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Has anyone tried pulling stats from the NHL HITS platform? I can push stats out, but would like to pull boxscore information.

NHL Hits uses CII to populate templates on CGs, so you will need to have an XPression CII Gateway license and the CII Gateway running on your XPression.

You can download the XPression CII Gateway guide here:
http://transfer.rossvideo.com/f/a7705836f

Hits uses W commands to select a template by ID and then write a take ID in the sequencer with whatever data you choose to update with. Data sets on Hits are filed by page number and a corresponding page(scene ID) must exist on XPression in order for the W command to find and populate the correct template. When building the template you must organize your published fields in the Order they will be sent by NHL Hits.

The CII commands can be sent either over TCP/IP or serial connection to the rs232 port on the back of the XPression. Sometimes users even run a cable directly from the Hits laptop to the port on the back of the XPression.

One important point is that the NHL Hits system needs to be setup as though it is communicating with a Deko as its implementation of CII is closest to ours (since Hits doesn't have a dedicated XPression driver)

CII command structure

W\\\[data[1]]\[data[n+1]]\\

The target ID is the take ID being written, followed by the scene ID being used to generate the take ID, followed after that by the data itself.

If this command was writing take ID 9000 from scene ID 100 with data for points and assists it would look something like this.

W\9000\100\PTS 45\AST 65\\
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Ah nevermind, I see you are trying to PULL data from NHL Hits.

You'd need to use CII X commands. Let me see if I can dig up some specific info on that for you.
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@garner if you are still at Ross could you provide any info on this, I am trying to PULL data and have had no luck getting anyone to explain how to do this despite everyone just saying it is possible. Thanks.

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Hi @ChaseGatyas , as far as I know, NHL Hits does not support PULL commands in CII (CII X Commands). But I do not have NHL Hits documentation nor have I spoken to anyone at NHL Hits (we don't have a contact).
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Spent some time on the phone with NHL hits Broadcast Product Manager who confirmed that they support PULL commands. We stepped through the process in the HITS interface and how to set up the scripts etc... We confirmed that PUSH data is being sent to the Xpression and that the connection is set up properly. She even showed me how to set up the scripts for PULL requests, I just need to figure how how to tell Xpression to PULL the data and where to put it. That being said any thoughts on how to do this within Xpression?

Thank you Garner, I appreciate your help.

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Here's the XPression CII X Commands document:
https://transfer.rossvideo.com/f/5e5f9126c54e9b47

Let us know if you have questions about getting it working.
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