Configure camera input switching

This features is available when using an XR license

You can switch the active camera system (video and tracking source) between the camera systems defined in Group A and Group B.

Enable camera input switching

Enable “Camera input switching" in SETUP > Show > Show settings

Define camera system groups

Per machine: Route the 2 camera systems which should be switched between
Select the first camera systems to be in Group A
Select the second camera systems to be in Group B

Switch between groups

Using Director

Switch using the Group A/Group B radio button in the Routing panel

Using a URL ( HTTP request)

Use a URL only HTTP request (via Gateway) where ParamNumber refers to the group.

Group A: ParamNumber=1
Group B: ParamNumber=2

CODE

http://localhost:16208/gateway/23.1.0/publish?Type=Call&Target=Store&Method=SetCameraSet&ParamNumber=1

Learn more about How to use Pixotope Gateway

Using the control panel (HTTP request)

Drag an InvokeURL system action onto a trigger widget
Paste the above HTTP request into the argument field

Learn more about System actions

OR download this ready made control panel to Switch between camera groups

Switch between camera groups.pxpanel

Using the control panel (API Log)

Create widget

Press T in your control panel to bring up the Widgets toolbox
Select a tab widget
Click and drag on the canvas to place it
Change the Display Name on the tabs via Widget tab > Options
- Set the values to 1 for Group A and 2 for Group B

Listen to the Director action

Make sure that you have routed your cameras and defined the camera system groups before you listen to the action. For every change to on of the groups, the actions need to be updated!

Select the API Log tab
Listen to the Set type by enabling the Set filter
- Click the x icon to clear the logs
- Click Play icon to start listening to messages
In Director: Switch from Group A to Group B and back again
Click on the Pause icon to stop listening to messages

Link the action

Double click the tab widget
Drag either one of the Set messages onto the Source/Target of this action
Click the action to open the Code Editor
Add a dynamic argument called for example value and replace the number in the message so it looks like this:
CODE
```
{
  "Params": {
    "Number": "{{value}}"
  }
}
```
Right click the Tab widget and drag its Select value into the value argument of the action
Press R or the "Play" button in the header to try it out

If multiple camera systems are routed to one machine and none of them are part of any group, the first camera system is used.