BrightSign App User Guide v. 1.0.1 - Manual (Page 13)

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Creating User Variables
To modify User Variables in the BrightSign App, you
must first create them in a BrightAuthor presentation:
1. Go to File > Presentation Properties.
2. Navigate to the Variables tab and click the Add
Variable button.
3. Specify a Name for the variable. This will be
displayed above the value field in the BrightSign
App.
4. Select a Default Value for the User Variable.
5. (Optional) Check the Networked box if you want
the User Variable to also be updatable via RSS,
Live Text, or Dynamic Playlist (see the
BrightAuthor
User Guide for more details).
6. Repeat the above process to add as many User
Variables as needed.
You can display User Variables in Live Text states to
create price tags, menus, and schedules that are
dynamic and updatable from the BrightSign App. You can
also utilize User Variables to change the volume of media
files on the fly.
Using Conditional Targets
If you have User Variables in your interactive
presentation, you can also use conditional targets.
Though they can be somewhat complex and difficult to
master, conditional targets, used in conjunction with the
User Variables page on the BrightSign App, allow for
nearly limitless interactivity and customization within a
presentation.
Conditional targets allow you to manipulate how a
presentation will behave depending on the value of one
or more User Variables. You can change what media is
displayed and what media is transitioned to, along with
display properties like connector volume and video
playback, by changing the values of variables.
As a simple example, we will take the UDP Input event
created for the BrightSign App in the
Using UDP Events
section and add a conditional target to make the media
transition dynamic. In this example, we will create a
presentation that transitions to a certain media item when
Creating a User Variable