Here you will find release notes for BrightSignOS, the operating system that powers all BrightSign players. BrightSignOS is sometimes abbreviated BOS and is occasionally referred to as "firmware".

These are the major versions of BrightSignOS that are available:

These releases are for Series 4, 5 and 6 players. Series 3 players are not supported.

These BrightSign OS versions are for Series 5 and 6 players, some are beta for Series 3 and 4 players and AU5 players.

These versions of BrightSignOS are primarily for Series 5 players. While BrightSignOS 9.x can be installed and run on Series 4 and Series 3 players, there are no features or capabilities beyond 8.x that are relevant to those players.

These versions of BrightSignOS are only available for Series 4 and Series 3 players.

10.0 5.1 and 5.0

4.8 and 4.7

Older

BrightSignOS

Latest

1.8.x

1.7.x

1.6.x

1.5.x

1.0.x to 1.4.x

Beta Releases

BrightSign Author

Release Notes

This is our legacy cloud platform. Our latest cloud platform is BrightSign Cloud, aka BSN.Cloud. Development of BSN has largely ceased and will eventually be deprecated.

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 BrightSign Author, our latest app.

BrightAuthor_Classic

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

BrightAuthorconnected

BrightSign's record of a player and its Setup File. The Default Setup File is assigned to the player unless another Setup File has been explicitly set.

Provision_Record

The process where a player is registered with BrightSign and a Setup File is assigned to the player.