BrightSign Player Agent Version Release Notes

Release notes for the different versions of Korbyt Software for BrightSign media players

Written By David Colas

Last updated 5 days ago

Most Recent Support Version

Latest Korbyt Agent Version Supported: 3.15.16

Latest Version PRT: 3.12

Chromium Version: 114

Firmware/OS:
Series 4 BrightSign Devices:
8.5.47
Series 5 BrightSign Devices: 9.0.211
Series 6 BrightSign Devices: 9.1.92.1

Version Release Notes

BrightSign Series

Player Agent Version

Change Notes

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series
BrightSign 6 Series

3.15.16

  • ***BETA*** Fix issue downloading scriptlets from hybrid server over http (only https was working)

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.15

  • Fix issue where player with volume set to 0 reports volume as 100 during check-ins

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.14

  • Fix issue where player with volume set to 0 reports volume as 100 during check-ins

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.13

  • Fix scriptlet support for Node 18

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.12

  • Readded support for offline startup

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.11

  • Add Bearer Auth to external player api login route

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.10

  • Add external player api to player info and actions

  • Update minimum firmware for 5 Series to (9.0.211) and 4 series to (8.5.64)

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.8

Requirements: BrightSign Firmware minimum(9.0.191) Changelog v3.15.5

- Fix the reference for SSL certificate handling in the nodejs process. v3.15.6

- Add additional error logging for media downloads to capture Bad Gateway errors v3.15.7

- Add real-time screenshot functionality v3.15.8 -

- Fix type errors in syslogs

- Fix player orientation defect 

 

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.7

- Add real-time screenshot functionality

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.6

- Add additional error logging for media downloads to capture Bad Gateway errors

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.5

  - Fix the reference for SSL certificate handling in the nodejs process.

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.3

Changelog: v3.15.1

PRT Support: 3.12

- Fix to correctly add missing resources to the resourceLookup.  Allows urgent alerts to render correctly.

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.2

- Add provisioning candidate for EU and isolated tenant

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.1

  - Update boot logging to support writing to syslog
  - Update proxy setup to support proxy.json file
  - Update multioutput support gates to prevent issues with 3 & 4 Series players
  - Add volume control support on heartbeat work
  - Add default recovery URL for Korbyt Application
  - Add method to clear chrome cache every 6 hours
  - General bug fixes

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.14.1

Adds check for minimum firmware version (9.0.15) for running setup for multi-output players

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.13

- Added a fix for the player going into recovery mode on restart in constrained network scenarios

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.12.3

- Improved caching process
- transition improvements
- portrait playback improvements

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.6.2

- Add a fix to handle an error during file caching that would set to player to streaming for all content.
- Fix issue where a bad file name / file path would cause the player to throw when downloading to the cache

["BrightSign 4 Series

3.5.14

Added fallbacks to the player check-in route
- Updated check-in logging
- Force player to get new instructions if last instructions are older than 12 hours
- Updated upgrade process for future versions to prevent a clear cache on upgrade
- Updated video playback to use the video hardware layer
- Add new query parameters to checkin request url (pid, pt, lip)
- Add timeouts on http requests
- Add heartbeat watchdog

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.5.5

- Add Samsung command parsing for CEC screen control
- Add HDMI CEC interface
- consolidate 4/5 Series agent
- Supports not having to re-download content on upgrade

BrightSign 4 Series

3.5.0

- Add HDMI CEC controls
- Allow upgrades without deleting cache

BrightSign 5 Series

3.4.6

- add XC5 multi-output support on 9.0.x (only supports stretched canvas, not unique outputs)
- removes CEC interface support

BrightSign 4 Series

3.4.5

- fix streaming for BrightSign 8.5 Firmware

BrightSign 4 Series

3.4.4

- set default COMPort to 0 if accessible

BrightSign 4 Series

3.4.3

- fix issues preventing ksz files from installing onto player
- fix to updating scriptlet status and uninstall

BrightSign Audio

3.4.2

- Add CMS upgrade functionality to player upgrades that do not delete the content cache

["BrightSign Audio

3.4.1

- Add changes for volume slider

BrightSign 4 Series

3.4.0

- Ensure command type is set to HDMI and move message sender to screen control page
- Add node scriptlet support
- Add support for scriplets and playerAPI messaging

BrightSign Audio

3.4.0

- Allow upgrades without deleting cache

BrightSign 4 Series

3.3.0

- Add deep comparison for player instructions
- Add all media requests through proxy
- Add CEC hbs file

["BrightSign 4 Series"]

3.2.2

- Add toggle for enable/disable CEC logging

BrightSign 4 Series

3.2.1

- Add error handling for network outage

BrightSign Audio

3.2.1

- Add deep compare for instruction comparison

BrightSign 4 Series

3.2.0

- Add runtime info to identity panel
- update checkin route
- clear unused PRTs
- Add fallback to default PRT on invalid download
- Add dynamic PRT selection

BrightSign Audio

3.2.0

- Add scheduled playback for static content

BrightSign 4 Series

3.1.3

- Add serial log collection

BrightSign 4 Series

3.1.2

- change filewritestream completion from on(end) to on(finish)

BrightSign 4 Series

3.1.1

- remove request library
- Add node-fetch library
- Add proxy support
- change model requirements for firmware upgrade

BrightSign Audio

3.1.1

- Add log retrieval functionality
- Add upgradeFilePattern check to Allow support for audio only player in CMS

BrightSign 4 Series

3.1.0

- change default PRT to 3.1
- fix incorrect firmware url variable - add custom scriptlets functionality
- add PSS and on-prem functionality
- add support to download Korbyt compatible firmware
- add 410 status code handler in downloader
- update provisioning page UI
- add upgradeFilePattern check to allow support for audio only player in CMS

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