This page describes how to migrate Local File Network, Simple File Network, or Standalone players from BrightAuthor Classic to BrightSign Author/BSN.Cloud using a plugin. Presentation content must be moved separately (see 

Your players must be Series 3, 4, 5, or 6.

Your players must be connected to the internet.

Your players must have been set up using the Local File Network, Simple File Network, or Standalone methods.

The player must have a current BOS version. You can download the latest from 

To create a Setup File in BrightSign Author and add it to your players:

Install BrightSign Author on your computer (see 

Create a BSN.Cloud network in BrightSign Author by selecting 

 and create a setup for a single player (it will be applied to multiple players). In the new setup, under the 

, players could lose their internet connectivity). Check that BSN.Cloud is enabled in the 

 option and save the setup package to a separate folder on your computer.

Find the player serial number(s) either from the back of the player(s) or through the local 

 at their IP address. You could also publish a presentation containing a system variable (serial number) to display the serial number on the connected screen.

toadd all the players and their serial numbers.

, and apply the setup package to all the player serial numbers as shown in Image 2, below.

To publish the Setup package to the players through BrightAuthor Classic and switch the players to BrightSign Author:

 to your computer, unzip it, and copy only the 

 to the folder you created in step 4, above.

and all the other setup files at the root (not inside another folder).

Open a presentation in BrightAuthor Classic and go to 

File > Presentation Properties > Autorun > Script plugin> Add Script Plugin

(from the autozip.zip folder you downloaded in step 1) using the name "setup". See Image 3, below, for reference.

Publish to the players. Once the player(s) receive that publish they will reach out to BSN.Cloud and appear under the 

 must be available. The player will reboot a couple of times and apply the BrightSign Author Setup File. The display will indicate when the process is complete and the player will appear in the 

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Migrate Local Setups from BrightAuthor Classic to BrightSign Author

This is our legacy cloud platform. Our latest cloud platform is BrightSign Cloud, aka BSN.Cloud. Development of BSN has largely ceased and will eventually be deprecated.

BrightSign_Network_BSN

BrightSign’s *legacy* app for authoring and managing players. The app's actual name is BrightAuthor but is referred to as BrightAuthor Classic to lessen confusion with BrightSign Author, our latest app.

BrightAuthor_Classic

BrightSign’s latest free, all-in-one app for player setup / management, authoring, and content management.

BrightAuthorconnected

BrightSign's record of a player and its Setup File. The Default Setup File is assigned to the player unless another Setup File has been explicitly set.

Provision_Record

The process where a player is registered with BrightSign and a Setup File is assigned to the player.

Provision

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