BrightSign Getting Started
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:17 am
We have 4 BrightSign video control units available to UF Art + Technology students: (2) HD1010 and (2) HD210.
These units require you to use the BrightAuthor editing program (or custom scripting without the authoring tool if you're so inclined) to configure the units, or you can script them on your Mac using a text editor. The BrightSign software is Windows only and can be freely downloaded from:
http://www.brightsign.biz/products/brightauthor.php
To facilitate work with this tool, we have installed Windows and BrightAuthor on one of the Macs in FAC306.
At this time we don't have an SDHC card reader, so you will need to copy your project to a portable drive and either get a card reader/writer or transfer your files to a computer with one of these built-in (recent Mac laptops can mount/read/write SDHC cards).
You will also need to purchase your own SDHC, compact flash card. These can be found at BestBuy or RadioShack.
BrightSign recommends a minimum Class 4 SDHC flash card for HD video playback:
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=11996
Other than that, here is everything you need to know about working with the BrightSign video controllers:
Tutorials:
http://www.brightsign.biz/tutorials.php
QuickStart Kit:
http://brightsign.zendesk.com/entries/3 ... -start-kit
Video Quality Specifications:
http://www.brightsign.biz/documents/HDC ... chnote.pdf
Forums:
http://forums.roku.com/
These units require you to use the BrightAuthor editing program (or custom scripting without the authoring tool if you're so inclined) to configure the units, or you can script them on your Mac using a text editor. The BrightSign software is Windows only and can be freely downloaded from:
http://www.brightsign.biz/products/brightauthor.php
To facilitate work with this tool, we have installed Windows and BrightAuthor on one of the Macs in FAC306.
At this time we don't have an SDHC card reader, so you will need to copy your project to a portable drive and either get a card reader/writer or transfer your files to a computer with one of these built-in (recent Mac laptops can mount/read/write SDHC cards).
You will also need to purchase your own SDHC, compact flash card. These can be found at BestBuy or RadioShack.
BrightSign recommends a minimum Class 4 SDHC flash card for HD video playback:
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=11996
Other than that, here is everything you need to know about working with the BrightSign video controllers:
Tutorials:
http://www.brightsign.biz/tutorials.php
QuickStart Kit:
http://brightsign.zendesk.com/entries/3 ... -start-kit
Video Quality Specifications:
http://www.brightsign.biz/documents/HDC ... chnote.pdf
Forums:
http://forums.roku.com/