Manual Input

1. Click Add new.

2. Enter a Name for this dataset.

3. In Type select <manual>.

4. Click Add.

You can now add manually new key-value data entries that work together with other data sets. These entries will update scenes with the data that was entered.

File Input

Local files can be used as input for the datacenter. The files are monitored, so whenever a file is saved with a new value, datacenter is updated instantly.

1. Click Add new and select the File option.

2. Choose a Name for this dataset.

3. Go to Path and specify where the file is. As you write, the tool will suggest configured aliases for folders, and after the slash it will suggest files in this folder, for example "data/game.txt", where data is configured as an alias for c:\temp\data and game.txt is a file in this folder.

4. Pick a File type and choose from the dropdown menu one of the available options:

   1. <Automatic>

   2. Text (key-value pairs)

   3. Ini-file

   4. JSON

5. Click Add.

6. After adding the dataset, all of the data Entries will be live and visible in right window pane.

   Note: You can deactivate and activate the Data Entries that you are interested in, making this more resource effective for Viz Engine.

   

Sportzcast

1. Click Add new and select Sportzcast as a provider.

2. Write a Name for this dataset.

3. In Type, select the Sportzcast option (configured previously with a username and password).

4. Select the Bot number with the Data Entries you require.

   Note: In the Sportzcast API, the user is required to select the bot number that corresponds to a specific venue.

5. Click Add.

6. You will see live data feeding Datacenter.

   Note: Data from the Sportzcast data provider is event based, meaning that the data is pushed to datacenter, and the graphics is updated instantly when data change.

DataLink in Viz Vectar

Datalink in Viz Vectar allows live data input from a wide range of data sources, such as:

• Daktronics devices

• DSI devices

• Nevco devices

• OES devices

• Ranbow devices

• Translux devices

• Whiteway devices

• Access to all external databases (anything supported by ODBC)

• All sorts of internal clocks

• External CSV files, Excel Files, Text files, XML files

• Web based score controllers

• Web page real-time updates

Combining a Viz Vectar system (or Newtek's Tricaster) with Viz Trio makes data from Datalink available as a dataset in Datacenter.

1. Click Add new and select Vectar.

2. Choose a Name for this data source.

3. Select Vectar in Type.

4. Add the hostname where Viz Vectar is running. It will connect automatically and show the data from the Viz Vectar system.
   After adding the hostname, the Host port and Poll interval will be filled automatically.

5. Click Add.

Remote Datacenter Input (Replicator)

The replicator data input can be used to use one Datacenter as input for another one. Specify the hostname and port of the remote Datacenter and select a dataset, or $datasets for the list of data sets or $outputs for a list of outputs.

ControlImage

When enabling Shared memory placeholders for a ControlImage plugin in Viz Artist, note that this field is converted to a ControlText when imported or reimported into Viz Trio.

The control field can then only be controlled by entering the image path, either a Viz path or an URL. For example, the field value can contain a value from Datacenter being the full URL of an image, or the Viz scene path can be constructed with a path to the folder and a value representing the image name: IMAGE*/0_Tool_Kit/GenericLogos/A/${teamname}.

The full path will then be the path plus the value of the Datacenter key "teamname".