Dashboard Controlling Xpression Remote Sequencer

ssblank · February 17, 2024, 6:19pm

Hi -

Is there a way to connect Dashboard to the Remote Sequencer? Similar to how Dashboard can control the Sequencer in Xpression Studio. If so, how do you connect that?

jeffmayer · February 18, 2024, 5:33pm

There is no Remote Sequencer API that Dashbaord can connect to similar to the XPression Sequencer, however, you can build a custom dashboard panel that uses Rosstalk to send commands to Remote Sequencer, both its linear rundown and individual channel playlists.

garnermillward · February 20, 2024, 2:48pm

What version and build of XPression are you running?

ssblank · February 20, 2024, 2:53pm

Xpression Version 10.0 build 5272

garnermillward · February 21, 2024, 6:48pm

Here are the RossTalk commands that are specific to Remote Sequencer control. You will need to add the RossTalk board in the RemSeq preferences:

UP

DOWN

READ

SWAP

CHANDOWN [chan]

CHANUP [chan]

CHANREAD [chan]

CHANNEXT [chan]

CHANCUE [chan]

CHANTAKEOFFLINE [chan]

CUE [id]

SEQO [id]

SEQI [id]

TAKE [id]

FOCUS [id]

FOCUSSTORY [roid:storyid]

jameshessler · October 11, 2024, 2:41am

Hey Garner!

I’m working on a DashBoard panel to drive the remote sequencer v10 5 build 5543 and I can use a RossTalk commands from the API on my port for the main sequence, but I haven’t successfully sent commands for the individual channel sequences.

Are the above commands still valid?

The format is command space [channel number], right?

I think I tried without the space, without the brackets, with a colon instead of brackets, whole string in quotes, and any combination I could think of.

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

James.

jameshessler · October 11, 2024, 2:56am

Hey Garner!

While I’ve been able to send the down command for the main sequence, I haven’t been able to send the channel specific commands. Are the commands above still valid?

Thanks,

James.

garnermillward · October 11, 2024, 6:03pm

Here’s what valid RemSeq RossTalk commands look like in Docklight scripting:

The command were added in v9 or early v10, so you should be ok.

Make sure you have the RossTalk GPI board setup in RemSeq (RemSeq > File > Hardware Setup > GPI Boards > RossTalk

Make sure the RossTalk board is using a different port number than any other software also install in the same PC. (Ex set Dashboard and RemSeq to use port 7790 for RossTalk).

jameshessler · October 12, 2024, 3:40am

Hey Garner,

Sorry for the duplicate…I thought the first post had not posted.

Yeah, I found out about the port conflict on an earlier project!

The problem was that I was including the [square brackets] around the channel number!

I have not seen Docklight before, when I get caught up, I might go looking for it.

Thanks,

James

jameshessler · October 13, 2024, 5:54pm

Hey Garner, Jeff,

I’m almost finished with my panel…just looking at things to make it more user friendly.

Since the director might be focused on the panel sometimes, I thought using NDI to display my program and preview would be good.

Have you found SDI-NDI converters that are better suited to this?

I have also considered taking my Remote Sequencer display of five individual channel sequences across a two 16x9 monitors and rearranging them into ten NDI windows across two 1920x540 monitors—channel 1 preview, sequence, channel 2 preview, and so on.

Will HDMI-NDI converters support this approach?

Thanks,

James.