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    1 BrightSign User Guide October 6, 2006 Palo Alto, California USA www.rokulabs.com[...]

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    2 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... .......... 3 E XAMPLES .................................................................................................................................... 3 F IRMWARE V ERSIONS .......................[...]

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    Introduction The Roku BrightSign HD600 is a complete stan dalone Digital Sign or Kiosk Controller that can play content from st andard Flash memory cards or over an Ethernet network. BrightSign can be used in looping or inte ractive modes while displaying video and images on almost any standard or high defi nition display. It ha s no moving parts, [...]

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    4 Example BrightSign Setup s Probably the simplest way to use BrightSign is to put a video or set of still images on a CompactFlash card, and use a VGA cable to co nnect the BrightSign to a flat panel monitor. Variations on this setup include using the component out to connect to a High Definition display (like a PlasmaTV), or even connecting to a [...]

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    5 Playing Media with BrightSign Media can autoplay from a CompactFlash car d, be played via a sc ript on a CompactFlash card, or can be tested using the serial shell commands. Auto Playing a Video File Upon Power-up To autoplay a video file on powe r-up or reset, do the following: 1. Copy the video file onto the root direct ory of a CompactFlash ca[...]

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    6 6. After a few moments, the slide show should play and auto loop. Auto Executing a Script Upon Power-Up 1. Create the script using a text edito r (see th e script section of this manual for more information) 2. Save it to the root directory of your CompactFlash card with the nam e “autorun.bas” Media Types Supported With the 1.0 version of th[...]

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    7 Device Sof tware and Upgrading The BrightSign HD600 is pre-programmed with two primary software images: a “Safe Mode” and a “Run Mode”. The Safe Mode software image is write protected, and not changed once programmed by the factory. Its main purpose is to validate that the run mode rom image is not corrupt, and boot the unit. In addition,[...]

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    8 3. Configure the terminal for: 9600 baud, 8 da ta bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, NO flow control, “TTY mode”. 4. Insert a CF card into BrightSign with so me test files on it (24 bit BMP graphics, 48KHZ mp3 files, VOB video, etc) 5. Optionally connect speakers or VGA monitor to the BrightSign 6. Power-up the BrightSign 7. After a few moments you[...]

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    9 • Speakers/Amplifiers with stereo line-lev el inputs • Audio playback devices with SPD IF optical digital audio input • PC via Serial Port • IR Remote Control using the “NEC” prot ocol. A compatible remote can be purchased from Roku. Scripts BrightSign can be used w ithout any knowledge of scri pts to accomplish common but simple goal[...]

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    10 Roku Objects Take a look at the section of this manual titled “Auto Playing a Video Upon PowerUp”. It shows a simple five line script to aut oplay a video, looping. You’ll see it uses the CreateObject() function. This creates a Roku Object. These “objects” provide access to all of BrightSign’s features: play ing video, playing images[...]

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    11 270 msg = wait (500, tmr) 280 sw.SetOutputState(butn+17,0) 290 msg=p.GetMessage(): if type(msg)<>"rotINT32" then 290 300 goto 220 Learning More and Support The following resources can help you get the most from your BrightSign: 1. Visit www.rokulabs.com/brightsign 2. Refer to each of the different BrightSign doc uments available [...]