Zone Message
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.
Use the Zone Message event, combined with the Send Zone MessageSend Zone Message command, to synchronize content between zones. This event is compatible with all state types, while the Link ZonesLink Zones event only works with video and image states; however, the Link Zones event provides better synchronization times because it pre-loads the next image/video file before displaying it.
Zone Message events can be used with Synchronize events to synchronize zones in a multi-screen presentation, while Link Zones events cannot be used with Synchronization events.
In the Specify zone message field, enter the message that is sent by the corresponding Send Zone Message command.
A separate Zone Message event and command must be defined for each zone transition you want synchronized.