Medialon Manager V6.7.2 (Compere Project Group Server / Control PC)
•Install Medialon Manager V6.7.2 onto the PCs to run as Compere project group server.
•Medialon Manager installs to C:\Program Files (x86)\Medialon\Medialon Manager 6
•Copy the Compere MxM (dll file) into C:\ProgramData\Medialon\Manager6\MXM.
•Start up Medialon Manager and open the required project (*.mngProj6) or start a new one. This will contain the setup of variables to work with the Compere MxM.
•Under Devices, find ‘Compere’ (the MxM). Right-click and select Setup, and type in the IP address for the Compere Project Group server (for the Zone). The direction is ‘To Compere’.
Note: under User Groups you will see:
All_Variables
Compere
Marquee
•Select Marquee, and in the Lister panel you will see the shared variables uniting Marquee with Compere:
These variable names must not be changed because they are used in the communications between the controllers and the Juggler system. Some of the variables need to be given values, once we have connected everything up. Every variable used to communicate window location and size will require an external control string in its Properties for Compere, to which dynamic values will be attached.
Save the Manager Project after editing and before closing.
Run the Project in Medialon Manager, to start the comms with Compere and Marquee:
Note: This is running in Debug mode while you set the project up.
Medialon Marquee (Source Layout Controller PCs)
Runtime application
•Copy the Marquee Runtime folder onto the Source Layout Controller PC.
•Marquee can be saved anywhere, but we suggest C:\Marquee-Runtime.
•Create a shortcut, and add in any command line parameters needed (see illustration below) or press [F2] to bring it up in Marquee.
Example: for Marquee Runtime to open the UIC project at startup:
In the Shortcut Target, after the runtime.exe, add: -projectmrq=C:\path\to\projectfile.mrq
Project files
For the project-related files, we suggest creating a C:\Marquee-Project folder. This will contain the project file, assets for the application, plugins and backups. There are two files you need to edit.
1.In a text editor, edit the IP address for the PC carrying Medialon Manager in the project .mrq file. This will connect with Medialon Manager:
<Marquee>
<Settings>
<IP value="10.0.11.42" />
<Port value="9255" />
<Username value="" />
<Password value="" />
<Group value="Marquee" />
<Width value="1440" />
<Height value="1024" />
<GridSpacing value="1" />
<Grid-Colour value="101,101,101,255" />
<Font value="Roboto-Medium" />
<UserLevel value="All" />
<JugglerPluginEnabled value="True" />
</Settings>
…
2.The Marquee project needs to know about the canvas setup in Compere – how many background NDI feeds, how many windows, and what window cluster arrangements will be useful? These are held in \Plugins\JugglerPlugin\JugglerPlugin.xml
<JugglerPlugin>
<BgNDIs count="4"/>
<WindowGroup name="2x1" rows="1" columns="2"/>
<WindowGroup name="3x1" rows="1" columns="3"/>
<WindowGroup name="1x2" rows="2" columns="1"/>
<WindowGroup name="1x3" rows="3" columns="1"/>
<Windows count="16"/>
</JugglerPlugin>
Here the background canvas is populated by a specified number of NDI feeds <BgNDIs count="n"/> in a single row. Match this to your background canvas. There are up to 16 windows possible, that must be connected to named canvas windows in the Compere project (Connecting Marquee to Compere).
Marquee panel space allows for up to 8 grid (WindowGroup) arrangements to be created here as rows × columns. These appear in Marquee as light grey blocks ready to be populated by windows, as buttons that can then be dragged into the canvas as single entities. An arrangement can be used multiple times.
WindowGroups are user-definable but not created in the Marquee user interface.
Compere (Project Group server)
The Compere project group will have a canvas, and the name for this in Compere must be used in all external control strings in Medialon Manager. Outputs on this canvas will be configured for the display devices. Onto these, up to 16 canvas windows can be addressed by the layout controllers on which you have installed the Marquee app.
The names for these windows must be used in all external control strings in Medialon Manager. Other windows may be present in Compere, but will not be addressed by the layout controllers.
The Source Layout Controller should now be ready for configuration.