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The Presentation Settings pane allows you to edit settings that relate to the entire presentation.
Use this section to edit video and audio output settings.
Use the Audio tab to configure audio mixing and output options:
AUx5 players do not support some audio options and those will not be displayed in the Presentation Settings:
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Use the Support Content section to add supplementary files to a presentation.
If you are in BSN.cloud Content mode, you will need to upload support content to your BSN Content Cloud network in the Content tab first before adding it to your presentation. If you are in Local Content mode, you will add files from your local machine. |
Add custom files that will be published along with the presentation. This feature is useful if you frequently publish files that are not used in the presentation itself (for example, a media file being played by a custom script) and you want to automate the process of publishing both presentation files and custom files.
Add a custom script to your BrightAuthor presentation. Script plugins are custom pieces of BrightScript code that extend the functionality of BrightAuthor. See the BrightAuthor Plugins and Parsers tech note for more information on building script plugins.
Add a custom BrightScript snippet for parsing feeds in your presentation. Parser plugins can be added to states that utilize feeds to download and display content (e.g. Media List states). See the BrightAuthor Plugins and Parsers tech note for more information on building parsers.
Add supplementary presentations that will be published along with the primary presentation. You can use the Switch to Presentation command to switch to another presentation while a presentation is running.
Add Data Feeds to the presentation.
<title>
tag of the Data Feed to specify the Name of a variable and the <description>
tag to specify its default value. Select the + sign to add Node.js® applications to your presentation. Each application included here will be automatically launched when the presentation starts. Use WebPack to reduce the number of files in your application before uploading it.
The Device Web Page allows you to view and edit User Variables over your local network. In order to display a standard or custom device web page, the Local Web Server must be enabled on the player.
Use the Variables section to create, edit, and delete User Variables. User Variables are customizable values that can be used in User Variable states, as well as commands and conditional targets. The values of User Variables can also be changed during a presentation using the Set Variable or Reset Variable commands.
Click Add Variable to add a new variable to your presentation:
Default Value: Specify an initial value for the User Variable. Whenever a User Variable is reset (via the Reset Variable command), it will return to this default value.
Setting a new Default Value and republishing the presentation will not set the value of that variable to the new default value. Instead, the variable will retain whatever value it had before the publish operation. To set variables to their new default values, you will need to check the Reset variables to their default value on presentation start box before publishing the presentation. To set a single variable to its new default value, use the Reset Variable command. |
Networked: Networked variables are set and modified using a feed (RSS, Dynamic Playlist, Live Media Feed, or Live Data Feed).
Every RSS entry has a <title> value and a <description> value: use the <title> value to designate the name of the User Variable being modified; use the <description> value to change the value of the User Variable. |
SystemVariable: System variables are not determined by the user, but by independent system parameters, such as firmware/autorun version number, IP address, RF channel count, and various types of EDID (extended display identification data) information received from the display over HDMI.
Displays will often lack a complete set of EDID parameters. Make sure to test the EDID values of a certain display model before using them in a presentation. |
Expand All | Collapse All is useful if you have multiple variables in your presentation. It allows you to easily expand or collapse all of the variables in your presentation with one click:
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You can also configure settings that apply to all variables in the presentation:
The Interactive section allows you to configure interactive I/O for the presentation.
Use this tab to configure BP200/BP900 button panels and touch screens.
Use the Button Panel dropdown list to select the type of button panel (BP200 or BP900) you wish to configure. The A, B, and C letters specify which device is enumerated first; the B and C letters are only applicable if you are connecting more than one BP device to the player.
Choose one of the following:
Use this tab to configure serial port, GPIO communication, and IR Remote configuration.
Port: Select a serial port to configure. Most standard serial devices enumerate on port 0 (on the HO523, they will enumerate on port 1).
A USB-serial device (such as a GPS receiver) will enumerate on port 2. Additional USB-serial devices will enumerate on ports 3, 4, 5, etc. The enumeration order will remain consistent between reboots as long as the USB-serial devices are connected to the same player/hub ports. The enumeration order can be retrieved using the "usblist" command at the |
Many BrightSign models feature a DA15 or Phoenix-style GPIO port for device communication and interactive input/output. Select Input or Output for each GPIO button to indicate whether it should be used to receive or send information.
Use this tab to configure UDP communications and PTP synchronization.