BrightSign BrightAuthor User Guide v.4.1.1 - Manual (Page 10)

2 Chapter 1 – Getting Started
players with a USB 2.0 port support touch screen and button board events, and players with an Ethernet port
support UDP events).
• BrightWall™ : A non-interactive playlist of media (images, video, live video) that is closely synchronized across
multiple players. BrightWall presentations are supported on all 4K and XD models, as well as the HD222, HD1022,
HD220, HD1020, and LS422.
What Type of Screen Layouts Can I Use?
You can choose from a variety of ready-to-use layout templates. You can also create your own template. Layout
templates fall into two basic categories:
• Full Screen : A simple, looping playlist of media that occupies the full screen (or plays over audio).
• Multi-Zone : A presentation with different types of content in separate regions of the screen. The screen can include
multiple Clock, Text, Ticker, and Image zones, as well as (depending on the player model) multiple video zones.
Step 1: Get the Hardware You Need
To create presentations with BrightAuthor and publish them to your player, you will need the following:
• Windows PC
• BrightSign player
• Display
• Storage device
• Card reader/writer (optional if using USB storage)
• Input device (optional)
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)