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No, KEYLINK requires a SMARTPAX connection. BTW Digital SMARTLINK can also accept switch closure input to trigger TRAX events. But like KEYLINK, Digital SMARTLINK also requires a SMARTPAX or SMARTPAX QC connection. But KEYLINK is much easier to connect. I only mention Digital SMARTLINK in case one might be on hand.

Took me a few minutes, but, found it in my personal / private web storage . Stored as a .zip archive. http://dataton.net/dna/Software/Micsoft6.zip

Something similar exists in the status window. You can display main timeline position in hours, minutes, seconds, frames by changing the time display to the timecode format of your choice.

Do not know anything about this console, but a quick review of the user guide would suggest TCP/IP using a WATCHOUT output object would do what you ask. Refer to Chapter 34 Controlling MagicQ using TCP/IP

The pinned topic above states ... The Service Desk is part of our new Help Center, https://dataton.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals, where you, apart from requesting technical support, also can submit Bugs or Feature requests.

I think those errors are the side effect of watchmaker’s failed access to the watchpax. Are there other errors preceding that error? Is there external control connection to the watchpax? Is it possible you have two iterations of watchmaker running?

Command ID tagging is quite simple, but effective. It is covered in the User Guide.

I see no evidence of you entering your request in the Dataton Service Desk system. Not sure where you sent an email, but that is not the way to start your request, as described in

First question, is the signal NDI or NDI-HX? Placing a NDI media object on a virtual display does not activate the NDI stream until the virtual display is active on a timeline. If you are not using standby, the best way to keep the NDI stream active is to place the NDI media item on a standby layer of the main timeline from 0.0 time to the end of the main timeline.

I had posted exactly what you requested in this forum. It appears it has been removed by a forum administrator. i.e. you will need to obtain developer information outside of a public forum. Contact Dataton via

Once upon a time, Dataton provided a simple free of charge “web app” to do this. However, newer security provisions in iOS prevent that type of app today (i believe iOS 9 was the last version that worked with the iOS WATCHOUT Remote web app). The easiest way today is to use WATCHNET. Although WATCHNET is frozen, it still supports features prior to WATCHOUT 6.4. (i.e. do not use Task window folders and you will be fine with the current version). However, WATCHNET requires a non-display server PC and a WATCHNET license (i.e. a WATCHNET License is any WATCHOUT License that supports WATCHOUT version 5). New WATCHOUT licences are v6 only and can not be used with WATCHNET. Dataton still offers a WATCHNET Licence (which is actually a new license that supports both WATCHOUT v5 and v6) for aproximately $100 more than a new WATCHOUT v6 License. Otherwise, you are looking at custom application development.

You did not indicate the specific version of WATCHOUT. There is an anomaly in some WATCHOUT versions where NDI when all the computers involved set are to fixed IP addresses. Try setting all your computers to DHCP to see if that straightens it out.

Yes, you can control display computers directly, aka cluster mode. Turn off your production computer when controlling in cluster mode. Reboot your display computer. After sending authenticate 1 send a load “yourshow” to establish cluster mode (where “yourshow” is the exact case sensitive name of your show, same as the .watch file name without the .watch portion). typically the presence of production results in the no authority error, as production locks out most control when it is present.

It is possible to load a new show without the image being interrupted between the shows. granted, there is a pause. as for automated, the second show can be loaded from the first show.

Just curious, why not just create different shows for each scenario and switch between them?

quotes may be in wrong place, try "C:\ProgramFiles\Dataton\Watchout 6\Watchpoint.exe” -Showspath /F:/Shows/ and if example above line wraps, to be clear there is a space between the ending double quote and the hypen beginning the command line switch

Thanks for the help Rainer. No task window folders in this show, will be sure to avoid them. While i do place loopback cues, i also trim the timeline duration to march the cue duration.

I am being told second hand that Medialon can not run or kill WATCHOUT auxiliary timelines in cluster mode. Can that be true? I am hoping something is ‘lost in the translation’. It is very important that auxiliary timeline control is available. The main timeline is used exclusively for re-mapping since it can not be killed. Much safer to keep the main timeline closed and show programming placed in auxiliary timelines so that there is little chance the mapping is accidentally disturbed.

The DataPath utility uses the proprietary DataPath driver, WATCHOUT uses the WDM driver. Since they are using different drivers that conclusion is invalid.

Dataton provided a developers tool kit with documentation under the name WATCHOUT System Manager for many years. It was withdrawn due to lack of interest. The toolkit included a functioning sample application that does exactly what you describe, it would retrieve information of all control cues (and provide that list through the user interface for quick 'goto' any control cue within a timeline). The control cues containing a 'pause' argument were used to automatically generate a countdown timer along the lines of what you describe. i.e. whenever a timeline is playing you will see a countdown timer to the next pause cue in the timeline. To the best of my knowledge, the toolkit remains valid. However, it has not been updated since it was withdrawn, so some newer features (like Task list folders) are not supported. Contact Dataton support through the Dataton Help Center to obtain a copy of WATCHOUT System Manager.

And as you seem to grasp, that will benefit from chunks, I would try 4 chunks for that size/refresh rate. While reinstalling the software is certainly OK, it is an unnecessary process with extra steps that increase the potential for introducing new errors. Repair should correct things like corrupted codecs, license key drivers, etc. and has less potential to introduce new variables. I assume you ran the Windows 10 Tweaking Guide. Unless you doubted your clean install and applications of the tweak list were run correctly the first time, this seems unnecessary. Absolutely NOT. Any other software that installs codecs is NOT recommended on a dedicated watchpoint computer. Installed codecs may interfere with normal WATCHOUT operation. No idea what K-Lite is but if you have installed codecs on your watchpoint server get rid of them and then run Repair. Since you reference ffmpeg, I think you will find the guidance you seek in this old post ...

Agreed, it is possible to make the BlackMagic Design WDM driver work. That said, the BMD WDM driver is idiosyncratic. A customer reported they were able to successfully get it to work, but it took significant hours of research, trial and error. Windows build, driver version number, and something they chose not to divulge were needed to tweak their system to function properly with a BMD card. On later servers that customer abandoned BlackMagic Design and switched to Magewell capture cards. Yes, if I recall correctly, there are two entries for each output and with some driver versions the one that looks correct isn't. And that is another area BMD is sensitive. Different interpretations of standards can confuse (for example, 1080i 30 frames per second may appear as 1080i 60 fields per second or vice versa). With some other vendors cards, the card ignores the WATCHOUT input signal type setting and automatically adapts to the input signal type making them easier to work with. ------------------- Caveat emptor, ymmv

I suggest you re-open the watchout installer and select repair. Also, what are the resolution and frame rate of the movie? (larger movies may need a chunk parameter to perform correctly)