BrightSign BrightAuthor User Guide v.4.1.1 - Manual (Page 132)

124 Chapter 8 – Publishing Presentations
Publishing with Local Networking
Publishing a presentation with a local network lets you distribute your presentation to BrightSign players without using an
Internet connection. This is convenient if you only have a small number of BrightSign players that are all on the same local
network. With Local Networking, the BrightSign player does not need to poll a remote web server to receive updates.
Instead, you select one or more BrightSign players in BrightAuthor and publish a presentation directly to them. Updates
will then be sent to the BrightSign player immediately.
1. Save the presentation you want to publish by clicking File > Save As
2. Add the presentation you want to publish:
a. Click the Publish tab in the upper-left side of the screen.
b. Click Local Network (above the Calendar).
c. Choose whether you want to publish Presentations or Video Walls .
d. Under Presentations, click Browse to navigate to and select the folder where
your presentations are stored.
3. Create schedules for each presentation you want to publish:
a. From the list under Presentations, select a presentation.
b. Drag the presentation to a time slot during which you want it to play.
c. Click and drag the selection handles to adjust playing time within one day.
Note: Alternatively, you can schedule a presentation by double-clicking a blank area
on the schedule to open the
Schedule Presentation window.
d. If you want the presentation to be a recurring event, double-click the highlighted
presentation name in the calendar. In the Schedule Presentation window, set
the following parameters:
• Presentation: Specify which presentation you want to schedule.
• Active all day, every day: Check this box if you want the presentation to
play 24 hours a day.
• Event time: Specify the time during the day when you want the presentation to play by using the
dropdown lists beside
Start and End.