terrystroud Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 We will be setting up a multi display attraction and currently plan to use Watchout. We are in the "getting duck in a row stage" and a question has come up about remote control. Our display will be controlled by a custom "kiosk" style panel by users. We have the ability to do this kiosk in flash but would like the option of another language. So.... Instead of using the Flash API, is it possible to control via any application. I assuming I can just crack open the flash source files, decode what TCP information is being sent, duplicate it in another language and.... presto... TCP control via C++ ( or whatever)? .....or Am i making it too complicated? Maybe there is already a quick reference some where with all the "send this via TCP .. get this" commands? Terry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator jfk Posted June 22, 2012 Moderator Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 We will be setting up a multi display attraction and currently plan to use Watchout. We are in the "getting duck in a row stage" and a question has come up about remote control. Our display will be controlled by a custom "kiosk" style panel by users. We have the ability to do this kiosk in flash but would like the option of another language. So.... Instead of using the Flash API, is it possible to control via any application? Absolutely yes, since version 2.0 . Long before the Flash API was provided, that would have been the only way to do it. I assuming I can just crack open the flash source files, decode what TCP information is being sent, duplicate it in another language and.... presto... TCP control via C++ ( or whatever)? No need for that, this is documented in the WATCHOUT 5 User Guide, Appendix E Display Cluster Protocol starting on page 247. .....or Am i making it too complicated? Maybe there is already a quick reference some where with all the "send this via TCP .. get this" commands? Yes, as noted above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrystroud Posted June 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Thanks. I had the manual already but got fooled by the word "cluster". We are looking at it now to make sure it does what we need. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fahl Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Tthere's also a javascript version of the Flash WATCHOUT Systems Manager API. This API allows front ends to be created using HTML/CSS/javascript (aka "HTML5") technologies, as available in iPad/iPhone and many other modern browsers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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