Just an update for anyone interested...still banging my head against the wall. A couple of things though.
In the Rivendell Admin I found an "Add Switchers" dialog - there are a number of devices available using a dropdown menu. I was not able to find the Broadcast Tools SRC-4 listed there but I did notice a selection for a Broadcast Tools SS8.2. Since I have a few lying around I decided I would play with that...and I found some joy! After consulting some of the documentation, I created a macro cart with the command ST 0 1 1! and it worked. The switch routed input 1 to output 1. ST = Switch Take 0 = The serial port 1 = Input 1 1 = Output 1 ! = Indicates end of command When I looked at what Rivendell was sending with another computer running PuTTY I saw: *0011*002M1*003M1*004M1*005M1*006M1*007M1*008M1 I'm not sure what all that means, however the manual for the SS8.2 says that the command to make the switch to input 1 is *0011, I think the rest of the above tells it to mute (the M in the command) the rest of the inputs. As you can probably tell serial commands are definitely not my specialty. Sadly, I still have not found a way to get Revendell to send the *0OR1L command as described below. I think I'm close...but frustratingly, not quite there. Hopefully someone can answer a couple of questions for me: Which device from the Add Switchers dropdown menu I would use to send a simple string like *0OR1L? Which device should I select since the SRC-4 is not listed as an option? I'll try again tomorrow, thanks for listening! Wayne > Good afternoon distinguished Rivendell users! > > I have an occasion to implement 4 GPI/O using a Broadcast Tools SRC-4 with > Rivendell 2.19.3 running on CentOS 7. The connection is via an on-board > serial DB9 port. > > Rivendell needs to send serial to the SRC-4, for example: > > *0OR1L (to latch relay 1 closed) > *0OR1F (to open relay 1) > > Rivendell would be "listening for serial date like: > *011 (input 1 closed) > *010 (input 1 open) > > You get the idea...anyway I'm looking for tips, tricks, documentation, > pitfalls to watch out on this project. > > So far, I've managed to get the computer working with the SRC-4, and can > get data from it and I've been able to close/open relays on it using > PuTTY, but I haven't been able to get Rivendell to talk to it yet. > > Any help you care to offer is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your > time and expertise. > > Best, > > Wayne > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
