How to send data to Ross Xpression CG?
- Activate “ASCII Datalink Source” in Ross Xpression CG (please see screenshot below)
- Choose TCP protocol
- Choose CR as End of packet identifier
- Add fields and make sure to map bytes ranges to field values to be used in Ross Xpression CG. Please see example below.
- Choose “Ross Xpression CG” output option in Scoreboard OCR
- Enter Ross Xpression CG connection details:
tcp://host:port
tcp://localhost:7795
- Add fields and make sure they are in the same alphabetical order as in Xpression CG
Example Scoreboard OCR field name to Ross Xpression CG ASCII datalink mapping
Field name (alphabetical order) | Format | Length | Example | Byte range in Ross Xpression CG |
---|---|---|---|---|
period | period | 3 | 1st | 1 - 3 |
score_a | custom | 5 | 21 | 4 - 8 |
score_b | custom | 5 | 38 | 9 - 13 |
shot_clock | shot clock (ss) | 2 | 9.5 | 14 - 15 |
shot_clock | shot clock (ss, s.d) | 3 | 9 | 14 - 16 |
time | time (mm:ss, ss.d) | 5 | 58.1 | 16 - 20 |
Fields defined in Scoreboard OCR and sent to Ross Xpression CG are automatically arranged in alphabetical older (for example, “period” comes before “score_a”).
For this example the following ASCII data would be sent to Ross Xpression CG (underscore indicates a space):
1st___21___38_9_58.1\CR