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Sync Presentation Zones across Players with BOS 9.0.75 and Below and/or BA:connected 1.16.0 and Below

Sync Presentation Zones across Players with BOS 9.0.75 and Below and/or BA:connected 1.16.0 and Below

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Last updated: Feb 20, 2025
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To synchronize video states in zones in older versions of BrightSign presentations, and on players with older operating systems, you must send a Link Synchronize message in a leader zone and receive that message in an event that will listen for that message in follower zones. You must also synchronize player clocks.

Syncing Presentation Zones on a Single Player

Create the Leader Zone Message

  1. Create a presentation with content inside of zones. Make sure to toggle on Interactive in the top right corner.

  2. Select the transition event in the leader zone in your presentation. It may be helpful to include “Leader” and “Follower” in the zone names.

  3. Add a transition event to the content you want to display first, then drag that event to the other content in the presentation.

  4. In Event Properties > Advanced, select Add Command.

  5. Select the Link command and the Synchronize command parameter.

  6. Toggle the down arrow to enter a Keyword. This will be used to trigger follower players to display content.

  7. Save the presentation.

Creating the Follower Zone Event Listener

  1. Select the follower presentation zone.

  2. Add a Synchronize event to the content you want to display first, then drag that event to the other content in the presentation.

  3. In the Event Properties pane, under Specify synchronization keyword, enter the Keyword you selected in step 5, above. When the follower presentation zone receives this keyword from the leader zone, it will start to play.

  4. Do this for all of the follower zones in the presentation then select Save. You can also select Save as to save the presentation with a different name for additional players (for example “Player 3 follower presentation”).

  5. If you are publishing from a single player with multiple outputs (the XC4055, XC2055, or XT2145), the presentation clock does not need to be synchronized and you can now select Publish to publish the synced presentation. In all other cases, you must use the following section to synchronize the clocks of the players that will display your presentation.

To synchronize between zones on the same player, use the Link command with the Zone command parameter.

Synchronize Player Clocks

In older versions of BOS and BrightAuthor:connected, you must synchronize player clocks, and leader and follower players must be defined. To do this:

  1. Select the transition event leading to the Video State in the leader zone.

  2. In Presentation Settings > Interactive > Synchronization (under the Networking tab), select Enable enhanced synchronization and choose Master.

  3. Select a transition event leading to the Video State in a follower zone in your presentation.

  4. In Presentation Settings > Interactive > Synchronization, select Enable enhanced synchronization and choose Slave.

  5. Do this for all the follower zones in your presentation, then Save and Publish. You can also select Save as and Publish the presentation with a different name for additional players (for example “Player 3 follower presentation”).