Sync Zones (old)

this page / section pertains to brightsign author , our latest app for authoring and managing content and players for the legacy app, refer to our legacy docs docid\ i5zf53dx56wdwdfhlrot1 the below applies to versions of brightsignos and brightsign author (brightauthor\ connected) earlier than 9 0 75 and 1 16 0, respectively to synchronize video states in zones in older versions of brightsign presentations, and on players with older operating systems, you must send a link synchronize message in a leader zone and receive that message in an event that will listen for that message in follower zones you must also synchronize player clocks sync zones on a single player create the leader zone message create a presentation with content inside of zones make sure to toggle on interactive in the top right corner select the transition event in the leader zone in your presentation it may be helpful to include “leader” and “follower” in the zone names add a transition event to the content you want to display first, then drag that event to the other content in the presentation in event properties > advanced , select add command select the link command and the synchronize command parameter toggle the down arrow to enter a keyword this will be used to trigger follower players to display content save the presentation creating the follower zone event listener select the follower presentation zone add a synchronize event to the content you want to display first, then drag that event to the other content in the presentation in the event properties pane, under specify synchronization keyword , enter the keyword you selected in step 5, above when the follower presentation zone receives this keyword from the leader zone, it will start to play do this for all of the follower zones in the presentation then select save you can also select save as to save the presentation with a different name for additional players (for example “player 3 follower presentation”) if you are publishing from a single player with multiple outputs (the xc4055, xc2055, or xt2145), the presentation clock does not need to be synchronized and you can now select publish to publish the synced presentation in all other cases, you must use the following section to synchronize the clocks of the players that will display your presentation to synchronize between zones on the same player, use the link command with the zone command parameter sync player clocks in older versions of brightsignos and brightsign author, you must synchronize player clocks, and leader and follower players must be defined to do this select the transition event leading to the video state in the leader zone in presentation settings > interactive > synchronization (under the networking tab), select enable enhanced synchronization and choose master select a transition event leading to the video state in a follower zone in your presentation in presentation settings > interactive > synchronization , select enable enhanced synchronization and choose slave do this for all the follower zones in your presentation, then save and publish you can also select save as and publish the presentation with a different name for additional players (for example “player 3 follower presentation”)