Carousel For BrightSign Feature Overview
Applies to
Carousel 7.0.4+
Supported Carousel Features:
All standard template-based bulletins
Uploaded videos (limited to codecs supported by BrightSign)
Live Video (HDMI only)
Analog and Digital Clocks
Weather Bulletins
Interactive Bulletins (HTML5 limited to Webkit)
Zone Alerts
Full Screen Alerts
Crawl (crawl speed cannot be adjusted)
Player Status Monitoring
h.264 Streaming Video
Player Synchronization
Proxy Server Support
Portrait Mode Display
Automated Player Recovery
Automated Firmware and Script Updates
Monitor Control On/Off via RS-232 & CEC Over HDMI
Interactive Bulletins
Scheduled Player Channel Changes (excludes Video Walls)
Unsupported Carousel Features
ATSC/QAM Live Video
Selectable Bulletin Transitions (Uses default fade transition for all bulletins)
2 Line Date/Time Display on Clock Bulletins
Countdown Clock
Background Audio
Active Repeating Bulletins
Scheduled Player Channel Changes for Video Walls
Full Screen Alerts of Interactive Bulletins
Supported Hardware
Unless otherwise noted support has been present since 7.0.0
BrightSign XD230
BrightSign XD1030
BrightSign XD1230
BrightSign XD232
BrightSign XD1032
BrightSign XD1132
BrightSign XD233
BrightSign XD1033
BrightSign XT243
BrightSign XT1143
BrightSign HD223 (added in 7.0.4)
BrightSign HD1023 (added in 7.0.4)
BrightSign LS423 (added in 7.0.5)
BrightSign HO523 (added in 7.0.5)
BrightSign AIO (Integrated Brightsign Display) (Added in 7.0.5)
Supported Media Formats
Video Codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264, WMV - *no audio with WMV
Video Containers: MPEG-2 transport and program streams, AVCHD/BDAV, ASF, MP4, MOV
Images: BMP, JPEG, PNG
Audio: MP3
Other: HTML5
Supported Display Resolutions
HDMI
640x480x60p1280x800x60p1920x1080x59.94iNTSC-M-JPN720x480x59.94p1280x800x75p1920x1080x60iPAL-I720x480x60p1280x960x60p1920x1080x24pPAL-BG720x576x50p1280x1024x60p1920x1080x25pPAL-N800x600x60p1280x1024x75p1920x1080x29.97pPAL-NC800x600x75p1360x768x60p1920x1080x30pPAL-M 1024x768x60p1400x1050x60p1920x1080x50p 1024x768x75p1400x1050x75p1920x1080x59.94p 1280x720x50p1440x900x60p1920x1080x60p 1280x720x59.94p1440x900x75pNTSC-COMPONENT 1280x720x60p1600x1200x60pPAL-COMPONENT 1280x768x60p1920x1080x50iNTSC-M
VGA
640x480x60p1280x768x60p 1280x1024x75p 1440x900x75p 800x600x75p1280x800x60p1360x768x60p1600x1200x60p800x600x60p1280x800x75p1400x1050x60p 1024x768x60p 1280x960x60p1400x1050x75p 1024x768x75p 1280x1024x60p1440x900x60p
Component
720x480x59.94p1280x1024x75p1920x1080x30pNTSC-M-JPN720x480x60p1920x1080x50i1920x1080x50pPAL-I 720x576x50p1920x1080x59.94i1920x1080x59.94pPAL-BG 1280x720x50p1920x1080x60i1920x1080x60pPAL-N 1280x720x59.94p1920x1080x24p NTSC-COMPONENTPAL-NC 1280x720x60p1920x1080x25p PAL-COMPONENTPAL-M 1280x1024x60p 1920x1080x29.97p NTSC-M
Methods for Automated Configuration
DHCP Option 43 (added in 7.1)
DNS Configuration for a Known URL (added in 7.1)