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Chapter 10 – Presentation Properties

Device Web Page Display
The device web page allows you view and edit User Variables over your local network. In order to display a standard or
custom device web page, you must first enable the

Local Web Server

during player setup.

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No device web page: Choose this option if you would like to enable the Local Web Server but do not want the
User Variables webpage to be accessible.

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Standard device web page: The default device web page lists all User Variables and their default/current values
on a sparsely formatted page.

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Custom device web page: This option allows you to use a device web page with custom appearance, formatting,
and functionality. See the

Creating a Custom Device Web Page

tech note for more information.

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Alphabetize variable names: This option will determine how variable fields are ordered on the device web page. If
this box is checked, the variables will be listed alphabetically, rather than by order of creation.

Media Counters
Media Counters are values that record how many times a file has played in a presentation. They can be viewed in Live
Text or extracted from the BrightSign player via USB. Media Counters are not recorded unless you check the
Automatically create media counter variables checkbox in the Variables tab. When enabled, Media Counters are
recorded for every file in the presentation. However, in Live Text, only Media Counters that are individually added can be
viewed. For details on retrieving all Media Counters via USB, see

Using advanced tools.

User Variables
User Variables are customizable values that can be used in

Commands

or displayed in

Live Text

. When used in Live

Text, User Variables display the current value of the variable. This value can continually change during a presentation.
The value can also be changed during a presentation using the

Set Variable

Reset Variable

commands.

Check the box labeled

Reset variables to their default value on presentation start if you would like all variables to be

reset to their current default values whenever the presentation begins. Use the

Update frequency for networked

variables dropdown menu to determine how often networked User Variables should be refreshed by

Data Feeds

that are

assigned to the presentation.