xSchedule Questions

[nmiller0113]

First off I'd like to say that what Keith has done with xSchedule is nothing short of amazing.  How much was added to that product brought it from ancient to relevant and trend setting within less than a year.  Thank you Keith!  With that said, I'm so impressed I need to understand it further, so I've got some questions.  Hopefully this isn't too much....With how good xSchedule is now, does it deserve its own section in the forums?

• I'll ask this first since it may help with the following questions.  Is there a manual or help guide anywhere for xSchedule?
• Does xSchedule for Mac and Windows work exactly the same?
• Why does xSchedule have two lights off modes?  One with what looks like a gear and one without?  Is one a service state?  Just trying to understand the differences between the two modes
• Can I use two xSchedule computers?  One as a primary and one as a remote?  What I am trying to accomplish here is my computer running my show is inside the house while my projector computer running my video loop is outside.  Can I control both with xSchedule so one only plays videos in a loop, no audio, and also runs the serial script triggers via command line executions.   While the other manages the schedule and playlists for both, sends audio and RDS to my FM transmitter as well as run the FSEQ’s and sends the E1.31 data to my F16v3 controllers
• Are there more plugin’s available somewhere for xSchedule that I haven’t found or am missing?  I looked but don’t see them.  I’m looking to see if there is an SMS plugin similar to the one Ben Shaver created for FPP.  I use it heavily and if FPP continues to slow development I may have to completely move away from it and wouldn’t want to lose my SMS capabilities in my show

I hope that wasn't too much to ask.  Really loving xSchedule and am so impressed with how it's matured.  Thank you again!

[keithsw1111]

1 no
2 yes
3 one is auto on/off the otgers are permanent
4 yes
5 not familiar with it and no sms isnt there but all the hooks are there to build it just like ben did

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[nmiller0113]

Thanks for the quick response Keith.  A couple supplemental asks of previous questions.

4 - Is there a video, documentation anywhere or example of how I'd do this as this is the only thing keeping me from switching completely to xSchedule

5 - I think I can figure out how to get an SMS plugin working here based on your response and from what I've read.  I also asked if there were any additional plugins or a plugin repo somewhere, where I can look or add more that are available.

Thanks again!

[keithsw1111]

There are several videos on videos.xlights.org. Basically xschedule uses the same sync protocol as fpp and they can be used interchangeably. Just create a playlist step on the second computer with the same name as the master and put a video player in it. Then put it in remote mode and the other in master.

The stuff that exists are not plugins per se but code that interacts with the API. There are two publically available samples in the xlights repo. One is the web ui and the other is some arduino code that implements physical button control.

[nmiller0113]

There are several videos on videos.xlights.org. Basically xschedule uses the same sync protocol as fpp and they can be used interchangeably. Just create a playlist step on the second computer with the same name as the master and put a video player in it. Then put it in remote mode and the other in master.

I looked for videos on some examples or details on Master/Remote mode and only ever found some high level explanations.  I understood how FPP worked but I'm unfortunately not following 100% what you're explaining...sorry.  I'll put in a request now for maybe a future video tutorial from you on this But what I'm trying to do is have a playlist with 4 videos in it loop and play the entire time my show is playing completely separate.  The video loop is for my virtual santa scene.  I don't want it to stop until my show is coming to the end at night and I want it to start with my show as well.  So the remote will only play the 4 videos in loop and will also have a serial connection to the projector that I'll send HEX commands to trigger it to turn on / off.  That is all I want it to do.  I just need it to run on the as a remote to the Master.

Actually, as I type this I realized that I could just have it run standalone on the same schedule as the other standalone since there is no sync for any specific sequences.  Haha.  Well, either way, I'd like to see how I'd do it as a remote if I did want to sync a video to the sequence running from the Master if you ever have time to make a short 5 min tutorial video on it.

I also noticed today that you have unicast remote now in there.  I'm guessing that's so they can be controlled through a routed connection.

Thanks again Keith!

[keithsw1111]

Yes in your situation I wouldnt sync them at all. And yes the new sync protocol is routable.

[arw01]

 have a serial connection to the projector that I'll send HEX commands to trigger it to turn on / off.  That is all I want it to do.  I just need it to run on the as a remote to the Master.
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Did you figure out the serial connection, I am only quickly finding an ip connection.