Hi. Is it possible to return encoder status via command line prompt for SAMCast and / or SAMBC???

Perhaps there is a better way? I essentially want to create a script that returns the status of each encoder like: Running with Audio, Unable to start, No audio detected.

It would be great too if I can trigger an encoder from the command line too.

Thanks!

No, sorry.


Not sure if this qualifies as a better way, but at least it is one way:

1. Create a PAL Script and make it autostart
2. In said script, use PAL.Loop := True; to make the script repeat itself
3. Also use PAL.WaitForEvent('encoderstatus'); in order to trigger the script from outside of SAM
4. You can't change the response to the event trigger, but you can tell SAM to write the Encoder status to a file every time the event is triggered.
   i.e.:
   Code:
   var I : Integer;
   PAL.Loop := True;
   
   PAL.WaitForEvent('encoderstatus');
   
   for I := 0 to Encoders.Count-1 do
     if Encoders[I].Started then
       StrToFile('C:\Users\Micheal\SAM-EncoderStatus'+I+'.txt', Encoders[I].StatusLong);
   
5. Trigger the Event from outside of SAM using an HTTP client (The CMD.exe shell in Windows does not have a built-in command for that, but you can use the PowerShell Module Invoke-WebRequest that comes preinstalled on Windows 8 onwards - `iwr http://localhost:1221/events/encoderstatus` in the above example)

Note: I've got no idea what is included in StatusLong nor is it documented in the PAL Scripting Reference.

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