[Sending HTTP commands with watchout]

Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up sending a simple string command to Bitfocus Companion. Much easier to just tell companion what button to press and let it handle the backend. 

Command is:

BANK-PRESS 1 1  ****FIRST DIGIT IS PAGE NUMBER THEN A SPACE SECOND DIGIT IS BUTTON NUMBER****

$0D ***HEX REPRESENTATION OF ENTER****

Works great and its free software. Has libraries for most PTZ cameras. 

 

[Sending HTTP commands with watchout]

Did this work? I'm not having much success a decade later. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. 

[Sending HTTP commands with watchout]

Struggling to deliver string commands to Panasonic AW-HE40 on port 80.

In Chrome this works perfectly with no auth:

http://cameraipaddress/cgi-bin/aw_ptz?cmd=%23R01&res=1

I think the string command should be

GET /cgi-bin/aw_ptz?cmd=%23R01&res=1

I've also tried:

GET /cgi-bin/aw_ptz?cmd=%23R01&res=1$0D

I've also tried just

$0D

All of these return the error "Failed at delivering data"

Wathchout 6.7.2

Does anyone have any experience with these or other Panasonic PTZ cameras with String Commands or any other method? Just need to recall presets from the timeline. Thanks!

 

[Windows LTSC 2021 21H2 AMD Driver]

My motherboard ( ASUS Pro WS W680) does not appear to have working NIC or chipset drivers for Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1607 or 1809. It works great with Windows 10 LTSC 2021 (Version 21H2) but when I try to install the AMD 17Q4.1 Driver I use on all my other servers, it crashes the PC. Watchout works for the most part with the latest display driver but I am getting some HAP stuttering. If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it. Perhaps this will be solved when V7 is released?

Here's a link to all the parts used for the build:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PIq1UWHSLg_330n-yNcSc6wKDGMRQnjqtZBRwPS0Eug/edit?usp=sharing

[New WO server parts list. Looking for opinions]

On 2/5/2023 at 7:01 AM, RBeddig said:

I'm not a big fan of using 6 channel graphic cards and you have to keep an eye on the bottle necks in the system. W6800 works but has no framelock on the outputs and can not be locked to genlock or be synced to other servers. For softedge projection it is fine, for large LED walls it's bad.

I've not looked at all of the components but noticed that the SSD e.g. is PCIe 3.0. Standard today is PCIe 4.0 and it's faster. For semi-professional use the components might work. For a real workhorse for large shows, I would only use workstation grade mainboards and components and rather a NVidea RTX A5000 or better than a W6800.

Also I would never buy a blackmagic capture card. They are rather cheap but will also make sure that you'll have lot of fun and wasted time when you try to make them work. The drivers are awful and you won't get support from the manufacturer.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1740490-REG/asus_pro_ws_w680_ace_ipmi.html

What do you think of this workstation mainboard? We have some stable 6 output servers using WX9100. I'm a little nervous to switch to the W6800, as I'm not sure if it is supported by the Q42017 drivers that we also use (I believe on your recommendation). Have you used any later driver versions with the W6800 with success?

Thanks for your input. 

[What AMD Driver Version Does Everyone Prefer For 6 Outputs]

Are we still using 2017Q4.1 or have others had success with later version? Windows 10 x64 Watchout 6.6.7

Thanks to anyone with feedback!

 

[Watchout v6.5 Windows 10 6 Output AMD Compatibility W9100]

11 hours ago, kai said:

Hi,

What a driver version of WX9100 you are use it?

 

Regards,

KAI

I don't have a WX9100, I have a W9100. Its a different 6 output AMD card than the one you referenced. I've tried all versions of the driver between 17q4.1 and 19q4.1

None of them work very well with my setup, but 19q4.1 works best out of that range. 

It still will only come online with 6 displays once with that driver version.

[Watchout v6.5 Windows 10 6 Output AMD Compatibility W9100]

I haven't tried emulating EDIDs. Is that what you do for your machine that is working well? Does your W9100 take a long time to sync up when Watchpoint starts? What AMD driver version are you using. 

Is emulating EDIDs something Dataon recommends doing for stable performance in Windows 10? I don't need to do this in Windows 7 and the server has been rock solid with 6 outputs for years. 

[Watchout v6.5 Windows 10 6 Output AMD Compatibility W9100]

I have tried numerous different iterations of Windows 10 and AMD drivers with Watchout 6.5 (and other versions) and I can't get a smooth output @ 1080p 60hz to 6 blackmagic HDMI-SDI micro converters. This setup works flawlessly with windows 7, but every time I try to migrate to windows 10 I get endless bugs. I started with Windows 10 LTSB 1607 and followed the tweaking guide meticulously. Here are some of my observations.

• 17Q4.1 Driver = endless flashing of displays and failure to sync or ever arrive at the ready screen with the display name and IP address
• 19Q4.1 Driver works sometimes the first time lots of flashing and strobing of displays at startup but eventually syncs and can be taken online
  • can only go online once, after going offline, can't go back online without a reboot and more flashing and sync problems
• This hardware works perfectly when I give up and put the windows 7 hard drive back in the machine with Watchout 6.5
• Even when working somewhat with 19Q4.1 driver I can't change the frame rate of a display from the production laptop. The display will never come online.
  • This may be a known bug. I think I read about this in the release notes
• Setup seems fine with 4 displays and either driver
• I did the registry key with the longer wait time from the tweaking guide. It didn't solve the problem.
• I could go on but basically, does anyone have a good combo of windows version and AMD driver that reliably works with 6 Blackmagic HDMI-SDI microconverters and Windows 10/Watchout 6.5 and a W9100 Graphics Card?
• Should I just stay on Windows 7 forever for these two machines that have 6 outputs? My 4 output machines work fine with windows 10 other than a minor bug that I started a separate thread about. I was under the impression that Dataton was phasing out support for Windows 7 as it is no longer offered by microsoft officially. 

Any advice is appreciated

[Blurry Display Name on Some Outputs in Windows 10 AMD W4100 17q4.1]

15 minutes ago, mindopera said:

What kind of displays are you using? 

Image  IMG_0700.HEIC doesn't look blurry it looks doubled.  Are these projectors and are they aligned properly?

You are correct, the text is doubled, not blurry.

The pic is of the same SDI monitor plugged into two sdi outputs in sucession.

All 4 displays are going to Blackmagic HDMI->SDI microconverters. I plugged those into an SDI monitor to take the pics, but the text is doubled no matter what monitor or projector I plug the SDI output of the microconverter into. It also happens if I plug the output into an hdmi monitor with a MDP-HDMI cable. But again, only on outputs 2,3, and 4

Watchout V6.5 on Windows 10

Interestingly it doesn't happen in Windows 7 with an identical setup and Watchout 6.5

27 minutes ago, jfk said:

HEIC will not open inn MAcOS Sierra, so I cannot see your images. Never seen an issue with the output of the logo screens being blurry, very strange. BTW Always indicate the WATCHOUT version you are asking about.

attached are some jpegs

Watchout version is 6.5

[Watchout 6.4.1 bugs]

Rbeddig is saying that if you assign a layer as a standby layer, you can have that be your static look while you push content *if you remember to go into standby before adding content in live update mode or clicking update if in non-live-update mode*. This can be any look you want, but it can only be one look per timeline location. The point that jason and I are making is that we used to be able to park the timeline in whatever scene lighting or directing or choreography or whoever wanted to work on and push content quietly. Now our options are to dump to a default standby look and then push or dump to black/watchout logo when using live update, (which most programmers in live theater use A LOT). It draws lots of attention to us, makes us look stupid, and wastes time with discussions of how this won't happen during the show. It makes Watchout look like buggy unstable software that is always crashing to a logo. I understand that is not what is happening, and I don't care that it happens personally, but directors and lighting designers and video designers HATE this behavior. 

Please fix this.

[Blurry Display Name on Some Outputs in Windows 10 AMD W4100 17q4.1]

I have two servers on Windows 10 AMD Driver 17q4.1. AMD W4100 video card

The servers work fine when online, however, when they startup, the Display Name is blurry on outputs 2, 3, and 4. 

Attached are pics of Output 1 and Output 2 (the blurry one) for comparison

Any thoughts on why this would be? The outboard gear on both displays is identical.

IMG_0701.HEIC IMG_0700.HEIC

[Watchout 6.4.1 bugs]

On 11/3/2019 at 12:08 AM, Jason H Thompson said:

I have a useful Addendum to the Live Update conversation.  I've found that while using version 6.5, if I already have a folder in the media window, I can drag new content into it while in Live Update with no issue.  Unfortunately, it does jump to a black loading screen while the content is updated to the Display and then the content comes back.  In previous versions, this loading screen wouldn't show if the Display software was in "No Logo" mode.

However, if I am working in Live Update and drag a folder into the Media Window with content in it, I'll get errors and the Display computer will drop out, needing to be reset by going Offline and Online again once or twice.

I really miss being able to load new content without the entire room knowing I'm doing an update.  I really hope this feature comes back in the next update.

I would like to second this. Also, this bug is still present in v6.5. This is no good for live theater. Every time I add a piece of content, 10 projectors dump to black with a big logo and everyone in the room turns to look at me. Previously, I could add 100GB of content and it would just freeze on whatever still I parked it on and there would be a single frame of black when it was done pushing content. This was much much better. This new behavior makes my job much more difficult and unpleasant. Please put it back to the way it was for years. Thank you.