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title: Create a BrightWall on BSN
slug: legacy-docs/create-a-brightwall-on-bsn
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:56:07.598Z
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This page / section pertains to **BrightAuthor Classic**, our legacy app. **BrightSign Author **is our latest app for managing content and players.

Development of BrightAuthor Classic has largely ceased and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with BrightSign Author.
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Creating a BrightWall and distributing a BrightWall presentation to it via the BrightSign Network (BSN) requires several steps within BrightAuthor Classic. Follow these steps to create a BrightWall group, create a BrightWall within the BrightWall group, and publish your presentation to the BrightWall group:

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1. Sign in to your BrightSign Network account by navigating to **Tools > Sign In to BrightSign Network**.
2. After creating your BrightWall presentation, click the **Upload to network** button in the top-right. This will upload both the BrightWall presentation and BrightWall configuration file to the BrightSign Network.
3. Navigate to the **Manage > Status** tab and expand the **BrightWall Groups** section at the bottom of the screen.
4. Click **Add BrightWall Group**.
5. Enter a **BrightWall group name** and select a **BrightWall configuration**. The BrightWall configuration will be applied to every BrightWall created within the group. Click **OK** when finished.
6. Once you’ve created a BrightWall group, you will need to set up players as part of the BrightWall configuration as shown in the image above.
   1. Go to **Tools > Setup BrightSign Unit**.
   2. Select the **BrightWall Group** option under **Networked with the BrightSign Network**.
   3. Use the **BrightWall Group** dropdown list to select the BrightWall group created in steps 5 and 6.
   4. Click the **Add BrightWall** button to add a new BrightWall to the BrightWall group. Enter a **BrightWall name** and click **OK**.
   5. Use the **Screen Number** dropdown list to specify the section of the BrightWall to which the player belongs. Screens are numbered by row, starting from the top-left section of the BrightWall (the example below the numbering of a 4x3 BrightWall).

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   6. Enter the rest of the player configuration settings as desired and set up the player—see the [BrightSign Network](docId\:Sj6ivrK_5261u5HA_6iBq) [Setup](docId\:ffEzumi7IvmkNH7MsIglA) page for more details.
7. Repeat steps** 1** through **6 **above to set up every player in the BrightWall—make sure to use the same **BrightWall Group** and **BrightWall Name** for all players in the BrightWall.
8. Go to the **Publish > BrightSign Network** tab.
9. Select the **BrightWall Presentations** option.
10. Under **Select BrightWall Group to Schedule**, select the BrightWall group you created in steps 5 and 6.
11. Add one or more BrightWall presentations to the schedule—see the [BrightSign Network](docId\:ffEzumi7IvmkNH7MsIglA) publishing section for more details on scheduling.
12. Click **Publish schedule**. Make sure all the players in the BrightWall are powered up and connected to the Internet. Allow time for the players to download the content, reboot, and synchronize playback.

# Add a New BrightWall to the Group

Use the **Add BrightWall** option during unit setup to add additional BrightWall(s) to the BrightWall group. A new BrightWall will use the same configuration and be scheduled with the same presentations as other BrightWall(s) in the group.

# Configuration Files

Each BrightWall presentation within a BrightWall group must use the same configuration file. If you want to create additional BrightWall presentations with different configuration files, you will need to create additional BrightWall groups in the **Manage > Status** tab.

# Retrieve Configuration Files from BSN

If you don’t have the original configuration file (for example, if the user who created the original configuration file is on a different PC), you will need to retrieve it from BSN:

1. Go to the **Manage > Presentations** tab.
2. Expand the **BrightWall Configurations** section.
3. Right-click the original configuration file and select **Download** to save the file to your hard drive.
4. When creating a new BrightWall presentation, use the **Browse** button to locate and select this configuration file.