How to set up the Player?

We recommend using Raspberry Pi 5 (4GB) as a player, since it has been battle-tested by us and our clients.

You can either buy a plug-n-play prebuilt kit here or get a Raspberry Pi 5 from any local distributor.

x86 PCs

For Intel-based PCs, such as ASUS NUC, the steps are as follows

  1. Get an Intel NUC (nuc7cjyhn2 or better), RAM and SSD.
  2. Download THIS IMAGE
  3. Flash onto >=32GB SSD (eg. using Balena Etcher)
  4. Put the NUC together (insert >= 4GB RAM and the SSD)
  5. Enter the BIOS (press F2 or DEL) and enable Turn On After Power Failure.
  6. After booting up, an up-to-date version of app will be downloaded in the background and three words will appear on the screen, type those to Bohemica Signage Dashboard

ARM (Raspberry Pi)

For ARM PCs, the steps are as follows:

  1. Get a Raspberry Pi 5 or better and an endurance SD card.
  2. Download THIS IMAGE
  3. Use balenaEtcher or similar to flash the SD card (eg. using Balena Etcher)
  4. Insert the SD card to Raspberry 5After booting up, an up-to-date version of app will be downloaded in the background and three words will appear on the screen, type those to Bohemica Signage Dashboard

Pair the Player to the Dashboard

Go to https://app.bsgn.cc/, Displays, Add New Display. You can set the attributes, such as name, location and the orientation of the Display.

To pair this Display to your Player, write the Device ID (three English words) to this input:

or watch a step-by-step video:

Info

The Device ID (three words) is tied to the specific combination of MAC and motherboard ID. So if you format the hard drive, the Player will connect automatically next time.

The Player is tied to your account, once paired. If, for any reason, you'd need to unpair the Player, and it's not possible to do it from the dashboard, connect to your player locally or via ssh and delete this file: /home/signage/.cached-auth