations this pane provides a list of recently created/edited presentations as noted above, you will only see locally saved presentations when local content is selected select manage presentations >> to see all saved presentations 5\ activate player activate docid\ oof rmqhqfvlhokxi8ypj a player for brightsign cloud 6\ new presentation create a new presentation docid 0vm0utpl2j8dss dfnhmo 7\ manage content manage content docid\ gpjwf1lnjhau eqzjmfuq on your brightsign cloud network (this feature does not apply to local storage) 8\ manage schedule create or modify presentation schedules docid\ go2vhvit1mkpm8wmrwgit for players 9\ manage network manage players docid\ uba8sfkmsajsibrbv4a6n that have been added to your brightsign cloud network 10\ get help link https //www brightsign biz/resources/tutorial videos/ to training and support resources 11\ subscription information this section provides the following dynamic subscription information the subscription type the total number of subscriptions available and the number that are in use the number of days remaining on those subscriptions the expiration date of the brightsign author plus subscriptions menu items when brightsign author is launched, three menus will appear in the menu bar along the top of the window these menus offer additional functionality brightsign author about ba connected displays which version of brightsign author you are running, as well as copyright information check for updates this allows you to see if there are new brightsign author versions, and to update brightsign author if you choose to do so quit ba connected use this, or the corresponding key command, to quit the application file new/open/import/recent these tools allow you to create a new presentation or schedule, open or import an existing presentation, and list recent presentations that can be reopened as of version 1 37 1, projects with user events can be imported, such as brightauthor bpf presentations that include user events this is useful for migrating projects from brightauthor classic to brightsign author close this allows you to close the current presentation save / save as / export these tools let you to save or export the current presentation, or to save it with a new name edit undo/redo these tools allow you to undo or redo a previous action in the application cut / copy / paste these tools let you cut, copy, or paste information within the presentation import states / export states these tools let you import and export presentation states import variables / export variables these tools allow you to import and export user variables, which can save time when you are creating multiple presentations that use the same set of variables import user events/export user events these tools allow you to import and export user events docid\ a6ali6u szxhuansk6t3 from brightauthor or from another brightsign author presentation this can save time when you want to reuse events note that you must be in local content docid\ zyomj6y1h fuaql0pd022 mode to import and export user events replace media file this allows you to replace files within media states, but only in a local presentation you will be prompted to save any unsaved changes