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Chapter 9 – Publishing Presentations
to schedule the new presentation in an empty timeslot. If you schedule the presentation in an
occupied timeslot, the Schedule Conflict window will appear again.
• Remove existing events, use new event: Completely removes the presentation currently occupying
the timeslot.
• Interrupt existing events with new event: Schedules an interrupt in the presentation currently
occupying the timeslot. The date field will be split into two columns: The left column shows the
primary scheduled presentation in blue; the right column shows the interrupting presentation in green.
Primary scheduled presentations can be interrupted with multiple presentations, but interrupting
presentations cannot overlap with each other.
4. (Optional) Specify debugging, logging, and firmware preferences:
a. Under Debugging, use the checkboxes to enable/disable serial debugging and system log debugging.
b. Click Specify Logging and use the checkboxes in the Logging window to have the player generate logs
while it operates.
c. Click Specify Firmware Update to indicate what firmware version you want the player to be updated to. The
Firmware Update window is divided by BrightSign generation. In the section that corresponds to your player
model, select a firmware version or Do not update and then click OK. You can also use the Update type
dropdown menu to determine the behavior of the firmware update:
• Standard: The .bsfw update file deletes itself from the local storage once the firmware update
process is complete and the player reboots.
• Different: The update will only be applied if the version of the .bsfw update file does not match the
current firmware version of the player. The file is not deleted after the update process is completed.
• Newer: The update will not be applied if the current firmware version of the player is newer than the
version of the update file. The file is not deleted after the update process is completed.
• Save: The .bsfw update file is not deleted after the update is applied. The device will only reboot once
the storage device containing the update file is removed.
5. Select Standalone Unit if you would like to publish the presentation to the player using an SD card.
a. (Optional) Click the Specify Password button if you would like to set up, change, or remove password
protection for USB content updates. The password protection feature helps ensure that a player will not be