BrightAuthor Feature FAQ

Yes. To do this:

1. In BrightSign Unit Setup, select Enable local web server in Unit Configuration

2. Define your user variables in your project.

3. Add BrightSign .js library to your webpage

No. The autoplay.xml file that is generated when you publish a presentation is a playlist file. This file includes only the information required for playback on a BrightSign player. It is not the same as a presentation project file.

To use a different font, browse to a folder on your computer that has a true type font (e.g. in a Ticker zone, click Zone Properties, and then click Browse beside font). This font will be copied to the SD card when you publish the presentation. You can use your own custom fonts or download free TrueType fonts from the web.

Yes. Although there isn’t a template export option, you can save a presentation project with the desired template layout, and then transfer it to another computer. You can then open the project in BrightAuthor, and then save the template (Layout > Save Template).

BrightAuthor version 4.3.0.3 and later let you replace the BrightSign splash screen image (the logo that displays when a player boots up) with a custom image. This option is available during the Unit Setup process in BrightAuthor: Select the Custom Splash Screen option under Splash Screen and use the Browse button to locate the image file you wish to use.

Note that:

• You must use a supported image format for the splash screen.

• The splash-screen image is not compressed to fit the display (for example, a 1920x1080 splash screen image will exceed the boundaries of a 1280x720 monitor), so the image should fit the intended image resolution of the display.

• An image with a vertical resolution close to that of the display area will push the device information (model number, firmware version, etc.) off the screen. To preserve this information, use an image that is at least a few hundred pixels smaller than the vertical resolution of the display area.

You can preload up to 16MB of images. If an image is compressed (for example, .jpeg, .png), then it will use more memory than its reported file size in Windows/Mac, and BrightAuthor will show this larger file size when you add it to the Image Cache list. Since bitmaps (.bmp) are not compressed, the reported file size of a bitmap image in Windows/Mac is more accurate.

You can use a Live Text state to overlay text on a video; or display static, animated or scrolling text in a dedicated Ticker zone. Or you can put text on top of an image by placing a Ticker zone on top of a Background Image zone. If you're using the Live Text feature, you can switch between one or more text fields with image backgrounds.

Displaying Twitter feeds requires BrightAuthor versions 3.7 and later. 

When creating or editing a BSN Live Data Feed, you will not be able to save the feed if it contains a blank Value field. If you want a value to be displayed as empty, enter " " into the Value field: