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Standalone players are not connected to a network and must be updated manually. To change presentations/schedules, you must remove the storage card (or USB flash drive), update it on your computer, and reinsert it into the player. Updating standalone units is the only case in which you should remove the storage card after setting up the unit.

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• Specify hostname: Check this box to specify a custom hostname for the player on the network. By default, the player serial number is used to generate a unique hostname (i.e. "brightsign-<serial_number>").

• Use Proxy: Check this box if you want the player to use a proxy server.

  • Address: Enter the address of the proxy. If you need to provide a user name and password for the proxy, use this format: <user name>:<password>@<proxy server address> (e.g. “admin:root@myproxy.com”).

  • Port: Enter the port number of the proxy. If you do not specify a port number, the player will default to using port 1080.

  • Proxy Bypass: Use the Add Host button to add host names to the proxy bypass list. Host names that are checked will be accessed directly, rather than using the specified proxy server. Entering a host name such as "example.com" will exempt "example.com", "example.com:80", and "www.example.com" from the proxy setting. This feature includes bypass options for the BrightSign Network (content downloads, log uploads) and BrightSign Network Feeds (Dynamic Playlists, Live Media Feeds, Live Text Feeds) by default. Note that you must use a host name - IP addresses don't work.

Wired/Wireless 

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• Data Types Enabled: Use these checkboxes to determine the data types that can be transferred using the connection. You can enable/disable downloads (Content, Text Feeds, Media Feeds), as well as uploads (Health, Log Updates).

• Connection Settings: Indicate whether the IP address is auto-generated (via DHCP) or static. If you’re using a static IP address, enter the parameters in the fields.

Diagnostics

Use the Diagnostics tab to specify the following:

• Enable network diagnostics: Check this box to have the player display the network diagnostics screen during setup.

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

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

  • Test Internet Connection: The player will indicate whether or not it was able to communicate with a remote server.

• Network Authentication: Use this section to configure the player for WPA Enterprise authentication.

  • Enable 802.1X Authentication / Enable WPA Enterprise Authentication: Check this box to enable authentication via 802.1x (for wired) or WPA Enterprise Authentication (for wireless).

  • Choose Network Authentication Variant: Choose one of the following:

    • EAP-TLS: This authentication variant requires a client certificate and private key, which can be provided with one of the following certificate types:

      • PKCS#12: The client certificate and private key are both provided in a single PKCS#12 formatted file (usually with a .p12 file extension). Click the first Browse button to locate the certificate file.

      • X.509 PEM/DER: The client certificate is provided as a X.509 certificate (using PEM or DER encoding), and the key is encoded separately. Use the first Browse button to locate the X.509 certificate and the second Browse button to locate the PEM/DER key.

      If you are using PKCS#12 or X.509, you can protect the client certificate using an optional passphrase in the Enter passphrase field.

    • PEAP/MSCHAPv2: This authentication variant requires a Username (i.e. identity) and Passphrase. For this method to work, the server must be configured to accept a username/password scheme in lieu of a client certificate.

  • Press Browse to locate additional CA Certificate: If the authentication scheme requires additional PEM/DER CA certificates (for example, if the CA hierarchy requires intermediate certificates and the server does not supply them), click the Browse button to locate the certificate file.

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Diagnostics

Use the Diagnostics tab to specify the following:

• Enable network diagnostics: Check this box to have the player display the network diagnostics screen during setup.

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

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

  • Test Internet Connection: The player will indicate whether or not it was able to communicate with a remote server.

Firmware

Click the Specify Firmware Update button to include a firmware update with the setup files. The firmware update will be performed after you insert the storage device containing the setup files into the player and power it up. Locate the section corresponding to your BrightSign model and select one of the following:

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• Name: Enter a name for the beacon.

• Type: Use the dropdown list to select the beaconing mode/format:

  • iBeacon: A simple beaconing format

    • UUID: A string representation of a UUID, which can be in 16-bit, 32-bit, or 128-bit format. A 16-bit UUID must be exactly four hex digits with no punctuation;  a 32-bit UUID must be exactly eight hex digits with no punctuation; and a 128-bit UUID must be punctuated exactly as follows: "cd7b6f81-f738-4cad-aebf-d2a2ea36d996".

    • Major: An integer specifying the 2-byte Major value (0 to 65535)

    • Minor: An integer specifying the 2-byte Minor value (0 to 65535)

    • TxPower: An integer value that corresponds to the measurement of the Tx power level (in dBm) at 0 meters. The default value is -19, which corresponds to a level of -60dBm at 1 meter. The recommended calibration practice is to measure the RSSI in a circle at 1 meter from the beacon, then add 41 to the average measured signal strength to get the TxPower value: For example, measuring a -65dBm RSSI at 1 meter yields a TxPower value of -24.

  • Eddystone URL: The Eddystone-URL format

    • URL: The URL to encapsulate in the advertisement packet. 

    • TxPower: An integer value that corresponds to the measurement of the Tx power level (in dBm) at 0 meters. The default value is -19, which corresponds to a level of -60dBm at 1 meter. The recommended calibration practice is to measure the RSSI in a circle at 1 meter from the beacon, then add 41 to the average measured signal strength to get the TxPower value: For example, measuring a -65dBm RSSI at 1 meter yields a TxPower value of -24.

  • Eddystone UID: The Eddystone-UID format

    • Namespace: A 10-byte value expressed as 20 hexadecimal digits

    • Instance: A 6-byte value expressed as 12 hexadecimal digits

    • TxPower: An integer value that corresponds to the measurement of the Tx power level (in dBm) at 0 meters. The default value is -19, which corresponds to a level of -60dBm at 1 meter. The recommended calibration practice is to measure the RSSI in a circle at 1 meter from the beacon, then add 41 to the average measured signal strength to get the TxPower value: For example, measuring a -65dBm RSSI at 1 meter yields a TxPower value of -24.

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