How to send data to Tricaster?
There are several ways how to send data from Scoreboard OCR to Tricaster:
Using XML output
Using CSV output. Still investigating
Using TXT output. Still investigating
Using Tricaster
API. Still investigating
Using HTTP XML Feed output. Still investigating
1. Using XML
Open your Tricaster Session
Make sure that you have activated File → Share Media Folders and Buffers. This option will create a windows share of the Tricaster Session “DataLink Watch” folder (it is located in the session folder, for example, D:\Sessions\Session_Name\Datalink Watch)
In Scoreboard OCR choose XML File output option, browse to your Network, select Tricaster computer and choose the “Datalink Watch” share. You can also use Map Network drive Windows feature to set up the Tricaster share as your network drive
You can enter any name for the XML File, it is not important
In Scoreboard OCR add field “Clock”
In Tricaster add your graphics Template (you can use LiveText to create new templates or use existing templates)
On your graphics template click on the wheel icon (bottom right of each template) to edit the template
Select and edit the tect field that you would like to use for clock value
In the Text field delete existing content and type “%root Clock%”
The Clock value will appear on Live/Preview windows (it will not appear in Template edit window)
2. Using TXT
Seems to be similar to XML, still investigating
3. Using CSV
Seems to be similar to XML, still investigating
4. Using Tricaster API
Still investigating.
This should make 1/10 of a second work, which is not supported by XML, TXT of CSV method, because these files are only read once a second by Tricaster
Involves websocket connection to Tricaster port 5951