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UDP/TCP Default Port
Unless overridden, PHOTON’s default TCP and UDP control port is: 55503
Once commands are received, TCP servers will reply back to each connected client for acknowledgement. UDP commands will be replied to as a broadcast on the main network interface using the same UDP port as configured for reception.
UDP/TCP Network Syntax
[OpCode] [parameters] [layer_id] [OpCode] [parameter]
Spaces above are mandatory, each <tag> must be followed by a space character and each </tag> must be preceded by a space character.
Network Control
COMMAND
OPCODE
PARAMETERS
TYPES
RANGES
Select layer
SET_LAYER
layer_id
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; N]
TimeLine Speed
SET_TIME_SPEED
Speed
[float32]
[-5 ; 5]
TimeLine Seek
SET_TIME_SEEK
Frame #
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; N]
Timeline FreeRun
SET_TIME_FR
FreeRun
on/off
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; 1]
TimeLine LTC
SET_TIME_LTC
Time-Code
on/off
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; 1]
Media Opacity
MEDIA_BLEND
Opacity
[float32]
[0 ; 1]
Media Mix mode
MEDIA_MIX_MODE
Mix mode
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; 6]
Media Frame Blending
MEDIA_FB
Frame Blending
on/off
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; 1]
Media Position
MEDIA_POS
Position X Y
[float32] [float32]
[-2 ; 2]
Media Size
MEDIA_SIZE
Size X Y
[float32] [float32]
[-1 ; 3]
Media Audio Volume
MEDIA_VOL
Volume
[float32]
[-1 ; 3]
Select Media Type
SEL_MEDIA_TYPE
Media type
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; 10]
Select Media ID
SEL_MEDIA_ID
Media #
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; N]
Video Speed
VIDEO_SPEED
Speed
[float32]
[-5 ; 5]
Video FreeRun
VIDEO_FR
FreeRun
on/off
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; 1]
Video-in-time
VIDEO_IN_TIME
Frame #
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; N]
Video-out-time
VIDEO_OUT_TIME
Frame #
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; N]
Execute Cue
CUE_EXEC
Cue # by Index
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; N]
Execute Cue ID
CUE_EXEC_ID
Cue # by ID
[unsigned int32]
[0 ; N]
Special Codes
90BC9E48_6D84_4F8C_
AA23_72E3379AC71C
special_code
[unsigned int]
[0 ; N]
Query sytem state
GET_SYSTEM_STATE
No parameters
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Media Types
MEDIA TYPE
FUNCTION
ID
No Media
Nothing in the keyframe
0
Media File
Video file or picture
1
Media Input
DirectShow compatible media input device
2
Light FX
Photon FX.
3
Graphic FX
Unused
4
Cue Control
Predefined Macro in Cue List
5
VNC Input
Remote VNC server screen.
6
PGR Flea
PointGrey Research Flea camera device.
7
Media Sequence
Predefined sequence from Sequence list
8
Media Input Manger
Input device configured in Media_input_manager
9
Media Mix Modes
MIX MODES
FUNCTION
ID
Mix
C1 x a + C2 (1 - a)
0
Add
C1 x a + C2
1
Sub
C1 x a - C2
2
Sub Reverse
C2 - C1 x a
3
Minimum
Minimum (C1 x a, C2)
4
Maximum
Maximum (c1 x a, C2)
5
Special Codes
CODE CONTROL
ID
Normal Mode
0
Sleep Mode
1
Fire Alarm
2
Fire Alarm 2
3
Restart PHOTON
4
Reboot Server
5
Quit PHOTON
6
Shutdown Server
7
PHOTON Offline Mode ON
8
PHOTON Offline Mode OFF
9
PHOTON Toggle UI Visibility
10
Syntax Rules
- Capitalization must be respected.
- Spaces between each word are mandatory.
Examples
Set Media Layer 3 opacity to 50%
<photon_layer> 3 MEDIA_BLEND 0.5 </photon_layer>
Set Photon in Sleep Mode
<photon> 90BC9E48_6D84_4F8C_AA23_72E3379AC71C 1 </photon>
Querying System State
<photon_layer>GET_SYSTEM_STATE </photon>
When querying system state using the above command, Photon will reply using its internal XML-like syntax. Below is an example of the system-state syntax:
<computer_data> <host_name> Photon-1 </host_name> <cpu_usage> 9.30233 </
cpu_usage> <memory_usage> 23 </memory_usage> <vram_usage> 19.7842 </
vram_usage> <disk_usage> 0.950111 </disk_usage> <opengl_transfer> 110.063 </
opengl_transfer> <gpu_temperature> 77 </gpu_temperature> <fps> 60.0375 </fps>
<raid> N/A </raid> <version> 6.1.4798 </version> </computer_data>
HOSTNAME
NAME OF THE SERVER
Cpu usage
Total Percentage of CPU being used
Memory usage
Total percentage of the system memory currently in use
VRAM usage
Total percentage of GPU memory currently in use
Disk usage
Total ratio of HDD usage currently in use (1 means 100%)
OpenGL transfer
Bandwidth of data transferred between System Memory (RAM)
& GPU Memory (VRAM) expressed in Mbps.
GPU Temperature
Current temperature of the GPU expressed in Celcius
FPS
System's Current frame-rate.
RAID
RAID system current state (only supported for ERECA controllers at the time of this writing.
Version
Current running system version.
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