RF In (ATSC)
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.
The RF In state was changed significantly in BrightAuthor Classic version 3.7.0.12. If you have an RF In project from an earlier version of BrightAuthor Classic, you will need to recreate the presentation with a new version.
This state displays live video that is passed to the BrightSign player through the RF Input. This feature is available only on the XD1230. Before you can display video from the RF Input, you must first perform a channel scan on the player while it is connected to the cable source: You can do this prior to publishing the presentation (via the RF Channel ScanRF Channel Scan interface) or during the presentation (via the Tuner ScanTuner Scan state).
If you’ve already performed a channel scanchannel scan on the player, you can use the “ScannedChannels.xml” file generated by the scan on the SD card to enable the Channel name and Select different virtual channel options:
- Click the Browse button next to Specify RF channel scan file.
- Locate the SD card or USB flash drive you used to perform a channel scan on the player.
- Open the “ScannedChannels.xml” file located in the root directory.
Specify the following:
- Select channel: Determine which channel will be played upon entering the RF In state:
- First scanned channel: Displays the first channel detected during the channel scan (i.e. the smallest detectable channel number).
- Channel name: Displays the channel with the specified name. To use this option, you must first specify a “ScannedChannels.xml” file in the Specify RF channel scan file field.
- Virtual channel: Displays the channel based on its virtual number:
- Current virtual channel: Manually enter the virtual number of the channel. You should only use this number if you are familiar with the channel map of the cable source.
- Select different virtual channel: Select the virtual number of the channel based on the results of the channel scan. To use this option, you must first specify a “ScannedChannels.xml” file in the Specify RF channel scan file field.
- User variable: Displays the channel based on the value of a User Variable. The system software can recognize both channel name and virtual channel number as the value of a User Variable. Before you can enable this option, you must first designate one or more User VariablesUser Variables.
- On entry to this state: Determine what should happen when playback enters the RF In state:
- Remain on last tuned channel: The player remains on the same channel that was displayed the last time the presentation was in the RF In state. The state will use your Select channel settings if it is the first time the presentation is entering the RF In state.
- Retune as specified above: Choose this option if you would like the player to retune using your Select channel settings every time the presentation enters the RF In state.
- Event that triggers channel up: Specify an event trigger that will flip up through channels.
- Event that triggers channel down: Specify an event trigger that will flip down through channels.
- Overscan: Check this box to display the video input beyond the edges of the zone. Use this option if the source video signal is using an overscan setting.
A Media EndMedia End event will trigger on an RF In state only if the video bit rate of the tuner input drops to 0Mbs.
We do not recommend displaying an RF In state at the same time as a Live VideoLive Video state (in two different video zones, for example).