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Hi,
in Dashboard 8.3.1 there is a widget with an option "Xpression Desktop Preview 1.0".
Somebody knows how it works ?
Because I need to have a preview of my Xpression please.

Thanks for your help.

Place the widget into your Custom Panel.
Inside the widget's configuration (double-click on the widget while in edit mode), specify which channel of XPression you would like to show.

In XPression's Hardware Setup, select the "Inputs/Outputs" tab and click "Add".
Choose "XPression Desktop Preview Client" as the Brand.
Enter the IP address of your DashBoard computer and select the channel you would like to send.


That should do it.

James
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Hi James,
thank you for your feedback.
What you had explain do the job for me, thank you.

But I have a problem with the result of my preview.
I think is not in dashboard but in Xpression.
I explain you what happen just in case that you have a solution.

In Xpression I have a scene with script who change logo of team depending of what is write in a textfield.
But in dashboard preview I have only the preview of the template, the script I put in the tab OnPreviewRender (in Xpression) don't work for dashboard preview.
When I have scene with script, in Xpression the preview is good, not in dashboard.

Thank you again for your help
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Hi kml,

would it be possible for us to take a look at your script? Thanks,

~Billy
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Hi Billy,
I just do a simple test with this script :



dim folder as string="X:\mypath..."

dim team as xptextobject
self.getobjectbyname("team",team)
dim logo as xpbaseobject
self.getobjectbyname("logo",logo)

logo.setVolatileTextureFile(0,folder+team.text+".png")


In my scene:
a textfield [I]team [/I](static text)
a quad [I]logo[/I]


It works, no problem.


I thougth that is scene with script who do the trouble with preview but no.
The trouble is with scene with datalinq

With the same script, I just link the textfield [I]team[/I] at a datalinq and now the preview not work.
The textfield don't update.

Thank you for your help.




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This is me again.
Sorry, but I understand (Ihope this time) what happen.
In Xpression, on the datalinq properties, when I use to increment the preview doesn't work , in Dashboard and Xpression, for this kind of scene.
In the sequencer , in the [I]Template Data [/I]when I change by a number <1> the good preview appear instantly in Xpression and Dashboard too.

So I can't use when Desktop Preview Client is activate , if I want a good preview in Dasboard.

Thank you a lot if you find a solution for that.


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Ok I find a way to resolve my problem.
In Xpression, in my textfield, on Data Source, I fill only [I]Datalinq[/I], nothing in [I]Column, row[/I] ...
Like this I don't use for increment.

dim team as xptextobject
self.getobjectbyname("team",team)

dim seq as sequencer
seq=engine.sequencer
dim bti as xpbasetakeitem
seq.getFocusedTakeItem(bti)
dim idx as integer = bti.ID - 100 'because in my sequencer the ids are from 101 to 110

dim dl as xpdatalinq
dl=team.datalinq
dl.column="TVMatch\team\name"



I put this script on tabs OnPrepare, OnPreviewRender, OnOnline.
And know I have the good preview in Xpression and Dashboard


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Hello,

like I say above, the preview in Dashboard works, but only in local, when dashboard run on my Xpression.
But when I run Dashboard in an other pc the preview stop to work.
In Dashboard I write the real ip of my Xpression, and in Xpression -> Edit -> Hardware Setup in Desktop Preview Client -> host I write the ip of my pc who Dashboard run.

But nothing.

Someone knows how can I do ?

Thanks.
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Hi Kml,

might be a network or firewall issue, can you try telnet or ping that ip address at port 7070? See if it connects? Thanks,

~Billy
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Hi Billy,
Thanks a lot for your help.
This is effectively a firewall issue.
Now it's ok.

;)
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