BrightAuthor:connected

note that brightauthor\ connected is our latest app for managing content and players although similarly named, it is different from brightauthor classic, our legacy app development of brightauthor has largely ceased, and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with brightauthor\ connected overview brightauthor\ connected is brightsign’s latest app for player setup / management, authoring, and content management key features include multi platform free desktop app available for mac or pc ( download ) web app version available at https //bsn cloud https //bsn cloud note that with the web app, players must be connected to the internet setup docid\ xnnxywmv09iegziit7rwa configure and set up players for use network docid\ uba8sfkmsajsibrbv4a6n monitor and troubleshoot players over the internet presentation docid 0vm0utpl2j8dss dfnhmo create presentations consisting of video, images, audio, html, and text schedule docid\ go2vhvit1mkpm8wmrwgit publish presentations for players to display presentations can be delivered to players via several available publishing mode docid\ resciigy djrpuzgwaa4e new to brightsign? if you are new to brightsign, you are highly encouraged to go through the intro docid\ d1tz0hy4bh9ngcvuoe3of section which provides a quick, high level overview of how brightsign’s products work given that brightsign’s products function in highly unique ways, this is highly recommended reading from there, you can visit the quickstarts docid\ swfy rdasjhehj4o9ffrp page where a number of qiuckstart guides exist to help you quickly set up your player and publish a presentation release notes for the production release and all future releases of brightauthor\ connected and bsn cloud can be found release notes docid\ awm5xcucx75kffaxtjwmd requirements to create presentations and publish them to your player, you will need the following mac or pc mac any mac computer running one of the last two major production releases of macos 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 11 windows 10 (32 or 64 bit) windows 8 (32 or 64 bit) windows 7 (32 or 64 bit) the following is optional but recommended bonjour 3 x or later required for automatically discovering players on the local network; available with the airport utility installer web browser the browser version of brightauthor\ connected should be compatible with all major web browsers (e g , chrome, edge, safari, firefox, brave, etc ) brightsign player any of the following models, which must be running the indicated minimum os version or higher series 5 au335, xcx55, xdx5, lsx5, hdx5, xtx5 au335 minimum os version is 8 2 all other series 5 players have a minimum os version of 9 0 22 3 series 4 xtx44, xdx34, hdx24, ls424, hs124 minimum os version is 8 0 series 3 xtx43, xdx33, hdx23, ls423, hs123, ho523 minimum os version is 8 0 series 2 4kx42 only minimum os version is 8 0 display a monitor, tv, or touchscreen with an hdmi® input storage device as mentioned player storage docid\ o4yzospnpfagbglduleee , players require a separate storage device these can include any of the following microsd card (note that some very early player models may require the larger sd card) usb flash drive (supported on models with a usb port) m 2 ssd (xcx55, xdx35, xtx45, xtx44, xtx43, xdx34, xdx33 models only) msata drive (4kx42 models only) microsd card formatting microsd cards should be formatted as exfat (recommended) or fat32 this can be done using the diskutility app on a mac or file explorer on windows (right click on the drive representing the card and click “format…”) the exfat format is preferred as it avoids the 4gb filesize limit of the fat32 filesystem cards 2gb or smaller will be fat12 (aka “fat”) and subject to its 2gb file size limit card reader/writer only required if publishing setup files and/or presentations to an sd or microsd card the card reader/writer must be connected to your mac/pc and must be compatible with your storage card input device important brightauthor\ connected does not currently support ir events through the ir port however, it does support the use of ir usb devices (e g , iguanaworks usb transceiver https //www iguanaworks net/products/usb ir transceiver/ ) required for interactive presentations only depending on the model, brightsign players support the following input devices touchscreen equipped with a supported touch controller see touchscreens docid\ acl5v8 jqiuq3sntxsnfo for a list of supported touchscreens 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); gpio connections may require phoenix type gpio https //www brightsign biz/digital signage products/accessories/gpio terminal block terminal blocks pc (via udp or serial) ir input/output devices using the nec or pronto hex remote control protocols note the ls424/423 models have a usb c port, while many of the above usb devices (including the bp200/bp900) ship with usb a connectors brightsign sells a usb a to usb c https //www brightsign biz/digital signage products/accessories/usb c cables adapter for this purpose