Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[Lorne Tyndale]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is a broadcast appliance install or something else,
but one thing that I've run into on Ubuntu based distributions is the
user ID that you're running Rivendell as needs to be a member of the
dialout group in order to access the serial port.

Especially if you're running the daemons under a different user ID from
the ID you're running the GUI under, you'll need to add the user ID's
that runs the daemons to dialout or else it won't be able to access the
serial port.

I don't know if this is the problem, but it is something to look at.


> 
> If you get correct results in Minicom but not in Rivendell, the problem 
> might be Rivendell-related.
> 
> But if you never get correct results even in Minicom, then you've got a 
> hardware problem (bad serial port? bad cable? incorrect pinout?) or a 
> configuation problem.
> 
> 
> Rob
> 
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> 
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, James Greenlee wrote:
> 
> >
> > As far as producing the "correct" result...That would be a negative.
> >
> > No matter what the macro says, Rivendell always puts the switch into mute.
> >
> > Executing a *140 directly into the switcher via minicom doesn't do anything.
> >
> > So Rivendell is logging in to Linux as user "rd."  I just added the user rd 
> > to the group dialout (which has access to the serial port).  Now rd can run 
> > minicom and execute switches via commands punched into minicom (*11, *81, 
> > *62, etc).  Rivendell macros fail though.
> >
> > I'm obviously missing something.
> >
> > In my mind, this should be really easy:
> >
> > 1. Install standard Rivendell per the instructions provided:  
> > http://static.paravelsystems.com/rivendell-install/rivendell-install-rhel7.html
> > 2. Configure host, setup serial port, add matrix as Broadcast Tools 8x2.
> > 3. Fire up RDLibrary, create a macro, ST 0 1 1!
> > 4. Run macro, watch the switch assign input 1 to output 1.
> >
> > Sadly it doesn't work.  The Macro puts the switcher into "mute" state.  
> > Minicom allows me to switch inputs just fine though and it's using the same 
> > configuration as Rivendell for the serial port.
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Rob Landry" <41001...@interpring.com>
> > To: "James Greenlee" <ja...@madsonics.com>
> > Cc: "Wayne Merricks" <merricks.wa...@googlemail.com>, "User discussion 
> > about the Rivendell Radio Automation System" 
> > <rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 3:42:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.
> >
> > On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, James Greenlee wrote:
> >
> >> Using screen, and executing a ST macro from Rivendell, I see an output of
> >> *140 and the switcher goes to mute.  Executing a *140 in minicom does not
> >> produce the same result.
> >
> > Does it produce the correct result, though?
> >
> >>  It would appear then that the Rivendell "driver"
> >> for the Broadcast Tools 8x2 speaks a slightly different language than
> >> what my 8x2 actually understands.
> >
> > As far as I know, 8x2s have always understood the same language.
> >
> > Is Rivendell defining the serial port with different parameters than
> > minicom? Is Rivendell running as a different user than minicom? If so,
> > does that user have sufficient privileges to use the serial port?
> >
> >> In Wayne's documentation, you can execute commands to the serial port via
> >> rmlsend with some shell scripts with screen commands.  I'm sure I can make
> >> that work, but is there a way to make a "driver" for Rivendell like the
> >> existing Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher one?
> >
> > UTSL ("Use the source, Luke").
> >
> > Personally, I wouldn't bother, though; I'd have Rivendell run a
> > constellation of shell commands containing whatever language you need to
> > make the switcher work.
> >
> >
> > Rob
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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[Rob Landry]

If you get correct results in Minicom but not in Rivendell, the problem 
might be Rivendell-related.


But if you never get correct results even in Minicom, then you've got a 
hardware problem (bad serial port? bad cable? incorrect pinout?) or a 
configuation problem.



Rob

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On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, James Greenlee wrote:



As far as producing the "correct" result...That would be a negative.

No matter what the macro says, Rivendell always puts the switch into mute.

Executing a *140 directly into the switcher via minicom doesn't do anything.

So Rivendell is logging in to Linux as user "rd."  I just added the user rd to 
the group dialout (which has access to the serial port).  Now rd can run minicom and 
execute switches via commands punched into minicom (*11, *81, *62, etc).  Rivendell 
macros fail though.

I'm obviously missing something.

In my mind, this should be really easy:

1. Install standard Rivendell per the instructions provided:  
http://static.paravelsystems.com/rivendell-install/rivendell-install-rhel7.html
2. Configure host, setup serial port, add matrix as Broadcast Tools 8x2.
3. Fire up RDLibrary, create a macro, ST 0 1 1!
4. Run macro, watch the switch assign input 1 to output 1.

Sadly it doesn't work.  The Macro puts the switcher into "mute" state.  Minicom 
allows me to switch inputs just fine though and it's using the same configuration as 
Rivendell for the serial port.

James


- Original Message -
From: "Rob Landry" <41001...@interpring.com>
To: "James Greenlee" <ja...@madsonics.com>
Cc: "Wayne Merricks" <merricks.wa...@googlemail.com>, "User discussion about the Rivendell 
Radio Automation System" <rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 3:42:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, James Greenlee wrote:


Using screen, and executing a ST macro from Rivendell, I see an output of
*140 and the switcher goes to mute.  Executing a *140 in minicom does not
produce the same result.


Does it produce the correct result, though?


 It would appear then that the Rivendell "driver"
for the Broadcast Tools 8x2 speaks a slightly different language than
what my 8x2 actually understands.


As far as I know, 8x2s have always understood the same language.

Is Rivendell defining the serial port with different parameters than
minicom? Is Rivendell running as a different user than minicom? If so,
does that user have sufficient privileges to use the serial port?


In Wayne's documentation, you can execute commands to the serial port via
rmlsend with some shell scripts with screen commands.  I'm sure I can make
that work, but is there a way to make a "driver" for Rivendell like the
existing Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher one?


UTSL ("Use the source, Luke").

Personally, I wouldn't bother, though; I'd have Rivendell run a
constellation of shell commands containing whatever language you need to
make the switcher work.


Rob
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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[Cowboy]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 13:18:11 -0500
Sherrod Munday  wrote:

> (That being said, I have successfully used shell scripts in the past
> to send commands directly to the serial port while minicom had it
> open (this was useful to use a cron job to send a timestamp/keepalive
> and telemetry command to a device while using minicom to log the
> output), but I was not attempting to read data back out of the serial
> port back to the CLI.)

 I'm fairly routinely ( lately ) reading the port while something else
 is writing to it.
 That's tough with something like minicom,
 but real easy with cat and echo.

 tail doesn't work directly, but you can do something like
 cat /dev/ttyS0 >> /tmp/temporary &
 tail -f /tmp/temporary

 OTOH, cat will continue showing the character stream until either you
 stop it, or something else actually closes the port.

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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[Sherrod Munday]

On Mar 7, 2017, at 10:29, James Greenlee  wrote:
> This isn't a SS8.2, it's a straight 8x2 from 1995.  According to the manual 
> provided by Broadcast Tools, the default speed is 2400 8n1 which works fine 
> with minicom. Unfortunately, Rivendell doesn't for some reason.
> 
> The solution of making shell scripts is workable, but I think we're just 
> going to step up to a new switcher.

Before going there, have you tried a null modem cable on the serial port of 
your Rivendell machine, connecting it up to another computer running at 2400 
(8N1) to see what minicom vs. Rivendell produces?

This is your best best to determine what's actually going on.  If you get 
strange characters from RD when doing this, but minicom works fine, then you 
may have to delve down to hex mode in minicom (or another terminal emulations 
program) to see the actual codes that are sent and then try to figure out what 
protocol/settings are being used by RD -- or, just manually brute-force try the 
many different settings with minicom on the RD machine and see what they come 
out as on the far end of the null modem cable until you hit a match.

My bet is that Rivendell isn't initializing the port correctly.  

BTW, you didn't mention the process you used to test minicom, but I'm 
hoping/guessing you stopped the RD daemons to run minicom on the same computer. 
 If you didn't stop the daemons but were able to successfully open up the port 
with minicom, I'd really wonder what port RD is actually opening.  Serial ports 
are generally only able to be controlled by one application at a time (the lock 
file that the first comm program creates usually tells subsequent programs to 
disallow accessing the same port).


(That being said, I have successfully used shell scripts in the past to send 
commands directly to the serial port while minicom had it open (this was useful 
to use a cron job to send a timestamp/keepalive and telemetry command to a 
device while using minicom to log the output), but I was not attempting to read 
data back out of the serial port back to the CLI.)

—
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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[James Greenlee]

This isn't a SS8.2, it's a straight 8x2 from 1995.  According to the manual 
provided by Broadcast Tools, the default speed is 2400 8n1 which works fine 
with minicom. Unfortunately, Rivendell doesn't for some reason.

The solution of making shell scripts is workable, but I think we're just going 
to step up to a new switcher.

James

- Original Message -
From: "Mike Price" <mpr...@srnradio.com>
To: "User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System" 
<rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 10:13:34 AM
Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

The default speed of the Broadcast Tools switcher is 9600 N81.  Your original 
post indicates you had set up for 2400 baud.

From the manual:

The SS 8.2 may operate at baud rates from 2400 to 38400 baud. The unit is 
shipped set for 9600 baud, with 8 data
bits, no parity and one stop bit.


Cheers,

Mike Price

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[mailto:rivendell-dev-boun...@lists.rivendellaudio.org] On Behalf Of James 
Greenlee
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 6:02 PM
To: Rob Landry
Cc: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System
Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.


As far as producing the "correct" result...That would be a negative.

No matter what the macro says, Rivendell always puts the switch into mute.

Executing a *140 directly into the switcher via minicom doesn't do anything.

So Rivendell is logging in to Linux as user "rd."  I just added the user rd to 
the group dialout (which has access to the serial port).  Now rd can run 
minicom and execute switches via commands punched into minicom (*11, *81, *62, 
etc).  Rivendell macros fail though.
  
I'm obviously missing something.

In my mind, this should be really easy:

1. Install standard Rivendell per the instructions provided:  
http://static.paravelsystems.com/rivendell-install/rivendell-install-rhel7.html
2. Configure host, setup serial port, add matrix as Broadcast Tools 8x2.
3. Fire up RDLibrary, create a macro, ST 0 1 1!
4. Run macro, watch the switch assign input 1 to output 1.

Sadly it doesn't work.  The Macro puts the switcher into "mute" state.  Minicom 
allows me to switch inputs just fine though and it's using the same 
configuration as Rivendell for the serial port.

James


- Original Message -
From: "Rob Landry" <41001...@interpring.com>
To: "James Greenlee" <ja...@madsonics.com>
Cc: "Wayne Merricks" <merricks.wa...@googlemail.com>, "User discussion about 
the Rivendell Radio Automation System" <rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 3:42:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, James Greenlee wrote:

> Using screen, and executing a ST macro from Rivendell, I see an output of
> *140 and the switcher goes to mute.  Executing a *140 in minicom does not
> produce the same result.

Does it produce the correct result, though?

> It would appear then that the Rivendell "driver"
> for the Broadcast Tools 8x2 speaks a slightly different language than 
> what my 8x2 actually understands.

As far as I know, 8x2s have always understood the same language.

Is Rivendell defining the serial port with different parameters than 
minicom? Is Rivendell running as a different user than minicom? If so, 
does that user have sufficient privileges to use the serial port?

> In Wayne's documentation, you can execute commands to the serial port via
> rmlsend with some shell scripts with screen commands.  I'm sure I can make
> that work, but is there a way to make a "driver" for Rivendell like the
> existing Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher one?

UTSL ("Use the source, Luke").

Personally, I wouldn't bother, though; I'd have Rivendell run a 
constellation of shell commands containing whatever language you need to 
make the switcher work.


Rob
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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[Mike Price]

The default speed of the Broadcast Tools switcher is 9600 N81.  Your original 
post indicates you had set up for 2400 baud.

From the manual:

The SS 8.2 may operate at baud rates from 2400 to 38400 baud. The unit is 
shipped set for 9600 baud, with 8 data
bits, no parity and one stop bit.


Cheers,

Mike Price

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[mailto:rivendell-dev-boun...@lists.rivendellaudio.org] On Behalf Of James 
Greenlee
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 6:02 PM
To: Rob Landry
Cc: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System
Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.


As far as producing the "correct" result...That would be a negative.

No matter what the macro says, Rivendell always puts the switch into mute.

Executing a *140 directly into the switcher via minicom doesn't do anything.

So Rivendell is logging in to Linux as user "rd."  I just added the user rd to 
the group dialout (which has access to the serial port).  Now rd can run 
minicom and execute switches via commands punched into minicom (*11, *81, *62, 
etc).  Rivendell macros fail though.
  
I'm obviously missing something.

In my mind, this should be really easy:

1. Install standard Rivendell per the instructions provided:  
http://static.paravelsystems.com/rivendell-install/rivendell-install-rhel7.html
2. Configure host, setup serial port, add matrix as Broadcast Tools 8x2.
3. Fire up RDLibrary, create a macro, ST 0 1 1!
4. Run macro, watch the switch assign input 1 to output 1.

Sadly it doesn't work.  The Macro puts the switcher into "mute" state.  Minicom 
allows me to switch inputs just fine though and it's using the same 
configuration as Rivendell for the serial port.

James


- Original Message -
From: "Rob Landry" <41001...@interpring.com>
To: "James Greenlee" <ja...@madsonics.com>
Cc: "Wayne Merricks" <merricks.wa...@googlemail.com>, "User discussion about 
the Rivendell Radio Automation System" <rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 3:42:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, James Greenlee wrote:

> Using screen, and executing a ST macro from Rivendell, I see an output of
> *140 and the switcher goes to mute.  Executing a *140 in minicom does not
> produce the same result.

Does it produce the correct result, though?

> It would appear then that the Rivendell "driver"
> for the Broadcast Tools 8x2 speaks a slightly different language than 
> what my 8x2 actually understands.

As far as I know, 8x2s have always understood the same language.

Is Rivendell defining the serial port with different parameters than 
minicom? Is Rivendell running as a different user than minicom? If so, 
does that user have sufficient privileges to use the serial port?

> In Wayne's documentation, you can execute commands to the serial port via
> rmlsend with some shell scripts with screen commands.  I'm sure I can make
> that work, but is there a way to make a "driver" for Rivendell like the
> existing Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher one?

UTSL ("Use the source, Luke").

Personally, I wouldn't bother, though; I'd have Rivendell run a 
constellation of shell commands containing whatever language you need to 
make the switcher work.


Rob
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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[James Greenlee]

As far as producing the "correct" result...That would be a negative.

No matter what the macro says, Rivendell always puts the switch into mute.

Executing a *140 directly into the switcher via minicom doesn't do anything.

So Rivendell is logging in to Linux as user "rd."  I just added the user rd to 
the group dialout (which has access to the serial port).  Now rd can run 
minicom and execute switches via commands punched into minicom (*11, *81, *62, 
etc).  Rivendell macros fail though.
  
I'm obviously missing something.

In my mind, this should be really easy:

1. Install standard Rivendell per the instructions provided:  
http://static.paravelsystems.com/rivendell-install/rivendell-install-rhel7.html
2. Configure host, setup serial port, add matrix as Broadcast Tools 8x2.
3. Fire up RDLibrary, create a macro, ST 0 1 1!
4. Run macro, watch the switch assign input 1 to output 1.

Sadly it doesn't work.  The Macro puts the switcher into "mute" state.  Minicom 
allows me to switch inputs just fine though and it's using the same 
configuration as Rivendell for the serial port.

James


- Original Message -
From: "Rob Landry" <41001...@interpring.com>
To: "James Greenlee" <ja...@madsonics.com>
Cc: "Wayne Merricks" <merricks.wa...@googlemail.com>, "User discussion about 
the Rivendell Radio Automation System" <rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 3:42:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, James Greenlee wrote:

> Using screen, and executing a ST macro from Rivendell, I see an output of
> *140 and the switcher goes to mute.  Executing a *140 in minicom does not
> produce the same result.

Does it produce the correct result, though?

> It would appear then that the Rivendell "driver"
> for the Broadcast Tools 8x2 speaks a slightly different language than 
> what my 8x2 actually understands.

As far as I know, 8x2s have always understood the same language.

Is Rivendell defining the serial port with different parameters than 
minicom? Is Rivendell running as a different user than minicom? If so, 
does that user have sufficient privileges to use the serial port?

> In Wayne's documentation, you can execute commands to the serial port via
> rmlsend with some shell scripts with screen commands.  I'm sure I can make
> that work, but is there a way to make a "driver" for Rivendell like the
> existing Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher one?

UTSL ("Use the source, Luke").

Personally, I wouldn't bother, though; I'd have Rivendell run a 
constellation of shell commands containing whatever language you need to 
make the switcher work.


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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[Cowboy]

On Monday 06 March 2017 03:12:39 pm James Greenlee wrote:
>  I see an output of *140 and the switcher goes to mute. Executing a *140 in 
> minicom does not produce the same result. 

 Suggests your serial port parameters are not set the same.
 E7 vs N8 for instance.

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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[Rob Landry]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, James Greenlee wrote:


Using screen, and executing a ST macro from Rivendell, I see an output of
*140 and the switcher goes to mute.  Executing a *140 in minicom does not
produce the same result.


Does it produce the correct result, though?


 It would appear then that the Rivendell "driver"
for the Broadcast Tools 8x2 speaks a slightly different language than 
what my 8x2 actually understands.


As far as I know, 8x2s have always understood the same language.

Is Rivendell defining the serial port with different parameters than 
minicom? Is Rivendell running as a different user than minicom? If so, 
does that user have sufficient privileges to use the serial port?



In Wayne's documentation, you can execute commands to the serial port via
rmlsend with some shell scripts with screen commands.  I'm sure I can make
that work, but is there a way to make a "driver" for Rivendell like the
existing Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher one?


UTSL ("Use the source, Luke").

Personally, I wouldn't bother, though; I'd have Rivendell run a 
constellation of shell commands containing whatever language you need to 
make the switcher work.



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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[James Greenlee]

Okay... 

According to the Broadcast Tools manual, I'm supposed to be able to pull up a 
menu via the 232 port but I can't seem to do that. I can however switch inputs 
with minicom (*11 = input 1 to output 1). 

Using screen, and executing a ST macro from Rivendell, I see an output of *140 
and the switcher goes to mute. Executing a *140 in minicom does not produce the 
same result. It would appear then that the Rivendell "driver" for the Broadcast 
Tools 8x2 speaks a slightly different language than what my 8x2 actually 
understands. 

In Wayne's documentation, you can execute commands to the serial port via 
rmlsend with some shell scripts with screen commands. I'm sure I can make that 
work, but is there a way to make a "driver" for Rivendell like the existing 
Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher one? 

Thanks! 


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From: "Wayne Merricks" <merricks.wa...@googlemail.com> 
To: "James Greenlee" <ja...@madsonics.com> 
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 4:39:19 AM 
Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher. 

I wrote this a few years ago for a broadcast tools 8.2 plus switcher. It goes 
through the Riv way, as well as using minicom and screen with sample scripts to 
use it directly with just a Riv RN macro. 

http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/Switchers 

Hopefully should help you figure out what is going on. 

Regards, 

Wayne 

On 6 Mar 2017 01:27, "James Greenlee" < ja...@madsonics.com > wrote: 


I've recently loaded Rivendell 2.15.2 on CentOS 7 and am trying to configure an 
older Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher. 

The COM port on the system is configured as ttyS2, Rivendell host serial port 
is configured as /dev/ttyS2, I'm using the Broadcast Tools 8x2 selection under 
"Switchers/GPIO" and everything is configured as follows: 

"GENERAL NOTES: Control is done by means of an RS-232C connection to a four pin 
RJ11 modular jack on the back of the unit (an adapter to a standard DB9 
connector is supplied by Broadcast Tools with the unit). Serial port parameters 
should be set to 2400 baud rate, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, CR/LF 
termination. 

The 8x2 should be configured to use 'Mix' mode. This can be done by holding 
down the F1 button on the switcher while powering up. 
Operation in 'multidrop' mode is not supported. " 


Which I got that information from here: 
http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/SWITCHERS.txt_-_Switcher_Application_Notes_for_Rivendell#BROADCAST_TOOLS_8x2
 


The Broadcast Tools is configured as switcher matrix 1 (local sound card is 
matrix 0), on serial port 0, and Rivendell knows that it's serial port 0 is 
/dev/ttyS2. When I create a macro that performs "ST 1 1 1!" and run it, the 
Broadcast Tools goes to mute. Really...Any ST command ends up in mute. Other 
RML commands (SR SA) do nothing. 

Any thoughts? Rivendell is definitely sending something to the switcher because 
it does mute every time I run a macro. My guess is it has older firmware with a 
different command set than Rivendell is sending. 

Thanks, 

James 
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Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Broadcast Tools switcher.

[Steve Varholy]

You might need to use the terminal and send commands to the BT outside of 
Rivendell to see what it is doing in reaction to manufacturers documented 
commands. That way you can assure that the switcher is working properly.

Had a BT relay box that came half DOA and that is how we determined the source 
of the problems.

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> On Mar 5, 2017, at 8:27 PM, James Greenlee  wrote:
> 
> I've recently loaded Rivendell 2.15.2 on CentOS 7 and am trying to configure 
> an older Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher.
> 
> The COM port on the system is configured as ttyS2, Rivendell host serial port 
> is configured as /dev/ttyS2, I'm using the Broadcast Tools 8x2 selection 
> under "Switchers/GPIO" and everything is configured as follows:
> 
> "GENERAL NOTES: Control is done by means of an RS-232C connection to a four 
> pin RJ11 modular jack on the back of the unit (an adapter to a standard DB9 
> connector is supplied by Broadcast Tools with the unit). Serial port 
> parameters should be set to 2400 baud rate, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop 
> bit, CR/LF termination.
> 
> The 8x2 should be configured to use 'Mix' mode. This can be done by holding 
> down the F1 button on the switcher while powering up.
> Operation in 'multidrop' mode is not supported. "
> 
> 
> Which I got that information from here:  
> http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/SWITCHERS.txt_-_Switcher_Application_Notes_for_Rivendell#BROADCAST_TOOLS_8x2
> 
> 
> The Broadcast Tools is configured as switcher matrix 1 (local sound card is 
> matrix 0), on serial port 0, and Rivendell knows that it's serial port 0 is 
> /dev/ttyS2.  When I create a macro that performs "ST 1 1 1!" and run it, the 
> Broadcast Tools goes to mute.  Really...Any ST command ends up in mute.  
> Other RML commands (SR SA) do nothing.
> 
> Any thoughts?  Rivendell is definitely sending something to the switcher 
> because it does mute every time I run a macro.  My guess is it has older 
> firmware with a different command set than Rivendell is sending.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> James
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