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title: GPS
slug: legacy-docs/gps
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:56:07.599Z
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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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The GPS event specifies the action that occurs when a BrightSign player, connected to a compatible USB GPS device, enters or exits a defined geographical region. Any USB GPS receiver that conforms to the NMEA GPS standard should work with BrightSign players.

To enable the Event, port-2 must be assigned to be a GPS port.

- **Event Direction**: Determine how the event should trigger in relation to the defined region.
  - **Enter Region**: The event triggers when the device moves from outside the defined region to inside of it.
  - **Exit Region**: The event triggers when the device moves from inside the defined region to outside of it.
- **Region**: Define the size and shape of the circular region.
  - **Radius**: Specify the radius of the circular region. Use the dropdown menu to specify the units in **Miles** or **Kilometers**.
  - **Latitude (degrees)**: Define the center of the circular region as a latitudinal coordinate.
  - **Longitude (degrees)**: Define the center of the circular region as a longitudinal coordinate.

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You can create more than one entry or exit region by adding multiple GPS events to a single state.
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