BrightSign HD2000 User Manual
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User Guide
HD600 and HD2000
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BrightSign Software Version: 1.1.28 (HD600); 2.0.94 (HD2000)
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AutoPlay Script Version: 1.1.7b (HD600); 2.0.0.43 (HD2000)
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Copyright
Copyright © 2008–2009 by BrightSign, a division of Roku, Inc. All rights reserved. Roku, the Roku logo,
and the BrightSign logo are trademarks of Roku, Inc. Other brand and product names are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Contents
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
What is BrightSign? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Sample BrightSign setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Video or slide show loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Interactive presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Step 1: Get the hardware you need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Step 2: Get the latest BrightSign software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 3: Try the demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Step 4: Get the results you want . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Playing Media with BrightSign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Ways to play media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Auto-playing a video upon power-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Auto-playing a playlist upon power-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Auto-playing an interactive playlist upon power-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Auto-playing a script upon power-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Auto-playing content at a scheduled time (HD2000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Chapter 4
Working with Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What is a playlist? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playlist commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Creating interactive presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Excel to create interactive presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Controlling GPIO outputs from an interactive playlist (HD2000 only) . . 33
Preloading images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Simultaneous states within a single interactive playlist (HD2000 only) . 35
Interactive playlist examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using rollover regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using rollover events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Scheduling playback (HD2000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 5
Working with Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
What are zones? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Can I customize the zones? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using zones with playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Other keywords for zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Comix Tour example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 6
Working with Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
What are scripts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sample script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Using the GPIO control port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Learning more and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Autoplay and general troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
General playback problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Interactive playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
BrightSign and accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Advanced Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Selecting Compact Flash cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Avoiding CF/SD card corruption due to read fatigue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
BrightSign compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Other ways to update your BrightSign software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Generating HD content for BrightSign HD2000 using Final Cut Pro . . . . . . . . 78
BrightSign shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Accessing the BrightSign shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Shell commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Referencing CF/SD cards (HD2000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Testing CF cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Testing scripts, playlists, and interactive playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Linux shell (HD2000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Updating BrightSign software from the BrightSign Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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Using the registry (HD2000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Writing to the registry from an interactive playlist (HD2000 only) . . . . . . 88
Displaying registry contents from an interactive playlist (HD2000 only) 89
Copying registry contents from an interactive playlist (HD2000 only) . . 89
Setting the date/time on BrightSign (HD2000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Using a custom boot script and logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using your own boot logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using your own boot script (HD600 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Widescreen vs. 4x3 discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Displaying videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Displaying images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Connecting Brightsign to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Configuring BrightSign using DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Using a manual IP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Proxy servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Networking software options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using the NetworkTimer keyword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 9
Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
BrightSign features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Supported media types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Supported input devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
USB mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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Chapter 1
Introduction
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What is BrightSign?
BrightSign HD600 and BrightSign HD2000 are standalone digital signs or kiosk controllers that
play content from standard Flash memory cards. You can use BrightSign with almost any
standard or high-definition monitor or TV to play continuous video or image loops. With the
addition of a touch screen or input device, such as a button board or keyboard, you can also use
BrightSign for interactive presentations, and since BrightSign is compatible with standard media
authoring software, you can choose the tools you use to create your content.
Because BrightSign has no moving parts, it is durable, reliable, and an ideal replacement for a
PC in information kiosks, tradeshows, retail displays, and other applications. And best of all,
BrightSign enables you to maintain or improve the quality of your presentations. Using
professional-quality decoding and scaling, BrightSign delivers crisp, clean, high-definition still
images as well as 1920 x 1080 interlaced video from your high-definition MPEG sources.
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Sample BrightSign setups
You can connect BrightSign to a wide-range of devices based on your audio, video, and
interactivity needs.
Video or slide show loop
Place a video or set of still images on a CompactFlash card, and connect BrightSign to a display.
You can use any of the following methods to connect to a display:
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Use a composite cable to connect to a standard definition display (HD600 only)
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By connecting powered speakers to BrightSign, you can add audio to your display, and you can
add interactivity by connecting an input device such as a keyboard, touch screen, button board,
or LED. The example below uses an off-the-shelf USB keyboard.
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Here are some examples of what you can do with BrightSign:
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Display a looping video with
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Display a looping video with HD quality on a variety of display types
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Play looping music
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Display videos and images simultaneously in different parts of the screen (also referred to as
zones
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Schedule any of the above to play at a specific time (hour, day, month, year)
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touch screen, mouse, keyboard, remote, or a custom button board that you create
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Create a playlist with audio, video, and images
DVD+
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Chapter 2
Getting Started
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Step 1: Get the hardware you need
To start using your BrightSign, you need the following hardware:
Display
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CF card (see
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Card Reader/Writer
Any monitor, TV, or Elo touch screen with one of the following types of inputs:
Either of the following:
Selecting Compact Flash cards
The card reader/writer must be connected to your Mac or PC and must be
compatible with your storage card.
Optional Accessories
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Add any of the following items:
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TIP:
To use the BrightSign demo you need one of the following: GPIO button board, ELO touch
screen, or USB mouse.
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Null modem cable
Step 2: Get the latest BrightSign software
Depending on when you purchased your BrightSign, you may need to download and install the
latest software from the BrightSign web site.
TIP:
Watch the BrightSign web site for information on BrightSign software updates so that you
can take advantage of all the latest features.
1 Check your current software version.
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Connect a video monitor to your BrightSign.
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Start BrightSign without a
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Look for the version number below the Roku logo on your screen. If you don’t see a software
version below the logo, your software is older than version 1.1.
Tip:
You can also check the BrightSign software version using the shell (see
for details).
Compact Flash or SD (
CF/SD) card inserted.
BrightSign shell
2 Download the latest software.
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Go to the BrightSign web site
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Click the
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Compare the software version number with the number on your BrightSign screen.
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If your BrightSign software is older than the software on the web site, click the
Software Downloads
www.brightsign.biz/support
link.
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Software
link
for the appropriate model (HD600 or HD2000) to download the latest software.
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3 Extract the software update file onto your CF/SD card. (The file name is UPDATE.ROK.)
4 Insert the CF/SD card into your BrightSign and apply power.
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of the LEDs on the front panel starts to flash. When the LED stops flashing, the upgrade is
complete and BrightSign reboots automatically.
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panel light as the unit boots.) Wait for the red upgrade LED to light up. During the upgrade,
the connector activity LEDs turn on and off to indicate that the upgrade is in progress.
NOTE:
When the update finishes, BrightSign deletes the UPDATE.ROK file and reboots the unit.
However, if the card was formatted with NTFS or HFS+, then BrightSign does not delete the
UPDATE.ROK file and the unit doesn’t reboot after the update. Instead, the Video Mode LEDs flash.
Step 3: Try the demo
The BrightSign demo shows an example of an interactive digital sign that displays still slides and
video clips, and responds to input from a button board, touch screen, or mouse. It’s easy to try if
you have a BrightSign. Follow these steps:
1 Go to www.brightsign.biz/support/download.php.
2 Click the Demo link under HD600 or HD200 and download the demo file.
Wait for your BrightSign to boot. (The display will be blank.) After several seconds one
Wait for your BrightSign to boot. (The display will be blank, but the LEDs on the front
3 Unzip the BrightSignDemo.zip file and copy the contents into the root directory of a
Compact Flash or SD (CF/SD) card.
4 Connect your BrightSign to either of the following:
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Standard monitor and Roku Button Board
5 Insert the CF/SD card.
6 Turn on the power.
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You can also use the demo to try BrightSign with different types of monitors:
1 Connect your BrightSign to a monitor or TV using a VGA, component, or HDMI connection.
2 Make sure your monitor is configured to receive input from the cable you’re using.
3 Start the demo by inserting the CF/SD card you created in the previous set of steps.
You should now see the demo in various video modes. Note how BrightSign automatically scales
the images and that it supports both widescreen and 4x3 formats.
Step 4: Get the results you want
Now you’re ready to start using your BrightSign. Just add your content (see
types
for details on the types of files you can use) and follow the directions in
BrightSign
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Supported media
Playing Media with
Chapter 3
Playing Media with BrightSign
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Ways to play media
There are several ways to play media files on a BrightSign device:
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Play media automatically from a CompactFlash or SD (CF/SD) card when you turn on a
BrightSign
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Use the serial shell commands to test media playback
NOTE:
The HD600 outputs video through the VGA connector in 1024x768 resolution, unless you
change this in your playlist, interactive playlist, or script, or by using the front panel video mode
button.
The HD2000 outputs video through the Component and HDMI connectors and the default video
resolution is 720p. If the resolution of a still image file does not exactly match the display
resolution (videomode), then BrightSign scales the image to fit or it centers/crops the image,
depending on the imagemode you selected (see
Playlist commands
and
Keywords
for details).
Video files are always scaled to fit. (The video mode button is not currently supported on the
HD2000.)
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BrightSign can autoplay the following types of media:
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MPEG-2 video.
You can use a single file as a loop, or multiple files. For the HD600, files must
contain an audio track; if you don’t need audio, include a silent audio track.
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MP3 Audio.
Any audio (in a video or mp3 file) must have a sample rate of 48KHZ (or 44.1KHZ
on the HD2000).
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WAV Audio
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Bitmap files.
(HD2000 only). WAV files must contain16 bit linear PCM data.
For still images, use an 8-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit BMP file format. You can also use
PNG and JPEG files on the HD2000.
NOTE:
To use 8-bit bitmap files, you must have an HD600 with software version 1.1 or later or an
HD2000 with software version 1.0.4 or later.
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A playlist
or audio files to play. See
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An interactive playlist file.
. A playlist is a simple text file that contains the file names of still slides, video clips,
Working with Playlists
for more information.
BrightSign uses interactive playlists as a description of an
interactive sign that responds to buttons, touch screen, mouse, track balls, etc. The BrightSign
demo uses this method. Interactive playlists are very powerful and easy to create without any
scripting. You can create an interactive playlist using Microsoft Excel (or any editor that
supports CSV files, such as OpenOffice or the editor hosted at
http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html)
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Creating interactive presentations
for more
information.
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A custom BrightScript file.
events, and is appropriate for arbitrarily complex interactive media sequences. See
with Scripts
NOTE:
If you’re using AUTORUN.BAS v1.1 or later and you want to autoplay a list of images on
for more information.
A script is a simple program that controls behaviors based on
Working
startup, you must use a playlist or interactive playlist.
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Auto-playing a video upon power-up
To autoplay a video file on power-up or reset, do the following:
1 Copy the video file into the root directory of a
CF/SD card and name it AUTOPLAY.VOB or
AUTOPLAY.MPG.
2 Go to www.brightsign.biz/support and click the
Software Downloads link.
3 Click the AutoPlay Script link under the
appropriate model (HD600 or HD200) to
download the AUTOPLAY.ZIP file.
4 Expand the AUTOPLAY.ZIP file, which contains
a script named AUTORUN.BAS.
5 Copy AUTORUN.BAS into the root directory of
your CF/SD card.
6 Insert the CF/SD card into your BrightSign.
7 Turn on your BrightSign. After a few moments,
BrightSign plays the video and repeats it
automatically to create a loop.
EXAMPLE 1:
CF/SD card with auto-play files
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Auto-playing a playlist upon power-up
A playlist is a text file that describes the items you want to play and the order in which you want
to play them. A playlist can include still images, video clips, or audio clips. For details on creating
playlists, see
To autoplay a playlist file on power-up or reset, do the following:
1 Create a playlist file and name it
AUTOPLAY.BSP (see Working with Playlists
for details).
2 Copy the playlist file into the root directory
of a CF/SD card.
3 Copy any still graphics, audio files, or video
files you included in the playlist into the
root of your CF/SD card.
4 Go to www.brightsign.biz/support and
click the Software Downloads link.
5 Click the AutoPlay Script link under the
appropriate model (HD600 or HD200) to
download the AUTOPLAY.ZIP file.
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6 Expand the AUTOPLAY.ZIP file, which
contains a script named AUTORUN.BAS.
7 Copy AUTORUN.BAS into the root
EXAMPLE 2:
CF/SD card with playlist files
directory of your CF/SD card.
8 Insert the CF/SD card into your BrightSign.
9 Turn on your BrightSign. After a few
moments, BrightSign plays the playlist and
loops it automatically.
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BrightSign can also play a sophisticated presentation that is described in an interactive playlist.
An interactive playlist is a simple text file that contains a table of information. Using Microsoft
Excel, you can easily create a file that describes a sophisticated interactive presentation. The
interactive playlist describes which media to play upon power-up, and which media to play when
a user presses a button or triggers other events.
To autoplay an interactive playlist on power-up or reset, do the following:
1 Create an interactive playlist using
Microsoft Excel and name the file
AUTOPLAY.CSV (see Creating interactive
presentations for details).
2 Copy your media files and your interactive
playlist into the root directory of a CF/SD
card.
3 Go to www.brightsign.biz/support and
click the Software Downloads link.
4 Click the AutoPlay Script link under the
appropriate model (HD600 or HD200) to
download the AUTOPLAY.ZIP file.
5 Expand the AUTOPLAY.ZIP file, which
contains a script named AUTORUN.BAS.
6 Copy AUTORUN.BAS into the root
directory of your CF/SD card.
7 Insert the CF/SD card into your BrightSign.
8 Turn on your BrightSign. After a few
moments, BrightSign runs the interactive
playlist and plays the media referenced in the file.
EXAMPLE 3:
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Creating a BrightScript script gives you the most control over your interactive presentation. To
autorun a script, do the following:
1 Create a script using a text editor and name the file AUTORUN.BAS (see Working with
Scripts for details).
2 Copy the script into the root directory of your CF/SD card.
3 Insert the CF/SD card into your BrightSign.
4 Turn on your BrightSign. After a few moments, BrightSign runs the script and plays the
media referenced in the script.
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Auto-playing content at a scheduled time (HD2000 only)
To play videos, still images, playlists, or interactive playlists at scheduled times, do the following:
1 Create a scheduling file using a text editor
and name the file AUTOSCHEDULE.TXT
(see Scheduling playback (HD2000 only)
for details).
2 Copy AUTOSCHEDULE.TXT into the
root directory of your CF/SD card.
3 Copy all video, still image, playlist,
and interactive playlist files listed in
AUTOSCHEDULE.TXT into the root
directory of the CF/SD card.
4 Go to www.brightsign.biz/support and
click the Software Downloads link.
5 Under HD2000, click the AutoPlay Script
link to download the AUTOPLAY.ZIP file.
6 Expand the AUTOPLAY.ZIP file, which
contains a script named AUTORUN.BAS.
7 Copy AUTORUN.BAS into the root
directory of your CF/SD card.
EXAMPLE 5:
CF/SD card with interactive playlist files
8 Insert the CF/SD card into your BrightSign.
9 Turn on your BrightSign. After a few
moments, BrightSign plays the appropriate content.
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Working with Playlists
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What is a playlist?
A BrightSign playlist is a text file that ends in BSP (BrightSign Playlist). It contains the names of
the files you want to play and the order in which you want to play them. Files in a playlist are
played in sequence, one after the next. This means that you cannot use a playlist to play files
simultaneously. For example, you cannot play an audio file and a video file at the same time
unless you add your audio to your video file.
A simple playlist might contain just these lines:
slide1.bmp
slide2.bmp
slide3.bmp
This playlist would play SLIDE1.BMP, then SLIDE2.BMP, then SLIDE3.BMP, and then it would repeat
to create a loop.
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mix media types in a single playlist and trigger GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) pins. In
addition to filenames, there is a set of about 16 commands that you can use in a BrightSign
playlist. For example, if you want the playlist to pause for 5 seconds between images, the
slideshow playlist above could be modified like this:
slideinterval 5
slide1.bmp
slide2.bmp
slide3.bmp
To pause five seconds between slides 1 and 2, and two seconds between slides 3 and 4, modify
the playlist like this:
slideinterval 5
slide1.bmp
slide2.bmp
slideinterval 2
slide3.bmp
slide4.bmp
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1 Using a text editor, such as Notepad,
enter the names of the files you want to
play in the order in which you want
them to play.
2 (Optional) Enter any commands you
want to add to your playlist. See the
next section, Playlist commands, for a
description of available commands.
3 Use the Save As command to the file
with a BSP extension.
NOTE:
automatically save files with a TXT
extension, so you need to override the
default file extension when saving the
playlist file.
4 Copy the following files to your CF/SD
card:
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Your playlist (the file you created in
steps 1-3)
By default, most text editors
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Play the playlist automatically upon startup (see
for details).
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Play the playlist at a scheduled time (see
only)
for details).
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Here is the list of commands that you can use in a playlist:
BMP, MP3, MPG, VOB, PNG (HD2000 only), JPG (HD2000 only)
Any line that is a file name and that ends in one of these extensions is valid. Names may contain
spaces.
debug
Use this command to view debug information on the display (serial port).
rem <comment>
Any line starting with rem is ignored, so you can include comments in your playlist. Rem is short
for
remark
print <line to print to console>
Use this command to send a line of text to the display. This command is useful for debugging.
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audiomode #
(default is 1)
BrightSign provides 5.1 audio decoding that is controlled via the audiomode command. If your
audio source is a video file, you can use any of the following audiomode commands:
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Provides decoded 5.1 surround sound (via USB or all six analog outs).
Mixes down 5:1 surround sound to stereo.
Mutes the audio.
audiooutput #
(default is 0)
BrightSign has 5 different audio outputs. If an output is not specified, BrightSign uses analog
audio 0 in stereo as the default. Of the 5 outputs, there are five audiooutput modes that are set
with the audiooutput command. The audiooutput command can have one of the following
values:
•0: Outputs analog audio.
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1:
Outputs USB audio.
•2: Outputs SPDIF audio in stereo PCM.
•3: Outputs SPDIF audio in raw AC3.
•4: Outputs analog audio with SPDIF mirroring raw AC3.
audiochan #
(default is 2)
Since there are three analog outputs, you must also use the audiochan command if you selected
analog audio output:
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audiochan 0:
volume #
(default is 100)
You can set the volume level by specifying a value between 0 and 100. For example:
Sets output 1 (this is not a typo).
Sets output 2.
Sets output 3.
volume 100
is full volume.
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videomode <mode>
(HD600 default is 1024x768x60p; HD2000 default is 1280x720x60p)
Set the output framebuffer format. The options are:
VGA:
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1024x768x60p
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640x480x60p (HD600 only)
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800x600x60p (HD600 only)
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1280x768x60p (HD2000 only)
Component:
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720x480x60p
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720x576x50p (HD2000 only)
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Viewmode <setting>
(default is 0)
You can use a view mode that is different from the default by setting the mode prior to starting
video playback. The view_mode values are:
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Scales the video to fill the screen without maintaining the aspect ratio. Images may appear
stretched.
•1: Centers the image and adds black borders. This is also referred to as
letter boxed
video. The
aspect ratio is maintained.
•2: Centers the image and fills the screen. The aspect ratio is maintained.
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imagemode #
(default is 0)
The imagemode command specifies whether the image is scaled to the display.
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imagemode 0:
Centers the image without scaling (may result in cropping if the image is
larger than the current videomode resolution).
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imagemode 1:
Scales the image to fit the display. The whole image is displayed as large as
possible with correct aspect ratio.
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Scales the image to fill the display while maintaining aspect ratio.
Scales the image to fill the screen without maintaining aspect ratio.
slideinterval #
(default is 3)
Set the number of seconds between slides. The number must be an integer. For example:
slideinterval 3 inserts a 3-second pause between slides.
transition #
(default is 0)
Set the transition between images. Transition commands include:
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Changes images immediately with no transition.
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lighton #
Wipes the image from top, bottom, left, and right.
Explodes the image from the center, top left, top right, bottom left, and bottom right.
Divides the image into vertical and horizontal venetian blinds.
Comb the image both vertically and horizontally.
Fades the image to the background color.
Fades between the current image and the new image.
Slides the image from top, bottom, left, and right.
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lightoff #
Use the lighton and lightoff commands to set or clear one of the GPIO outputs. The number can
be any integer between 17 and 22. For example:
lighton 17
sets LED 0 on the button board.
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Use this command when you want the playlist to pause until any GPIO buttons is pressed.
pause #
Use this command when you want the playlist to pause for a specified number of seconds.
The number must be an integer. For example, to pause for 5 seconds, the command would be:
pause 5
stop
Use this command to stop playback of the playlist.
Creating interactive presentations
With BrightSign you can create presentations that respond to input from the user. For example,
you can let customers choose which video to watch by pressing the button associated with the
video of their choice. Interactive presentations also respond to user input from touch screens,
mice, serial or USB keyboards, and barcode scanners (see
complete list of supported input devices). To accomplish this with BrightSign, you need to
specify the input device, and you need to do either of the following:
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Use Microsoft Excel to create a control table and use the BrightSign interactive playlist mode
(see the next section,
Supported input devices
Using Excel to create interactive presentations
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