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INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 3
BRIGHTSIGN FEATURES.............................................................................................................. 4
EXAMPLE BRIGHTSIGN SETUPS ................................................................................................ 6
EXAMPLES .................................................................................................................................... 7
TRY THE DEMO .............................................................................................................................. 7
SOFTWARE VERSIONS ................................................................................................................... 8
BRIGHTSIGN DOCUMENTATION ................................................................................................. 9
GETTING STARTED..................................................................................................................... 10
MEDIA TYPES SUPPORTED ........................................................................................................... 11
PLAYING MEDIA WITH BRIGHTSIGN ........................................................................................ 12
AUTO PLAYING A VIDEO UPON POWER-UP .................................................................................... 12
AUTO PLAYING A PLAYLIST UPON POWER-UP ................................................................................ 13
AUTO EXECUTING A “.CSV” FILE UPON POWER-UP ...................................................................... 13
AUTO EXECUTING A SCRIPT UPON POWER-UP ............................................................................. 13
PLAYLISTS ................................................................................................................................... 14
GETTING STARTED ...................................................................................................................... 14
PLAYLIST COMMANDS .................................................................................................................. 15
CREATING INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS........................................................................................ 18
USING EXCEL TO CREATE INTERACTIVE SIGNS .............................................................................. 18
STATE FILE (CSV) EXAMPLES ...................................................................................................... 21
ROLLOVER REGIONS, USING STATE FILES (CSV) .......................................................................... 25
SCRIPTS ....................................................................................................................................... 28
HELLO WORLD ............................................................................................................................. 28
ROKU OBJECTS ........................................................................................................................... 28
EXAMPLES .................................................................................................................................. 29
GPIO CONTROL PORT................................................................................................................ 29
LEARNING MORE AND SUPPORT............................................................................................. 30
TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................................. 31
AUTOPLAY & GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................. 31
PLAYLISTS ................................................................................................................................... 32
STATE FILES (CSV)..................................................................................................................... 33
BRIGHTSIGN AND ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................. 33
APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................... 36
SELECTING COMPACT FLASH CARDS ............................................................................................ 36
DEVICE SOFTWARE (FIRMWARE) AND UPGRADING ........................................................................ 38
BRIGHTSIGN SHELL ..................................................................................................................... 39
LINUX SHELL (HD2000 ONLY) ...................................................................................................... 44
WRITING BOOT SCRIPT & LOGO TO ROM ...................................................................................... 44
WIDESCREEN VS. 4X3 DISCUSSION .............................................................................................. 46
SUPPORTED INPUT DEVICES ........................................................................................................ 46
HD600 CONNECTORS (PORTS).................................................................................................... 47
HD2000 CONNECTORS (PORTS).................................................................................................. 48
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