BAconnected Feature FAQ

BrightWall™ for BrightAuthor:connected is on the roadmap but has not yet been implemented. We have improved video wall creation tools in BrightAuthor:connected, and you can find that information at Create a VideoWall

BrightWall™ is available for use in BrightAuthor versions 3.8.0.x or later. 

Custom splash screens are not available in the current version of BrightAuthor:connected. To use a custom splash screen, use BrightAuthor. 

Yes. Geofencing is available as of version 1.32.0 of BrightAuthor:connected. To use geo-fencing on a BrightSign player with BrightAuthor, see this FAQ. 

Yes. All BrightSign players (except the HD600) support this.

• Image files that are displayed in a Video or Image or Image zone will automatically display over video zones. 

• Use a Live Text State to layer text over a video in an Image or Video or Image zone (it cannot be used in a Ticker zone). The Live Text State also lets you switch between one or more text fields with background images.

• You can layer text over an image by placing a Ticker Zone over an Image zone.

Text and RSS can be displayed as static, animated, or scrolling text within a Ticker Zone*. The video in the linked page provides a tutorial on this and other methods of displaying text.

To display Twitter content in BrightAuthor:connected, use a HTML page that embeds the Twitter content. See https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/timelines/overview.

*This feature is also available in BrightScript via the roTextWidget object and JavaScript via the BSTicker object.