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CHAPTER 2 – SETTING UP UNITS
Before you can create and publish presentations for your BrightSign units, you must first set up the players. How you set
up your units will depend on how you want to publish presentations to the players. If you’re using BrightSign Network,
Local Networking, or Simple File Networking to publish your presentations, you must set up your BrightSign units by
adding them to your network. Alternatively, you can set up BrightSigns for use as standalone units that are not connected
to a network. With this option, you would have to manually update the BrightSign’s storage (SD card or USB flash drive)
each time you want to update presentations. For more details on each of the publishing methods, see Publishing
Presentations.
To set up a player, you need to create setup files in BrightAuthor and add those files to storage device (SD card or USB
flash drive). Next, insert the storage into the BrightSign. It is important to keep in mind that this storage must remain inside
the BrightSign. BrightSign units have no internal storage and therefore cannot receive content without a storage device
connected. Once the storage is inserted (typically an SD card), your BrightSign is ready to receive and play presentations.
Adding BrightSigns to your BrightSign Network
To publish and manage presentations using BrightSign Network, you must first contact BrightSign to obtain an account
name, user name, and password. After you obtain your account credentials, you can create the setup files for each unit.
After you obtain your account credentials, you can create the setup files for each unit. The setup files provide details
about your network and BrightSign Network connections, where the presentations associated with the selected group are
stored, and when to run the presentations.
1. Sign in to your BrightSign Network account.
a. In the BrightAuthor menu bar, click Tools > Sign in to BrightSign Network.
b. If prompted, enter your Account, User name, and Password, and then click Sign In.
2. On the menu bar, click Tools > Setup BrightSign Unit.
3. Under Name Specification, do the following:
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