Here follows a growing list of real-life examples of improving the management of a production by employing a Mosart REST Driver API.
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Examples of REST Driver Implementation

Robotics Control

You can control an MRMC Multi Head Controller (MHC) with Viz Mosart’s Generic REST API.

Prerequisites

MHC installed on a machine and set up with at least 1 robotic camera.

To configure REST API control of a robotic camera

  1. Open AV Automation and from the menu bar, navigate to Devices > Settings.

  2. Scroll down the Settings menu to Generic REST drivers.

  3. Add a new driver by clicking the Plus (+) sign.

  4. Fill in required details, following the example below:

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Note: Base URL and Authentication Server URL are the machine running MHC, not localhost.

  1. Click Save and close the menu.

  2. Open Template Editor.
    (AV Automation > Devices > Template editor).

  3. Select File > New to create a new template.

  4. Right-click in the template’s dark gray area then Enable > Generic Rest Commands.

  5. Add a command by clicking the Plus (+) sign in the left-side Commands panel.

  6. Fill in required details, following the example below:

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Note:

  • {CAMERA NR} is the index of the camera you want to use (starting at 0), and {CAMERA NR} is the index of the preset you want to load (starting at 0).
    If you want to load preset 3 of camera 2, you would do robots/1/preset/2.

  • Set Execute command on to your requirement, it need not be Program as shown in the sample screenshot.

  1. Click OK.

  2. Save the template.

  3. Add this template to a Mosart rundown.
    Whenever it is taken, it triggers MHC to move the selected robotic camera to the selected preset position.