Chq Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Hello, i`d like to use a serial port on the production computer for playing tasks. In the manual i only found a part explaining to use a serial port on display computers. Greetz Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm sorry, but this is not possible, as of now. May I ask why? /jonas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Leong Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 It is possible (from the manual: Production Computer Protocol; page 253 old manual) - run [<string>] Run timeline from current position, optional aux timeline name. halt [<string>] Stop at the current position, with optional auxiliary timeline name You must name the Aux Timeline name after the command 'run' or 'halt'. You must also test. Syntax matters with serial commands. And you will need a serial-to-TCP/IP converter installed in your Production PC since Watchout only listens to TCP/IP. I use either the freeware Virtual Serial Port Emulator (VSPE) from eterlogic.com or HW Virtual Serial Port from HW Group. Thomas Leong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Leong Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 One gotcha I faced: The Aux Timelines cannot have spaces in their names as in the auto assigned names. Example: Timeline 1 has to be renamed to Timeline1, Timeline 2 renamed to Timeline2, etc... in order for the serial command to work. Thomas Leong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fahl Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 They can contain spaces if you enclose the name in double quotes when giving the command, e.g.: run "Timeline 1" Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Leong Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Thanks for the tip, Mike. Works as you said. My problem was using Serialbuttons from audiovisualdevices.com.au. Just read its very brief 'help' file, and it says "ASCII cannot contain spaces" when using serialbuttons. My bad. My other problem is that in order to provide the ability to address more Aux Timelines with a small set of serial buttons, I had one button with the 'run Timeline' command, and a set of numeric keys from 0-9, plus a final 'Take' button (containing the hex .13 or 0x0D final code) to end the command string. When keyed one after another, I could trigger any number of Aux Timelines with this small set of buttons. Example, I could key the 'run Timeline' button, then the numerics 5 and 3 buttons, then the 'Take' button, and Aux Timeline53 would play. Thomas Leong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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