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title: Sync Zones (latest)
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:58:09.586Z
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This page / section pertains to BrightSign Author, our latest app for authoring and managing content and players. For the legacy BrightAuthor Classic app, refer to our [Legacy Docs](docId\:i5zF53DX56wdWDFHlRot1).
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As of BrightSign Author (BrightAuthor\:connected) 1.19.3 and BrightSignOS 9.0.101, [Link](docId\:f-DZ9xXMKhxJkszr64fWp) command and its follower component, the [Synchronize Event](docId\:v02mEBLBoCntink_BERQb), are used to synchronize content across zones. Hardware (clock) synchronization is no longer needed.

This section has a video tutorial:

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## Sync Zones on a Single Player

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Create your zones and name the leader and follower zones.
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Make the zones **Advanced** as shown:

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Select the leader zone and add the content elements to synchronize.
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Add your timeout and transition commands to the content.
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Add UDP commands to the content with indications like “start” and “end” that can be used to trigger transitions as shown:

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Select the timeout and transition commands on the initial content, and add the **Link** command and **Synchronize** command parameter under **Advanced**. Enter whatever **Keyword** you have chosen to start the content.
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Do the same for the content that should play after the initial content. Use the keyword “end” (or whatever keyword you have selected) in the final command that returns you to the initial content.
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Select all of the content and commands and copy them to each of the follower zones. Delete the events, since only **Synchronize** events are needed in the follower zones.
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Now add **Synchronize** events to all of the content in the follower zones and specify the necessary **Keyword** (for example, “start” or “end”). Your presentation is now ready to publish.
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## Sync Zones on Multiple Players

To synchronize clocks in multiple players on the same local network, you should have multiple presentations. The leader presentation must have a presentation setting that defines that player as the leader, and other presentations must be set as followers.

These instructions assume that you have set up the timeout and transition commands in your zones and added the **Link Synchronize** advanced command as described in steps 1-7 in the section above:

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Select the leader presentation.
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In **Presentation Settings > Interactive > Player Sync** (under the **Networking** tab), select **Enable** and choose **Leader**.

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Select a follower presentation.
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In **Presentation Settings > Interactive > Synchronization**, select **Enable** and choose **Follower**.
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Make sure that **Domain** is set to the same value for both the leader and the follower presentations:

- For example, if the **Domain** of leader is set to 10 make sure that the follower(s) are also set to 10.
- The **Domain** value differentiates each set of synchronized players on the same network so multiple synchronized presentations sets can exist on the same network.
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Do this for all follower presentations, then **Save** and **Publish**. You can also select **Save as** and **Publish** the presentation with a different name for additional players.
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