Cue View
A dashboard for everything in your show.
Features
- Tons of supported equipment
- Auto discover devices on the network
- Live updating
- Configurable layout
Supported Devices
- QLab 4 & 5
- ETC Eos Consoles
- Watchout
- PJLink Projectors
- X32 Audio Consoles
- XAir Audio Consoles
- Art-Net Universes
- sACN Universes
Future Devices
- ATEM Video Mixers
- DiGiCo Consoles
- d&b DS100, amps
- Hog
- Meyer Galileo Processors
Plugins
A Cue View "plugin" is a system for communicating with a type of device, for example QLab or Watchout. It consists of a JS file that describes how to communicate with the device, an HTML template for displaying the device's data, and a CSS file to style the HTML.
plugin.js
exports.config = {
defaultName: 'Example Plugin',
connectionType: 'osc' or 'TCPsocket' or 'UDPsocket',
searchOptions: {
type: 'Bonjour',
bonjourNane: 'device'
},
searchOptions: {
type: 'UDPsocket',
searchBuffer: Buffer.from([0x00, 0x01, 0x02]),
devicePort: 1234, // port the device receives messages on
listenPort: 2345, // port Cue View should listen for responses on
validateResponse: function(msg, info){
// if this function returns true, Cue View adds the responding IP address to the list
}
},
searchOptions: {
type: 'TCPport',
searchBuffer: Buffer.from('are you there'),
testPort: 1234, // port the device receives messages on
validateResponse: function(msg, info){
// if this function returns true, Cue View adds the responding IP address to the list
}
},
defaultPort: 1234, // only available for TCPsocket and UDPsocket devices
heartbeatInterval: 5000 // how frequently, in ms, to send the heartbeat message
}
exports.ready = function (device){
// runs when Cue View identifies a new device. send all data requests here
device.send(); // method for sending a message to the device requesting more info. arguments change based on connectionType
device.send(`/this/is/osc`); // osc
device.send(`/this/is/osc`, [{ type: 'i', value: 20 }, { type: 's', value: 'foo' }]); // osc with arguments
device.send(`hello`); // UDPsocket and TCPsocket
}
exports.data = function (device, buf){
// runs when Cue View receives a message from the device.
device.draw(); // flag for QLab to update the device's view
device.send();
}
exports.heartbeat = function (device){
// runs every n milliseconds, defined by exports.heartbeatInterval
devide.send();
}