A Pixotope Service is an independent process that connects to our Data hub network. A Pixotope Service

Service

Scope

Responsibility

CTS (Tracking)

1 per machine

Transform and provide tracking data to the Engine

Daemon

1 per machine

Starts other services and manages machine settings

Director

1 per machine

User interface for Pixotope

DirectorAPI

1 per machine

Various internal responsibilities

Engine

1 per machine

Rendering and compositing 3D graphics and video

Pipeline (VideoIO)

1 per machine

processing incoming and outgoing video including video keying and providing it to the Engine

Store

Singleton

Stores per show data for all services and handles other backend functionality