D&R Airlite

This protocol

Note

The D&R Webstation uses the identical protocol. The information on this page also applies to the Webstation protocol. Differences between the protocols are noted here.

Supported Devices and Prerequisites

This protocol supports the D&R Airlite analog broadcast console.

The Airlite Control software must be running, typically on the same computer, and UDP ports must be set up correctly. Please refer to the manual provided by D&R.

Configuration

The following protocol-specific settings are available in the configuration dialog:

IP/Hostname: Enter the IP or hostname on which the Airlite Control software is running. Typically this is on the same computer (127.0.0.1)
UDP Send/Receive Ports: These must match the ports configured in Airlite Control.

Parameters

The following parameters are provided by this connection type:

Channels

Channel number are 1 through 8 (or 6 for the Webstation).

channel/<number>/on (boolean, read/write) - status of the channel ON button
channel/<number>/fader (boolean, read-only) - status of the channel fader (false if set to -∞)
channel/<number>/start (boolean, read-only) - combination of on and fader
channel/<number>/cue (boolean, read/write) - status of the channel CUE button

Buttons

Button IDs are 1a through 8a and 1b through 8b for the two columns of eight buttons each

button/<id>/press (boolean, read-only) - will be true as long as the user is pushing the button down
button/<id>/color (string, write-only) - change the LED of the button

The following values are available for the button LEDs:

Solid color:
- off
- red
- green
Flashing:
- red/off/slow
- green/off/slow
- red/green/slow
- red/off/normal
- green/off/normal
- red/green/normal
- red/off/fast
- green/off/fast
- red/green/fast

Status

status/silence (boolean, read-only) - Silence detection status
status/micon (boolean, read-only) - Any microphone on
status/nonstop (boolean, read-write) - Non-Stop function activated