BrightSign BrightAuthor User Guide v.4.1.1 - Manual (Page 122)

114 Chapter 8 – Publishing Presentations
a. (Optional) Click the Specify Password button if you are publishing a USB content update to a player or set
of players with password protection. Enter the USB Content Update Password. You must enter the same
upgrade password designated for the player or else the player content upgrade will fail. You can choose the
password when you
set the player up for standalone use or when you use the Set New Password feature
(see step 5a above).
Note: If no update password is currently set for the player, entering a phrase in this field will designate it as the
new update password.
9. Select USB update (FW only) if you want to use a USB flash drive to update the firmware on the player (without
publishing a new presentation). You can use this feature to update the firmware on a player without ever needing to
remove the SD card or publish a presentation to the player. Use the
Specify Firmware Update button (described
in step 4c above) to determine the update version.
10. Publish the presentation to your storage device:
a. Insert a storage device into your computer (SD card or USB flash drive).
b. Under
Publish to, click Browse to navigate to and select the drive where your storage device is located.
c. Click Publish. When the Publish complete window opens, click OK.
11. Update your BrightSign player:
a. Turn off the BrightSign player by unplugging the power adapter (or Ethernet cable if the player is being
powered by PoE).
b. Insert the storage device from step 4 into the player.
c. Turn on the BrightSign unit by reconnecting the power.
Note: If an SD card is already in the player and you are updating it via USB, you don’t need to turn off the
player. Insert the USB flash drive into the player, wait until the Update Complete message appears on the
display, and then remove the flash drive.