Download BrightSign HD2000 User guide

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 4
BRIGHTSIGN FEATURES.............................................................................................................. 5
EXAMPLE BRIGHTSIGN SETUPS ................................................................................................ 7
EXAMPLES .................................................................................................................................... 8
TRY THE DEMO .............................................................................................................................. 8
SOFTWARE VERSIONS ................................................................................................................... 9
BRIGHTSIGN DOCUMENTATION ............................................................................................... 10
GETTING STARTED..................................................................................................................... 11
MEDIA TYPES SUPPORTED ........................................................................................................... 12
PLAYING MEDIA WITH BRIGHTSIGN ........................................................................................ 13
AUTO PLAYING A VIDEO UPON POWER-UP .................................................................................... 14
AUTO PLAYING A PLAYLIST UPON POWER-UP ................................................................................ 14
AUTO EXECUTING A “.CSV” FILE UPON POWER-UP ...................................................................... 14
AUTO EXECUTING A SCRIPT UPON POWER-UP ............................................................................. 15
CREATING A SCHEDULE FOR AUTO PLAYING VIDEOS, STILL IMAGES, PLAYLISTS, OR CSV FILES ..... 15
PLAYLISTS ................................................................................................................................... 16
GETTING STARTED ...................................................................................................................... 16
PLAYLIST COMMANDS .................................................................................................................. 17
CREATING INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS........................................................................................ 20
USING EXCEL TO CREATE INTERACTIVE SIGNS .............................................................................. 20
STATE FILE (CSV) EXAMPLES ...................................................................................................... 28
ROLLOVER REGIONS USING STATE FILES (CSV) ........................................................................... 32
SCHEDULING PLAYBACK (HD2000 ONLY) ..................................................................................... 35
SCRIPTS ....................................................................................................................................... 36
HELLO WORLD ............................................................................................................................. 36
ROKU OBJECTS ........................................................................................................................... 37
EXAMPLES .................................................................................................................................. 37
REGISTRY (HD2000 ONLY)......................................................................................................... 38
GPIO CONTROL PORT................................................................................................................ 38
LEARNING MORE AND SUPPORT............................................................................................. 39
TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................................. 40
AUTOPLAY & GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................. 40
PLAYLISTS ................................................................................................................................... 41
STATE FILES (CSV)..................................................................................................................... 42
BRIGHTSIGN AND ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................. 42
APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................... 45
SELECTING COMPACT FLASH CARDS ............................................................................................ 45
GENERATING HD CONTENT FOR THE BRIGHTSIGN HD2000 USING FINAL CUT PRO ........................ 47
DEVICE SOFTWARE (FIRMWARE) AND UPGRADING ........................................................................ 48
BRIGHTSIGN SHELL ..................................................................................................................... 50
LINUX SHELL (HD2000 ONLY) ...................................................................................................... 54
SETTING THE DATE/TIME ON BRIGHTSIGN (HD2000 ONLY) ........................................................... 54
WRITING BOOT SCRIPT & LOGO TO ROM ...................................................................................... 54
WIDESCREEN VS. 4X3 DISCUSSION .............................................................................................. 56
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