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GPIO Control and Sync multiple boxes

Adam Bendig CTS

August 11, 2011 06:29

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I've been trying to program this but keep running into a hurdle when I add the sync commands. I can sync files that run on their own, and I can have the GPIO button board control a single box, but can't combine the two. I've got the blank file to get multiple machines in sync on startup. After this they'll transition to a logo video file, then all transition to a loop where each display shows different content, but all timed the same. This will loop until I push a button on the board, which will make all of the boxes play a "SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT" sort of file. This will loop until I push another button, that takes us back to the logo video file. I've been attempting to do this by using the GPIO buttons at the top of the interactive programming window, and then adding a Synchronize Command to the GPIO event. Am I going about this correctly? Should I utilize the GPIO Commands on some other type of event?

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  Adam Bendig CTS August 11, 2011 07:40

  
  
  reading some other posts, i have some of the same symptoms as network issues. All of my boxes have gotten manually set ip's. I'll go through tomorrow and reset them to see if it helps. firmware is the latest, as is Bright Author.
  
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  Adam Bendig CTS August 12, 2011 00:37

  
  
  I sort of suspect now that because I'm using a 1010w with GPIO interface as the master and 210's without the interface as slaves, that this won't work as I suspected. That, possibly, instead of Sync commands on the Media End events, I would be using GPIO commands, and somehow using that on the slaves instead of sync events to receive the command?
  
  I've submitted a help request to support@brightsign.biz, hoping to get a dialog going here though. As a backup solution, I'm looking into UDP control now. This is for a temporary installation that will have an operator available to send the commands.
  
  Final desired project is for 7 boxes to
  1-loop their own sets of videos, though all the same total length,
  2-then on command, change to one looping file that is the same across all systems,
  3-then on command, change back to the initial loop.
  There will be ~10 different files that will be changed to at various times in step 2. Can't be too hard right <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

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  Adam Bendig CTS August 12, 2011 05:44

  
  
  Aaaand now I've got everything running as desired, except that after I push a button to jump back into the general loop, the sync is lost and only the master continues on, the slaves all are stuck on one frame.
  
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  RokuLyndon August 13, 2011 06:44

  
  
  I sent an email, but hadn't seen a reply. If the slaves aren't following then you're either not sending a syn command or not listening for a sync command on the slaves at the right time.