Herr_Sprecker
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Greetings all! Would like to see if there are any script-knowledgable people out there who could help me.
I am running a MacBook Pro with QLab 4 installed, full license bundle. Using a network port, it is linked to a network switch. Also connected to the switch are 3 EIKI LC-XL100 projectors. If you are unfamiliar with these projectors, they're fairly old machines, about 5.5k lumens each. They feature a network port for control via Telnet, PJ Network Management, and web-based control using a web browser. I have each projector set to a static IP address.
By opening a web browser and opening a tab to the specific IP addresses for the projectors, I have access to the web-based control interface. Most of the projector functions can be controlled from here, including power on/off and opening/closing the shutter. Under most circumstances, this control system will do most of what we need to do.
However, I'm hoping perhaps there is a way through either the Network cues or Script cues in QLab that I could create a cue that would, as an example, close the shutters of all 3 projectors at once. I'm not up on scripting language, and would not really know what to use as a sequence here.
The projectors accept RS-232 commands, but it does not appear to receive them through the network port. I thought perhaps Telnet as a means of such control, but on a Mac that may involve an elaborate opening/closing of Terminal windows, not completely sure.
A website I looked up indicated
I am running a MacBook Pro with QLab 4 installed, full license bundle. Using a network port, it is linked to a network switch. Also connected to the switch are 3 EIKI LC-XL100 projectors. If you are unfamiliar with these projectors, they're fairly old machines, about 5.5k lumens each. They feature a network port for control via Telnet, PJ Network Management, and web-based control using a web browser. I have each projector set to a static IP address.
By opening a web browser and opening a tab to the specific IP addresses for the projectors, I have access to the web-based control interface. Most of the projector functions can be controlled from here, including power on/off and opening/closing the shutter. Under most circumstances, this control system will do most of what we need to do.
However, I'm hoping perhaps there is a way through either the Network cues or Script cues in QLab that I could create a cue that would, as an example, close the shutters of all 3 projectors at once. I'm not up on scripting language, and would not really know what to use as a sequence here.
The projectors accept RS-232 commands, but it does not appear to receive them through the network port. I thought perhaps Telnet as a means of such control, but on a Mac that may involve an elaborate opening/closing of Terminal windows, not completely sure.
A website I looked up indicated