ETC Eos Family Show Control - Manual (Page 26)

24 Eos Family Show Control
Receiving via the I/O Gateway
For your console to receive serial date from an I/O Gateway, the Serial Port Group ID must match
the String RX Group ID, and String RX must be Enabled. See “Show Control Setup” on page 5.
Network Serial (UDP)
Eos Family consoles have the ability to send strings, which can be used to send commands to other
devices, such as Paradigm ® , Crestron ® , and other media servers. The ability to send and receive
strings can be done via RS232 ports (if equipped), ACN String EPI, and UDP messages. The same
strings for Serial RS-232 can be used for Networked Serial as well.
Configuration
The following settings for string I/O are available in [Setup]>{Show}>{Show Control}:
• {String RX} - This setting will enable receiving strings on all Serial RX formats.
• {String TX} - This settings will enable sending strings on all Serial TX formats.
• {String RX Group Ids} - This button is for setting up which serial groups the console will listen
to. Group IDs are from 1-32. Remember group IDs relate to the number set in the gateway. It
can be set to listen to multiple group IDs by using [Thru] and [+].
• {StringTX Group Ids} - This button is for setting up which serial groups the console will send
to. Group IDs are from 1-32. Remember group IDs relate to the number set in the gateway. It
can be set to send to multiple group IDs by using [Thru] and [+].
• {String RX Port} - Setting for the UDP port that the console will receive strings.
• {String TX Port} - Setting for the UDP port that the console will send strings.
• {String TX IP Address} - Setting the IP address the console should send string to.
Sending Strings
There are three ways that your console can send strings: from cues, macros, or user events.
Sending from Cues
First make sure that String TX is enabled or you will not be able to execute any commands. To send
a string via a cue, it must be part of the external links. When the cue is executed, the string will be
sent to all enabled string interfaces. When the {Execute} softkey is used, a {String} softkey will be
displayed. When {String} is pressed, the alphanumeric keyboard will display and text entered will
be displayed in the external links field of the playback status display.
If there is already a string linked to the selected cue, the string will be displayed for editing. When
[Cue] [n] {Execute} {String} is on the command line, pressing [Next] / [Last] will step through all
the strings used in that show file. You can then modify the displayed string to simplify the process
of entering similar strings.
Sending a String to Paradigm
Select the cue that should be executing the string.
• [Cue] [1]
N o t e : Text requires either a carriage return (hex 0d), “\r”, or “#” to terminate the
command line.
N o t e : If you are trying to control Paradigm via UDP, ACN Strings, or RS-232, please
reference the Paradigm Serial Access Protocol document for additional
information.