Prerequisites

• Download the firmware in Brightsign page: https://www.brightsign.biz/downloads/overview.

Steps

How to upgrade BrightSign firmware via SD card:

1. Power down your BrightSign player.
2. Depending on the model of your BrightSign player, copy the appropriate .bsfw file (firmware file) onto the root directory of the SD card or USB stick. Ensure there are no other files with the .bsfw extension on it.
3. Insert the SD card or USB stick into the player. Apply power.
4. The player will automatically upgrade itself, remove the file from the SD card, and reboot into the new version.

How to Update via task:

1. Host the firmware zip file on a publically available site, such as Google Drive. If you are using Google, share the file to Anyone with the link. 
   • Ensure that the *.bsfw file is in the root of the zip file. It will fail if it is nested in a folder. The name of the zip file is irrelevant.
2. Copy the URL of the shared firmware file.
3. Create an update BrightSign firmware task in device tasks on Appspace and enter the URL.
4. Select save.

How to host .bsfw (using IIS):

1. Open IIS (Run → inetmgr).
2. Right-click default web site > and select explore.
3. Create a new folder named BSFirwmare.
4. Open the BSFirmware folder and paste the .bsfw file in this location. For this document, the file name is brightsign-xt4-8.5.47-update.bsfw.
5. Go back to IIS. Right-click default web site and refresh. BSFirmware will appear.
6. Select BSFirmware. The screen should look like the image below:
7. Double-click MIME types.
8. Under action (right-hand side column), select add.
9. Add the following information:

   File name extension:	.bsfw
   MIME type:	application/octet-stream

   
10. Select OK.
11. To test, open a web browser and access http://servername/BSFirmware/filename.bsfw (e.g., http://myserver.domain.com/BSFirmware/brightsign-xt4-8.5.47-update.bsfw). A .bsfw file will be downloaded when accessing the URL.