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Limits on project complexity? (num of states/transitions)

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Alastair
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Hi, I'm very much a beginner having recently acquired a number of second-hand Brightsign units (a mixture of 2-, 3-, and 4- series, HD and XD). What I'd like to ask is whether there is a limit on the complexity/scope of a project that can be created on Brightsign (either in the "classic" Author for older models or more recent Connected), particularly with respect to the number of states/transitions? I'm thinking about something like a branching state machine/dialogue tree as you might find in a videogame, with 200-300 short videoclips of interviews which users navigate (via buttons triggering GPIO inputs, if that matters). Is there any reason that couldn't be published as a self-contained presentsation on any of these devices? (Or are there any other considerations I should be aware of before investing too much into development!) Thanks!
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    Lee DYDOMITE Dydo

    It's feasible, but it's thousands of clicks, sub-menus, and opportunities for errors. I would do it in HTML and JavaScript instead.

    Also note that BrightSign LLC is dropping support for devices older than series 4, and BrightAuthor:Classic soon. You could still make it work, but it's definitely "swim at your own risk."

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    Alastair

    Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I had a feeling it would quickly become spaghetti-ish if using the author layout - haven't investigated HTML/Javascript yet as I wanted to check there were no other technical restrictions before diving in too deep.

    I'm fine if support for the older versions of hardware/software get deprecated, so long as they don't just stop working! (which, as I understand it, there's no reason why they should because everything can be run locally? At least I hope I understood that correctly, because that's a deal-killer!)

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    Brandon

    EOL software won't support the new hardware which means we can't guarantee it'll work and any new/changed hardware features won't be supported even if an old presentation does work. 
    Classic BrightAuthor already doesn't support Series 6/newer.
    Currently, outstanding issue BCN-13508 makes the BrightSign Author (fka brightAuthor connected fka BrightAuthor:connected) UI unresponsive when you reach the three-digit count of states/events, so definitely best to go with HTML/Javascript to avoid management issues later.

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