How do I interpret BrightSign player logs?

Last Updated: February 8, 2017

Overview

Player logs are located in the /Logs folder on the player storage. They can also be viewed on the BrightSign Network WebUI in the Current Usage tab. There are four types of log entry:

• L=p – Playback log
• L=e – Event log
• L=s – State log
• L=d – Diagnostic log

Each entry type can be enabled or disabled during the player setup process. Variable logs can also be enabled during the setup process, but these logs are uploaded only to the BrightSign Network, where they are parsed to generate device reports.

Log file begins with following set of headers:

Playback Log - Records start and end times, zone names, media types, and file names.

Letter keys correspond to the following information:

• L: The log type
• Z: The name of the zone in which the playback occurred
• S: A timestamp indicating when playback began
• E: A timestamp indicating when playback ended
• I: The type of content being played (e.g. “image”, “video”, “audio”)
• N: The name of the content file being played

Example:

L=p     Z=Video or Images     S=2013/12/11 00:00:00.656 E=2013/12/11 00:00:29.172   I=video     N=KO_Caps_v1_30p_Subway_28s.mp4

Event Log - Records timestamps, state names, zone names, event types, and event data.

• L: The log type
• S: The name of the state affected by the event
• T: A timestamp indicating when the event occurred
• E: The event type
• D: The event data
• A: A flag indicating whether the event was acted on (“1”) or not acted on (“0”)

List of event types:

• mediaEnd
• timer
• serial
• gpioButton
• auxDisconnect
• auxConnect
• timeClock
• mediaListInactivityTimer
• touch
• gpsEnterRegion
• gpsExitRegion
• usbBinaryEtap
• remote
• usb
• keyboard
• synchronize-play
• udp
• bpDown
• sendZoneMessage
• internalSyncPreload
• internalSyncMasterPreload
• internalSyncMasterPlay
• internalSyncSlavePlay
• internalSyncPlay
• videoTimeCode
• timeout
• serialBytes

Example:

L=e     S=earth_1280x720.mov09bce968-4c77-4775-b314-b2388cd77abb     T=2013/10/31 11:48:55.086     E=mediaEnd     D=     A=1

State Log - Records current and last state names, timestamps, and media types.

• L: The log type
• S: The name of the state
• T: A timestamp indicating when the state was entered
• Y: The state type (e.g. “image”, “live text”, “Dynamic Playlist”)
• LS: The name of the previous state
• LE: The type of event that transitioned to this state
• LD: The event data of the event that transitioned to this state.

List of state types:

• tripleUSB
• stream
• mjpeg
• audioIn
• eventHandler
• tunerScan
• RFIn + channel
• RFIn + virtual channel
• liveVideo
• html5
• interactiveMenu
• liveText
• mediaRSS
• audioMx
• backgroundImage
• image
• video
• audio
• rfInputChannel
• signChannel
• mediaList
• playFile
• rfScan

Example:

L=s     S=earth_1280x720.mov09bce968-4c77-4775-b314-b2388cd77abb     T=2013/10/31 11:53:55.951 Y=video     LS=Panorama.jpgcee716ef-6d47-4f85-9496-2fbe385b1667     LE=mediaEnd     LD=    

Diagnostic Log -  Records system information and events and timestamps.

• L: The log type
• T: A timestamp indicating when the diagnostic log was recorded
• I: A unique identification number for the system event (see below)
• D: Data returned by the diagnostic, which may include current firmware/autorun version numbers or information related to the system event (see below)

Example:

L=d     T=2013/10/31 11:48:53.491    I=1023     D=4.7.106      6.7.37   6.7.0

The following are possible diagnostic codes returned in a log entry:

• 1000 EVENT_STARTUP: The autorun script has started.
• 1001 EVENT_SYNCSPEC_RECIEVED: A new sync spec has been downloaded. This event includes the parameters "yes", indicating that the downloaded and current sync spec are different, and "no", indicating that the downloaded and current sync spec are identical. It may also include the following parameters: "forced reboot" (the sync spec includes a forced reboot command), "forced log upload" (the sync spec includes a log upload command), or "bad sync" (the downloaded sync-spec file is corrupt). 
• 1002 EVENT_DOWNLOAD_START: The autorun script has initiated a series of downloads to retrieve files listed in the sync spec.
• 1003 EVENT_FILE_DOWNLOAD_START: Currently unused.
• 1004 EVENT_FILE_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE: A single file download in the series initiated by the sync spec has been completed.
• 1005 EVENT_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE: The series of downloads initiated by the sync spec has been completed.
• 1006 EVENT_READ_SYNSPEC_FAILURE: The autorun script was unable to read the sync spec file. See the entry for roSyncSpec.ReadFromFile() for more information.
• 1007 EVENT_RETRIEVE_SYNCSPEC_FAILURE: The autorun script has requested the sync spec from the content server and it has returned a status code other than 200 or 404.
• 1008 EVENT_NO_SYNCSPEC_FAILURE: The autorun script has requested the sync spec from the content server and it has returned status code 404.
• 1009 EVENT_SYNCSPEC_DOWNLOAD_IMMEDIATE_FAILURE: The series of downloads initiated by the sync spec has failed immediately. This event includes the failure reason. See the roAssetFetcher.ASyncDownload() entry for more details.
• 1010 EVENT_FILE_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE: There has been an individual file-download failure during the series of downloads initiated by the sync spec.
• 1011 EVENT_SYNCSPEC_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE: The series of downloads initiated by the sync spec has been completed with at least one file-download failure (event 1010).
• 1012 EVENT_ASSETPOOL_PROTECT_FAILURE: The sync spec update process cannot be completed because one or more preexisting assets are protected. See the roAssetPool.ProtectAssets() entry for more details.
• 1013 EVENT_LOGFILE_UPLOAD_FAILURE: The autorun script has attempted to upload a log file to the log-handler server, and it has returned a status code other than 200.
• 1014 EVENT_SYNC_ALREADY_ACTIVE: A scheduled update timer has triggered while the sync spec update process is already in progress.
• 1015 EVENT_CHECK_CONTENT: The autorun script has requested a new sync spec. This event includes the URL for the file request.
• 1016 EVENT_FILE_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS: The autorun script is currently downloading a file. This event triggers every 15 seconds during the download process and returns the completion percentage.
• 1017 EVENT_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD: Currently unused.
• 1018 EVENT_SCRIPT_DOWNLOAD: Currently unused.
• 1021 EVENT_USER_VARIABLE_NOT_FOUND: The autorun script (or a script plugin) has referenced a user variable that is not part of the database.
• 1022 EVENT_MEDIA_COUNTER_VARIABLE_NOT_FOUND: The autorun script (or a script plugin) has referenced a media counter that is not part of the database.
• 1023 EVENT_START_PRESENTATION: A new presentation has started.
• 1024 EVENT_GPS_LOCATION: An event has been received from a GPS device. This event returns the latitude and longitude values reported by the GPS.
• 1025 EVENT_GPS_NOT_LOCKED: The autorun script has been unable to process the data returned from the GPS device.
• 1026 EVENT_RETRIEVE_USER_VARIABLE_FEED: Currently unused.
• 1027 EVENT_RETRIEVE_LIVE_TEXT_FEED: The autorun script has begun retrieving a live data feed XML file.
• 1028 EVENT_USER_VARIABLE_FEED_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE: Currently unused.
• 1029 EVENT_LIVE_TEXT_FEED_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE: The download of a live data feed file has failed.
• 1030 EVENT_UNASSIGNED_LOCAL_PLAYLIST: The autorun has skipped a Local Playlist state because it is empty. This can occur if a player is assigned the Use default playlist option and the default playlist of the Local Playlist is set to None.
• 1031 EVENT_UNASSIGNED_LOCAL_PLAYLIST_NO_NAVIGATION: The autorun has attempted to skip an empty Local Playlist state (event 1030), but there is no Media End event attached to it.
• 1032 EVENT_REALIZE_FAILURE: The autorun has completed a sync spec update process that includes a firmware update or script file, but fails to copy that file to the root folder of the storage device.
• 1033 EVENT_LIVE_TEXT_PLUGIN_FAILURE: A data-feed plugin script has failed.
• 1034 EVENT_INVALID_DATE_TIME_SPEC: A Time/Clock event has failed because the date information is not valid.
• 1035 EVENT_HTML5_LOAD_ERROR: An HTML page has failed to load.
• 1036 EVENT_USB_UPDATE_SECURITY_ERROR: The USB update process has failed because the USB Content Update Password on the storage device was invalid.
• 1037 EVENT_TUNE_FAILURE:(XD1230 only) The autorun script has failed to tune to a specified channel on the RF tuner.
• 1038 EVENT_SCAN_START:(XD1230 only) The RF channel-scan process has begun.
• 1039 EVENT_CHANNEL_FOUND:(XD1230 only) An RF channel has been detected during the channel-scan process.
• 1040 EVENT_SCAN_COMPLETE:(XD1230 only) The RF channel-scan process has completed.
• 1041 EVENT_SCRIPT_PLUGIN_FAILURE: A plugin script has failed.
• 1042 EVENT_DISK_ERROR: System software has reported an error with the storage device.
• 1043 EVENT_LIVE_MRSS_PLUGIN_FAILURE: An MRSS feed plugin script has failed.
• 1044 EVENT_EMPTY_MEDIA_PLAYLIST: The autorun script has skipped an Image List, Video List, or Audio List state because it is empty.
• 1100 EVENT_BLC400_STATUS: The status of a connected BLC400 device has changed. This event can include the following status messages: "over", "under", "missing", or "normal".
• 1200 EVENT_CONTINUE_LIVE_DATA_FEED_CONTENT_DOWNLOAD: The refresh timer for a live data feed has triggered while the autorun is downloading the feed. The autorun has continued downloading the feed because it has not changed.
• 1201 EVENT_RESTART_LIVE_DATA_FEED_CONTENT_DOWNLOAD: The refresh timer for a live data feed has triggered while the autorun is downloading the feed. The autorun has cancelled the current download and started a new one because the feed has changed.
• 1202 EVENT_START_LIVE_DATA_FEED_CONTENT_DOWNLOAD: The autorun has begun downloading a live data feed.
• 1203 EVENT_ASSETPOOL_UNPROTECT_FAILURE: Currently unused.
• 1204 EVENT_PLAYBACK_FAILURE: A media file has failed to play.
• 1205 EVENT_START_MRSS_FEED_CONTENT_DOWNLOAD: The autorun has begun downloading an MRSS (live media) feed.
• 1206 EVENT_UNABLE_TO_CREATE_ASSET_POOL: The autorun has encountered a failure while attempting to create an asset pool. This event will return either "pool" or "feedpool", indicating whether failure occurred when creating a pool for a presentation or a pool for an RSS/MRSS feed.
• 1207 EVENT_DELETE_USER_VARIABLES_DB: The autorun has attempted to read from the user-variables database and has determined that it is corrupt. The autorun will then delete the user-variables database and repopulate it with default values.
• 1208 EVENT_SCREENSHOT_ERROR: The autorun has attempted and failed to take a screen shot.
• 1209 EVENT_SCREENSHOT_UPLOAD_ERROR: The autorun has attempted and failed to upload a Remote Snapshot image to BSN servers.
• 1210 EVENT_SCREENSHOT_UPLOADED_AND_QUEUED. The autorun has successfully uploaded a Remote Snapshot image, and the file is now in the queue process to be stored in the BSN database.
• 1211 EVENT_SCREENSHOT_QUEUE_ERROR: The BSN servers have indicated that the queue operation has failed. The autorun will attempt to upload the Remote Snapshot image to the BSN servers again.
• 1212 EVENT_SET_BSN_OVERRIDE: A BSN administrator has specified a Remote Snapshot configuration override for the player.
• 1213 EVENT_CANCEL_BSN_OVERRIDE. A BSN administrator has cancelled the Remote Snapshot configuration override for the player.
• 1214 EVENT_BSN_OVERRIDE_EXPIRED: The Remote Snapshot configuration override settings have reached their specified expiry date.
• 1215 EVENT_SET_SNAPSHOT_CONFIGURATION: The Remote Snapshot configuration has been set using the Application Web Server.
• 1216 EVENT_STREAM_END: An audio or video IP stream has generated an End of Stream event (see the roRtspStream entry for more details).
• 1217 EVENT_SET_VIDEO_MODE: The video output has been set to the reported video mode. If the "preferred video mode" feature is supported by the firmware, and if the Force Resolution box is unchecked in BrightAuthor, this event will also return the preferred video mode.
• 1218 EVENT_SNAPSHOT_PUT_TO_SERVER_ERROR: The autorun has encountered an error while uploading a screen shot. This event returns the failure reason as well. See the roUrlTransfer.ASyncPutFromFile() entry for more details.
• 1219 EVENT_CHECK_LIVE_TEXT_FEED_HEAD: The autorun has checked the contents of a feed to determine if there is new text/media to retrieve.
• 1300 EVENT_BEACON_START: A BLE beacon has begun transmitting.
• 1301 EVENT_BEACON_START_FAILED: A BLE beacon has failed to initialize.
• 1302 EVENT_BEACON_START_LIMIT_EXCEEDED: A BLE beacon did not responded to an initialization request within a certain timeframe.