One of the most important settings in a player Setup is the method by which content will be delivered to the player. This is referred to as the player’s Publishing Mode.

Descriptions for each Publishing Mode and their requirements are summarized below. Color-coded labels highlight the key aspects of each mode.

Content is manually published / copied to a storage device (often a microSD card).

The storage device is manually inserted into the player.

Content is published to the player over the local network.

Content is published to a player-accessible web folder.

The player downloads the content from the web folder.

Players periodically check the web folder for content updates and when new content is available, it is automatically downloaded to the player.

Content is uploaded, stored, published, and managed using BrightSign’s bsn.Content service.

BrightSign has many partners who provide an alternative CMS for managing content. This Publishing Mode sets up players to utilize the specified partner’s CMS for content publishing and management.

Content is packaged and placed at a player-accessible URL.

The player downloads the package from the URL.

This method is similar to Web Folder but does not have the automatic checks for content updates that the Web Folder method offers.

Player Setup (Provisioning)

Publishing Modes

This is our legacy cloud platform. Our latest cloud platform is BSN.Cloud which consists of the free bsn.Control and the paid bsn.Content tiers. Development of BSN has largely ceased and will eventually be deprecated and replaced with BSN.Cloud.

BrightSign_Network_BSN

BrightSign’s *legacy* app for authoring and managing players. The app's actual name is BrightAuthor but is referred to as BrightAuthor Classic to lessen confusion with BrightAuthor:connected, our latest app.

BrightAuthor_Classic

BrightSign’s latest free, all-in-one app for player setup / management, authoring, and content management.

BrightAuthorconnected

The BSN.Cloud record of a player and its Setup. The Default Setup is assigned to the player unless another Setup has been explicitly set.

Provision_Record

The process where a Setup is delivered and applied to a player by BSN.Cloud.

Provision

A set of files containing player settings (player name, description, time zone, Publishing Mode, network settings, etc.) and an autorun.brs file which instructs the player what to do upon bootup.