Grass Valley Xplay Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 92)

Xplay User Manual 5-1
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ONTROLLING
X
PLAY DEVICES USING
AUTOMATION PROTOCOLS
Vertigo playout devices (Vertigo XG and Intuition XG) can be remotely controlled by
external automation systems using Xplay and an automation protocol. Figure
5-1
demonstrates that automation commands are sent using an automation protocol from the
automation system to the device’s Xplay either through a serial or TCP/IP connection. Xplay
then acts as an interpreter by receiving control commands from automation to control the
device and the device sends back status messages.
Figure 5-1. Xplay supports the remote control of devices via automation protocols
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To facilitate integration, Xplay supports several different protocols. In most cases however,
we recommend using the Oxtel Protocol.
Station automation
Automation
protocol
Xplay
(Serial or TCP/IP)