Thanks to the unique unforeseen global circumstances we find ourselves in at present, I've had a fair bit of time on my hands so have been learning/improving various skills. I enjoyed working on the Avolites project using Node.js, React & Electron, so when I found Expo I thought it would be fun to make something vaguely useful with it. Expo lets you use one JavaScript code base to build native iOS & Android apps, as well as experimentally to the web - and then with Electron to desktop apps.
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I've made a fairly simple app that let's you calculate custom video formats for Barco's Event Master products, which is pretty much an EDID - so this app is useful for other devices too including other Barco products, like their PDS range.
The UI is mostly comprised of components from the React Native Paper library with a few customised bits. As it's written with React Native it can easily run natively on Android or iOS as a standalone app (see iPhone screenshot). If there's demand I'd be happy to release it on either platform but in the meantime you can add the site to your home screen and it will work offline as it's a Persistant Web App (PWA). If you want to see what's it's like to run natively, try running the Expo Client locally - view the repo for more info.
I've automated the build process using GitHub actions so that every time I do a release, it automatically builds the web version of the app and uploads it to the site, as well as creating the desktop versions for Windows, Linux & Mac, making them available for download on the releases page. Similarly every push to the repository runs the tests, which were handy to make sure the logic of the app was correct. Fxcm metatrader 4 download mac.
The logic is based on a spreadsheet which calculates the VESA standardised timings, created Graham Loveridge, Syed Athar Hussain & Scott Gershick. This calcualtion became a feature of the Event Master Toolset in version 6 of the software I believe, however this app is still handy just to know how many links you'll need for an input, for example.
This type of development would be great for rapid prototyping of apps, as well as custom apps for events which need to be built quickly and support many devices.
First thing is to download the latest version of Event Master. This can be done from the Barco website if you want the latest released version.
If you want to try the Event Master current beta version then that can be downloaded from the Barco ftp site.
It’s advised that this shouldn’t be used on live shows.
Use an ftp manager like Filezilla to do this, or on a mac you can also use Finder “Goto to Server”. There are no credentials needed, so either leave blank or choose guest as appropriate. I’ve found a downloader to be faster & more consistent.
Once you have logged onto the ftp site go to
/Products/Image Processing/E2_S3_Ex/Beta Releases in here there are 3 folders which will contain the current beta.
Once you have the Event Master software you can then install it.
This will create files within a folder in Applications (Programs on Windows) called ‘ Event Master ’
NOTE: The versions are not numbered in the file name & the installer doesn’t overwrite, so be careful to manage your versions.
If you don’t have a e2/s3/eX available & you want to test or set up the software then you will find an emulator in the Event Master folder.
/Applications/EventMaster-##/wvp_sim/wvp.exec
Start the emulator before starting the EM software. This will open a terminal (or CMD in Windows) window, you don’t have to do anything in this just make sure it runs properly. When EM starts it should then find your emulated unit.
You can have a multiple versions of the emulator, they just have to be on different virtual or physical machines on the same network. The first one can be on the control machine.
If you are running the emulator on a Mac & you are not attached to a network then you will need to point your EM software at 127.0.0.1 which is the Localhost IP address.
With Windows you will need to give a fixed IP address in the network adaptor or use the self assigned one if given.
If you require the machines to have different cards than the standing shipping or if you require XML files for multiple linked machines, then a good place to make these is at the website below.
These are then changed in the folder –
/Applications/EventMaster-##/wvp_sim/wvp_9876 (where ## is the version number)
There are more details with in this folder in a readme file on how the XML is structured & how to change from one frame XML to another.
NOTE: Don’t forget to restart your emulator after changing the xml file.
If you struggle to see your emulated frame, try directly inputting the frame IP address (the network IP address of the machine its running on) directly in to the EM software.
If you’re running the emulator on a Mac then you will need to connect to ‘any’ network in order for an IP address to be assigned.
See the next entry to find out how to set up a basic show on an E2
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