Porta Bridge RossTalk Integration
Porta Bridge is used as the communication gateway for Porta to connect to other processes, such as Designer(d3 software), MOS, RossTalk/GPI. For this page, we will focus on establishing the communication between Porta and RossTalk.
How to set up connect Porta with GPI
Section titled “How to set up connect Porta with GPI”Step 1:
- Specify Porta configuration: Navigate to Window->Porta
- Socket Server URL : Location of the Socket Server. This can be found by going to Porta Interface->File->My Account->Integrations and double click “Socket Server” to reveal the url.
- Porta API Key: This can be found by going to Porta Interface->File->My Account->Integrations and double click “API Key” to reveal the key.
Upon successful connection to Porta, top right indicator for “Porta Socket Server” should light up in green.
Step 2:
- Specify GPI configuration: Navigate to Window->RossTalk/GPI
- RossTalk TCP Listener Port : Specifiy the port to listen for any RossTalk Command, default can be 7788.
- Playlist/Page: Drop down menus that contains playlists and their respective pages, which should be loaded from Porta Database automatically
- GPI ID: User can type in specific GPI ID to link with specific playlist and page
- Add Item To List: User can add the pair of GPI ID <> Playlist & Page. The pair then should appear in the “GPI/Ross Talk Trigger List” for reference.
- Remove Item From List: User can select the pair of GPI ID <> Playlist & Page to delete.
- Log: It shows the running log of receiving GPI ID for troubleshooting/monitoring purpose.
Testing the connection in Porta
Section titled “Testing the connection in Porta”Upon successful connection to RossTalk Command, the log should record “Timestamp:Received command: GPI ##”