User guide
Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Playing Media with BrightSign
- Working with Playlists
- What is a playlist?
- Creating a playlist
- Playlist commands
- BMP, MP3, MPG (HD2000 only), VOB (HD2000 only), TS (HD110, HD210, HD410, HD810, and HD1010), PNG, JPG
- debug
- rem
- print
- (HD2000 only) audiomode # (default is 1)
- (HD2000 only) audiooutput # (default is 0)
- (HD2000 only) audiochan # (default is 2)
- volume # (default is 100)
- videomode
(HD110, HD210, HD410, HD810, and HD1010 default is 1024x768x75p; HD2000 default is 1280x720x60p) - Viewmode
(default is 0) - imagemode # (default is 0)
- slideinterval # (default is 3)
- transition # (default is 0)
- GPIOEnableInput
(HD410, HD810, and HD1010 only) - GPIOEnableOutput
(HD410, HD810, and HD1010 only) - GPIOOn
, ,… - PauseMS #
- PowerSaveModeOn
- PowerSaveModeOff
- lighton # or lightoff #
- waitbuttonany (HD410, HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only)
- pause #
- stop
- Creating interactive presentations (HD410, HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only)
- Using Excel to create interactive presentations
- Keywords
- VIDEOMODE
- IMAGEMODE
- VIDEOPLAYERAUDIOMODE
- VIDEOPLAYERAUDIOOUTPUT
- VIDEOPLAYERAUDIOSTEREOMAPPING
(HD2000 only) - VIDEOPLAYERAUDIOVOLUME
(HD2000 only) - AUDIOPLAYERAUDIOOUTPUT
- AUDIOPLAYERAUDIOSTEREOMAPPING
(HD2000 only) - AUDIOPLAYERAUDIOVOLUME
(HD2000 only) - FLIPELO (HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only)
- GPIOEnableInput
(HD410, HD810, and HD1010 only) - GPIOEnableOutput
(HD410, HD810, and HD1010 only) - SerialPortSpeed
(HD410, HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only) - SerialPortMode
(HD410, HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only) - UDPDestinationAddress (HD1010 and HD2000 only)
- UDPDestinationPort
(HD1010 and HD2000 only) - UDPReceiverPort
(HD1010 and HD2000 only) - REGISTRYSECTION
- DELETEREGISTRYSECTION
- DELETEREGISTRYKEY
- EVENTS
- elo (HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only)
- eloc (HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only)
- button (HD410, HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only)
- Keyboard:
(HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only) - Remote:
(HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only) - Serial:
(HD410, HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only) - udp:
(HD1010, and HD2000 only) - timeout
- mstimeout
- videoend
- audioend
- STATE
- Controlling GPIO outputs from an interactive playlist
- Controlling serial output from an interactive playlist
- Controlling udp output from an interactive playlist
- Preloading images
- Simultaneous states within a single interactive playlist (HD2000 only)
- Interactive playlist examples
- Scheduling playback (HD210, HD810, HD1010, and HD2000 only)
- Working with Zones
- Working with Scripts
- Getting Help
- Learning more and support
- Frequently asked questions
- What video frame rates does the HD2000 support?
- How do I create portrait mode content on BrightSign?
- How do I connect a component display to the VGA output on the HD2000?
- How many displays can I connect to the BrightSign?
- Can I synchronize multiple BrightSign units?
- How accurate is synchronization?
- What can I synchronize on BrightSign?
- How do synchronized BrightSign units communicate?
- What is the maximum number of BrightSign units I can synchronize?
- Can I synchronize different BrightSign models?
- Do BrightSign units support Genlock?
- Troubleshooting
- General troubleshooting
- The BrightSign power light is on, but there's no display
- BrightSign isn't booting up properly / Err light is on or flashing (HD110, HD210, HD410, HD810, and HD1010 only)
- CF card is not recognized by BrightSign (HD2000 only)
- USB keyboard is not responding
- Elo touch screen coordinates aren’t working properly
- Problems with automatically playing files
- General playback problems
- Content Playback
- Troubleshooting Playlists
- Troubleshooting Interactive Playlists
- The demo files I downloaded work in my interactive playlist, but my files do not
- The interactive demo I downloaded works, but my interactive playlist does not
- My interactive playlists stops working when I press a button or try to provide any input
- Interactive playlists created using an international version of Excel don't work
- BrightSign and accessories
- BrightSign isn’t booting up properly / random lights lit
- BrightSign software update fails
- SD card works for playback, but can’t update BrightSign
- SD card is not recognized by BrightSign
- Video selector switch does not work
- USB mouse is not responding
- USB keyboard is not responding
- Elo touch screen coordinates aren’t working properly
- General troubleshooting
- Advanced Topics
- Selecting Compact Flash cards
- Other ways to update your BrightSign software
- Generating HD content for an HD2000 using Final Cut Pro
- BrightSign shell
- Using the registry
- Setting the date/time on BrightSign
- Using a custom boot script and logo
- Widescreen vs. 4x3 discussion
- Connecting BrightSign to your network
- Product Specifications
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HD410, HD810, and HD1010
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115200 baud
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8 data bits
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No parity
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1 stop bit
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NO flow control
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TTY mode enabled
4 Create a CF/SD card with some test files on it (BMP graphics, 48
kHz
MP3 files, MPEG-2 video,
etc), and then insert the card into the BrightSign unit you connected to your PC.
5 Connect speakers and/or a monitor to BrightSign.
6 Turn on your BrightSign.
7 After a few moments you should see the BrightSign shell appear. It should also show you the
software version number.
NOTE:
The current version of BrightSign software does not support hot-swapping of CF/SD cards.
You must insert the CF/SD card before applying power.
Shell commands
With the shell running, you can view a list of shell commands by typing: help <enter>. Type the
command on a line by itself for more information on a particular command.
Example shell commands: playing files and changing settings
For a Directory of the cards contents use:
dir
To show the contents of a sub-directory named images, use:
dir images