BrightSign Players/Tablet Network Requirements

UDP broadcasting needs to be enabled at the Head End (switch, router….etc) for the tablet/player connection to work. The BrightSign players need to have communication to the amazonaws url below. Connecting a laptop to the data ports and running the below tests should confirm that the connection is good.

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Run these PowerShell commands. Succeeded should result in True for all 3 commands.

Test-NetConnection a17cijt58cc5tk.iot.us-east-1.amazonaws.com -port 8883

Test-NetConnection a17cijt58cc5tk.iot.us-east-1.amazonaws.com -port 443

Test-NetConnection a17cijt58cc5tk.iot.us-east-1.amazonaws.com -port 80

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Ping a17cijt58cc5tk.iot.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

Copy the IP address

Test-NetConnection <IP address from the first test> -port 8883

Touchscreen PC Network Requirements

  • Connect to *.mbusa.com & *.logmeinrescue.com domain groups
  • Access to port 443 TCP outbound