Player Upgrade Factors

before upgrading or trading up to a newer player model, you should consider potential limitations and/or functionality differences between the various series of brightsign players series 4 and earlier if you are authoring with brightauthor classic, you must update to brightauthor classic 5 x or change to brightsign author for assured compatibility with newer players note that full player functionality may not be available in brightauthor classic 5 x, so switching to brightsign author is preferred the au335 audio only player is not supported by any version of brightauthor classic or brightsign network (legacy) and does not support video related brightscript function calls it is, however, fully supported by bsn cloud and brightsign author full functionality of newer players in brightsign network (legacy) is not available for web ui presentations functionality of newer players using brightsign network (legacy) is limited by brightauthor classic’s limited support for them you must update to brightsignos 8 0 119 or newer to use bsn cloud and brightsign author (note the previously stated incompatibility for non 4k series 2 players and older models) if moving from brightsign network (legacy) to bsn cloud, be sure to upgrade all affected players to models and os versions that are compatible with bsn cloud and brightsign author power connectors on newer players are not the same as previous models do not attempt to reuse existing power supplies, brightsign or otherwise poe (power over ethernet) support and usage limitations vary by model – please verify the selected model supports the poe type you plan to use (type i or type ii/poe+) and verify any functionality/usage limitations with poe applied (for example, wifi is disabled when poe is in use) existing wifi modules (wa100, ws103, wd104) are not compatible with newer players – if you require wifi support, be sure to order the appropriate wifi module https //www brightsign biz/brightsign players/accessories/ for your selected model(s) some models / revisions of players use ttl signal levels for 3 5mm serial connections whereas others use rs 232 signal levels for 3 5mm serial connections – you should test your serial devices for compatibility when upgrading player hardware interlaced output (1920x1080x60i, 1280x720x50i, 720x480x59 94i, 720x576x50i, etc) is not supported on newer players if your hardware requires a interlaced video signal, you should not upgrade to series 5, or you will need to install a signal converter that can convert the player’s progressive output to interlaced for your other hardware dolby vision is not supported on newer players if you require dolby vision support, you should not upgrade to series 5 streaming encoding (romediastreamer) is not yet supported on newer players if your solution is using the player for streaming encoding or transcoding, you should not upgrade to series 5 hdcp protected hdmi input is not yet supported on newer players this should be added in a future os/firmware update if your solution is using hdmi input on a series 4 or earlier model player (xd1132, 4k1142, xt1143, xt1144 models) and the input is protected by hdcp (usually the case for satellite/cable tuner boxes and media players like apple tv), you should not upgrade to series 5 yet portrait video support and limitations docid\ h730drksg mjtzfmu 1gx vary by model – please check portrait support details for the selected model series 3 and earlier internal msata m 2 storage is not supported on newer players – you will need to get nvme m 2 storage if you want to use internal m 2 storage on newer players vc 1 (wmv), h 263, vp8, mpeg 1, and mpeg 4 part 2 (mpeg 2 in mpeg 4 container) video codecs are no longer supported on series 4 or newer players when encoding the display output for streaming, only one video decoder is supported (only one video can play when streaming) on series 4 players, and streaming encoding is not available at all on series 5 players series 2 and earlier your existing full size sd cards will not fit in newer players – you need to purchase micro sd cards – if you are currently using a microsd card in a full size adapter, you can just remove the microsd card from the adapter to use in newer players internal microsd storage is not supported on newer players, but you can use the microsd card in the external microsd slot in newer players gpio connections now use a phoenix style connector instead of da15 connector serial connections now use a 3 5mm jack instead of a de9 (often incorrectly referred to as db9) connector analog video output is not supported on newer players – you will need to get a self powered hdmi to analog video converter if you require analog (cvbs/composite, s video, or component) video output spdif output on newer models is mini toslink (3 5mm) rather than standard toslink and the spdif and analog stereo output share a common 3 5mm trs jack, so you cannot use both spdif and analog audio outputs simultaneously (unless someone finds/makes a breakout adapter – but we’re not aware of any) some newer models use type c usb jacks in place of or in addition to type a jacks – check the model specifications to determine whether your peripherals will requires a usb a to usb c adapter bsn cloud and brightsign author do not support series 2 or older players with the exception of 4kx42 models which are supported with brightsign os 8 0 119 or newer installed if moving from brightsign network (legacy) to bsn cloud, be sure to upgrade all affected players to models and os versions that are compatible with bsn cloud and brightsign author series 1 and earlier brightsign network (legacy) web ui presentations targeting series 1 and series 0 players are not compatible with series 2 or newer players series 0 (hdx10 series) brightauthor (legacy) 3 x/earlier presentations designed for series 0 players (hdx10 series) are not supported by brightauthor classic version 4 0 or newer series 0 players cannot be in the same brightsign network (legacy) group as series 2 or newer players