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title: Requirements
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:56:09.059Z
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:::hint{type="warning"}
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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To create presentations with BrightAuthor Classic and publish them to your player, you will need the following:

- Windows PC
- BrightSign player
- Display
- Storage device
- Card reader/writer (optional if using USB storage)
- Input device

**Windows PC** – Any Windows PC that meets or exceeds the following *minimum* requirements:

- 2.3 GHz CPU
- 2 GB RAM required (4 GB recommended)
- 100 MB available hard disk space for program files (additional disk space required if storing content and/or presentations on your hard disk)
- One of the following operating systems:
- Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit)
- Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit)
- Windows 8 (32 or 64 bit)
- Windows 10 (32 or 64 bit)
- Windows 11

The following are *recommended* requirements:

- Network connection (optional if publishing for [Standalone](docId\:IUcxYsgDYjo4oXxbvyFfV))
- Bonjour 2.0.4 or later 
- DirectX 9.0 or later

**BrightSign Player** – Any of the following models:

- XT244, XT1144
- XD234, XD1034
- HD224, HD1024
- LS424
- XT243, XT1143
- 4K242, 4K1042, 4K1142
- XD233, XD1033
- XD232, XD1032, XD1132
- XD230, XD1030, XD1230
- HD223, HD1023
- HD222, HD1022
- HD120, HD220, HD1020, HD970, AU320
- LS423
- LS322, LS422

**Display** – Any monitor, TV, or touchscreen with one of the following types of inputs:

- HDMI®
- VGA (on XDx32, HDx22, XDx30, HDx20 only)
- Component (supported with a VGA converter on model lines with VGA) 

**Storage Device** – Any of the following:

- microSD card (for XTx44/43, XDx34/33, HDx23/24, LS424/423 models) or SD card (for earlier models)
- USB Flash Drive (supported on models with a USB port)
- SSD (XTx44, XTx43, XDx34, XDx33 models only)
- mSATA drive (4Kx42 models only)

:::hint{type="warning"}
We recommend formatting your SD/microSD card using FAT32 or exFAT. The exFAT format allows you to store files larger than 4GB, but it is only supported on Series 4 (XTx44, XDx34) Series 3 (XTx43, XDx33, HDx23, LS423) players using firmware 6.2.94 or later. The NTFS format also allows for files larger than 4GB, but the player will not be able to receive network updates or generate logs.
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**Card Reader/Writer** – Only required if using an SD/microSD card. The card reader/writer must be connected to your PC and must be compatible with your storage card.

**Input Device** – Required for interactive presentations only. Depending on the model, BrightSign players support one or more of the following types of input device:

- Touchscreen equipped with a supported touch controller. See this [link](docId\:ACL5V8_jQiuq3SntxSNfO) for a list of all supported touch controllers. 
- BrightSign [BP200 and BP900](https://www.brightsign.biz/digital-signage-products/accessories/Button-Panels) USB button panels 
- Many brands of USB keyboards 
- Many brands of USB mice or trackballs 
- Many brands of USB bar code scanners
- Quadravox Serial Button Board
- AMX, Crestron, and similar control devices
- Any GPIO (open/close contact switch) button, signal, or LED (your custom board or LED display)
- PC (via UDP or serial)
- IR input/output devices using the NEC or Pronto Hex remote control protocols.