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Carousel For BrightSign Feature Overview

January 4, 2021

Applies to

  • Carousel 7.0.4+

  • 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)

  • 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)