BrightSign BrightAuthor User Guide v.4.1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 2 – Setting up BrightSign Players

three categories:

Outside content download window and During content download window (both of which

correspond to the

Limit content downloads setting in the Unit Configuration tab) , as well as During initial

downloads.

i. Click

Unlimited download rate to set no limit.

ii. Click

Default limit to use the default limit (2000 Kibit/s) on downloads

iii. Click

Specify limit to enter a customized limit on downloads in the text field (in Kbits/second).

6. Select the

Diagnostics tab in the Advanced Network Setup window if you would like the player to perform network

diagnostics when first booting up.
a.

Enable network diagnostics: The player will display the network diagnostics screen during setup.

i.

Test Ethernet: The player will indicate whether or not it was able to attain an IP address over Ethernet.

ii.

Test Wireless: The player will indicate whether or not it was able to attain an IP address on the wireless
network.

iii.

Test Internet Connection: The player will indicate whether or not it was able to attain a connection to remote
services.

7. Click

Specify Firmware Update to indicate whether you want to update the firmware and to which version. The

Firmware Update window is divided by BrightSign model. In the section that corresponds to your BrightSign unit,
select a firmware version or

Do not update, and then click OK.

8. Under

Unit Configuration, click Networked with Simple File Networking, and then specify the following:

a. (Optional)

Enable diagnostic web server: Check this box to enable the

Diagnostic Web Server

. You can include

a username and password in the text fields below for added security.

b. (Optional)

Enable local web server: Check this box to enable the

Local Web Server

. You can include a

username and password in the text fields below for added security.

c. (Optional)

Enable Update Notifications: Check this box to have the player automatically refresh the

User

Variables webpage

whenever variable values change on the player.

d.

URL for the web folder: Set the location from which the player will download presentations. Do not use trailing
slashes in your URL; some web servers do not support trailing slashes.

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