roNetworkConfiguration

Object Creation: The roNetworkConfiguration object is created with a single parameter.

CreateObject("roNetworkConfiguration", network_interface as Integer)

The network_interface parameter is used to distinguish between the following: 

• 0: The Ethernet port (if available) on the rear of the BrightSign player
• 1: The optional internal WiFi

Some of the settings are specific to the network interface, while others are used by the BrightSign host for all network interfaces.

BrightSign players support most commonly used wireless encryption formats: WEP (64 & 128), WPA (TKIP), and WPA2 (AES). WPA Enterprise is also supported using DER, PEM, or PKCS#12 certificates. Wired authentication via 802.1x is not supported for WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, nor are other modes such as PEAPv0/MSCAPv2.

ifNetworkConfiguration

Apply() As Boolean

Applies the requested changes to the network interface. This may take several seconds to complete.

SetupDWS(settings As roAssociativeArray) As Boolean

Configures the Diagnostic Web Server (DWS). By default, the Diagnostic Web Server is enabled on port 80, with the player serial number as password. Settings for the DWS are specified in an associative array. These properties are written to the registry and persist after reboot:

• port: The port number of the Diagnostic Web Server, located at the IP address of the player. Setting this value to 0 will disable the DWS, while setting it to "default" will make the DWS accessible on the default port (80). Specifying only this parameter in the associative array is equivalent to enabling the DWS without password protection.
• password: An obfuscated password for the DWS. This method uses digest access authentication. Specifying this parameter without setting a port number will make the DWS accessible on the default port.
• open: An unobfuscated password for the DWS. This method uses digest access authentication. Specifying this parameter without setting a port number will make the DWS accessible on the default port.
• basic: A flag indicating whether basic authentication should be used or not. Setting this parameter to true allows the password set with the open parameter to be validated using basic authentication, rather than digest access authentication. This option allows for backwards compatibility with older platforms; most, if not all, modern browsers require basic authentication to be disabled in order to communicate with the DWS.

The user name is "admin" for all authentication configurations.

EnableLEDs(enable As Boolean) As Boolean

Enables or disables the Ethernet activity LED (i.e. flashing during link and activity behavior). The Ethernet LED is enabled by default. Changes to this setting do not persist across reboots. This method returns true upon success and false upon failure. Note that this method is not available on HDx10, HDx20, and LSx22 models.

GetProxy() As String

SetClientIdentifier(a As String) As Boolean

Sets the DHCP client identifier. 

GetClientIdentifier() As String

Returns the DHCP client identifier.

SetLoginPassword(password As String) As Boolean

Specifies a login password for the SSH connection (if SSH has been enabled in the registry). This method accepts a plain-text password.

SetObfuscatedLoginPassword(password As String) As Boolean

Specifies a login password for the SSH connection (if SSH has been enabled in the registry). This method accepts a password that has been obfuscated using a shared secret.

SetInboundShaperRate(rate As Integer) As Boolean

Sets the bandwidth limit for inbound traffic in bits per second. For the default bandwidth limit, pass -1 to the method; for no bandwidth limit, pass 0 (though these two settings are functionally the same). You will need to call Apply() for this setting to take effect, and changing this setting at any time will cause the network interface to be taken down and reinitialized.

SetMTU(mtu As Integer) As Boolean

Sets the maximum transmission unit (MTU) for the network interface in bytes. Currently, the MTU setting is not returned when the GetCurrentConfig() method is called.

SetRoutingMetric(a As Integer) As Boolean 

Configures the metric for the default gateway on the current network interface. Routes with lower metrics are preferred over routes with higher metrics. This function returns true upon success.

SetDHCP() As Boolean (interface)

Enables DHCP and disables all other settings. This function returns true if successful.

SetIP4Address(ip As String) As Boolean (interface)
 

SetIP4Netmask(netmask As String) As Boolean (interface)
 

SetIP4Broadcast(broadcast As String) As Boolean (interface)
 

SetIP4Gateway(gateway As String) As Boolean (interface)

Sets the IPv4 interface configuration. All values must be specified explicitly. Unlike the ifconfig shell command, there is no automatic inference. The parameter is a string dotted decimal quad (i.e. "192.168.1.2" or similar). It returns true upon success.

nc.SetIP4Address("192.168.1.42")
nc.SetIP4Netmask("255.255.255.0")
nc.SetIP4Broadcast("192.168.1.255")
nc.SetIP4Gateway("192.168.1.1")

SetWiFiESSID(essid as String) As Boolean

Configures the WiFi ESSID of the wireless network that the player will connect to. This method returns true on success.

GetWiFiESSID() As String

Retrieves the configured WiFi ESSID, even if the player is not currently connected to that wireless network. Use the GetCurrentConfig().wifi_essid value to retrieve the ESSID of the wireless network that the player is currently connected to.

SetWiFiPassphrase(passphrase as String) As Boolean

Configures the passphrase or key for the wireless network. This method accepts a plain-text passphrase. It returns true if the passphrase is successfully set.

SetWiFiPassphraseAndObfuscate(a As String) As String

Configures the passphrase or key for the wireless network. This method accepts a plain-text passphrase and returns the obfuscated result. If the passphrase is not set, an empty string is returned instead.

SetObfuscatedWiFiPassphrase(password As String) As Boolean

Configures the passphrase or key for the wireless network. This method accepts a passphrase that has been obfuscated using a shared secret. It returns true if the password is successfully set.

SetWiFiAccessPointMode(enable as Boolean) As Boolean

Enables or disables WiFi access-point mode: Passing true to this method instructs the player to act as a wireless access point, which uses the ESSID and passphrase set with the SetWiFiESSID() and SetWiFiPassphrase() (or SetObfuscatedWiFiPassphrase()) methods. If a passphrase has been set, the wireless access point will use WPA2 authentication–otherwise, it will use no authentication. This method returns true on success and false on failure; use the GetFailureReason() method to return more information in case of failure.

WiFi access-point mode should be used for configuration only. It offers a minimal DHCP server, but does not provide DNS servers or routing to the Ethernet. We recommend assigning a static IP address to the wireless interface, though this is not enforced by the firmware.

SetAccessPointFrequencyMHz(frequency As Integer) As Boolean

Sets the frequency of the wireless access point (in MHz). This method returns true on success and false on failure; use the GetFailureReason() method to return more information in case of failure.

ConfigureDHCPServer(config As roAssociativeArray) As Boolean

Configures a DHCP server on the wireless access point. The associative array should consist of two properties: ip4_start, which specifies the beginning of the range of offered IP addresses, and ip4_end, which specifies the end of the range. To disable the DHCP server, pass an empty associative array ({}) to this method. This method returns true on success and false on failure; use the GetFailureReason() method to return information in case of failure.

SetDomain(domain As String) As Boolean (host)

Sets the device domain name. This will be appended to names to fully qualify them, though it is not necessary to call this. This method returns true on success.

nc.SetDomain("brightsign.biz")

SetDNSServers(servers As roArray) As Boolean (host)

Sets the list of DNS servers if there were no DNS servers when the object was created. This method accepts an array of strings, each containing the dotted-quad IP address of a DNS server, and it returns true on success. There is currently a maximum of three servers; the method will return false if you attempt to add more than three servers.

AddDNSServer(server As String) As Boolean (host)

Adds another DNS server to the list if there were no DNS servers when the object was created. This method accepts the dotted-quad IP address of a DNS server as a string, and it returns true on success. There is currently a maximum of three servers; the method will return false if you attempt to add more than three servers. 

SetTimeServer(time_server As String) As Boolean (host)

Sets the default time server, which is "time.brightsignnetwork.com". You can disable the use of NTP by calling SetTimeServer(""). You can use URL syntax to specify that the player use an HTTP or HTTPS server to synchronize the clock. The following are valid time server addresses:

• http://time.brightsignnetwork.com/
• https://time.brightsignnetwork.com/
• ntp://time.brightsignnetwork.com/
• time.brightsignnetwork.com

The last two addresses are equivalent.

GetTimeServer() As String

Retrieves the (host) time server currently in use.

SetTimeServerIntervalSeconds(interval_in_seconds As Integer) As Boolean

Specifies how often the player should communicate with the time server and adjust its clock. The default interval is 12 hours; passing a value of 0 specifies the default interval. The minimum interval allowed is 120 seconds.

GetTimeServerIntervalSeconds() As Integer

Returns the current interval for time-server renewal (in seconds).

SetHostName(name as String) As Boolean (host)

Sets the device host name. If no host name has been explicitly set, then a host name is automatically generated based on the device serial number. Passing an empty string to this method resets the device host name to its automatically generated value.

GetHostName() As String (host)

Retrieves the host name currently in use.

SetProxy(proxy as String) As Boolean (host)

Sets the name or address of the proxy server used for HTTP and FTP requests. The proxy string should be formatted as "http://user:password@hostname:port". The hostname can contain up to four "*" characters; each "*" character can be used to replace one octet from the current IP address. For example, if the IP address is currently 192.168.1.2, and the proxy is set to "proxy-*-*", then the player will attempt to use a proxy named "proxy-192.168".

SetProxyBypass(hostnames As Array) As Boolean

Exempts the specified hosts from the proxy setting. The passed array should consist of one or more hostnames. The player will attempt to reach the specified hosts directly rather than using the proxy that has been specified with the SetProxy() method. For example, the hostname "example.com" would exempt "example.com", "example.com:80", and "www.example.com" from the proxy setting.

GetProxyBypass() As roArray

Returns an array of hostnames that have been exempted from the proxy setting using the SetProxyBypass() method.

GetRecoveryUrl() As String

Returns the current recovery URL, which is stored in the "ru" entry of the "networking" registry section. If the recovery URL is set via DHCP Option 43, it will take precedence over the "ru" registry entry.

ResetInterfaceSettings() As Boolean

Clears all interface-specific settings (e.g. IP address, default gateway). This method is ideal for resetting an interface to a known, empty state before configuring specific settings.

ResetHostSettings() As Boolean

Clears all host settings (i.e. settings that don't take the interface number into account and that don't affect the specified network interface; e.g. the time server). 

GetFailureReason() As String

Returns additional information when a member function returns false.

GetCurrentConfig() As Object

Retrieves the entire current configuration as an associative array containing the following members:

TestInterface() As Object

Performs various tests on the network interface to determine whether it appears to be working correctly. It reports the results via an associative array containing the following members:

TestInternetConnectivity() As Object

Performs various tests on the Internet connection (via any available network interface, not necessarily the one specified when the roNetworkConfiguration object was created) to determine whether it appears to be working correctly. It reports the results via an associative array containing the following members:

GetNeighborInformation() As roAssociativeArray

Retrieves location information from the network infrastructure using the LLDP-MED protocol. The information is returned as an associative array of strings corresponding to civic-address types, which are defined as follows according to the LLDP-MED specification: 

ifWiFiConfiguration

ScanWiFi() As roArray

Scans for available wireless networks. The results are reported as an roArray containing one or more associative arrays with the following members: