Lately I am working on a backgroundscript wich uses the switches on a D&R Airlite for voicetracking.
I am not working with the standard commands on the remote, since the script uses some combinations of variables to change led colours and also the function of a switch changes when the vt window is open or closed…
The script sends the standard commands (like VT RECORD START, VT RECORD STOP, VT OPEN, VT SAVE) to the playout software and this works like charm.
Now I found out that these scripts are working well in the playout software but scripts aren’t useable in the database app?
The used commands wich are triggered by the script aren’t accepted in the database app. Is it possible to send commands to the database app by a script?
It is possible to send commands using a remote control, so I know the database app can handle the standard commands. I wonder if it is possible to send the standard commands to the database app when they are triggered by a script.
One side note:. The database app is not opened using the link in the toolbar, but he software is started seperate by a script. In this specific situation it isn’t desirable to start the database app from the toolbar so that won’t be a solution for me. In my situation two instances of mAirlist are running, perhaps that could be the cause? If so, Is there a way to make the database app accept the commands wich are send by a script?
as soon as the database app is opened from the toolbar, both the commands sent by remotecontrol or script are actually executed.
As soon as the database app is opened from the windows start menu, windows sees it as a separate application.
Commands sent by remote controls are executed, commands sent by scripts are not executed.
can this be solved?
I was thinking, for example, to devise a ‘virtual’ remote control and to control it with scripts.
As indicated, I trigger a script using the keys on a D&R Airlite to record voice tracks. I want to be able to use this in the playout software as well as in the database app.
@RuVo80 did you end up finding a solution for this?
In mAirlist 8.x there is no way to do any remote control (both built-in or script are not working) when opening the Database app as standalone (not from the playout toolbar).
We really need to be able to remote control the database app to have shortcuts/keys for VoiceTracking actions.
After digging a bit in the Configuration app, I found the following config option under Miscellaneous > Options:
This enables remote control using MIDI/TCP/… within the standalone database application, which allows you to use standard mAirlist commands.
However, since there is no option to load background scripts in the database application, there is currently no way (that I am aware of) to create custom commands that are handled by a script.
mAirlist 8.x introduced “Action Commands”, which allows you to create custom commands that can do a bunch of actions. One of those actions is “Run Script”, which can run a custom mAirlist script. However, I tested this in the standalone database app and these Action commands don’t seem to work.
