Facility Control

Hello OGscripters, 

I want to build simple tally light box with 4 leds, each led should be turned on or off from dashboard. 

As i know, dashboard doesn't work directly with usb devices (usb GPIO is most popular solution for my needs). 

As well, i know that dashboard to RS424 solution is moxa devices (this is an native communication infrastructure to non-ethernet devices in case of overdrive, or pivot cameras for example). 

The only solution that i think about in that point, is to install usb to gpio device, and then trigger it native software by sending shortcuts from dashboard. But this is very curved way to do that.

What is the right way to do that? I believe you answer will help to many other, not just me... 

Thank you very much!

Alex.

Hi Alex.

You are correct that DashBoard is able to speak UDP and TCP/IP (including HTTP) as network protocols but can only read from USB Human Interface Devices. 

If you need to speak serial to your light box, you would need a moxa or some other serial-to-ip solution.

Cheers

James

Thank you James. Then, i guess, i need to find some tcp to gpio /or relay box, and trigger it via http post or tcp messages.

Best regards,

Alex.