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Roku HD2000 User's Manual

1. BrightSign Compact Flash Keyboard Examples Here are some examples of what you can do with a BrightSign e Display a looping video with DVD quality on a variety of monitor types Display a looping slide show in high definition Play looping music Combine any of the above Create interactive displays that play video photos or audio in response to customers using touch screens mouse keyboard remote or a custom button board you have created e Create a playlist with Audio Video and Images that calls other playlists Try the Demo Roku has created a BrightSign demo that shows an example interactive digital sign that uses still slides video clips and responds to button touch screen or mouse events It s easy to try if you have a BrightSign Follow these steps l Upgrade your BrightSign software if needed see Software Versions section 2 Download the BrightSignDemo zip file at www rokulabs com brightsign 3 Unzip it and copy the contents into the root directory of a Compact Flash card 4 Connect your BrightSign to an Elo touch screen or connect it to a standard monitor and to a USB Mouse or the Roku Button Board Insert the CF card Turn on the power 7 Touch Click one of the four hot spots or press button 0 through 3 on the Roku Button Board NM See Experience Interact The demo can also be used to try BrightSig
2. Mult run Script Limitations Currently when a script terminates it does not free resources allocated by Roku Objects This means that if you use the script shell command to run a script and the script exits you may not be able to run it again successfully You will need to reboot your BrightSign between script tests 49 Linux Shell HD2000 only The HD2000 has a Linux shell that can be accessed via the serial port To access the Linux shell enter the following at the Roku prompt exit When done using the Linux shell enter the following at the Linux prompt reboot Setting the Date Time on BrightSign HD2000 only BrightSign has a real time clock that can be used for scheduling content playback In order to use BrightSign s scheduling features the date and time on the BrightSign must be set Roku has written a script that provides an interactive means for setting BrightSign s date time The script is named SetDateTime bas and is available at www rokulabs com brightsign in the software download section Instructions for using this script 1 Copy SetDateTime bas onto the root directory of a CompactFlash card and rename it autorun bas 2 Connect a USB keyboard or a GPIO button board to the BrightSign 3 Insert the CF card into the BrightSign apply power and after a few moments a screen will appear with a user interface to set the date time Once BrightSign s date time is set the real time clock will ke
3. Rollover Regions using State Files CSV In the previous section Using Excel to Create Interactive Signs you learned that you can create touchable clickable areas on the screen using elo elor and eloc keywords in the EVENTS row of a CSV file You can then use these regions like buttons to playback content Any touch region can be setup as a rollover region Rollover regions allow you to create more dynamic and interactive displays that accept mouse and touch input A rollover region has an ON and an OFF image This allows your display to not only respond to clicks or touch input but also to the movement of the cursor Whenever the mouse cursor is within that region the ON image is displayed and the rest of the time the 28 OFF image is displayed This allows buttons to highlight as the mouse cursor moves over them Rollover Events Use either of the following keywords in the events row to setup a rollover region e Relor you define a rectangular rollover region using this format o relor x y width height enable_rollover on_bitmap off_bitmap x_origin y_ origin x y represents the starting position where 0 0 is in the upper left width height width and height of the touch area in pixels enable_rollover 1 to enable rollovers 0 to disable rollovers on_bitmap bitmap image name Bitmap displayed when the mouse is within the defined region o off_bitmap bitmap image name Bitmap displayed when the mouse is not within the define
4. The 10 100 port is not currently enabled on the HD600 HD2000 Connectors Ports The HD2000 has a large number of connectors that can be used in a variety of ways 1 DB9 Serial Port The RS232 serial port can be used to control any serial device or to access the shell Serial control is accomplished using BrightScript and the serial object 2 DB25 GPIO Control Port For connecting your own LEDs or Buttons see the GPIO Control Port section of this manual 3 Line Level Audio Outputs and SPDIF When audio is playing back either by itself or as part of a video it can be directed to any one of these audio outputs or to SPDIF This allows you to control multiple sets of speakers from one BrightSign 4 Two USB Host Ports Connect USB Mouse Trackballs USB Keyboards or Elo Touch Screen 5 VGA Drive a VGA monitor at 1024x768 6 Component The three Component outputs can be configured to drive a Component TV in the following way e Y from Green jack Pr from Red jack and Pb from Blue jack 7 Ethernet The 10 100 port is not currently enabled on the HD2000 HDMI Drive an HDMI monitor 9 5V Serial This serial port can be used to control any serial device Serial control is accomplished using BrightScript and the serial object 10 Switches The positions of the 8 switches can be read using BrightScript E 54
5. Writer o Note SD cards are supported on the HD2000 only An SD card can be used on the HD2000 in any situation where this document describes CF card usage e Optional Accessories o USB keyboard o USB mouse You need a USB mouse to use the BrightSign demo if you don t have a GPIO button board or an ELO touch screen o Null Modem cable You can use this cable to access the BrightSign shell and to troubleshoot scripts by connecting the BrightSign to your computer s serial port This is not required to use the BrightSign o SoundBridge Remote Step 2 Get Latest Software amp Autoplay Script To get the most out of your BrightSign keep it updated You can get more information in the Software versions section Please visit www rokulabs com BrightSign and download the latest updates by clicking on the links in the Downloads section NOTE For step by step directions updating your BrightSign software read the Device Software and Upgrading section Step 3 Get the Results You Want Now you re ready to start using the BrightSign Just add your content and follow the step by step directions in the Playing Media with BrightSign section 11 Media Types Supported The following media types are supported MPEG 2 Video Files aka VOB or MPG files These are the same types of files that are found on DVDs They can be authored using any video editing software such as Pinnacle Studio or iM
6. you may have accidentally named the file autoplay mpg mpg Use the BrightSign Shell to test video playback 6 See General Playback Problems for more troubleshooting help i Autoplay bmp does not play automatically Naming your bitmaps autoplay 1 bmp autoplay2 bmp etc is not supported under autorun bas version 1 1 or later Use a playlist to play images in a loop See Playlist section for details General Playback Problems with the BrightSign If you re having general problems playing back content with the BrightSign try the following 1 Download and verify BrightSign Demo plays If you are also having playlist problems test the Playlist Demo 2 Verify content is correct format and matches specifications a Audio mp3 48Khz sample rate or 44 1KHZ sample rate on the HD2000 b Video standard MPEG 2 with 48Khz audio layer audio layer not required on the HD2000 c Image Bitmap 8 bit 24 bit or 32 bit only or PNG file on the HD2000 Reformat your CF card as FAT32 Copy your content including any scripts csv files or playlists to the card again Download and install the latest BrightSign software Reinstall the software if you are already using the latest See Device Software and Upgrading for details 6 Try a different brand and or size card with the BrightSign 7 Re create content with different software if possible aie 37 8 Contact Roku Customer Support if
7. HD2000 only and analog outputs HD600 only For the USB and analog outputs the AC3 audio is decoded to PCM within BrightSign This results in 6 tracks over a single USB connector or three stereo analog connectors For SPDIF the AC3 audio is sent in its compressed state to the SPDIF receiver There is also an option within the script control to automatically mix down the AC3 5 1 audio to stereo PCM 12 Playing Media with BrightSign Media can autoplay from a CompactFlash card upon power up play via a script on a CompactFlash card or be tested using the serial shell commands NOTE On an HD600 video will come out the VGA connector and the resolution will be 1024x768 unless you have changed this in your CSV Playlist or Script or by using the front panel video mode button On an HD2000 video will come out the Component and HDMI connectors and the default video resolution is 720p If your still image file resolution does not exactly match the display resolution videomode then they will be scaled to fit or centered cropped depending on the imagemode you have selected see other sections of this manual Video files will always be scaled to fit The following types of media can autoplay 1 asingle MPEG 2 video file loops 2 aplaylist also loops A play list is a simple text file that contains the file names of still slides video clips or audio files to play More information can be found later in this manual under Play
8. To do this append the following to the state name specified in an event column counter lt registry key name gt 23 In the example above the state cars mpg is in the elo 110 180 350 400 event column To track the number of times that the user activates this transition enter cars mpg counter TouchToDemoMenu in place of cars mpg The value in the registry corresponding to the TouchToDemoMenu key is incremented when the corresponding event is triggered To display the contents of the registry from a CSV file use the reserved state name DisplayRegistry That is add a row to the table with the word DisplayRegistry in the column to the right of the keyword STATE The remainder of the row is like any other row in the table it contains other states to transition to when events occur Elsewhere in the table add the state DisplayRegistry in the column for the event intended to cause the registry to be displayed When the system transitions to this state playback from the prior state is stopped and the contents of the registry are displayed on the monitor attached to the BrightSign To display only a subset of the registry use the following syntax DisplayRegistry lt registry section name gt Controlling GPIO Outputs from a CSV File HD2000 only When using CSV files on the HD2000 it is possible to control the GPIO outputs from a CSV file GPIO s can be set by appending a GPIO command to the state spec
9. autoschedule txt using a text editor See the scheduling section of the manual for more detail Copy autoschedule txt onto the root directory of a CompactFlash card Copy all video still image playlist and CSV files listed in the autoschedule txt file onto the root directory of a CompactFlash card Go to www rokulabs com brightsign and download the autoplay zip file This contains a script named autorun bas Copy autorun bas into the root directory of your CF card Insert the CF card into the BrightSign apply power and after a few moments the appropriate content will play 99 15 Playlists A BrightSign playlist is a text file that ends in bsp BrightSign Playlist It contains the names of the files to play in the order they should play Files are played in sequence one after the next This means that it is not currently possible to have a playlist that plays audio and a video at the same time for example Getting Started To play a playlist you must have your content the playlist and the Roku autoplay script autorun bas on your CF card Playlists can be played automatically on startup see the Autoplaying a Playlist section above or scheduled for playback see the Creating a Schedule for Auto Playing Videos Still Images Playlists or CSV Files section above A simple playlist might contain just these lines un lidel bmp lide2 bmp lide3 bmp un un This will play the file
10. back_notlit bmp is displayed o When the pointer is over this area back_lit bmp is displayed Example 5 slideshow with next and back buttons that light up when the mouse is over them A B I D _1 IMAGEMODE 2 2 _3 EVENTS relor 765 674 96 43 1 next_lit bmp next_notlit bmp 1 1 relor 643 674 95 43 1 back_lit bmp back_notlit bmp 1 1 timeout 10 4 STATE menu bmp slide1 bmp slide1 bmp 5 STATE slide1 bmp slide2 bmp menu bmp slide2 bmp _6 STATE slide2 bmp menu bmp slide1 bmp menu bmp 30 Example 5 1 A B 34 1 IMAGEMODE 2 2 3 EVENTS relor 765 674 96 43 1 next_lit bmp next_notlit bmp 1 1 relor 6 4 STATE menu bmp slide1 bmp 5 STATE slide1 bmp slide2 bmp menu 6 STATE slide2 bmp menu bmp slide1 7 Example 5 2 EE A 4A 1 bmp 1 1 relor 643 674 95 43 1 back_lit bmp back_notlit bmp 1 1 timeout 10 slide1 bmp menu bmp slide2 bmp slide1 bmp menu bmp 31 Scheduling Playback HD2000 only Videos still images playlists and CSV files can be played back at scheduled times using the autoschedule txt file This file contains a series of date time specifications followed by a specification of what to play when the date time event occurs The syntax of the date time specification is as follows Year Month Day Day of Week Hour Minutes For example a date time specification for December 23 2007 at 3 20 PM is defined as 2007 12 23 15 20 In this exam
11. but will look correct when displayed in 720p Using a custom script or modified autorun bas you can force a 16x9 video to be letterboxed Using ViewMode 1 sets the video to be letterboxed and centered while maintaining aspect ratio You can read more about ViewMode in the Object Reference Manual Assuming a roVideoPlayer object called video video SetViewMode 1 video PlayFile Aq mpg Note SetViewMode is not currently implemented on the HD2000 Displaying Images On the other hand BrightSign displays images smarter It knows the image resolution and it assumes that all VGA resolutions are 4x3 and that all component resolutions except 480p are widescreen BrightSign will then scale the image according to the imagemode setting However if you hook up a widescreen VGA monitor to the VGA port you can expect to see distorted images This is because 1024x768 is a 4x3 mode and your widescreen monitor will stretch it To avoid this confusion for widescreen modes it is best to use a component input monitor Supported Input Devices With the 1 x version of the BrightSign the following devices can be connected to a BrightSign If you have specific requests for device support contact brightsignsales rokulabs com We are constantly adding new device support and the ones we pick are customer driven 52 e Elo Touch Screens Many brands of USB Keyboards Comments requires usb hub requires usb h
12. can have these parameters in the column after the keyword VIDEOMODE or IMAGEMODE VIDEOMODE HD600 1 ntsc 2 pal 3 640x480x60p 4 800x600x60p 5 1024x768x60p 6 720x480x60p 7 1280x720x60p Note If you set the VIDEOMODE the front panel button will be locked out If you leave this option off the BrightSign will default to 1024x768 VGA and you can use the front panel button to dynamically change the video mode VIDEOMODE HD2000 1 720x480x60p 2 720x576x50p 3 1024x768x60p 4 1280x720x60p 5 1280x720x50p 6 1920x1080x60i Note The front panel button is not currently read on the HD2000 If a video mode different from the current video mode is set in a script the unit will reboot setting the new video mode to what was specified in the script IMAGEMODE e 0 Center image No scaling takes place only cropping if the image is bigger than the screen e Scale to fit The image is scaled so that it is fully viewable with its aspect ratio maintained NOTE In the 1 0 72 software there is an issue that causes this to fail on large images e 2 Scale to fill and crop The image is scaled so that it totally fills the screen though with its aspect ratio maintained 21 e 3 Scale to fill The image is stretched so that it fills the screen and the whole image is viewable This means that the aspect ratio will not be maintained if it is different to that of the current screen resolution FLIPELO This
13. slidel bmp then slide2 bmp then slide3 bmp then it will loop The files don t have to be bitmaps they can also be video or audio files You can also mix media types in a single playlist and trigger GPIO pins in a playlist As well as filenames there is a set of about 16 commands that can be in a BrightSign playlist For example the slideshow playlist above could be modified like this lideinterval 5 lidel bmp lide2 bmp lide3 bmp S S S S Now the playlist will pause 5 seconds between bmp displays lideinterval 5 lidel bmp lide2 bmp lideinterval 2 lide3 bmp lide4 bmp S S S S S S Now the playlist will pause five seconds between slides 1 and 2 and two seconds between slides 3 and 4 An example demo playlist can be downloaded from our website www rokulabs com BrightSign 16 Playlist Commands Here is the list of commands that can appear in a playlist bmp mp3 mpg vob png HD2000 only Any line that is a file name that ends in one of these extensions is played Names may contain spaces bsp You can call another playlist from within a playlist putting the playlist filename on a line by itself For example mysubplaylist bsp This sub playlist will complete one loop and then return control to the main playlist debug Turns on debug information that appears on the console serial port rem lt comment gt Any line starting with rem is ignored Rem is short
14. such as HyperTerminal on Windows XP Start All Programs Accessories Communications HyperTerminal 3 Configure the terminal for 9600 baud on the HD600 or 38400 baud on the HD2000 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit NO flow control TTY mode 4 Insert a CF card into BrightSign with some test files on it BMP graphics 48KHZ mp3 files MPEG 2 video etc Connect speakers and or a monitor to the BrightSign 6 Power up the BrightSign Or 45 7 After a few moments you should see the BrightSign shell appear It should also show you the software version number Verify it is 1 0 72 or greater List of Shell Commands With the shell running type help lt enter gt for a list of commands Type the command on a line by itself for more information on a particular command Example Shell Commands Playing Files amp Changing Settings All files on the CompactFlash card should be referenced with a in front of the filename For a Directory of the cards contents use dir To show the contents of a sub directory named images use dir images To play a video named myvideo vob on the CF card enter this command videoplay myvideo vob To play a video with a space in its name my video vob videoplay my video vob To change volume 0 100 to 75 when playing back a video or audio use videoplay volume 75 audioplay volume 75 To change the videomode use the videomode command Example videomode 1024x768x6
15. LEDs on the front panel will start to flash Once it completes flashing the upgrade is complete If you are using the update rok method the unit will then reboot as normal b If you wish to verify the new software version startup the BrightSign without a flash card inserted If this update is older than version 1 1 use the BrightSign Shell and the version command See the BrightSign Shell section for more details 6 HD2000 a Wait If a display is connected it will be blank The LEDs on the front panel will be lit as the unit boots up After some time the red upgrade LED will light up b During the upgrade the connector activity LEDs are turned on and off to indicate that the upgrade is in progress c Ifthe upgrade file was named update rok the file will be deleted and the unit will reboot i Note if the card was formatted with NTFS or HFS then the update rok file will not be deleted the Video Mode LEDs will flash and the unit will not reboot d Ifthe upgrade file was named update_save rok the Video Mode LEDs will flash The file will not be deleted and the unit does not reboot 44 The upgrade process is very safe If for some reason it fails for example a power failure in the middle of the update the unit s safe mode will still boot and will still perform upgrades as above Updating from the BrightSign Shell BrightSign works with most CF cards but is not compatible wi
16. card and name it autoplay vob or autoplay mpg 13 2 Goto www rokulabs com brightsign and download the autoplay zip file This contains a script named autorun bas Copy autorun bas into the root directory of your CF card 3 Insert the CF card into the BrightSign apply power and after a few moments the video should play and auto loop Auto Playing a Playlist upon Power up A playlist is a text file that describes a sequence of still images or video clips or audio clips to play and the order they should play See the playlist section of the manual for more detail To autoplay a playlist file on power up or reset do the following 1 Copy the playlist file onto the root directory of a CompactFlash card and name it autoplay bsp Copy any still graphics mp3 audio files or video files referred to by the playlist to the root of the CF card as well 2 Go to www rokulabs com brightsign and download the autoplay zip file This contains a script named autorun bas Copy autorun bas into the root directory of your CF card 3 Insert the CF card into the BrightSign and apply power After a few moments the playlist should play and auto loop Auto Executing a CSV File Upon Power Up BrightSign has a powerful mode whereby it can play a sophisticated sign that is described in a CSV file CSV stands for comma separated values and is a simple text file that contains a table of information Usin
17. there s no mouse click or touch menu bmp will remain onscreen forever e There s one touch click event listed for menu bmp If menu bmp is currently being displayed and there s a mouse click or touch anywhere onscreen picl bmp will be displayed e Pictures 6 all have timeout entries Each image is displayed for 5 seconds before the next image plays The timeout entry for the last image is menu bmp e There s no elo entry for pictures 1 6 So if there s a mouse or touch event while the images are being displayed nothing happens until the timeout is reached 26 Example 2 slideshow that advances only when a click touch occurs EJ Microsoft Excel slides_click csv menu bmp pic1 bmp pic2 bmp pic3 bmp pic4 bmp pic5 bmp elo 0 0 1024 768 pic1 bmp pic2 bmp pic3 bmp pic4 bmp pic5 bmp pic6 bmp pic6 bmp menu bmp 4 gt gt I slides_click lt Ready Example 2 has only 1 event the same elo event as Example 1 e There s an elo event entry for each image that plays next image when there s a click or touch anywhere onscreen e There are no timeout events in this demo Because example 2 only has an elo event and no timeout events you must click or touch the screen to advance the slideshow 27 Example 3 Video and Slide playback using button input EJ Microsoft Excel Example3 csv BS SEH File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help Type a question for help mT E X Hid B i ari
18. you are still having problems Video output includes artifacts quality lower than expected The format of video content should be chosen to best match the properties of the intended display resolution Most of the video output modes are progressive and so for the highest quality video reproduction video files should be MPEG 2 encoded as progressive files This is because to present an interlaced MPEG 2 file on a progressive display the video must be digitally de interlaced which can introduce video artifacts e g diagonal lines look less smooth than if the file was encoded as progressive Additionally choose the highest quality output possible Video output is red On an HD2000 if the video is configured for component HDMI out the video will appear red if a monitor is connected to a VGA monitor The video output defaults to component HDMI out When using a VGA monitor ensure that the video mode is set to 1024x768 For playlists autoplay bsp add the following line videomode 1024x768x60p For CSV files autoplay csv add the following line VIDEOMODE 1024x768x60p No Audio during playback The Autoplay script defaults to the Audio output This is the default output for your Playlist CSV and Autoplay mpg files 1 Verify your audio cable is firmly connected to the Audio 1 output on the HD600 2 Check the volume on your powered speakers AV receiver 3 Verify the AV receiver is set to the correct input 4 If you se
19. 0p To display an image use the imageplay command Example imageplay slidel bmp To specify an image mode use the imageplay command with mode setting Examples imageplay slidel bmp 0 46 imageplay slidel bmp 1 The current version of the BrightSign software does not support hot swap of CompactFlash cards You must put in the CF card before applying power Using SD Cards HD2000 only To list the contents of a CF card enter any of the following dir dir cf dir ata To list the contents of an SD card enter dir sd To explicitly refer to a card from within a script use CF for compact flash cards or SD for SD cards When an autorun bas script is run its current drive is set to the drive containing autorun bas so references to files on the same card do not need the CF or SD prefixes Testing Compact Flash Cards BrightSign works with most CF cards but is not compatible with all CF cards You can test your card by using the dir shell cmd and or using the shell cmd readperf Examples dir readperf bigfile mpg If the dir command fails you ll get the following result Roku gt dir opendir Error can t open dir If the readperf command fails you ll get the following result Roku gt readperf bigfile mpg SET FEATURES transfer mode SUCCEEDED Unable to open file ATA autorun bas 47 Testing Scripts Playlists and CSV An efficien
20. 1280x720x50p HD2000 only e 1920x1080x60i HD2000 only Composite e NTSC HD600 only e PAL HD600 only imagemode default is 0 e imagemode 0 Display the image centered without scaling may result in cropping if the image is larger than the current videomode resolution e imagemode 1 Scaled to fit The whole image is displayed as large as possible with correct aspect ratio e imagemode 2 Scaled to fill Image is scaled to fill screen whilst maintaining aspect ratio e imagemode 3 Scaled to fill without maintaining aspect ratio slideinterval default is 3 Sets the number of seconds between slides Must be an integer For example slideinterval 3 18 lighton lightoff These two commands are used to set or clear one of the GPIO outputs The number can be any integer between 17 and 22 For example lighton 17 sets LED 0 on the button board waitbuttonany This will pause until any of the GPIO buttons is pressed pause This will pause for the specified number of seconds The number must be an integer For example pause 5 displayregistry lt registry section name gt default is null This will cause the contents of the registry to be displayed on the attached monitor The optional registry section name parameter displays the specified subset of the registry See the Registry section for more information stop Stops the playlist playback An example where this might be used is when displ
21. BrightSign Users Guide Matches BrightSign HD2000 Version 1 2 27 AutoPlay Script Version 1 2 ROKU California USA www rokulabs com INTRODUCTION eege 4 BRIGHTSIGN FEATURES 2 aa ENEE 5 EXAMPLE BRIGHTSIGN SETUPS wisest tector a EEN steht 7 EXAMPLES eeben eens ate oe coerce Seah ae oe eae aaa ee ana eher Eee 8 TRY THE DEMO te a EE EE dE e ee 8 SOFTWARE WVERSIONSE e a EE AE EAA dene esos re A EET 9 BRIGHTSIGN DOCUMENTATION 222u2z440u02200000000000nnnnnnnnnunn nn nn nnnnunnununnnn nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ENNEN 10 GETTING STARTEBD 2 2 4 23a a aaa a anne ae dE sedsscadoueay 11 MEDIA TYPES SUPPORTED 3 2 1 2 art a ee een ee 12 PLAYING MEDIA WITH BRIGHTSIGN 2222224000000020000000000unnnnnnnunnununnnn an nnnnnnnnn nn nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnn ENNEN 13 AUTO PLAYING A VIDEO UPON POWER UP nnnenenununnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 13 AUTO PLAYING A PLAYLIST UPON POWER UP nneeenenaanaunnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 14 AUTO EXECUTING A CSV FILE UPON PowEnp Up 14 AUTO EXECUTING A SCRIPT UPON bowEnp Up 14 CREATING A SCHEDULE FOR AUTO PLAYING VIDEOS STILL IMAGES PLAYLISTS OR CSV FILES 15 PLAYLISTS Ha sn nennen Bene Midas maces 16 GETTING STARTED 22 2 E A E E E a Ee 16 PLAYLIST GOMMANDS a anne navidad ee eat ea 17 CREATING INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS 2u2u0s000uu200000000000nannn0nnnnununnnnannnunnnnunnn
22. RMWARE AND UPGRADING nursnannsnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 44 BRIGHTSIGN Ke EE 45 EINUX SHELE HD2000 ONLY a EL Ra ln 50 SETTING THE DATE TIME ON BRIGHTSIGN HD2000 ON 50 WRITING BOOT SCRIPT A LOGO TO ROM en 50 WIDESCREEN VS 4X3 DISCUSSION nen 52 SUPPORTED INPUT DEVICES 22 een reinen ee 52 HD600 CONNECTORS Poprel nen 53 HD2000 CONNECTORS one 54 Introduction The Roku BrightSigns are complete standalone Digital Sign or Kiosk Controllers that can play content from standard Flash memory cards BrightSigns have uniquely high quality video playback This is achieved via professional quality decoders and a scaler that can produce crisp clean 1920x1080 interlaced video from high definition mpeg sources on an HD2000 and 1024x768 video on a VGA monitor from standard definition mpeg sources on an HD600 Still video pictures can be displayed natively in high definition modes The BrightSign can be used in looping or interactive modes while displaying video and images on almost any standard or high definition display It has no moving parts is completely digital is compatible with standard media authoring software and is very reliable It is intended as a key component of a kiosk tradeshow display or retail display and can often be used to replace a PC Reliability durability and flexibility in playing video audio and photos make it ideal for other applications as well BrightSign Features BrightS
23. al 10 B Z U ES Bal 9 WEH rA e a A EA REH o A By ja Yy Reply with Changes End Review IMAGEMODE EVENTS button 1 button 2 button 3 timeout 10 videoend STATE menu bmp attract mpg showcase mpg slidel bmp_attract mpg STATE slide1 bmp slide2 bmp menu bmp STATE slide2 bmp slide1 bmp slide3 bmp menu bmp STATE Slide bmp slide2 bmp menu bmp STATE attract mpg attract mpg menu brnp menu bmp STATE showcase mpg showcase mpg menu bmp menu bmp 10 S 4 gt gt Examples gt Ready Example 3 contains five events three button events and a timeout and videoend event This demo plays two videos and 3 images When this demo starts menu bmp is displayed since it s in the first STATE position e Ifthe menu is being displayed pressing button 1 starts the attract video pressing button 2 starts the showcase video pressing button 3 starts the slideshow If no button is pressed the attract video starts automatically after 10 seconds e If the attract or showcase video is playing pressing button 1 restarts it e If the attract or showcase video is playing pressing button 3 returns to the menu Since there s no entry under button 2 for either video button 2 is ignored e When either the attract or showcase video ends the menu is displayed as indicated under the videoend event e For the slideshow button 2 advances to the next slide and button 1 goes back to the previous slide Button 3 returns to the menu
24. and displaying the contents of the registry see the Using Excel to Create Interactive Signs section earlier in the document The contents of the registry can also be displayed from a playlist see the Playlist Commands section earlier in the document The number of registry keys and values that can be used is dependent on a number of factors including the number of sections the number of keys values per section and the size of the keys and values In typical usage there s room in the registry for about 50 keys GPIO Control Port The BrightSign has a DB25 General Purpose Input Output GPIO Port This port has 12 inputs that can be directly connected to buttons or switches and 6 outputs that can directly drive LEDs To use this port you must create a simple but custom cable that connects a DB25 connector to your buttons or LEDs See the BrightSign Hardware Manual for more information and example circuits Roku has a test button LED board that you can purchase to evaluate the GPIO port and test your scripts that read the buttons or set the LEDs Here is an example script that will flash an LED for half a second each time a button is pressed on the BrightSign button led board print BrightSign Button LED Test Running p CreateObject roMessagePort tmr CreateObject roMessagePort gpio CreateObject roGpioControlPort gpio SetPort p event_loop msg wait 0 p if type msg lt gt roGpioButton
25. as simple as one or two lines and as complicated as thousands of lines Hello world Here is how to create your first very simple script 1 Using a text editor create a file called hello bas with this line print hello world 2 Save hello bas into the root directory of a CF card 3 Insert the CF card into BrightSign 4 Connect the serial port of BrightSign to you PC using a null modem cable and run hyperterminal see the Shell section of this manual for more details 5 Power up BrightSign 6 Wait for it to boot and for the Roku gt shell prompt to appear 7 type script hello bas 8 You should see hello world on your terminal window 33 9 If you want the script to autorun upon boot rename it autorun bas Roku Objects As well as the BrightScript language itself BrightSign relies upon a library of Roku Objects to expose the hardware to the scripting language Each Roku Object provides access to certain capabilities For example there is a roVideoPlayer object and a roTouchScreen object To create an object in a script the CreateObject function is used Refer to the following two manuals when writing scripts e Roku BrightScript Reference this describes the actual scripting language e Roku Object Reference this describes the Roku Objects such as roVideoPlayer Examples A good way to learn BrightScript is to look at or modify existing scripts You can fi
26. aying the contents of the registry 19 Creating Interactive Displays With BrightSign you can create displays that respond to user input For example give the customer options of watching different videos depending on which button is pressed To accomplish this with BrightSign you need to decide what the input device will be and you will need to either a use Microsoft Excel to create a control table and use BrightSign s autoplay CSV files mode or b create a custom control script Using Excel to Create Interactive Signs This mode is implemented using the autoplay script available on Roku s web site See the prior section Auto Executing a CSV File Upon Power Up for more information BrightSign has a powerful mode whereby it can play a sophisticated sign that is described ina CSV file CSV stands for comma separated values and is a simple text file that contains a table of information Using Microsoft Excel you can create a CSV file that describes a sophisticated interactive sign using a text table The table describes which media to play and which media to play when a user presses a button or triggers other events A good example of a CSV file is the one used in the Roku BrightSign demo Run the demo as described in the introduction Then find the file autoplay csv in the zip file Copy it out of the zip file onto your desktop then double click it to load it into Microsoft Excel you m
27. d region o x_origin y_origin rollover origin the starting coordinates for the rollover image Set to 1 1 to keep the default origin same as the touch area O OOO e Reloc you define a circular rollover region using this format o reloc x y radius enable_rollover on_bitmap off_bitmap x_origin y_origin x y center of the touch area radius radius of the touch area in pixels enable_rollover 1 to enable rollovers O to disable rollovers on_bitmap bitmap image name Bitmap displayed when the mouse is within the defined region o off bitmap bitmap image name Bitmap displayed when the mouse is not within the defined region o x_origin y_origin rollover origin the coordinates for the center of the rollover image Set to 1 1 to keep the default origin same as the touch area 00000 Example 4 rectangular rollover region Starting x and y Rollover Enabled Rollover origin relor 765 674 96 43 1 next_ON bmp next_OFF bmp 1 1 Width and Height On and Off image This is an example of what you would enter in the CSV file to define a rollover region In this example 29 e Starting position is 765 674 e The touch region is 96 pixels wide and 43 pixels high e The rollover region is enabled e The on and off images are next_on bmp and next_off bmp e The rollover images are displayed in the same location as the touch region Normally the on and off image have the same dimensions as touch region width height and
28. d speed for digital sign and kiosk applications with standard definition video In general you want a card that can sustain over 3 megabytes per second read rates for standard video with 4 megabytes per second easy to find and recommended For Hi Def video we recommend a card that can sustain over 6 megabytes per second read rates You can test a Cards 42 speed with BrightSign by placing a file on it and using the shell readperf command see the BrightSign User Guide on shell instructions BrightSign Compatibility BrightSign is compatible with most CF cards but may not be 100 compatible with every model Although there are standards for CF card interfaces most chips are slightly different We have tested with a large number of chips and at this point have high compatibility Earlier BrightSigns were less compatible and if you have one of these you may want to upgrade your software See the BrightSign user guide for a discussion of the two ROMs in a BrightSign boot vs run mode and the upgrade and CF card compatibility issues with each ROM When deploying a group of BrightSigns into the field Roku strongly recommends that you test the CF card with the BrightSign software version you will use before deployment and insist your CF card duplicator not change CF brands or model numbers from the model number you have approved 43 Device Software Firmware and Upgrading The BrightSign is pre programmed with two primary softwa
29. e BrightSign using a USB hub Try a different USB Keyboard Test Die Elo Touch Screen coordinates aren t working properly If the Elo coordinates appear to be reversed or flipped when using autoplay csv try the following 1 Download version 1 1 or later of the Autoplay Script 2 Open autoplay csv and add this keyword FLIPELO to the top of the csv file FLIPELO IMAGEMODE 2 EVENTS elo 110 180 355 210 3 Copy the updated autoplay csv and autorun bas to your CF card 4 Insert the CF card into your BrightSign and add power 41 Appendix Selecting Compact Flash Cards Summary When using a BrightSign Product your content and scripts are loaded onto a Compact Flash CF card Although the CF interface is standardized there are a wide range of performance compatibility and reliability issues with different CF card brands and models Roku strongly recommends that you use industrial rated CF cards with BrightSign We have tested industrial rated CF cards from the following brands e Transcend e PQI e Simpletech Avoiding CF Card Corruption due to Read Fatigue Failure to use an Industrial CF card can result in files on the CF card becoming corrupt after a period of time CF cards use NAND flash memory chips These chips are rated at a certain number of block reads before a particular block may have a read error Different types of NAND flash are more susceptible to these read errors than others Fo
30. e txt files to improve readability Additionally REM lines can be added to annotate these files Scripts BrightSign can be used without any knowledge of scripts to accomplish common goals such as playing looping video or playing a slideshow see the prior section in this manual Playing Media It s easy to control your digital signs or kiosks with a USB keyboard or remote using a simple script In addition using CSV files you can create more sophisticated signs But by adding scripts you can create the most interactive digital signs or kiosks For a fee Roku can help you write scripts Contact brightsignsales rokulabs com for more information A script is a simple program that controls behaviors like video playback based on events such as button presses Scripts are also commonly used on PCs and Web Sites For example Microsoft Office macros are often Basic Scripts Adobe Flash apps often rely on ActionScripts for their logic and web pages are often driven by scripts written in PHP Perl or JavaScript If you don t have scripting skills in house IT and Web developers can be contracted to write scripts for you Roku can also be contracted to develop custom scripts and applications contact brightsignsales rokulabs com BrightSign has a built in scripting language called BrightScript similar in many ways to the Basic found in Microsoft Office or Windows XP Windows Script Hosting VBScript Scripts can be
31. en it is preloaded 2 Ifa state has more than one possible next bmp state but one of them is the next row in the state table then it next state row s file is preloaded So if you have a sequence of images that display one after the other put them in sequential rows in the state table to trigger preloading As an example of this see the bs1 bmp bs2 bmp etc states rows in the prior table 25 State File CSV Examples The BrightSign Demo described above shows that you can design powerful interactive signs using easy to understand CSV files The following examples further illustrate how easy CSV files are to use Example 1 Slideshow that advances automatically after the first slide plays E Microsoft Excel slideshow csv SG File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help 8 z 0 zu B Z UI Dr Ar IMAGEMODE EVENTS elo 0 0 1024 768 timeout 5 STATE menu bmp pict bmp STATE picl bmp pic2 bmp STATE pic2 bmp pic3 bmp STATE pic3 bmp pic4 bmp 8 STATE pic4 bmp pic5 bmp 9 STATE pic5 bmp pic6 bmp STATE pic6 bmp menu bmp 4 4 HA slideshow gt Example contains two events an elo event used for ELO touch screens or any Mouse input and a timeout event The clickable touch area is defined as the whole screen One touch or click starts the slideshow When this demo starts menu bmp is displayed since it s in the first STATE position e There s no timeout entry for menu bmp If
32. ep it accurate even across power cycles Writing Boot Script amp Logo to Rom With BrightSign HD600 Software version 1 1 you can now change the startup logo or add a boot script on the HD600 Both are stored in the internal FLASH Both the logo and boot script have a size limit of 200KB Using Your Own Boot Logo Save your logo in the following way BMP 8 bit indexed RLE encoded Copy your logo to a CF card Connect your HD600 to a PC using a null modem cable Run a terminal emulation program such as Hyperterm Insert the CF card and apply power When a prompt is presented in the terminal program type the following Dy Poe Eet E writebootfile logo bmp boot bmp 50 7 Assumes logo bmp is the file name of your logo file on the CF card 8 Reboot the system your logo should appear Using Your Own Boot Script The script must be self contained For example it can t be used to play a playlist or csv file You can use the boot script to play any content on your CF card images audio and videos SV de eeng T 8 Save your boot script as myscript bas Copy your myscript bas to a CF card Connect your HD600 to a PC using a null modem cable Run a terminal emulation program such as Hyperterm Insert the CF card and apply power When a prompt is presented in the terminal program type the following writebootfile myscript bas autorun bas Assumes myscript bas is the file name of your boot script Reboot the system T
33. ere are one or more STATE rows These begin with the keyword STATE The first cell after the STATE keyword is the name of the video or image file to display or audio file to play When the state is entered this file starts playing The remaining cells describe what state to jump to when the corresponding event happens For example in the above example the first state is demo_menu bmp This is the main menu for the demo and is displayed when the demo starts While in this state the demo_menu bmp is showing if the user presses the elo touch screen or clicks the mouse in the right spot to trigger the elo 110 180 350 400 event then the new State cars mpg is jumped to If you look at the STATE rows you will find one that starts with cars mpg there can be only one state with a particular file To understand this better look at the actual demo autoplay csv file in Excel while playing the demo on your BrightSign As you select options on the BrightSign see how the CSV file is telling the BrightSign what to do You can then edit the autoplay csv file in Excel and Save As a CSV file to create your own applications Writing to the Registry and Displaying Registry Contents from a CSV file HD2000 only When using CSV files on the HD2000 it is possible to track the number of times that the system transitions from one state to another using the registry see the Registry section later in the document
34. for remark print lt line to print to console gt Prints a line to the console This is useful for debugging audiomode default is 1 Sets the Audio Mode BrightSign has 5 1 audio decode and is controlled via the audiomode If your audio source is a video file you can use the audiomode commands e audiomode 0 5 1 surround sound decode via USB or all six analog outs e audiomode 1 5 1 is mixed down to stereo e audiomode 2 mute audio audiooutput default is 0 BrightSign has 5 different audio outputs If none are selected the default is analog audio l in stereo Of the 5 outputs there are five audiooutput modes The mode is set with the audiooutput command It can have one of these values 0 Analog audio 1 USB audio 2 SPDIF audio stereo PCM 3 SPDIF audio raw AC3 4 analog audio with SPDIF mirroring raw AC3 17 audiochan default is 2 Since there are three analog outs if analog is selected you must also use the audiochan cmd e audiochan 2 output 1 this is not a typo e audiochan 1 output 2 e audiochan 0 output 3 volume default is 100 Sets the volume to a value between 0 and 100 For example volume 100 videomode lt mode gt default is 1024x768x60p Set the output framebuffer format The options are VGA e 1024x768x60p e 640x480x60p HD600 only e 800x600x60p HD600 only Component e 720x480x60p e 720x576x50p HD2000 only e 1280x720x60p e
35. g Microsoft Excel you can easily create a CSV file that describes a sophisticated interactive sign using a text table The table describes which media to play and which media to play when a user presses a button or triggers other events To autoplay media described by a csv file on power up or reset do the following 1 Create your CSV file using Microsoft Excel as described in this manual s section Using Excel to Create Interactive Signs 2 Copy your media files and your csv file onto the root directory of a CompactFlash card Name the file autoplay csv 3 Go to www rokulabs com brightsign and download the autoplay zip file This contains a script named autorun bas Copy autorun bas into the root directory of your CF card 4 Insert the CF card into the BrightSign and apply power After a few moments the content from the CSV file will play Auto Executing a Script Upon Power Up Creating a BrightScript file allows you the most control over your interactive digital sign application To autorun a script 14 Create the script using a text editor see the script section of this manual for more information Save it to the root directory of your CompactFlash card with the name autorun bas Creating a Schedule for Auto Playing Videos Still Images Playlists or CSV Files To play videos still images playlists or CSV files at scheduled times do the following 1 2 3 Create the scheduling file
36. g fals set to true to turn on debug prints false to turn them off 3 Change to debug true 4 Rename autorun bas file to run bas for example so it doesn t start automatically a If you are testing a playlist the main playlist must be named autoplay bsp b If you are testing a csv file it must be named autoplay csv m Insert your CF card into the BrightSign and add power 6 Atthe Roku prompt type the following script run bas Testing Custom Scripts To make troubleshooting your custom scripts much easier we recommend adding checks and print statements like those found in the autorun bas script Here are a few examples e Add print statements telling you which portion of the script you are currently in e Add print statements showing the type of event that just occurred 48 e Add print statements showing names of files read from the flash card e Add print statements showing the coordinates of a mouse click To begin testing your custom script 1 2 Copy your content and script file to the compact flash card Name your script run Das You can call it anything as long as it s not autorun bas so it doesn t start automatically Add a debug statement to the top of your script like the autorun bas Now we ll see output from the print statements you added to your script debug true Insert your CF card and Add power to the Brightsign At the Roku prompt type the following script run bas
37. ial port 8 position dip switch Power Typical power consumption 5 watts 10 5 watts Features Auto play and looping video support Playlists csv file support Scripting Real time clock Single files larger than 4GB Upgradable software x Customer configurable DIP switches Scheduling playback Persistent data storage via eeprom USB mass storage device support gt gt gt Example BrightSign Setups 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 connect 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 Plasma TV or even connecting to a standard definition display On the HD2000 HDMI out can be used to connect to a display Looping Video or Slide Show on LCD I BrightSign Compact Flash As well as looping video or slide shows you can add audio by connecting powered speakers and you can add interactivity In the example below an off the shelf USB keyboard is connected to the BrightSign You can also connect touch screens buttons and LEDs to the BrightSign for a more custom solution Audio gb Ken
38. ifications in the second column of CSV files The GPIO s are set based on the appended command when the state is entered The general syntax is lt state name gt lt gpio command gt lt gpio_num gt lt gpio_num gt gpio_num That is the state name followed by a colon then the gpio command then a list of semicolon separated gpio s inside of parentheses Gpio 0 corresponds to the first LED on the button board The GPIO commands are e gpiosOn turns on the specified GPIO s unspecified GPIO s are unchanged e gpiosOff turns off the specified GPIO s unspecified GPIO s are unchanged e gpios turns on the specified GPIO s unspecified GPIO s are turned off Examples e Demo_menu bmp gpios 1 3 5 o LED s 1 3 and 5 are turned on the other LED s are turned off when the demo_menu bmp state is entered e aq mpg gpiosOn 2 o LED 2 is turned on other LED s are unaffected when the aq mpg state is entered 24 e pptl0 bmp gpiosOff 0 2 4 o LED s 0 2 and 4 are turned off other LED s are unaffected when the ppt10 bmp state is entered e productl bmp gpios o All LED s are turned off when the product1 bmp state is entered Preloading Images The autoplay script tries to be smart about preloading still images so that when a user triggers their display they pop up immediately Here are the rules that are used to preload an image 1 Ifa state row in the table only has one possible next bmp state th
39. ign HD600 BrightSign HD2000 Display Resolutions NTSC PAL S Video requires adaptor 640x480 VGA out 800x600 VGA out 1024x768 VGA out 480p Component out X A 8 480p HDMI out 576p Component out 720p Component out 576p HDMI out 720p HDMI out 1080i Component out 10801 HDMI out Video Compression Standards MPEG 1 MPEG 2 Picture Formats BMP PNG JPEG Audio Formats AC3 pass through MP3 decode out to analog and SPDIF MP3 decode out to USB 5 1 Dolby digital decode analog output Coming soon 5 1 Dolby digital decode USB output Coming soon USB Device Support Touchscreen Speakers Mouse Keyboard Trackball Barcode scanner USB hub support X gt Front Panel Power LED x IR receiver KA Compact Flash card slot SD MMC flash card slot Video mode select button LEDs connector activity and video mode Back Panel Connectors Power 3 audio out stereo 1 8 mini plugs VGA also supports XVGA Component out 3 RCA jacks Y Pr Pb HDMI out 2 High Speed USB host ports 10 100 Ethernet jack DB25 control port for buttons amp LEDs RS 232 serial port S Optical SPDIF audio out 1 8 5V ser
40. itech V200 Cordless notebook mouse Optical Wireless Logitech LX5 Cordless Optical mouse Optical Wired Micorsoft 69H 00001 Comfort Optical Mouse 1000 HD600 Connectors Ports The HD600 has a large number of connectors that can be used in a variety of ways 53 1 DB9 Serial Port The RS232 serial port can be used to control any serial device or to access the shell Serial control is accomplished using BrightScript and the serial object 2 DB25 GPIO Control Port For connecting your own LEDs or Buttons see the GPIO Control Port section of this manual 3 Line Level Audio Outputs and SPDIF When audio is playing back either by itself or as part of a video it can be directed to any one of these audio outputs or to SPDIF or to USB Speakers This allows you to control multiple sets of speakers from one BrightSign 4 Two USB Host Ports Connect USB Speakers USB Mouse Trackballs USB Keyboards or Elo Touch Screen 5 VGA Drive a VGA monitor in various modes up to 1024x768 6 Component The three Component outputs can be configured to drive a Component TV in 480p or 720p modes or to generate S Video or NTSC or PAL composite e Composite video from Blue jack e S Video Luma from Green jack and Chroma from Red jack see hardware manual for adaptor circuit diagram e 480P video Y from Green jack Pr from Red jack and Pb from Blue jack e 720P video Y from Green jack Pr from Red jack and Pb from Blue jack 7 Ethernet
41. keyword isn t used in the example above The FLIPELO keyword should only be used with a touch screen if the touch screen coordinates appear to be reversed FLIPELO IMAGEMODE 2 EVENTS elo 110 180 355 210 REGISTRYSECTION lt registry section name gt HD2000 only Directs that any writes to the registry in this CSV file will be written to the specified registry section If the registry section name is not specified in the CSV file registry writes will occur in the default registry section named User See the Registry section later in the document DELETEREGSECTION lt registry section name gt HD2000 only Deletes the specified registry section and all registry keys and values within this section DELETEREGISTRYKEY lt registry key gt HD2000 only Deletes the specified registry key from the current registry section The corresponding registry value is also deleted EVENTS The first line of the CSV file is the EVENTS row For every event type you want to respond to you must make an entry in this row You do not need to enter events you don t use The following event types are supported e elo USB Mouse or Elo Touch Screen presses You define a rectangular touch area using this format o elo x y width height based on a 1024 x 768 resolution o Xy represents the starting position where 0 0 is in the upper left o width height represent the width and height of the area in pixels You can have as many elo events as you wi
42. lists 3 a CSV comma separated values file that you create using Microsoft Excel or any csv editor such as OpenOffice or the editor hosted at http csved sjfrancke nl index html BrightSign can use this file format as a description of an interactive sign that responds to buttons touch screen mouse track balls etc These are very powerful and easy to create without any scripting The BrightSign Demo which is available to download from our web site uses this method 4 acustom BrightScript file for arbitrarily complex interactive media sequences e Mpeg Video Files must be must be MPEG 2 Files for the HD600 must contain an audio track if you don t need audio use silence e MP3 Audio Any audio in a video or mp3 file should have a sample rate of 48KHZ or 44 1KHZ on the HD2000 e Bitmap files For still images use 8 bit 24 bit or 32 bit BMP file format 1024x768 or other resolution that matches the video mode you plan to use Additionally PNG files can be used on the HD2000 NOTE 8 bit bitmap files are only supported under HD600 software version 1 1 or later and HD2000 software version 1 0 4 or later Beginning with Autorun bas v1 1 and later Autoplaying a list of images on startup requires the use of a Playlist or CSV file Auto Playing a Video upon Power up To autoplay a video file on power up or reset do the following 1 Copy the video file onto the root directory of a CompactFlash
43. n is installed on your BrightSign using the shell See the section in this manual BrightSign Shell In addition to software that resides inside your BrightSign you will often use Roku s AutoPlay Script This script which you will place on your CF card with your content is described later in the manual It also has a version number and can be downloaded at the same URL as the on device software www rokulabs com BrightSign Roku plans more software updates to add new functions for existing BrightSigns Watch our web site for more information BrightSign Documentation The complete set of BrightSign documentation is available at www rokulabs com BrightSign It includes BrightSign Installation and Regulatory Guide BrightSign User Guide this document BrightSign HD600 Hardware Guide BrightSign HD2000 Hardware Guide BrightSign BrightScript Reference BrightSign Object Reference BrightSign Specifications Example Scripts 10 Getting Started Step 1 Get Hardware You Need To start using the BrightSign you ll need the following hardware e Display Any monitor TV or Elo touch screen with a VGA Component Composite HD600 only or HDMI HD2000 only inputs e CF Card Reader Writer o A Compact Flash card to store the demo or your content Read Selecting Compact Flash Cards o A USB card reader for your PC or Macintosh that supports compact flash cards You can get one for less then 20 e SD Card Reader
44. n on different monitor types and modes Connect your BrightSign via VGA the component connection or HDMI if using the HD2000 Then with the demo running use the front panel video mode button to try the different video modes 480p 720p VGA 1024x768 NTSC or PAL After you put your BrightSign in a specific mode make sure your monitor tv supports the mode and verify your monitor is configured to the correct input type and is connected using the correct cable You should now see the demo in various video modes and see how it auto scales and supports widescreen or 4x3 Note that the front panel video mode button is not currently supported on the HD2000 Software Versions The version of the BrightSign device software that matches this manual can be found on the cover of the Manual This version of the software may not have been installed on your BrightSign at the factory depending on when you purchased it You should download the latest software from the Roku web site www rokulabs com BrightSign and upgrade your unit by following the steps in this manual in the section Device Software and Upgrading To check your current software version connect the video and start up the BrightSign without any flash cards inserted The version number is listed below the Roku logo you ll see on your display If there s no software version below the logo your software is older than version 1 1 You can also check which software versio
45. named update rok 2 Verify the update file is in the root of the CF card not in a sub directory 3 Try reformatting the CF card as FAT32 4 Try using a different CF card 5 Try updating from the BrightSign Shell Please see Device Software and Upgrading for details 6 Contact Roku Customer Support www rokulabs com brightsign if you are still having problems Compact Flash card works for playback but can t update BrightSign Your CF card might not be compatible with the safe mode software on the BrightSign If that s the case you can try manually updating the software from the BrightSign Shell or using a different CF card to do updates Please see Device Software and Upgrading for more details Compact Flash card is not recognized by the BrightSign If the BrightSign doesn t see any content on your CF card that card might not be compatible with the BrightSign l Reformat your CF card as FAT32 2 Try a different brand and or size card with the BrightSign 3 Once you find a working card download and install the latest BrightSign software See Device Software and Upgrading for details 4 Try the problem card again once the BrightSign s software has been updated 5 Contact Roku Customer Support www rokulabs com brightsign if you are still having problems Video Selector switch does not work The video selector switch is not currently implemented on the HD2000 On an HD600 the
46. nd links to example scripts at www rokulabs com brightsign The BrightSign Demo autorun bas is an example of a more sophisticated script You can also test BrightScript commands using the shell Here is an example Welcome to the Roku Shell version 1 1 28 Release Type for help or help lt command gt for help on lt command gt Roku gt script BrightScript Micro Debugger Enter any BrightScript statement debug commands or HELP BrightScript gt print hello hello BrightScript gt hello hello BrightScript gt 5 6 11 BrightScript gt type 5 rotINT32 BrightScript gt if 1 1 then print 1 does equal 1 else print strange 1 does equal 1 BrightScript gt right abcdef 3 def BrightScript gt exit Roku gt 34 Registry HD2000 only The BrightSign has an DCROM with 2K bytes of memory that supports the storage of persistent settings The purpose of the registry is to enable customers to persist usage statistics and other small amounts of information that may change regularly Individual items are stored in the registry through the use of registry keys and values For example there might be a registry key named NumberOfButtonPresses the corresponding registry value would be used to count the number of times a button is pressed Registry data can be organized into different registry sections if desired CSV files support writing to the registry deleting from the registry
47. nnnnunnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 20 USING EXCEL TO CREATE INTERACTIVE DIOGNS 20 STATEFILE ESV EXAMREESE He Se eegen Ee eebe a eae rennt 26 ROLLOVER REGIONS USING STATE FILES CN 28 SCHEDULING PLAYBACK HD2000 ONG 32 USA KEE 33 HELLO WORKED EE 33 Self en EE 34 EXAMPLES eegene eg daher ATEEN Be lb en Kae ee A ae A an Ra a ra Ee 34 REGISTRY HD2000 ONLY aan 35 GPIO CONTROL PORT teuer ue Eg Eed ENEE e ha ana anna 35 LEARNING MORE AND SUPPORT uuu2200000000000nnnanununnununnnnnnnunnununnnn nn nnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ENNEN 36 TROUBLESHOOTING 22222200000000n00000000000nnnananunnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnannnnnnnunnnn an nnnnnnnn nn nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 37 AUTOPLAY amp GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING s ssssssssssessseiriinrseutut intirun uttu tntan naun kn ninnan nenn nn nnan nn enrera 37 PEAVINST Statics eeh 38 STAT FILES COV ac De ea Wh ee EE Eed 39 BRIGHTSIGN AND ACCESSORIES ueenanaaannnnnununnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 39 APPENDIX EE E E EE ENEE E E EE E EEEE EAEE EEEE E EE EES EEA TE 42 SELECTING COMPACT FLASH Apps 42 WHEN DEPLOYING A GROUP OF BRIGHTSIGNS INTO THE FIELD ROKU STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TEST THE CF CARD WITH THE BRIGHTSIGN SOFTWARE VERSION YOU WILL USE BEFORE DEPLOYMENT AND INSIST YOUR CF CARD DUPLICATOR NOT CHANGE CF BRANDS OR MODEL NUMBERS FROM THE MODEL NUMBER YOU HAVE APPROVED DEVICE SOFTWARE FIRMWARE AND UPGRADING43 DEVICE SOFTWARE FI
48. o restore the BrightSign to the original boot files reinstall the BrightSign software using update rok See Device Software and Upgrading for step by step directions Note this functionality is currently available on the HD600 only 51 Widescreen vs 4x3 Discussion BrightSign can be used with widescreen or 4x3 displays However the use of different display aspect ratios with the various BrightScreen options can often be confusing In this section we try to clarify what you can expect Displaying Videos Video and Images are currently treated a little differently When a video is being played back it is displayed by default in what is known in BrightSignese as ViewMode 0 In other words the video whatever its aspect ratio is scaled to fill the current output resolution as set by the videomode command What this means from a practical point of view is that you should author the content for 16x9 if you intend to use a 16x9 display modes any component mode If you intend to use one of the 4x3 display modes any VGA mode for example 1024x7678 then you should author the content for 4x3 If you author your video for widescreen but play it back at 1024x768 or 640x480 it will look squished It will not be automatically letterboxed like a DVD player would do For example the aquarium video that is included in the BrightSign demo can be downloaded on our web site is widescreen It will look squished when displayed in VGA
49. ovie Video sizes up to 10801 1920x1080 interlaced are supported with bit rates up to 25Mbps on the HD2000 and sizes up to D1 720 x 480 are supported with bit rates up to 9 mbps on the HD600 When a video is played it will be scaled in real time to the output resolution which can be much higher definition The files must contain program streams transport streams are not supported Files for the HD600 must have an audio track and the sampling rate for the audio must be 48K An audio track is not required in files for the HD2000 8 24 32 bit BMP files These can be authored using almost any paint software such as Adobe PhotoShop Macromedia Firefly or even Paint which comes with Windows Any digital camera image can be saved in or converted to this format A variety of resolutions are supported up to 1024x768 if outputting via VGA or 1280x720 720p if outputting via Component PNG files HD2000 only MP3 audio files Currently these must be stereo or mono The HD600 supports files sampled at 48KHZ while the HD2000 supports files sampled at either 44 1KHZ or 48KHZ BrightSign has no sample rate conversion Certain USB speakers only support 48KHz sample rate when using a USB speaker with this characteristic all audio will be output at this rate regardless of the sample rate it was recorded at Dolby Digital AC3 5 1 audio in a video file o BrightSign supports 5 1 AC3 audio playback out of USB HD600 only SPDIF HDMI
50. ple the Day of Week specification parameter is a wildcard defined with an asterisk All date time parameters not used must be defined as wildcards using an asterisk Valid syntax for Date Time parameters Year 2000 2038 4 digit integer from 2000 to 2038 Month 01 12 2 digit integer from 01 to 12 Day 01 31 2 digit integer from 01 to 31 Day of Week Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Hour 00 23 2 digit integer from 00 to 23 Minute 00 59 2 digit integer from 00 to 59 In the autoschedule txt file the line following a date time specifications must be a csv file playlist file video file or image file The following is an example autoschedule txt file 2007 12 15 15 20 image png 2007 12 25 16 16 music bsp 2008 1 WED 16 00 video mpg 2008 1 07 00 breakfast bsp 2008 1 14 00 demo csv In this example the image image png will be displayed starting on December 15 2007 at 3 20 PM On December 25 at 4 16 PM the playlist music bsp will start The next 32 specification indicates that video mpg will start playing at 4 00 PM every Wednesday in January 2008 The playlist breakfast bsp will start playing at 7 00 AM during January 2008 Finally demo csv will be launched everyday in January 2008 at 2 00 PM Note that blank lines can be added as above to autoschedul
51. r example multi level flash chips are much more susceptible to this read issue than single level CF card controllers the chip inside the CF card that controls the flash memory and interfaces with the CF connector are responsible for eliminating these read errors as well as write errors through various strategies These include wear leveling when writing automatic error correction on read re writing a block that is becoming susceptible to read errors and moving blocks around in the NAND chip that are repeatedly read over and over If the CF card is designed correctly for repeated use the CF card user will never notice read or write issues However not all CF cards are designed this way in particular certain models of consumer CF cards are not designed for repeated read use In a typical BrightSign application there might be an attract video loop If this video is fairly short then a small number of flash blocks will be repeatedly read Over a month or so the number of times the attract loop is read can be enough to trigger the fatigue read errors if the CF card s controller chip is not designed correctly to handle and eliminate them Industrial rated CF cards are designed with this high repeated use in mind Consumer CF cards may be designed in lower cost or quality ways that assume a digital camera is the typical usage scenario Speed We have not found a modern CF card that did not have sufficient rea
52. re 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 it can upgrade or re program the main run mode rom image The main run mode software image is stored on a flash rom and may be upgraded in the field Roku is always working on improving the BrightSign software so you should check our web site for possible upgrades To upgrade the BrightSign run mode rom follow these steps 1 Download the latest software from www rokulabs com BrightSign 2 Unzip downloaded file and Copy the update to you CompactFlash card using your PC and a standard CompactFlash Card reader writer 3 Name the upgrade file either update rok or update_save rok update rok will auto delete after the upgrade is complete This is useful if you want to distribute the update to the field on the same CF card that contains the display content In this mode after the first boot the unit will no longer upgrade but will continue to autorun any auto run content on the CF card If named update_save rok the file will not be auto deleted This is useful for using the same CF card to upgrade multiple BrightSigns 4 Insert the CF card into the BrightSign and Apply Power 5 HD600 a Wait If a display is connected it will be blank After several seconds one of the
53. root of the CF card Verify you do not have an autoplay bsp or autoplay mpg in the root of the CF card There should only be one autoplay file in the root of the CF card Verify your content is in the root of the CF card not in any subfolders Verify the spelling of file names in the autplay csv file If you pasted the file names into the csv file check for any leading or trailing spaces in the name Verify the case and spelling of any keywords in autoplay csv a EVENTS STATE IMAGEMODE VIDEOMODE FLIPELO must be uppercase b All events like timeout button videoend must be lower case Use the BrightSign Shell to test playlist playback You can see any errors reported by the autoplay script See General Playback Problems for more troubleshooting help BrightSign and Accessories The BrightSign isn t booting up properly Random lights lit When the BrightSign starts up it cycles through the Connector Activity and Video Mode lights The only two lights that should remain lit at the end of the startup process are the Video Mode light normally 1024x768 and the Power light 1 2 Download and reinstall the BrightSign software See Device Software and Upgrading for details If reinstalling the BrightSign software doesn t fix the problem please contact Roku Customer Support at www rokulabs com brightsign 39 BrightSign Software Update Fails 1 Verify that the update file is
54. selector switch will not work if the video mode is set manually using a script playlist or csv file To verify if this is the case startup the BrightSign without a CF card inserted If the video selector switch doesn t work when no CF card is inserted 1 Download and reinstall the BrightSign software See Device Software and Upgrading for details 2 If the selector switch still isn t working contact Roku Customer Support www rokulabs com brightsign 40 USB Mouse is not responding The BrightSign works with many different brands of USB mice Before troubleshooting the mouse please download the BrightSign Demo and test if your mouse works with the demo If the mouse works with the demo then the problem is with your script or the coordinates used in the csv file 1 Unplug the mouse from the BrightSign and reconnect 2 If you are using a wireless mouse reconnect the wireless transmitter and replace the batteries in the mouse 3 Try connecting your mouse to the BrightSign using a USB hub 4 Your mouse might not be compatible with the BrightSign Try a mouse from this list of tested mice USB Keyboard is not responding The BrightSign works with many different brands of USB keyboards To use a keyboard you must write a custom script The buttons supported by the autoplay csv are for input from the GPIO port Disconnect the keyboard from the BrightSign and reconnect Try connecting your keyboard to th
55. sh Events can overlap touch areas but in this case you should only use one at a time see the demo example and how it uses a touch area that covers the entire screen when not in the main menu Note You can also use elor instead of elo They are interchangeable e eloc USB Mouse or Elo Touch Screen presses You define a circular touch area using this format o eloc x y radius o x y represents the center of the circular region o radius radius of the circular region in pixels 22 e button Triggers on a GPIO Control Port button press The format is button number where number is between 0 and 12 e timeout When a video or slide is displaying you can use a timeout event The format is timeout seconds where seconds is the number of seconds after the video image starts that the event will trigger This event can be used to advance a slide show to the next slide or exit a looping video after a certain number of seconds of playback e videoend This event triggers when a video finishes playing It can be used to move on to another state after the video ends The format is videoend There are no parameters e audioend This event triggers when an mp3 file finishes playing It can be used to move on to another state after the audio ends The format is audioend There are no parameters NOTE See the Rollover Regions section for two additional events you can use with CSV files STATE After the EVENTS row th
56. t the volume or audio output in your playlist double check the settings used 5 If you are using a custom script including a modified autorun bas verify the audio output mode you ve set matches the outputs you are using on the back of the BrightSign See roAudioPlayer and roVideoPlayer sections in the BrightSign Object Reference for more details Playlists Download the latest Autoplay script from www rokulabs com brightsign Playlist support requires autorun bas v1 1 or later 38 1 Verify autoplay bsp is spelled correctly 2 Verify that the autorun bas v1 1 or later and autoplay bsp are both in the root of the CF card 3 Verify you do not have an autoplay csv or autoplay mpg in the root of the CF card There should only be one autoplay file in the root of the CF card 4 Check if your PC is set to show file extensions If your PC is not set to show file extensions and you rename the file autoplay bsp you may have accidentally named the file autoplay bsp txt 5 Use the BrightSign Shell to test playlist playback You ll be able to see any errors 6 See General Playback Problems for more troubleshooting help State Files CSV Download the latest Autoplay script from www rokulabs com brightsign Playlist support requires autorun bas v1 1 or later 1 Verify autoplay csv is spelled correctly 2 Verify that the autorun bas v1 1 or later and autoplay csv are both in the
57. t way to test playback is to use the BrightSign Shell By using the shell you can see debug output From the BrightSign Shell you can start your script manually and view output from the script You can start a script from the shell by using the script command Follow the directions above to connect the BrightSign to your computer and access it using Hyperterminal As your script runs you ll see output in your terminal program You ll see a variety of output including mouse clicks or button presses file names audio and video settings as well as any errors associated with incorrect use of functions or commands including the line numbers Testing Playlists When your playlist contains the keyword debug the autorun bas script provides detailed output to the BrightSign Shell during playback To begin testing playlists do the following 1 Copy your content including playlist and autorun bas to your CF card 2 Open your autoplay bsp main playlist file and add the keyword debug 3 Insert your CF card into the BrightSign and add power Testing Autorun and CSV files Running the autorun bas in debug mode will provide detailed output to the BrightSign Shell while the script is running To begin testing the autorun bas script in debug mode do the following 1 Copy your content including csv file and autorun bas to your CF card 2 Open autorun bas and find the debug false line near the top of the script debu
58. th all See the BrightSign Shell section for more details on testing your CF cards and accessing the shell Because the BrightSign safe mode software is normally older than the run mode software more CF cards are compatible with run mode than are compatible with the safe mode The effect of this is that update rok file may not be detected on some CF cards It is impossible to tell by a CF card s name brand or description if it is compatible You must try it To manually update using the BrightSign Shell 1 Insert your CF card with the update rok file 2 Add Power to the Brightsign 3 Type the following at the Roku Prompt in the BrightSign Shell update update rok We are continuing to add support for more CF cards BrightSign Shell BrightSign has a command line shell that can be accessed via the serial port The shell allows you to type in commands to trigger tasks such as running scripts playing video trying different video modes etc It is not required that you use the shell You can simply put your content on a CF card and configure it to auto play on power up see Playing Media with BrightSign You may find it useful to use the shell to test various options or for debugging Follow these steps to access the shell 1 Connect the DB9 connector on the BrightSign to your PC s Serial Port using a null modem cable available at Frys RadioShack etc 2 Runa terminal emulator
59. the same starting position x y The rollover origin x_origin y_origin allows you to specify a different starting position You can use this feature if your on and off images are larger than the touch region you use to activate the on and off images Or you may have a menu with thumbnail images on the left side and you want a larger image to be displayed on the right side of the screen when the cursor is over a thumbnail The following CSV example plays a simple slideshow with 3 images It has two rectangular rollover region events and one timeout event Examples 5 1 and 5 2 are the same as Example 5 but expanded so it s easier to read e If nothing is clicked or touched the slide show will start automatically after the 10 second timeout and then return to the menu e Similar to a standard elo entry you ll notice that clicking in the first touch area advances to the next slide until you reach menu bmp e Clicking in the second touch area takes you back to the previous slide e Inexample 5 1 we see clearly that each of the 3 images has a section that s 96 pixels long by 43 pixels tall that s defined as a rollover region o When the pointer isn t over this area next_notlit bmp is diplayed o When the point is over this area next_lit bmp is displayed e In example 5 2 we see that each of the 3 images has a section that s 95 pixels long by 43 pixels tall that s defined as a rollover region o When the pointer isn t over this area
60. then event Loop butn msg GetInt if butn gt 5 then event_loop gpio SetOutputState butn 17 1 print Button Pressed butn msg wait 500 tmr gpio SetOutputState butn 17 0 clear_events 35 msg p GetMessage if type msg lt gt rotINT32 then clear_events goto event_loop Learning More and Support The following resources can help you get the most from your BrightSign 1 2 3 Visit www rokulabs com brightsign Refer to each of the different BrightSign documents available listed at the start of this manual Visit the BrightSign community Forums to discuss projects with other customers and Roku engineers www rokulabs com forums Contact brightsignsales rokulabs com for help with custom projects 36 Troubleshooting If you are still having problems after trying troubleshooting tips please contact customer support at www rokulabs com brightsign for more assistance Autoplay amp General Troubleshooting Autoplay mpg does not play automatically 1 Verify autoplay mpg is spelled correctly 2 Verify that the autorun bas v1 1 or later and autoplay mpg are both in the root of the CF card 3 Verify you do not have an autoplay csv or autoplay bsp in the root of the CF card There should only be one autoplay file in the root of the CF card 4 Check if your PC is set to show file extensions If your PC is not set to show file extensions and you rename the file autoplay mpg
61. ub requires usb hub requires usb hub requires usb hub e Many brands of USB Speakers HD600 only e Many brands of USB Mouse or Trackballs e Many brands of USB Bar Code Scanners these appear as a keyboard e Quadravox Serial Button Board e Any GPIO button signal or LED your custom board or led display Roku has a test button board available for purchase on our estore e VGA Monitors e Component input TVs e NTSC and PAL monitors HD600 only e HDMI Monitors TVs HD2000 only e High Definition Monitors TVs e Speakers Amplifiers with stereo line level inputs e Audio playback devices with SPDIF optical digital audio input e PC via Serial Port e IR Remote Control using the NEC protocol A compatible remote can be purchased from Roku USB Mice The following mice have been tested with the Brightsign Type Connection Brand Model Name Ball Wired Belkin F8E841 BLK MiniScroller Mouse Optical Wireless Belkin F8E874 MiniWireless Optical Mouse Optical Wired Dynex DX OM20 Optical Wireless Kensington 72216 PilotMouse Optical Wireless Optical Wired Logitech M BE58 First Pilot Wheel Mouse Optical Wired Logitech M UV55A Mini Optical Mouse Optical Wired Logitech M BT96a Optical Mouse 3 buttons Trackball Wired Logitech T BC21 Marble Mouse Optical Wired Logitech M BP86 MX310 Optical Mouse Optical Wired Logitech m bw112a LX3 Optical Mouse Optical Wireless Logitech RBS111 Cordless Mini optical mouse Optical Wireless Log
62. ust have Excel installed on your computer If not you can load it into any text editor but it won t be displayed in the nice tabular format After you edit the file you can save it with Save As and select CSV as the file format to save as Below is a section of the autoplay csv file from the Roku demo Due to space limitations on the page it does not include all the columns The extra columns not seen below to the right are similar to the elo columns and describe what happens when buttons are pressed or when a video finishes or a slide times out VIDEOMODE 1024x768x60p IMAGEMODE 1 EVENTS elo 110 18 el0o 510 180 350 2 elo 110 400 350 2 elo 510 400 elo 0 0 1024 768 0 350 200 00 00 350 200 STATE demo_menu bmp Dalmations art1 bmp cars mpg bs1 bmp STATE Dalmations mpg demo_menu bmp STATE Cars mpg demo_menu bmp STATE art bmp demo menu bmp STATE art2 bmp demo_menu bmp STATE art3 bmp demo_menu bmp STATE art4 bmp demo_menu bmp STATE bs1 bmp bs2 bmp STATE bs2 bmp bs3 bmp STATE bs3 bmp bs4 bmp STATE bs4 bmp bs5 bmp 20 STATE bs5 bmp bs6 bmp STATE bs6 bmp bs7 bmp STATE bs7 bmp bs8 bmp STATE bs8 bmp bs9 bmp STATE bs9 bmp bs10 bmp STATE bs10 bmp demo_menu bmp Keywords The first two lines use the optional videomode and imagemode keywords These items are optional but if used

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