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Simple File Networking (update from any web server)

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Using BrightAuthor, you can setup the HD210 or HD1010 to download updates from a folder on any web server. This can be a web server on your local network or a remote one on the internet. While you don't have access to the status and management features that are available with a Brightsign Network Account, you can use any web server for updates. The process for updating, explained in more detail below, is very simple: 1

  • First, Create a Setup Disk using BrightAuhtor under Tools - > Setup A Unit.
  • Then, Startup the Brightsign with the Setup Disk
  • Finally, Publish a presentation, using Simple Networking, and place those files into the web folder

 Simple File Networking video

Check out this Simple Networking video for step by step directions.

Tips

Here are some common things to look out for when using simple networking.

  • Mime Types - the autorun.brs file and the firmware update.rok files may need mime types added to your web server. For the autorun.brs, add the .brs extension as text/plain. THe update.rok should be binary.
  • FTP Transfer Binary - if your ftp client is set to a transfer type of ascii or both, you should change it to binary.


Setup A Unit 

  1. In order for the Brightsign to call into your web server for updates, you must use the setup files. If you publish a simple networking project directly to the flash card, the unit will not call into the web server. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3480052/Screenshots/Simple_Setup.JPG
    1. Go to Tools -> Setup A Unit
    2. Select Simple File Networking
    3. Enter the webfolder URL In this example, I'm using a dropbox.com account to do web updates.
    4. Choose your connection frequency
    5. Click "Create Setup Files" and save the setup files to a flash card.

Startup Brightsign with Setup Card


When the Brightsign starts up with a setup card, it will call into the URL provided in the setup file and look for a current-sync.xml file. A current-sync file is created with the setup files, and also each time you publish using simple networking.

Insert Setup Flash Card into Brightsign

    1. Plug the unit into the network (ethernet directly or wifi game adapter or wifi bridge)
    2. Plug the unit into power

Publish Presentation

If your web server is on the local network, you may be publishing to a folder/drive that's mapped on your desktop. Or, if you're using a service like dropbox, you can publish directly to a public dropbox folder. Otherwise, you'll be publishing to a local directory on your computer, and using an ftp program to transfer the files to your web server. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3480052/Screenshots/Simple_Publish.JPG

  1. Click Publish in BrightAuthor and select Simple Networking
  2. Enter the Web URL you'll be updating from
  3. Enter the local folder you'll be publishing to before transferring the content to the web server
  4. Publish presentation to a local folder
  5. Transfer the published files to your web server directory
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    Brandon Official comment

    Please note that Google is discontinuing web hosting on Google Drive at the end of August 2016.

    If you are currently using Google Drive's web hosting (your Simple File Networking URL is googledrive.com/host/something/ ), be sure to migrate to a different web hosting platform prior to the shutdown or your Simple File Networking players will no longer receive content updates that you publish to Google Drive.

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    PeterCassidy


    I'm in the process of implementing Simple Networking for the HD210. What happens if the HD210 polls for the server while a file is being updated on the website? I can see this easily happening with video files which may take say 10 minutes to upload to the website and the HD210 is polling every minute for new updates. Is the HD210 sync process smart enough to suspend updating anytime the website directory is being written to?

    Peter Cassidy
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    RokuLyndon


    If the files are being updated, then the hash test will fail when the brightsign downloads the file. The brightsign doesn't know the folder is being updated. As soon as the current-sync.xml file is written, and the unit downloads it, it will start trying to grab the changed files in the current-sync.
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    StefanK


    Update doesn´t work anymore?
    Yesterday everything work ´s fine! Today the HD210 dont update anymore. I made my Layout with BA 2.0.

    The HD210 (Firmware 3.2.67)is downloading the Files. On the Webserver I have 4.156.387 Bytes and on the SD-Card 4.165.751 Bytes. SD-Card was formated and prepared with the BA 2.0 --> Tools --> Setup Bright Sign Unit

    Files on the SD-Card:
    current-sync.xml
    autorun.brs
    Folders:
    Brightsign-dumps --> empty folder
    pool --> full with Files named like sha1-9a9a8bf40351ec4cb335fdbb3dded6edb08e277e  All 13 files with 4.136.388 Bytes

    But the HD210 stays black! He dont reboot or do anything.

    Any ideas?  <!-- s:?: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_question.gif" alt=":?:" title="Question" /><!-- s:?: -->
    Stefan


    current-sync.xml File:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <sync version="1.0" name="Simple Networking">
     <meta>
       <client>
         <base>http://192.168.2.7/pos/tdot/</base>
         <next>/current-sync.xml</next>
         <event>EVENT</event>
         <error>ERROR</error>
         <deviceerror>DEVICEERROR</deviceerror>
         <devicedownload>DEVICEDOWNLOAD</devicedownload>
         <trafficdownload>TRAFFICDOWNLOAD</trafficdownload>
         <uploadusage>UPLOADUSAGE</uploadusage>
         <nowplaying>NOWPLAYING</nowplaying>
         <getfile>GETFILE</getfile>
         <timezone>GMT+1</timezone>
         <unitName />
         <unitNamingMethod>appendUnitIDToUnitName</unitNamingMethod>
         <unitDescription />
         <timeBetweenNetConnects>60</timeBetweenNetConnects>
         <contentDownloadsRestricted>no</contentDownloadsRestricted>
         <useDHCP>yes</useDHCP>
         <timeServer>time.brightsignnetwork.com</timeServer>
       </client>
       <server>
         <account>ACCOUNT</account>
         <user />
         <password />
         <group>Simple Networking</group>
       </server>
     </meta>
     <files />
    </sync>

    autorun.brs:

    REM
    REM autorun-setup - setup file for simple networking
    REM January 20, 2010
    REM Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Roku, Inc.
    REM

    Sub Main()

       debugOn = true
       loggingOn = false
       
       RunSetup(debugOn, loggingOn)

       Stop
       
    End Sub


    Sub RunSetup(debugOn As Boolean, loggingOn As Boolean)

       Setup = newSetup(debugOn, loggingOn)

       setupVersion$ = "3.1.0.4"
       print "setup script version ";setupVersion$;" started"

       modelObject = CreateObject("roDeviceInfo")
       deviceUniqueID$ = modelObject.GetDeviceUniqueId()
       deviceFWVersion$ = modelObject.GetVersion()

       ' create pool directory
       ok = CreateDirectory("pool")

       Setup.SetSystemInfo(setupVersion$, deviceFWVersion$, deviceUniqueID$)

       Setup.networkingActive = Setup.networking.InitializeNetworkDownloads()

       Setup.EventLoop()
       
       return

    End Sub


    Function newSetup(debugOn As Boolean, loggingOn As Boolean) As Object

       Setup = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")

       Setup.debugOn = debugOn
       
       Setup.systemTime = CreateObject("roSystemTime")
       Setup.diagnostics = newDiagnostics(debugOn, loggingOn)

       Setup.msgPort = CreateObject("roMessagePort")

       Setup.newNetworking = newNetworking
       Setup.networking = Setup.newNetworking(Setup)
           
       Setup.SetSystemInfo = SetupSetSystemInfo
       Setup.EventLoop = EventLoop

       return Setup

    End Function


    Sub SetupSetSystemInfo(setupVersion$ As String, firmwareVersion$ As String, deviceUniqueID$ As String)

       m.diagnostics.SetSystemInfo(setupVersion$, firmwareVersion$, deviceUniqueID$)
       m.networking.SetSystemInfo(setupVersion$, firmwareVersion$, deviceUniqueID$)

       return

    End Sub


    Sub EventLoop()

       while true
       
       msg = wait(0, m.msgPort)
       
       if (type(msg) = "roUrlEvent") then
       
               m.networking.URLEvent(msg)
       
       elseif (type(msg) = "roSyncPoolEvent") then
       
               m.networking.PoolEvent(msg)
       
       elseif (type(msg) = "roTimerEvent") then
       
       m.networking.StartSync()

       endif

       endwhile

       return

    End Sub


    REM *******************************************************
    REM *******************************************************
    REM ***************                    ********************
    REM *************** DIAGNOSTICS OBJECT ********************
    REM ***************                    ********************
    REM *******************************************************
    REM *******************************************************

    REM
    REM construct a new diagnostics BrightScript object
    REM
    Function newDiagnostics(debugOn As Boolean, loggingOn As Boolean) As Object

       diagnostics = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")
       
       diagnostics.debug = debugOn
       diagnostics.logging = loggingOn
       diagnostics.setupVersion$ = "unknown"
       diagnostics.firmwareVersion$ = "unknown"
       diagnostics.systemTime = CreateObject("roSystemTime")
       
       diagnostics.PrintDebug = PrintDebug
       diagnostics.PrintTimestamp = PrintTimestamp
       diagnostics.OpenLogFile = OpenLogFile
       diagnostics.CloseLogFile = CloseLogFile
       diagnostics.FlushLogFile = FlushLogFile
       diagnostics.WriteToLog = WriteToLog
       diagnostics.SetSystemInfo = DiagnosticsSetSystemInfo
       diagnostics.RotateLogFiles = RotateLogFiles
       diagnostics.TurnDebugOn = TurnDebugOn
       
       diagnostics.OpenLogFile()

       return diagnostics

    End Function


    Sub TurnDebugOn()

       m.debug = true
       
       return
       
    End Sub


    Sub DiagnosticsSetSystemInfo(setupVersion$ As String, firmwareVersion$ As String, deviceUniqueID$ As String)

       m.setupVersion$ = setupVersion$
       m.firmwareVersion$ = firmwareVersion$
       m.deviceUniqueID$ = deviceUniqueID$

       return

    End Sub


    Sub OpenLogFile()

       m.logFile = 0

       if not m.logging then return

       m.logFileLength = 0

       m.logFile = CreateObject("roReadFile", "log.txt")
       if type(m.logFile) = "roReadFile" then
           m.logFile.SeekToEnd()
           m.logFileLength = m.logFile.CurrentPosition()
           m.logFile = 0
       endif

       m.logFile = CreateObject("roAppendFile", "log.txt")
       if type(m.logFile)<>"roAppendFile" then
           print "unable to open log.txt"
           stop
       endif

       return

    End Sub


    Sub CloseLogFile()

       if not m.logging then return

       m.logFile.Flush()
       m.logFile = 0

       return

    End Sub


    Sub FlushLogFile()

       if not m.logging then return

       if m.logFileLength > 1000000 then
           print  "### - Rotate Log Files - ###"
           m.logFile.SendLine("### - Rotate Log Files - ###")
       endif

       m.logFile.Flush()

       if m.logFileLength > 1000000 then
           m.RotateLogFiles()
       endif

       return

    End Sub


    Sub WriteToLog(eventType$ As String, eventData$ As String, eventResponseCode$ As String, accountName$ As String)

       if not m.logging then return

       if m.debug then print "### write_event"

       ' write out the following info
       '   Timestamp, Device ID, Account Name, Event Type, Event Data, Response Code, Software Version, Firmware Version
       eventDateTime = m.systemTime.GetLocalDateTime()
       eventDataStr$ = eventDateTime + " " + accountName$ + " " + eventType$ + " " + eventData$ + " " + eventResponseCode$ + " recovery_runsetup.brs " + m.setupVersion$ + " " + m.firmwareVersion$
       if m.debug then print "eventDataStr$ = ";eventDataStr$
       m.logFile.SendLine(eventDataStr$)

       m.logFileLength = m.logFileLength + len(eventDataStr$) + 14

       m.FlushLogFile()

       return

    End Sub


    Sub RotateLogFiles()

       log3 = CreateObject("roReadFile", "log_3.txt")
       if type(log3)="roReadFile" then
           log3 = 0
    DeleteFile("log_3.txt")
       endif

       log2 = CreateObject("roReadFile", "log_2.txt")
       if type(log2)="roReadFile" then
           log2 = 0
           MoveFile("log_2.txt", "log_3.txt")
       endif

       m.logFile = 0
       MoveFile("log.txt", "log_2.txt")

       m.OpenLogFile()

       return

    End Sub


    Sub PrintDebug(debugStr$ As String)

       if type(m) <> "roAssociativeArray" then stop
       
       if m.debug then

           print debugStr$

           if not m.logging then return

           m.logFile.SendLine(debugStr$)
           m.logFileLength = m.logFileLength + len(debugStr$) + 1
           m.FlushLogFile()

       endif

       return

    End Sub


    Sub PrintTimestamp()

       eventDateTime = m.systemTime.GetLocalDateTime()
       if m.debug then print eventDateTime.GetString()
       if not m.logging then return
       m.logFile.SendLine(eventDateTime)
       m.FlushLogFile()

       return

    End Sub



    REM *******************************************************
    REM *******************************************************
    REM ***************                    ********************
    REM *************** NETWORKING OBJECT  ********************
    REM ***************                    ********************
    REM *******************************************************
    REM *******************************************************

    REM
    REM construct a new networking BrightScript object
    REM
    Function newNetworking(BSP As Object) As Object

       networking = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")

       networking.systemTime = m.systemTime
       networking.diagnostics = m.diagnostics
       networking.msgPort = m.msgPort

       networking.InitializeNetworkDownloads = InitializeNetworkDownloads
       networking.StartSync = StartSync
       networking.URLEvent = URLEvent
       networking.PoolEvent = PoolEvent
       networking.GetPoolFilePath = GetPoolFilePath
       
       networking.ClearLegacyRegistryEntries = ClearLegacyRegistryEntries
       
       networking.SendError = SendError
       networking.SendErrorCommon = SendErrorCommon
       networking.SendErrorThenReboot = SendErrorThenReboot
       networking.SendEvent = SendEvent
       networking.SendEventCommon = SendEventCommon
       networking.SendEventThenReboot = SendEventThenReboot
       networking.SetSystemInfo = NetworkingSetSystemInfo
       
       networking.POOL_EVENT_FILE_DOWNLOADED = 1
       networking.POOL_EVENT_FILE_FAILED = -1
       networking.POOL_EVENT_ALL_DOWNLOADED = 2
       networking.POOL_EVENT_ALL_FAILED = -2

       networking.SYNC_ERROR_CANCELLED = -10001
       networking.SYNC_ERROR_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH = -10002
       networking.SYNC_ERROR_EXCEPTION = -10003
       networking.SYNC_ERROR_DISK_ERROR = -10004
       networking.SYNC_ERROR_POOL_UNSATISFIED = -10005

       networking.URL_EVENT_COMPLETE = 1

    du = CreateObject("roStorageInfo", "./")
       networking.cardSizeInMB = du.GetSizeInMegabytes()
       du = 0

       return networking

    End Function


    Sub ClearLegacyRegistryEntries()

       registrySection = CreateObject("roRegistrySection", "networking")
       if type(registrySection)<>"roRegistrySection" then print "Error: Unable to create roRegistrySection":stop

       registrySection.Delete("next")
       registrySection.Delete("event")
       registrySection.Delete("error")
       registrySection.Delete("deviceerror")
       registrySection.Delete("devicedownload")
       registrySection.Delete("recurl")
       registrySection.Delete("timezone")
       registrySection.Delete("unitName")
       registrySection.Delete("unitNamingMethod")
       registrySection.Delete("unitDescription")
       registrySection.Delete("timeBetweenNetConnects")
       registrySection.Delete("contentDownloadsRestricted")
       registrySection.Delete("contentDownloadRangeStart")
       registrySection.Delete("contentDownloadRangeLength")
       registrySection.Delete("useDHCP")
       registrySection.Delete("staticIPAddress")
       registrySection.Delete("subnetMask")
       registrySection.Delete("gateway")
       registrySection.Delete("broadcast")
       registrySection.Delete("dns1")
       registrySection.Delete("dns2")
       registrySection.Delete("dns3")
       registrySection.Delete("timeServer")
       registrySection.Delete("account")
       registrySection.Delete("user")
       registrySection.Delete("password")
       registrySection.Delete("group")
       
    End Sub


    Function InitializeNetworkDownloads() As Boolean

    ' Load up the current sync specification so we have it ready
    m.currentSync = CreateObject("roSyncSpec")
    if not m.currentSync.ReadFromFile("current-sync.xml") then
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### No current sync state available")
    stop
    endif

       baseURL$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "base")
    m.nextURL$ = baseURL$ + m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "next")
       m.user$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("server", "user")
       m.password$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("server", "password")
       if m.user$<>"" and m.password$<>"" then
           m.setUserAndPassword = true
       else
           m.setUserAndPassword = false
       endif

       m.ClearLegacyRegistryEntries()
       
    ' net connect parameters. read from sync spec, write to registry
       timeBetweenNetConnects$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "timeBetweenNetConnects")
       contentDownloadsRestricted = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "contentDownloadsRestricted")
       contentDownloadRangeStart = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "contentDownloadRangeStart")
       contentDownloadRangeLength = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "contentDownloadRangeLength")

       if timeBetweenNetConnects$ = "" then stop

       registrySection = CreateObject("roRegistrySection", "networking")
       if type(registrySection)<>"roRegistrySection" then print "Error: Unable to create roRegistrySection":stop
       registrySection.Write("tbnc", timeBetweenNetConnects$)
       registrySection.Write("cdr", contentDownloadsRestricted)
       registrySection.Write("cdrs", contentDownloadRangeStart)
       registrySection.Write("cdrl", contentDownloadRangeLength)

    ' network configuration parameters. read from sync spec, set roNetworkConfiguration, write to registry
       nc = CreateObject("roNetworkConfiguration", 0)
       useDHCP = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "useDHCP")
       if useDHCP = "no" then
           staticIPAddress$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "staticIPAddress")
           subnetMask$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "subnetMask")
           broadcast$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "broadcast")
           gateway$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "gateway")
           dns1$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "dns1")
           dns2$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "dns2")
           dns3$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "dns3")
           
           nc.SetIP4Address(staticIPAddress$)
           nc.SetIP4Netmask(subnetMask$)
           nc.SetIP4Broadcast(broadcast$)
           nc.SetIP4Gateway(gateway$)
           if dns1$ <> "" then nc.AddDNSServer(dns1$)
           if dns2$ <> "" then nc.AddDNSServer(dns2$)
           if dns3$ <> "" then nc.AddDNSServer(dns3$)
           
           registrySection.Write("dhcp", "no")
           registrySection.Write("sip", staticIPAddress$)
           registrySection.Write("sm", subnetMask$)
           registrySection.Write("gw", gateway$)
           registrySection.Write("bc", broadcast$)
           registrySection.Write("d1", dns1$)
           registrySection.Write("d2", dns2$)
           registrySection.Write("d3", dns3$)
       else
           nc.SetDHCP()
           registrySection.Write("dhcp", "yes")
       endif
       
       timeServer$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "timeServer")
       registrySection.Write("ts", timeServer$)
       nc.SetTimeServer(timeServer$)
       
       success = nc.Apply()

    ' unit name parameters. read from sync spec, write to registry
       unitName$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "unitName")
       unitNamingMethod$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "unitNamingMethod")
       unitDescription$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "unitDescription")

       registrySection.Write("un", unitName$)
       registrySection.Write("unm", unitNamingMethod$)
       registrySection.Write("ud", unitDescription$)

    ' registry writes complete - flush it    
       registrySection.Flush()

       m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
    m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Currently active sync list suggests next URL of " + m.nextURL$)

    if m.nextURL$ = "" then stop

    ' Check for updates every minute
    m.checkAlarm = CreateObject("roTimer")
    m.checkAlarm.SetPort(m.msgPort)
    m.checkAlarm.SetDate(-1, -1, -1)
    m.checkAlarm.SetTime(-1, -1, 0, 0)
    if not m.checkAlarm.Start() then stop

       return true

    End Function


    Sub StartSync()

    ' Call when you want to start a sync operation

       m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### start_sync")
       
    if type(m.syncPool) = "roSyncPool" then
    ' This should be improved in the future to work out
    ' whether the sync spec we're currently satisfying
    ' matches the one that we're currently downloading or
    ' not.
           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### sync already active so we'll let it continue")
    return
    endif

    m.xfer = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")
    m.xfer.SetPort(m.msgPort)

    ' We've read in our current sync. Talk to the server to get
    ' the next sync. Note that we use the current-sync.xml because
    ' we need to tell the server what we are _currently_ running not
    ' what we might be running at some point in the future.

    m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Looking for new sync list from " + m.nextURL$)
    m.xfer.SetUrl(m.nextURL$)
       if m.setUserAndPassword then m.xfer.SetUserAndPassword(m.user$, m.password$)
    m.xfer.SetHeaders(m.currentSync.GetMetadata("server"))
    ' Add device unique identifier, timezone
       m.xfer.AddHeader("DeviceID", m.deviceUniqueID$)
       m.xfer.AddHeader("DeviceFWVersion", m.firmwareVersion$)
       m.xfer.AddHeader("DeviceSWVersion", "autorun-setup.brs " + m.setupVersion$)
       m.xfer.AddHeader("timezone", m.systemTime.GetTimeZone())

    ' Add card size
    m.xfer.AddHeader("storage-size", str(m.cardSizeInMB))

    if not m.xfer.AsyncGetToFile("tmp:new-sync.xml") then stop

       return
       
    End Sub


    ' Call when we get a URL event
    Sub URLEvent(msg As Object)

       m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### url_event")

    if type (m.xfer) <> "roUrlTransfer" then return
    if msg.GetSourceIdentity() = m.xfer.GetIdentity() then
       if msg.GetInt() = m.URL_EVENT_COMPLETE then
       xferInUse = false
       if msg.GetResponseCode() = 200 then
       m.newSync = CreateObject("roSyncSpec")
       if m.newSync.ReadFromFile("tmp:new-sync.xml") then
                       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Server gave us spec: " + m.newSync.GetName())
       readySync = CreateObject("roSyncSpec")
       if readySync.ReadFromFile("ready-sync.xml") then
       if m.newSync.EqualTo(readySync) then
                               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Server has given us a spec that matches ready-sync. Nothing more to do.")
       DeleteFile("tmp:new-sync.xml")
       readySync = 0
       m.newSync = 0
       return
       endif
       endif

    ' Anything the server has given us supersedes ready-sync.xml so we'd better delete it and cancel its alarm
       DeleteFile("ready-sync.xml")

    ' Log the start of sync list download
                       m.SendEvent("StartSyncListDownload", m.newSync.GetName(), "")

       m.syncPool = CreateObject("roSyncPool", "pool")
       m.syncPool.SetPort(m.msgPort)
                       m.syncPool.SetMinimumTransferRate(1000,900)
                       if m.setUserAndPassword then m.syncPool.SetUserAndPassword(m.user$, m.password$)
                       m.syncPool.SetHeaders(m.newSync.GetMetadata("server"))
                       m.syncPool.AddHeader("DeviceID", m.deviceUniqueID$)

    ' implies dodgy XML, or something is already running. could happen if server sends down bad xml.
       if not m.syncPool.AsyncDownload(m.newSync) then
           m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
                           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### AsyncDownload failed: " + m.syncPool.GetFailureReason())
       m.newSync = 0
       m.SendError("AsyncDownloadFailure", m.syncPool.GetFailureReason(), "", m.newSync.GetName())
       endif
    ' implies dodgy XML, or something is already running. could happen if server sends down bad xml.
       else
           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Failed to read new-sync.xml")
           m.SendError("Failed to read new-sync.xml", "", "", m.newSync.GetName())
       m.newSync = 0
       endif
       else if msg.GetResponseCode() = 404 then
                   m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Server has no sync list for us: " + str(msg.GetResponseCode()))
    ' The server has no new sync for us. That means if we have one lined up then we should destroy it.
       DeleteFile("ready-sync.xml")
       else
       ' retry - server returned something other than a 200 or 404
                   m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Failed to download sync list.")
                   m.SendError("Failed to download sync list", "", str(msg.GetResponseCode()), "")
       endif
       else
        m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Progress URL event - we don't know about those.")
       endif

    else
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### url_event from beyond this world: " + str(msg.GetSourceIdentity()) + ", " + str(msg.GetResponseCode()) + ", " + str(msg.GetInt()))
           m.SendError("url_event from beyond this world", "", "", str(msg.GetSourceIdentity()))
    endif

    return

    End Sub


    ' Call when we get a sync event
    Sub PoolEvent(msg As Object)
       m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### pool_event")
    if type(m.syncPool) <> "roSyncPool" then
           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### pool_event but we have no object")
    return
    endif
    if msg.GetSourceIdentity() = m.syncPool.GetIdentity() then
    if (msg.GetEvent() = m.POOL_EVENT_FILE_DOWNLOADED) then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### File downloaded " + msg.GetName())
    elseif (msg.GetEvent() = m.POOL_EVENT_FILE_FAILED) then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### File failed " + msg.GetName() + ": " + msg.GetFailureReason())
               m.SendError("FileDownloadFailure", msg.GetFailureReason(), str(msg.GetResponseCode()), msg.GetName())
    elseif (msg.GetEvent() = m.POOL_EVENT_ALL_DOWNLOADED) then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### All downloaded for " + m.newSync.GetName())

    ' Log the end of sync list download
               m.SendEvent("EndSyncListDownload", m.newSync.GetName(), str(msg.GetResponseCode()))

    ' Save to current-sync.xml then do cleanup
       if not m.newSync.WriteToFile("current-sync.xml") then stop
               timezone = m.newSync.LookupMetadata("client", "timezone")
               if timezone <> "" then
                   m.systemTime.SetTimeZone(timezone)
               endif

               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### DOWNLOAD COMPLETE")
               
               m.spf = CreateObject("roSyncPoolFiles", "pool", m.newSync)
               
               autorunFile$ = m.GetPoolFilePath("autorun.brs")
               if autorunFile$ = "" then stop

               autoscheduleFile$ = m.GetPoolFilePath("autoschedule.xml")
               if autoscheduleFile$ = "" then stop
               
               resourcesFile$ = m.GetPoolFilePath("resources.txt")

               success = CopyFile(autorunFile$, "autorun.brs")
               if not success then stop
               
               success = CopyFile(autoscheduleFile$, "autoschedule.xml")
               if not success then stop
               
               if resourcesFile$ <> "" then
                   success = CopyFile(resourcesFile$, "resources.txt")
                   if not success then stop
               endif

               updateFile$ = m.GetPoolFilePath("update.rok")
               if updateFile$ <> "" then
                   success = MoveFile(updateFile$, "update.rok")
               endif

               m.SendEventThenReboot("DownloadComplete", m.newSync.GetName(), "")

    DeleteFile("tmp:new-sync.xml")
    m.newSync = 0
    m.syncPool = 0
    elseif (msg.GetEvent() = m.POOL_EVENT_ALL_FAILED) then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Sync failed: " + msg.GetFailureReason())
               m.SendError("SyncFailure", msg.GetFailureReason(), str(msg.GetResponseCode()), "")
    m.newSync = 0
    m.syncPool = 0
    endif
    else
           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### pool_event from beyond this world: " + str(msg.GetSourceIdentity()))
    endif
    return

    End Sub


    Function GetPoolFilePath(fileName$ As String) As Object

       return m.spf.GetPoolFilePath(fileName$)
       
    End Function


    Sub NetworkingSetSystemInfo(setupVersion$ As String, firmwareVersion$ As String, deviceUniqueID$ As String)

       m.setupVersion$ = setupVersion$
       m.firmwareVersion$ = firmwareVersion$
       m.deviceUniqueID$ = deviceUniqueID$

       return

    End Sub


    Function SendEventCommon(eventURL As Object, eventType$ As String, eventData$ As String, eventResponseCode$ As String) As String

       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### send_event")
       
    eventURL.SetUrl(m.event_url$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("account", m.account$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("group", m.group$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("user", m.user$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("password", m.password$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("DeviceID", m.deviceUniqueID$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("DeviceFWVersion", m.firmwareVersion$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("DeviceSWVersion", "recovery_runsetup.brs " + m.setupVersion$)
       eventStr$ = "EventType=" + eventType$ + "&EventData=" + eventData$ + "&ResponseCode=" + eventResponseCode$

       return eventStr$

    End Function


    Sub SendEvent(eventType$ As String, eventData$ As String, eventResponseCode$ As String)

    return

    eventURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")

       eventStr$ = m.SendEventCommon(eventURL, eventType$, eventData$, eventResponseCode$)

    eventURL.AsyncPostFromString(eventStr$)

       m.diagnostics.WriteToLog(eventType$, eventData$, eventResponseCode$, m.account$)

    return

    End Sub


    Sub SendEventThenReboot(eventType$ As String, eventData$ As String, eventResponseCode$ As String)

    a=RebootSystem()
    stop

    eventURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")

       eventStr$ = m.SendEventCommon(eventURL, eventType$, eventData$, eventResponseCode$)

       eventPort = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    eventURL.SetPort(eventPort)
    eventURL.AsyncPostFromString(eventStr$)

       m.diagnostics.WriteToLog(eventType$, eventData$, eventResponseCode$, m.account$)

       unexpectedUrlEventCount = 0

       while true

           msg = wait(10000, eventPort)   ' wait for either a timeout (10 seconds) or a message indicating that the post was complete

           if type(msg) = "rotINT32" then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### timeout before final event posted")
               ' clear
           a=RebootSystem()
               stop
           else if type(msg) = "roUrlEvent" then
           if msg.GetSourceIdentity() = eventURL.GetIdentity() then
           if msg.GetResponseCode() = 200 then
                       ' clear
                   a=RebootSystem()
                   endif
               endif
           endif

           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### unexpected url event while waiting to reboot")
           unexpectedUrlEventCount = unexpectedUrlEventCount + 1
           if unexpectedUrlEventCount > 10 then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### reboot due to too many url events while waiting to reboot")
               ' clear
               a=RebootSystem()
           endif

       endwhile

       return

    End Sub


    Function SendErrorCommon(errorURL As Object, errorType$ As String, errorReason$ As String, errorResponseCode$ As String, errorData$ As String) As String

       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### send_error")
       
    errorURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")
    errorURL.SetUrl(m.error_url$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("account", m.account$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("group", m.group$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("user", m.user$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("password", m.password$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("DeviceID", m.deviceUniqueID$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("DeviceFWVersion", m.firmwareVersion$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("DeviceSWVersion", "recovery_runsetup.bas " + m.setupVersion$)
       errorStr$ = "ErrorType=" + errorType$ + "&FailureReason=" + errorReason$ + "&ResponseCode=" + errorResponseCode$  + "&ErrorData=" + errorData$

       return errorStr$

    End Function


    Sub SendError(errorType$ As String, errorReason$ As String, errorResponseCode$ As String, errorData$ As String)

    return

    errorURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")

       errorStr$ = m.SendErrorCommon(errorURL, errorType$, errorReason$, errorResponseCode$, errorData$)

    if not errorURL.AsyncPostFromString(errorStr$) then stop

    return

    End Sub


    Sub SendErrorThenReboot(errorType$ As String, errorReason$ As String, errorResponseCode$ As String, errorData$ As String)

    a=RebootSystem()
    return

    errorURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")

       errorStr$ = m.SendErrorCommon(errorURL, errorType$, errorReason$, errorResponseCode$, errorData$)

       errorPort = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    errorURL.SetPort(errorPort)
    if not errorURL.AsyncPostFromString(errorStr$) then stop

       unexpectedUrlErrorCount = 0

       while true

           msg = wait(10000, errorPort)   ' wait for either a timeout (10 seconds) or a message indicating that the post was complete

           if type(msg) = "rotINT32" then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### timeout before final error posted")
               ' clear
           a=RebootSystem()
               stop
           else if type(msg) = "roUrlEvent" then
           if msg.GetSourceIdentity() = errorURL.GetIdentity() then
           if msg.GetResponseCode() = 200 then
                       ' clear
                   a=RebootSystem()
                   endif
               endif
           endif

           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### unexpected url event while waiting to reboot")
           unexpectedUrlErrorCount = unexpectedUrlErrorCount + 1
           if unexpectedUrlErrorCount > 10 then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### reboot due to too many url events while waiting to reboot")
               ' clear
               a=RebootSystem()
           endif

       endwhile

       return

    End Sub



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    RokuLyndon


    If you power the unit off and on does it work?
    If you're using scheduling, the question is whether the date and time on the unit is wrong, or not getting set.

    A simple test would be to publish an update that plays all day all the time. If the unit is still working fine, it will download it and start playing.
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    StefanK


    I already use a all time schedule! But it want update the content. I could ping the HD210, I reach the content on the Webserver. All look fine - like yesterday! But today no update works! I tried to setup the SD-Card new. With the provided tool. But nothing happend!
    I also tried it serveral times to power off the HD210 - the only thing I get is a black screen. <!-- s:-( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt=":-(" title="Sad" /><!-- s:-( -->

    What happend when I have a all time schedule an the HD210 doesnt reach the timeserver?
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    StefanK



    I found the failure.

    The published current Sync File produces the failure

    example:
     <download>
      <hash method="SHA1">647E9D23B4676FFE5B5EF598D82F7A5B58B19FB6</hash>
      <link>http://192.168.2.7/pos/tdot//TV_today_13_05.jpg</link>
      <name>TV_today_13_05.jpg</name>
      <size>805080</size>

    The Publisher add automatical and second slash!

    In the tool "Bright Sign Unit Setup" the Example for the Network is eg.http://brightsign.com/files/
    BUT
    when you want to Publish the Project and you use the same URL for the Fields "Web Folder Url" like in the Setup tool the Bright Autor 2.0 produces a Failure! because you get a second slash at the end! Here you have to use eg http://brightsign.com/files

    You should change this behaviour!

    br
    Stefan

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    RokuLyndon


    And, that second slash causes your web server to fail?

    It must be that some servers have no problem with the extra slash. That same extra slash works fine for me and many others. But, you are the second user to have mentioned that the extra slash caused a problem with their server. I will log a bug on this.
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    StefanK


    I changed it and now it works great. I don´t know which server we have in detail. The website is made with TYPO3, maybe the info helps you.

    Greets
    Stefan
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    goonsniper


    RokuLyndon

    Does that dropbox url actually work for you? Dropbox says you can't link to your public folder, only directly to a file inside it.

    Thanks
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    RokuLyndon


    Yes, it does...

    What you can do is rightclick on a file inside a public folder, and get the URL, then delete the file from the URL, and now you have the folder link that you need to use. I've used it several times.
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    goonsniper

    Hmm I get a 404 on your folder http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3480052/dropboxsimple/ or http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3480052/ Same with mine.

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    RokuLyndon


    You can't go to the URL directly in your browser, but you can use it for setup with simple networking, and for publishing for simple networking.
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    rajkob


    I have problem with RokuHD 1010. I did everything as instructed in video above (i am using HFS on local network) but my roku wont update . I can se him on network i can ping him but it wont update.

    Here is my current-sync

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <sync version="1.0" name="Simple Networking">
     <meta>
       <client>
         <base>http://10.2.20.98:100/final/</base>
         <next>/current-sync.xml</next>
         <event>EVENT</event>
         <error>ERROR</error>
         <deviceerror>DEVICEERROR</deviceerror>
         <devicedownload>DEVICEDOWNLOAD</devicedownload>
         <trafficdownload>TRAFFICDOWNLOAD</trafficdownload>
         <uploadusage>UPLOADUSAGE</uploadusage>
         <nowplaying>NOWPLAYING</nowplaying>
         <getfile>GETFILE</getfile>
         <timezone>CET</timezone>
         <unitName />
         <unitNamingMethod>appendUnitIDToUnitName</unitNamingMethod>
         <unitDescription />
         <timeBetweenNetConnects>60</timeBetweenNetConnects>
         <contentDownloadsRestricted>no</contentDownloadsRestricted>
         <useDHCP>yes</useDHCP>
         <timeServer>time.brightsignnetwork.com</timeServer>
       </client>
       <server>
         <account>ACCOUNT</account>
         <user />
         <password />
         <group>Simple Networking</group>
       </server>
     </meta>
     <files />
    </sync>

    and my autorun.brs

    REM
    REM autorun-setup - setup file for simple networking
    REM January 20, 2010
    REM Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Roku, Inc.
    REM

    Sub Main()

       debugOn = true
       loggingOn = false
       
       RunSetup(debugOn, loggingOn)

       Stop
       
    End Sub


    Sub RunSetup(debugOn As Boolean, loggingOn As Boolean)

       Setup = newSetup(debugOn, loggingOn)

       setupVersion$ = "3.1.0.4"
       print "setup script version ";setupVersion$;" started"

       modelObject = CreateObject("roDeviceInfo")
       deviceUniqueID$ = modelObject.GetDeviceUniqueId()
       deviceFWVersion$ = modelObject.GetVersion()

       ' create pool directory
       ok = CreateDirectory("pool")

       Setup.SetSystemInfo(setupVersion$, deviceFWVersion$, deviceUniqueID$)

       Setup.networkingActive = Setup.networking.InitializeNetworkDownloads()

       Setup.EventLoop()
       
       return

    End Sub


    Function newSetup(debugOn As Boolean, loggingOn As Boolean) As Object

       Setup = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")

       Setup.debugOn = debugOn
       
       Setup.systemTime = CreateObject("roSystemTime")
       Setup.diagnostics = newDiagnostics(debugOn, loggingOn)

       Setup.msgPort = CreateObject("roMessagePort")

       Setup.newNetworking = newNetworking
       Setup.networking = Setup.newNetworking(Setup)
           
       Setup.SetSystemInfo = SetupSetSystemInfo
       Setup.EventLoop = EventLoop

       return Setup

    End Function


    Sub SetupSetSystemInfo(setupVersion$ As String, firmwareVersion$ As String, deviceUniqueID$ As String)

       m.diagnostics.SetSystemInfo(setupVersion$, firmwareVersion$, deviceUniqueID$)
       m.networking.SetSystemInfo(setupVersion$, firmwareVersion$, deviceUniqueID$)

       return

    End Sub


    Sub EventLoop()

       while true
       
       msg = wait(0, m.msgPort)
       
       if (type(msg) = "roUrlEvent") then
       
               m.networking.URLEvent(msg)
       
       elseif (type(msg) = "roSyncPoolEvent") then
       
               m.networking.PoolEvent(msg)
       
       elseif (type(msg) = "roTimerEvent") then
       
       m.networking.StartSync()

       endif

       endwhile

       return

    End Sub


    REM *******************************************************
    REM *******************************************************
    REM ***************                    ********************
    REM *************** DIAGNOSTICS OBJECT ********************
    REM ***************                    ********************
    REM *******************************************************
    REM *******************************************************

    REM
    REM construct a new diagnostics BrightScript object
    REM
    Function newDiagnostics(debugOn As Boolean, loggingOn As Boolean) As Object

       diagnostics = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")
       
       diagnostics.debug = debugOn
       diagnostics.logging = loggingOn
       diagnostics.setupVersion$ = "unknown"
       diagnostics.firmwareVersion$ = "unknown"
       diagnostics.systemTime = CreateObject("roSystemTime")
       
       diagnostics.PrintDebug = PrintDebug
       diagnostics.PrintTimestamp = PrintTimestamp
       diagnostics.OpenLogFile = OpenLogFile
       diagnostics.CloseLogFile = CloseLogFile
       diagnostics.FlushLogFile = FlushLogFile
       diagnostics.WriteToLog = WriteToLog
       diagnostics.SetSystemInfo = DiagnosticsSetSystemInfo
       diagnostics.RotateLogFiles = RotateLogFiles
       diagnostics.TurnDebugOn = TurnDebugOn
       
       diagnostics.OpenLogFile()

       return diagnostics

    End Function


    Sub TurnDebugOn()

       m.debug = true
       
       return
       
    End Sub


    Sub DiagnosticsSetSystemInfo(setupVersion$ As String, firmwareVersion$ As String, deviceUniqueID$ As String)

       m.setupVersion$ = setupVersion$
       m.firmwareVersion$ = firmwareVersion$
       m.deviceUniqueID$ = deviceUniqueID$

       return

    End Sub


    Sub OpenLogFile()

       m.logFile = 0

       if not m.logging then return

       m.logFileLength = 0

       m.logFile = CreateObject("roReadFile", "log.txt")
       if type(m.logFile) = "roReadFile" then
           m.logFile.SeekToEnd()
           m.logFileLength = m.logFile.CurrentPosition()
           m.logFile = 0
       endif

       m.logFile = CreateObject("roAppendFile", "log.txt")
       if type(m.logFile)<>"roAppendFile" then
           print "unable to open log.txt"
           stop
       endif

       return

    End Sub


    Sub CloseLogFile()

       if not m.logging then return

       m.logFile.Flush()
       m.logFile = 0

       return

    End Sub


    Sub FlushLogFile()

       if not m.logging then return

       if m.logFileLength > 1000000 then
           print  "### - Rotate Log Files - ###"
           m.logFile.SendLine("### - Rotate Log Files - ###")
       endif

       m.logFile.Flush()

       if m.logFileLength > 1000000 then
           m.RotateLogFiles()
       endif

       return

    End Sub


    Sub WriteToLog(eventType$ As String, eventData$ As String, eventResponseCode$ As String, accountName$ As String)

       if not m.logging then return

       if m.debug then print "### write_event"

       ' write out the following info
       '   Timestamp, Device ID, Account Name, Event Type, Event Data, Response Code, Software Version, Firmware Version
       eventDateTime = m.systemTime.GetLocalDateTime()
       eventDataStr$ = eventDateTime + " " + accountName$ + " " + eventType$ + " " + eventData$ + " " + eventResponseCode$ + " recovery_runsetup.brs " + m.setupVersion$ + " " + m.firmwareVersion$
       if m.debug then print "eventDataStr$ = ";eventDataStr$
       m.logFile.SendLine(eventDataStr$)

       m.logFileLength = m.logFileLength + len(eventDataStr$) + 14

       m.FlushLogFile()

       return

    End Sub


    Sub RotateLogFiles()

       log3 = CreateObject("roReadFile", "log_3.txt")
       if type(log3)="roReadFile" then
           log3 = 0
    DeleteFile("log_3.txt")
       endif

       log2 = CreateObject("roReadFile", "log_2.txt")
       if type(log2)="roReadFile" then
           log2 = 0
           MoveFile("log_2.txt", "log_3.txt")
       endif

       m.logFile = 0
       MoveFile("log.txt", "log_2.txt")

       m.OpenLogFile()

       return

    End Sub


    Sub PrintDebug(debugStr$ As String)

       if type(m) <> "roAssociativeArray" then stop
       
       if m.debug then

           print debugStr$

           if not m.logging then return

           m.logFile.SendLine(debugStr$)
           m.logFileLength = m.logFileLength + len(debugStr$) + 1
           m.FlushLogFile()

       endif

       return

    End Sub


    Sub PrintTimestamp()

       eventDateTime = m.systemTime.GetLocalDateTime()
       if m.debug then print eventDateTime.GetString()
       if not m.logging then return
       m.logFile.SendLine(eventDateTime)
       m.FlushLogFile()

       return

    End Sub



    REM *******************************************************
    REM *******************************************************
    REM ***************                    ********************
    REM *************** NETWORKING OBJECT  ********************
    REM ***************                    ********************
    REM *******************************************************
    REM *******************************************************

    REM
    REM construct a new networking BrightScript object
    REM
    Function newNetworking(BSP As Object) As Object

       networking = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")

       networking.systemTime = m.systemTime
       networking.diagnostics = m.diagnostics
       networking.msgPort = m.msgPort

       networking.InitializeNetworkDownloads = InitializeNetworkDownloads
       networking.StartSync = StartSync
       networking.URLEvent = URLEvent
       networking.PoolEvent = PoolEvent
       networking.GetPoolFilePath = GetPoolFilePath
       
       networking.ClearLegacyRegistryEntries = ClearLegacyRegistryEntries
       
       networking.SendError = SendError
       networking.SendErrorCommon = SendErrorCommon
       networking.SendErrorThenReboot = SendErrorThenReboot
       networking.SendEvent = SendEvent
       networking.SendEventCommon = SendEventCommon
       networking.SendEventThenReboot = SendEventThenReboot
       networking.SetSystemInfo = NetworkingSetSystemInfo
       
       networking.POOL_EVENT_FILE_DOWNLOADED = 1
       networking.POOL_EVENT_FILE_FAILED = -1
       networking.POOL_EVENT_ALL_DOWNLOADED = 2
       networking.POOL_EVENT_ALL_FAILED = -2

       networking.SYNC_ERROR_CANCELLED = -10001
       networking.SYNC_ERROR_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH = -10002
       networking.SYNC_ERROR_EXCEPTION = -10003
       networking.SYNC_ERROR_DISK_ERROR = -10004
       networking.SYNC_ERROR_POOL_UNSATISFIED = -10005

       networking.URL_EVENT_COMPLETE = 1

    du = CreateObject("roStorageInfo", "./")
       networking.cardSizeInMB = du.GetSizeInMegabytes()
       du = 0

       return networking

    End Function


    Sub ClearLegacyRegistryEntries()

       registrySection = CreateObject("roRegistrySection", "networking")
       if type(registrySection)<>"roRegistrySection" then print "Error: Unable to create roRegistrySection":stop

       registrySection.Delete("next")
       registrySection.Delete("event")
       registrySection.Delete("error")
       registrySection.Delete("deviceerror")
       registrySection.Delete("devicedownload")
       registrySection.Delete("recurl")
       registrySection.Delete("timezone")
       registrySection.Delete("unitName")
       registrySection.Delete("unitNamingMethod")
       registrySection.Delete("unitDescription")
       registrySection.Delete("timeBetweenNetConnects")
       registrySection.Delete("contentDownloadsRestricted")
       registrySection.Delete("contentDownloadRangeStart")
       registrySection.Delete("contentDownloadRangeLength")
       registrySection.Delete("useDHCP")
       registrySection.Delete("staticIPAddress")
       registrySection.Delete("subnetMask")
       registrySection.Delete("gateway")
       registrySection.Delete("broadcast")
       registrySection.Delete("dns1")
       registrySection.Delete("dns2")
       registrySection.Delete("dns3")
       registrySection.Delete("timeServer")
       registrySection.Delete("account")
       registrySection.Delete("user")
       registrySection.Delete("password")
       registrySection.Delete("group")
       
    End Sub


    Function InitializeNetworkDownloads() As Boolean

    ' Load up the current sync specification so we have it ready
    m.currentSync = CreateObject("roSyncSpec")
    if not m.currentSync.ReadFromFile("current-sync.xml") then
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### No current sync state available")
    stop
    endif

       baseURL$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "base")
    m.nextURL$ = baseURL$ + m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "next")
       m.user$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("server", "user")
       m.password$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("server", "password")
       if m.user$<>"" and m.password$<>"" then
           m.setUserAndPassword = true
       else
           m.setUserAndPassword = false
       endif

       m.ClearLegacyRegistryEntries()
       
    ' net connect parameters. read from sync spec, write to registry
       timeBetweenNetConnects$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "timeBetweenNetConnects")
       contentDownloadsRestricted = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "contentDownloadsRestricted")
       contentDownloadRangeStart = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "contentDownloadRangeStart")
       contentDownloadRangeLength = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "contentDownloadRangeLength")

       if timeBetweenNetConnects$ = "" then stop

       registrySection = CreateObject("roRegistrySection", "networking")
       if type(registrySection)<>"roRegistrySection" then print "Error: Unable to create roRegistrySection":stop
       registrySection.Write("tbnc", timeBetweenNetConnects$)
       registrySection.Write("cdr", contentDownloadsRestricted)
       registrySection.Write("cdrs", contentDownloadRangeStart)
       registrySection.Write("cdrl", contentDownloadRangeLength)

    ' network configuration parameters. read from sync spec, set roNetworkConfiguration, write to registry
       nc = CreateObject("roNetworkConfiguration", 0)
       useDHCP = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "useDHCP")
       if useDHCP = "no" then
           staticIPAddress$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "staticIPAddress")
           subnetMask$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "subnetMask")
           broadcast$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "broadcast")
           gateway$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "gateway")
           dns1$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "dns1")
           dns2$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "dns2")
           dns3$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "dns3")
           
           nc.SetIP4Address(staticIPAddress$)
           nc.SetIP4Netmask(subnetMask$)
           nc.SetIP4Broadcast(broadcast$)
           nc.SetIP4Gateway(gateway$)
           if dns1$ <> "" then nc.AddDNSServer(dns1$)
           if dns2$ <> "" then nc.AddDNSServer(dns2$)
           if dns3$ <> "" then nc.AddDNSServer(dns3$)
           
           registrySection.Write("dhcp", "no")
           registrySection.Write("sip", staticIPAddress$)
           registrySection.Write("sm", subnetMask$)
           registrySection.Write("gw", gateway$)
           registrySection.Write("bc", broadcast$)
           registrySection.Write("d1", dns1$)
           registrySection.Write("d2", dns2$)
           registrySection.Write("d3", dns3$)
       else
           nc.SetDHCP()
           registrySection.Write("dhcp", "yes")
       endif
       
       timeServer$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "timeServer")
       registrySection.Write("ts", timeServer$)
       nc.SetTimeServer(timeServer$)
       
       success = nc.Apply()

    ' unit name parameters. read from sync spec, write to registry
       unitName$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "unitName")
       unitNamingMethod$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "unitNamingMethod")
       unitDescription$ = m.currentSync.LookupMetadata("client", "unitDescription")

       registrySection.Write("un", unitName$)
       registrySection.Write("unm", unitNamingMethod$)
       registrySection.Write("ud", unitDescription$)

    ' registry writes complete - flush it    
       registrySection.Flush()

       m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
    m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Currently active sync list suggests next URL of " + m.nextURL$)

    if m.nextURL$ = "" then stop

    ' Check for updates every minute
    m.checkAlarm = CreateObject("roTimer")
    m.checkAlarm.SetPort(m.msgPort)
    m.checkAlarm.SetDate(-1, -1, -1)
    m.checkAlarm.SetTime(-1, -1, 0, 0)
    if not m.checkAlarm.Start() then stop

       return true

    End Function


    Sub StartSync()

    ' Call when you want to start a sync operation

       m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### start_sync")
       
    if type(m.syncPool) = "roSyncPool" then
    ' This should be improved in the future to work out
    ' whether the sync spec we're currently satisfying
    ' matches the one that we're currently downloading or
    ' not.
           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### sync already active so we'll let it continue")
    return
    endif

    m.xfer = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")
    m.xfer.SetPort(m.msgPort)

    ' We've read in our current sync. Talk to the server to get
    ' the next sync. Note that we use the current-sync.xml because
    ' we need to tell the server what we are _currently_ running not
    ' what we might be running at some point in the future.

    m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Looking for new sync list from " + m.nextURL$)
    m.xfer.SetUrl(m.nextURL$)
       if m.setUserAndPassword then m.xfer.SetUserAndPassword(m.user$, m.password$)
    m.xfer.SetHeaders(m.currentSync.GetMetadata("server"))
    ' Add device unique identifier, timezone
       m.xfer.AddHeader("DeviceID", m.deviceUniqueID$)
       m.xfer.AddHeader("DeviceFWVersion", m.firmwareVersion$)
       m.xfer.AddHeader("DeviceSWVersion", "autorun-setup.brs " + m.setupVersion$)
       m.xfer.AddHeader("timezone", m.systemTime.GetTimeZone())

    ' Add card size
    m.xfer.AddHeader("storage-size", str(m.cardSizeInMB))

    if not m.xfer.AsyncGetToFile("tmp:new-sync.xml") then stop

       return
       
    End Sub


    ' Call when we get a URL event
    Sub URLEvent(msg As Object)

       m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### url_event")

    if type (m.xfer) <> "roUrlTransfer" then return
    if msg.GetSourceIdentity() = m.xfer.GetIdentity() then
       if msg.GetInt() = m.URL_EVENT_COMPLETE then
       xferInUse = false
       if msg.GetResponseCode() = 200 then
       m.newSync = CreateObject("roSyncSpec")
       if m.newSync.ReadFromFile("tmp:new-sync.xml") then
                       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Server gave us spec: " + m.newSync.GetName())
       readySync = CreateObject("roSyncSpec")
       if readySync.ReadFromFile("ready-sync.xml") then
       if m.newSync.EqualTo(readySync) then
                               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Server has given us a spec that matches ready-sync. Nothing more to do.")
       DeleteFile("tmp:new-sync.xml")
       readySync = 0
       m.newSync = 0
       return
       endif
       endif

    ' Anything the server has given us supersedes ready-sync.xml so we'd better delete it and cancel its alarm
       DeleteFile("ready-sync.xml")

    ' Log the start of sync list download
                       m.SendEvent("StartSyncListDownload", m.newSync.GetName(), "")

       m.syncPool = CreateObject("roSyncPool", "pool")
       m.syncPool.SetPort(m.msgPort)
                       m.syncPool.SetMinimumTransferRate(1000,900)
                       if m.setUserAndPassword then m.syncPool.SetUserAndPassword(m.user$, m.password$)
                       m.syncPool.SetHeaders(m.newSync.GetMetadata("server"))
                       m.syncPool.AddHeader("DeviceID", m.deviceUniqueID$)

    ' implies dodgy XML, or something is already running. could happen if server sends down bad xml.
       if not m.syncPool.AsyncDownload(m.newSync) then
           m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
                           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### AsyncDownload failed: " + m.syncPool.GetFailureReason())
       m.newSync = 0
       m.SendError("AsyncDownloadFailure", m.syncPool.GetFailureReason(), "", m.newSync.GetName())
       endif
    ' implies dodgy XML, or something is already running. could happen if server sends down bad xml.
       else
           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Failed to read new-sync.xml")
           m.SendError("Failed to read new-sync.xml", "", "", m.newSync.GetName())
       m.newSync = 0
       endif
       else if msg.GetResponseCode() = 404 then
                   m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Server has no sync list for us: " + str(msg.GetResponseCode()))
    ' The server has no new sync for us. That means if we have one lined up then we should destroy it.
       DeleteFile("ready-sync.xml")
       else
       ' retry - server returned something other than a 200 or 404
                   m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Failed to download sync list.")
                   m.SendError("Failed to download sync list", "", str(msg.GetResponseCode()), "")
       endif
       else
        m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Progress URL event - we don't know about those.")
       endif

    else
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### url_event from beyond this world: " + str(msg.GetSourceIdentity()) + ", " + str(msg.GetResponseCode()) + ", " + str(msg.GetInt()))
           m.SendError("url_event from beyond this world", "", "", str(msg.GetSourceIdentity()))
    endif

    return

    End Sub


    ' Call when we get a sync event
    Sub PoolEvent(msg As Object)
       m.diagnostics.PrintTimestamp()
       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### pool_event")
    if type(m.syncPool) <> "roSyncPool" then
           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### pool_event but we have no object")
    return
    endif
    if msg.GetSourceIdentity() = m.syncPool.GetIdentity() then
    if (msg.GetEvent() = m.POOL_EVENT_FILE_DOWNLOADED) then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### File downloaded " + msg.GetName())
    elseif (msg.GetEvent() = m.POOL_EVENT_FILE_FAILED) then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### File failed " + msg.GetName() + ": " + msg.GetFailureReason())
               m.SendError("FileDownloadFailure", msg.GetFailureReason(), str(msg.GetResponseCode()), msg.GetName())
    elseif (msg.GetEvent() = m.POOL_EVENT_ALL_DOWNLOADED) then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### All downloaded for " + m.newSync.GetName())

    ' Log the end of sync list download
               m.SendEvent("EndSyncListDownload", m.newSync.GetName(), str(msg.GetResponseCode()))

    ' Save to current-sync.xml then do cleanup
       if not m.newSync.WriteToFile("current-sync.xml") then stop
               timezone = m.newSync.LookupMetadata("client", "timezone")
               if timezone <> "" then
                   m.systemTime.SetTimeZone(timezone)
               endif

               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### DOWNLOAD COMPLETE")
               
               m.spf = CreateObject("roSyncPoolFiles", "pool", m.newSync)
               
               autorunFile$ = m.GetPoolFilePath("autorun.brs")
               if autorunFile$ = "" then stop

               autoscheduleFile$ = m.GetPoolFilePath("autoschedule.xml")
               if autoscheduleFile$ = "" then stop
               
               resourcesFile$ = m.GetPoolFilePath("resources.txt")

               success = CopyFile(autorunFile$, "autorun.brs")
               if not success then stop
               
               success = CopyFile(autoscheduleFile$, "autoschedule.xml")
               if not success then stop
               
               if resourcesFile$ <> "" then
                   success = CopyFile(resourcesFile$, "resources.txt")
                   if not success then stop
               endif

               updateFile$ = m.GetPoolFilePath("update.rok")
               if updateFile$ <> "" then
                   success = MoveFile(updateFile$, "update.rok")
               endif

               m.SendEventThenReboot("DownloadComplete", m.newSync.GetName(), "")

    DeleteFile("tmp:new-sync.xml")
    m.newSync = 0
    m.syncPool = 0
    elseif (msg.GetEvent() = m.POOL_EVENT_ALL_FAILED) then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### Sync failed: " + msg.GetFailureReason())
               m.SendError("SyncFailure", msg.GetFailureReason(), str(msg.GetResponseCode()), "")
    m.newSync = 0
    m.syncPool = 0
    endif
    else
           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### pool_event from beyond this world: " + str(msg.GetSourceIdentity()))
    endif
    return

    End Sub


    Function GetPoolFilePath(fileName$ As String) As Object

       return m.spf.GetPoolFilePath(fileName$)
       
    End Function


    Sub NetworkingSetSystemInfo(setupVersion$ As String, firmwareVersion$ As String, deviceUniqueID$ As String)

       m.setupVersion$ = setupVersion$
       m.firmwareVersion$ = firmwareVersion$
       m.deviceUniqueID$ = deviceUniqueID$

       return

    End Sub


    Function SendEventCommon(eventURL As Object, eventType$ As String, eventData$ As String, eventResponseCode$ As String) As String

       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### send_event")
       
    eventURL.SetUrl(m.event_url$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("account", m.account$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("group", m.group$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("user", m.user$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("password", m.password$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("DeviceID", m.deviceUniqueID$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("DeviceFWVersion", m.firmwareVersion$)
       eventURL.AddHeader("DeviceSWVersion", "recovery_runsetup.brs " + m.setupVersion$)
       eventStr$ = "EventType=" + eventType$ + "&EventData=" + eventData$ + "&ResponseCode=" + eventResponseCode$

       return eventStr$

    End Function


    Sub SendEvent(eventType$ As String, eventData$ As String, eventResponseCode$ As String)

    return

    eventURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")

       eventStr$ = m.SendEventCommon(eventURL, eventType$, eventData$, eventResponseCode$)

    eventURL.AsyncPostFromString(eventStr$)

       m.diagnostics.WriteToLog(eventType$, eventData$, eventResponseCode$, m.account$)

    return

    End Sub


    Sub SendEventThenReboot(eventType$ As String, eventData$ As String, eventResponseCode$ As String)

    a=RebootSystem()
    stop

    eventURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")

       eventStr$ = m.SendEventCommon(eventURL, eventType$, eventData$, eventResponseCode$)

       eventPort = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    eventURL.SetPort(eventPort)
    eventURL.AsyncPostFromString(eventStr$)

       m.diagnostics.WriteToLog(eventType$, eventData$, eventResponseCode$, m.account$)

       unexpectedUrlEventCount = 0

       while true

           msg = wait(10000, eventPort)   ' wait for either a timeout (10 seconds) or a message indicating that the post was complete

           if type(msg) = "rotINT32" then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### timeout before final event posted")
               ' clear
           a=RebootSystem()
               stop
           else if type(msg) = "roUrlEvent" then
           if msg.GetSourceIdentity() = eventURL.GetIdentity() then
           if msg.GetResponseCode() = 200 then
                       ' clear
                   a=RebootSystem()
                   endif
               endif
           endif

           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### unexpected url event while waiting to reboot")
           unexpectedUrlEventCount = unexpectedUrlEventCount + 1
           if unexpectedUrlEventCount > 10 then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### reboot due to too many url events while waiting to reboot")
               ' clear
               a=RebootSystem()
           endif

       endwhile

       return

    End Sub


    Function SendErrorCommon(errorURL As Object, errorType$ As String, errorReason$ As String, errorResponseCode$ As String, errorData$ As String) As String

       m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### send_error")
       
    errorURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")
    errorURL.SetUrl(m.error_url$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("account", m.account$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("group", m.group$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("user", m.user$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("password", m.password$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("DeviceID", m.deviceUniqueID$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("DeviceFWVersion", m.firmwareVersion$)
       errorURL.AddHeader("DeviceSWVersion", "recovery_runsetup.bas " + m.setupVersion$)
       errorStr$ = "ErrorType=" + errorType$ + "&FailureReason=" + errorReason$ + "&ResponseCode=" + errorResponseCode$  + "&ErrorData=" + errorData$

       return errorStr$

    End Function


    Sub SendError(errorType$ As String, errorReason$ As String, errorResponseCode$ As String, errorData$ As String)

    return

    errorURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")

       errorStr$ = m.SendErrorCommon(errorURL, errorType$, errorReason$, errorResponseCode$, errorData$)

    if not errorURL.AsyncPostFromString(errorStr$) then stop

    return

    End Sub


    Sub SendErrorThenReboot(errorType$ As String, errorReason$ As String, errorResponseCode$ As String, errorData$ As String)

    a=RebootSystem()
    return

    errorURL = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")

       errorStr$ = m.SendErrorCommon(errorURL, errorType$, errorReason$, errorResponseCode$, errorData$)

       errorPort = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    errorURL.SetPort(errorPort)
    if not errorURL.AsyncPostFromString(errorStr$) then stop

       unexpectedUrlErrorCount = 0

       while true

           msg = wait(10000, errorPort)   ' wait for either a timeout (10 seconds) or a message indicating that the post was complete

           if type(msg) = "rotINT32" then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### timeout before final error posted")
               ' clear
           a=RebootSystem()
               stop
           else if type(msg) = "roUrlEvent" then
           if msg.GetSourceIdentity() = errorURL.GetIdentity() then
           if msg.GetResponseCode() = 200 then
                       ' clear
                   a=RebootSystem()
                   endif
               endif
           endif

           m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### unexpected url event while waiting to reboot")
           unexpectedUrlErrorCount = unexpectedUrlErrorCount + 1
           if unexpectedUrlErrorCount > 10 then
               m.diagnostics.PrintDebug("### reboot due to too many url events while waiting to reboot")
               ' clear
               a=RebootSystem()
           endif

       endwhile

       return

    End Sub




    Please help, any ideas.
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    RokuLyndon


    on the flash card, what's in the log.txt file? It should have errors.
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    Toshi


    Hi Lyndon,

    It's Toshi over at UC Irvine.  I have a very similar problem with my HD1010.  I followed all the instructions above, tried it with a dropbox account using your "trick URL" method, as well as our school-hosted webfiles service.  All I get is a blank screen on my display.  I don't even see the red "err" light go on, and when I check my flash card, I don't have a "log.txt" file.  I also tried it with the second slash (from the comments above) and without.  I can ping the box on the network.  

    Here is my current-sync:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <sync version="1.0" name="Simple Networking">
     <meta>
       <client>
         <base>https://webfiles.uci.edu/toshi/Brightsign/</base>
         <next>/current-sync.xml</next>
         <event>EVENT</event>
         <error>ERROR</error>
         <deviceerror>DEVICEERROR</deviceerror>
         <devicedownload>DEVICEDOWNLOAD</devicedownload>
         <trafficdownload>TRAFFICDOWNLOAD</trafficdownload>
         <uploadusage>UPLOADUSAGE</uploadusage>
         <nowplaying>NOWPLAYING</nowplaying>
         <getfile>GETFILE</getfile>
         <timezone>PST</timezone>
         <unitName />
         <unitNamingMethod>appendUnitIDToUnitName</unitNamingMethod>
         <unitDescription />
         <timeBetweenNetConnects>30</timeBetweenNetConnects>
         <contentDownloadsRestricted>no</contentDownloadsRestricted>
         <useDHCP>no</useDHCP>
         <staticIPAddress>128.200.35.42</staticIPAddress>
         <subnetMask>255.255.255.0</subnetMask>
         <gateway>128.200.35.1</gateway>
         <broadcast>255.255.255.0</broadcast>
         <dns1>128.200.64.244</dns1>
         <dns2>128.200.73.20</dns2>
         <dns3>128.200.64.248</dns3>
         <timeServer>time.brightsignnetwork.com</timeServer>
       </client>
       <server>
         <account>ACCOUNT</account>
         <user />
         <password />
         <group>Simple Networking</group>
       </server>
     </meta>
     <files />
    </sync>      

    And the settings from my Unit Setup:
    https://webfiles.uci.edu/toshi/Brightsign/Setup.JPG

    You should be able to click on my directory https://webfiles.uci.edu/toshi/Brightsign and see the files in there.

    I must be doing something wrong, I just can't figure out what.  Thanks in advance for your help!

    T
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    RokuLyndon


    The problem might be that your broadcast address is wrong. You have it set to the same as the subnet mask.

    Based on your IP info, it should be:
    128.200.35.255
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    Toshi


    Lyndon,

    Thanks, I wasn't sure what to put there, so I just copied the subnet mask info from your screen capture at the top of this thread.  

    However, after I changed it, I still get the blank screen.

    The Brightsign gives the "bsy" light every so often, but nothing ever appears on the screen.

    T
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    darksigns


    Hi Lyndon,

    I would like to use SFN to update my files remotelly on our HD210 player I read that I must use csv or playlist if I want to use this feature.
    I only have to files (films) and an autorun.brs on the card now. The problem is that we use a button to start the main film and till the button pressed a screensaver film plays.
    my question is that can I use simple network for this without any csv or playlist?
    Thank you
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    RokuLyndon


    You don't need to use csv files. You can use brightauthor to do simple networking. We have a video that covers this in details. There's also a thread in the forum that covers this in detail.
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    GeeKay


    Hi, Lyndon et al,
    today my Problem is: HD1010 is configured for simple networking, but does not update.

    The network is a purely local one, with fixed IP addresses for all units, content-server is a Windows 7 machine with IIS activated and a manually opened port 80 in the firewall.
    That server and also the dedicated contents folders are reachable from the BrightSign's physical network port with any other PC (i put a html file in there to have a quick indictor).

    Configuration "irregulairities":
    - There's no DNS available. So i left these fields blank in the config.
    - i entered the switch's IP address as "gateway" - which works pretty good for the rest of the network (a couple of PCs)
    - no internet access, so i left the "network timeserver" field blank, although i could not leave the Time Zone blank.

    After configuration it seemed that nothing happened.
    But listening to the RS-232 showed:
    Most of the files were successfully downloaded (and some *.sha or so files had appeared on the card), but for two files it reported an 404 error ... also for the autorun.brs!
    How can that happen?
    The file is definitely located in that folder!
    And the BrightSign must have access, because it downloads all others ...

    I have skipped the "networked update" for the time being (commissioning phase), but i must establish it within the next 4 weeks ...

    Is that something with W7, perhaps?
    I am still new to that OS, so it might be one of it's networking specialties, buggin' me here ...
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    RokuLyndon


    There are troubleshooting tips in this FAQ item.
    <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://support.brightsign.biz/entries/262282-simple-file-network-updates-aren-t-working">http://support.brightsign.biz/entries/2 ... -t-working</a><!-- m -->

    See tip 7 for setting a .brs mime type on your server. If there's no .brs mime type, the the autorun.brs fails to download on iis.
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    chrisgage


    Hello,

    I'm struggling to implement a local simple networking scenario. I have a closed local area network that has 10 units on that need to run in sync and update across the network.
    I have a Windows 7 machine with IIS hosting the content. I can ping and browser-access the content from another pc on the network via IP. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://192.168.0.1/BS01/current-sync.xml">http://192.168.0.1/BS01/current-sync.xml</a><!-- m -->)

    The brightsign units see the current-sync.xml file but 404 on every file in the directory. I've added *.brs and *.rok as mime types in IIS. I can directly access these files from a browser on another machine on the network.

    As there is no internet access available, I've removed the option of a time server. Could this be an issue?

    Please help!
    Thanks.
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    RokuLyndon


    Is your brightsign getting info from your network over dhcp, or did you manually set the IP address? If you manually set it, what did you use for the broadcast address.?

    Can you ping the IP address of the brightsign?

    If you have network access, then it can be a permissions issue that's causing the brightsign to fail. Does the web folder have full guest access? Keep in mind that windows does some forms of authentication in the background.
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    pallen


    Was there every a resolve to this problem, I have exactly the same results as chrisgage except I do have internet access. I have tried setting the IP address manually and through DHCP both produce the same results.
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    RokuLyndon


    Please send a description of your problem to support at brightsign . biz
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    pallen


    Nevermind, got the problem sorted - web server settings were not correct.  Updated the settings and it's all working now thanks. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
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    Eric Quintana
    Hi Pallen, What were the settings that you had to fix to get your simple network going?
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    Lyndon

    Since this is an old thread, I don't know if  you'll see a response from the user, but 95% of the time, the problem with simple networking is mime types on the server. If you look at the troubleshooting faq for simple networking, it lists what mime types to add and how to test if they've been added successfully.

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    Shahram Kadkhodaei

    This article was very helpful to me & it just solved my problem regarding the SFN setup as i watched the videos many times but no success at the end but the last, I contact the technical support and the sent me this link and it perfectly works for me.

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