NewTek TriCaster 8000 - Manual (Page 438)

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C
ONFIGURATION
For an external GPI device to communicate with a NewTek live production system, it
must be manually defined by text entries in the file named gpi_setup.xml. This file
can be located in the directory shown below as appropriate for your product:
 C:\TriCaster\Configuration\
 C:\3Play\Configuration\
The entry for a given GPI control device must contain an IP address and port,
password, and custom name, entered as follows:
< device name="name " ip="###.###.###.###" port="##" password=" "/>
At the time of writing, the xml ‘element name’ signified above by the placeholder
device should be “jlcooper”, without the quotation marks.
The value for the “name” attribute that follows is a custom name of your choosing.
Hint: Normally, connected GPI devices are identified by unique names in this file;
otherwise (if GPI devices share a single name) GPI commands are issued to them
simultaneously.
The remaining configuration attributes (“ip”, “port” and “password”) are set at the
external hardware device (refer to the vendor’s documentation for details); the
corresponding values need only be transferred into the XML configuration file.
A typical entry might look like this:
<jlcooper name="JLCooper1" ip="192.168.128.102" port="23" password=""/>
L
ISTENING FOR
GPI T
RIGGERS
Configured and connected GPI interface devices can trigger macros just like a
keyboard shortcut, control surface, or MIDI button operation can.
To assign a GPI trigger to a macro, simply click a ‘gesture field’ in the Shortcuts
group at the bottom of the Macro Configuration panel, then send the desired
external GPI trigger to the system. The ‘listening’ control will recorded the GPI
signal, and a suitable shortcut entry will be displayed.