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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 .................................................................................... 13
AUTO PLAYING A PLAYLIST UPON POWER-UP................................................................................ 14
AUTO EXECUTING A “.CSV” FILE UPON POWER-UP......................................................................14
AUTO EXECUTING A SCRIPT UPON POWER-UP.............................................................................14
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...................................................................................................... 26
ROLLOVER REGIONS USING STATE FILES (CSV)........................................................................... 28
SCHEDULING PLAYBACK (HD2000 ONLY)..................................................................................... 32
SCRIPTS....................................................................................................................................... 33
HELLO WORLD............................................................................................................................. 33
ROKU OBJECTS........................................................................................................................... 34
EXAMPLES ..................................................................................................................................34
REGISTRY (HD2000 ONLY)......................................................................................................... 35
GPIO CONTROL PORT................................................................................................................ 35
LEARNING MORE AND SUPPORT............................................................................................. 36
TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................................................................. 37
AUTOPLAY & GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................................. 37
PLAYLISTS................................................................................................................................... 38
STATE FILES (CSV)..................................................................................................................... 39
BRIGHTSIGN AND ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................. 39
APPENDIX.................................................................................................................................... 42
SELECTING COMPACT FLASH CARDS............................................................................................ 42
WHEN DEPLOYING A GROUP OF BRIGHTSIGNS INTO THE FIELD, ROKU STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT
YOU TEST THE CF CARD WITH THE BRIGHTSIGN SOFTWARE VERSION YOU WILL USE BEFORE
DEPLOYMENT, AND INSIST YOUR CF CARD DUPLICATOR NOT CHANGE CF BRANDS OR MODEL NUMBERS
FROM THE MODEL NUMBER YOU HAVE APPROVED.DEVICE SOFTWARE (FIRMWARE) AND UPGRADING43
DEVICE SOFTWARE (FIRMWARE) AND UPGRADING........................................................................ 44
BRIGHTSIGN SHELL..................................................................................................................... 45
LINUX SHELL (HD2000 ONLY)...................................................................................................... 50