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Basics of BrightSign Authoring
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2. Agenda BrightSign Total Signage Solution Player Setup
BrightAuthor:connected
BrightAuthor Classic

3. BrightSign OS 8 & BSN.cloud
BrightSign Total Signage Solution
BrightSign OS 8 & BSN.cloud

4. Cloud-Based Players are the basis of A Total Signage Solution
All BrightSign players include cloud-connectivity to put you in control
BrightSign OS 8 enables the cloud-connected experience on all BrightSign players for real time player access anytime, anywhere
BSN.cloud is our new cloud management platform connecting cloud-based BrightSign players to deliver a total digital signage solution
BrightSign OS 8 is the required operating system to enable the included cloud-connected experience on all BrightSign players for real time player access anytime, anywhere. With this platform installed on any series 3, series 4 and 4K top hat players, you can take advantage of our new BSN.cloud solution. BSN.cloud is The evolution of BrightSign Network and offers an innovative new cloud platform that elevates real time player management and delivers a secure, scalable service for basic to complex digital signage networks. All players running BrightSign OS 8 can connect to BSN.cloud with the included Control Cloud subscription for free.

5. BSN.cloud Subscriptions
Choose your plan
BSN.cloud is BrightSign’s cloud-based digital signage networking solution and is available as two different subscriptions.
Control Cloud is included with all BrightSign players as a free subscription which offers streamlines player setup and delivers real time player health, diagnostics and ability to control the player from a remote location.
The Content Cloud is offered as an annual subscription and includes all of the Control Cloud services plus a complete set of both content management of media libraries and presentations as well as network management, administrative and reporting services.
Cloud-based subscription included with all BrightSign players
Streamlined player setup
Real time player health & controls
Free subscription with player!
Annual subscription
Includes Control Cloud services
Adds a complete set of content & network management tools
Free beta until Dec 1, 2019
$99/player/year

6. Total Signage Solutions For Content & Network Management
New cloud-based solution
Classic solution
Free Beta until Dec 1, 2019
BSN.cloud is the future for BrightSign’s cloud-connected world. BSN.cloud as well as BrightAuthor:connected delivers the ultimate in cloud-based content and network management using state of the art web technology, tools and services. It is BrightSign’s lasting solution from now and into the future. BSN.cloud will be made available as Beta at the end of June and will be free to customers during the Beta period which will end on December 1, BrightSign continues to offer BrightSign Network and BrightAuthor as our classic solutions for content authoring and network management. This classic solution will continue to be available alongside our new BSN.cloud solution. Certain features and network situations may make sense to remain on our classic solution, but there are many advantages to moving on to our new BSN.cloud as we discussed
BrightSign OS 8 provides the platform to cloud- connect all BrightSign players
New BSN.cloud offers a new secure, robust and scalable cloud network solution with real time player management for basic to complex networks
Control Cloud subscription is included with all players to connect to the cloud to deliver real time player health and controls anytime, anywhere
BrightAuthor:connected is the included central application to BSN.cloud for all your BrightSign needs available on PC, Mac and a Chrome browser
BrightSign Network subscription delivers a secure, scalable solution to manage and support your digital signage network
Free local SD card storage, local network & simple file networking solutions
BrightAuthor PC-based software offers free presentation authoring using simple to sophisticated features

7. Classic and streamlined setups
Player Setup
Classic and streamlined setups

8. Classic Player Setup Process
Before publishing presentations, BrightSign players must be setup
The classic way to setup a BrightSign player is to use BrightAuthor Classic to use the setup tool to manually create a setup package of files that can be saved to an SD card and inserted into the player to apply the settings upon powerup. You make choices for player naming, networking and can even apply BrightSign OS updates along with the setup. You can also simply insert a blank SD card and using On Device Setup process. This method of player setup is also supported in BrightAuthor:connected, however a more streamlined approach has been developed which makes the process much easier and automatic.

9. Streamlined Setup to BSN.cloud
Easily sign up and connect players with a free Control Cloud subscription
Sign Up for FREE
Instantly sign up online for a Control Cloud subscription included with all players
Activate Your Player
An Internet connected player will securely connect to BSN.cloud to be activated
Scan on-screen QR code or enter the activation code to link the player to your free Control Cloud subscription
To get started with BSN.cloud all that is needed is a player running BrightSign OS 8 and an included subscription to Control Cloud which is included with every BrightSign player at no charge. The Control Cloud subscription makes player setup or provisioning an almost automatic process. Simply sign up online for the Control Cloud subscription then activate your Internet connected player to associate it to your BSN.cloud Control Cloud account by following the onscreen instructions which ask you to scan an onscreen, unique QR code. There are also options for setting up a large group of players all at once by adding their serial numbers into the BrightAuthor:connected Admin console. And for customers that cannot or do not want to connect to the internet, we still offer existing offline setup option which we described earlier of using BrightAuthor:connected to create a setup file, download the setup file to an SD card and insert the SD card into a player.
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10. Create, publish and manage with full connectivity to cloud
BrightAuthor:Connected
Create, publish and manage with full connectivity to cloud

11. Presentation creation Process
Simple process for non-networked and BSN.cloud network environments
Play
Confidently play presentations, control your player and manage your network
Author
Easily create, preview, schedule and publish presentations using a vast array of simple to sophisticated features locally or in your BSN.cloud account depending on your network environment
Content
Prolific content types supported and stored locally or in your BSN.cloud content library
This is the process for creating, publishing and playing presentations in our new BSN.cloud and BrightAuthor:connected world. Since a BSN.cloud subscription to Control Cloud is included with every player, you can take advantage of a cloud-connected environment. BrightAuthor:connected is the application for BSN.cloud and can be used to create, schedule and publish presentations to stand-alone, non-networked players as well as free local and simple file networked players. All these setups can take advantage of Control Cloud’s ability to control your player from a remote location. You can view real time player health and control your player by sending BrightSign OS updates, doing remote reboots and initiating remote snapshots to see what’s playing on your player at that moment in time to name a few features. The Content Cloud subscription of BSN.cloud adds the ability to host your content & presentations in your BSN.cloud content library. It also adds the ability to manage your presentations, their schedules and content distribution from any location. You can also manage your network groups of players, view reporting of player performance over time and perform administration functions. All of this is done through the BrightAuthor:connected innovative and unified user interface available on PC, Mac and in Chrome browsers.

12. Free authoring application
Available on PC, Mac and a Chrome browser
Free authoring application with a universal interface and feature set available across the PC & Mac desktop applications and a Chrome web browser
Uses locally stored or BSN.cloud hosted content to create looping and interactive playlists
Supports industry standard content formats for video, images, audio, HTML5, IP streams, live feeds, Live TV, Live Text, & more
Build simple looping to multi-zoned and sophisticated presentations using intuitive tools
Apply interactive events to trigger playback, from touch and button presses to UDP and zone messages to create rich, engaging experiences
Schedule & publish presentations with confidence via:
Free Local storage publishing to a micro SD card
Free Local network publishing
Free Simple file network publishing
BSN.cloud
BrightAuthor:connected is our authoring software application that allows you to easily create, publish and manage digital signage presentations that run flawlessly on BrightSign players. It offers an enhanced and unifed BrightSign experience with a common user interface, work ow and feature set available for PC, Mac and a Chrome web browser. BrightAuthor:connected offers an intuitive environment to create impactful presentations while adding the ability to securely connect to BSN.cloud enabled players to take advantage of new real time player controls as well as robust network and content management tools. Experience BrightAuthor:connected for free with Control Cloud to produce, deliver and update your digital signage with ease.

13. Workflow Simple steps to author, play and control your signage
Create. Easily create presentation layouts & playlists for simple to sophisticated digital signs
Publish. Use the intuitive calendar view to schedule & publish
Control. Securely access connected players to view real time health and control the player
Manage. Manage, administer and monitor content, presentations, player groups & data
Create. Easily create presentation layouts & playlists for simple to sophisticated digital signs using content in your media library hosted on BSN.cloud or stored locally. BrightAuthor:connected supports a prolific array of content types and formats with unified experience, feature set and work ow for PC, Mac and a Chrome browser interface so you can work wherever and whenever with ease.
Publish. Take the guess work out of playing your presentations on BrightSign. BrightAuthor:connected provides an intuitive calendar-view to easily schedule and daypart your presentation playback. Publishing your content is an automated process that packages up your content, playlist and controls to deliver flawless playback via your network connection of choice or as a standalone presentation
Control. Use BrightAuthor:connected to securely access, control and communicate in real time with cloud-based players from any remote location for free with Control Cloud. Get real time player health and access to the diagnostic web server to control players by performing remote reboots & deploying BrightSign OS updates. You can even initiate remote snapshots on demand to see what’s playing on-screen.
Manage. Network managers with Content Cloud subscriptions can remotely view compiled performance data over time including event logs and proof of play via reports, filters and queries. Access to a set of robust network management and administration tools are also available such as mapping player locations, network grouping, and notifications to bring attention to specific network activities and subscription status.

14. create, publish and manage presentations
BrightAuthor Classic
create, publish and manage presentations

15. Classic Presentation Creation Process
Create, publish and play presentations with ease using BrightSign Network and BrightAuthor
Play
Confidently play presentations and manage your network
Free BrightAuthor Software
Content
Prolific content types supported using industry standard formats stored locally or in your BrightSign Network content library
Author
Easily create, preview, schedule and publish presentations with a vast array of simple to sophisticated features available with the PC-based software application. Basic authoring tools are available on the Web UI of your BrightSign Network account
As you can see, the classic process utilizing BrightSign Network and BrightAuthor is about the same as the one for BSN.cloud and BrightAuthor:connected. However the underlying platform, the user interface and the features differ. Our classic solution does offer cloud-based content library storage and networking on a traditional, standard platform which may a good fit for some applications that do need the benefits of real time player control and the improved network and content management platform offered with BSN.cloud. Other differences are that BrightAuthor classic is a PC-based software application and provides access all of the features and functionality and supports non-networked players, free local area and simple file networked players. There is also a web UI for BrightSign Network accounts which offers basic presentation authoring. Both user interfaces support cloud-based presentation publishing. The choice is yours on the solution you use. The classic solution will continued to be offered for some time to come. However BSN.cloud and BrightAuthor:connected is the solution we recommend as it provides the most up to date, robust, real time connected platform BrightSign offers today and it will continue to be updated and developed on to deliver state of the art, leading-edge services to our customers.

16. BrightAuthor Classic Overview
Free software for easy sign creation
BrightAuthor is a free software application that allows you to create and publish digital-signage presentations to run on BrightSign players
Free download from the BrightSign website:
Requirements to create presentations with BrightAuthor and publish them to your BrightSign player:
Windows PC, BrightSign player, display & microSD card or network connection
Schedule & publish presentations with confidence via:
Free Local storage publishing to a micro SD card
Free Local network publishing
Free Simple file network publishing
BSN.cloud

17. BrightAuthor Classic Workflow
Simple steps to create presentations that run flawlessly
Author: Easily create layouts & playlists for simple to sophisticated presentations
Schedule & Publish: Preview, schedule, publish and play presentations with confidence
Manage: Readily update, monitor and manage your BrightSign Network remotely
BrightAuthor is a free PC-based software application that easily creates, previews and publishes presentations to run on BrightSign. It also offers an interface to manage your BrightSign Network
Author. access all BrightSign features and functions that can be implemented into presentations. Design Full HD and 4K upscaled looping and interactive presentations in full-screen or multi-zone layouts.
Schedule & Publish. Review presentation playback before publishing, schedule and publish your presentations to play them with confidence on your BrightSign player. Published presentations can be distributed to SD cards or network connected BrightSign units.
Manage. Easily and securely update, monitor and manage your network of BrightSign digital signs right from the BrightAuthor application. A web UI is also available.

18. Features Sophisticated capabilities. Infinite possibilities.
BrightSign players support all of the above features via BrightAuthor Classic. Some of these features will not initially be implemented with the first release of BrightAuthor:connected. They include: Tagging of content and/or players, BrightWall, Beacons, Mosaic mode, Twitter plug in, GPS events and User events, Sign Preview, BSNEE and Localization of the user interface into other languages

19. BrightAuthor:connected
Tutorial
BrightAuthor:connected
BrightAuthor Classic
Create presentations
Schedule & Publish
Real time player health & controls
Create presentations
Schedule & Publish

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