User guide

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Proxy servers
There are three ways you might connect the Brightsign to a server on the Internet.
• Direction connection: BrightSign has a routeable IP address and is accessible to the outside
world. We do not recommend this configuration.
• Intercepting or transparent proxy: BrightSign has a private IP address that is only routeable
within the local network. This configuration is used in most home and corporate networks. We
recommend this configuration.
• HTTP / socks proxy: BrightSign does not currently support HTTP proxy or socks proxy
configurations. Although BrightSign has a private IP address, it cannot make connections to
the Internet by itself. Instead it has to connect to a proxy server and ask it to make the
connection to the Internet. This can either be a protocol specific proxy (like many web
proxies/caches) or a protocol agnostic proxy (e.g. socks).
Networking software options
After you connect your BrightSign hardware to your network and configure it to communicate
with your network, you can choose whether you want to use Simple Networking software or
BrightSign Network Manager to manage your BrightSign devices and content on your network.
The following is a brief description of the features offered by each of these networking software
options:
• Simple Networking : This method provides an easy way to update BrightSign devices
remotely. Create a BrightSign folder on your web server, place your new content in this folder,
and then use BrightSign’s Windows tool to create a sync file, so the BrightSign knows what's
changed in the folder. When you use the NetworkTimer command in your playlist, BrightSign
automatically downloads the content you place in your network folder.