Great to her that as a community you/we solved this. Great work!

Dear @DusX,

Added the mat2 stuff to the tutorial as an addendum. Best, Mark

@DusX,

hi Ryan, attached is a file which hopefully describes what i mean. It isn't a problem or anything like that. I am trying to figure out how i could use the java script actor and what are the possibilities to combine traditional with scripted with user actors. Concerning the partial return, it could be a shortcut for some circumstances.

f08ea4-js_example_return_an_array.izz

@fitussi or try https://github.com/bakercp/IPCAM2SYPHON

Best Michel

This is a NODEjs library. It requires NODEjs to run. See: https://nodejs.org/en/

(Basically nodejs is a webserver build around javascript.) This will not work directly in Isadora. However, you can set this up on your machine with NodeJS and communicate to it (since its a webserver) via TCP-IP. Basically you would build an API for your robotics as a NodeJS app, and send commands to it via TCP-IP from Isadora. This could be very cool.

You could also use a Trigger Text actor to change the 'server' input on the fly. The text you trigger must match what appears in that input via the popup menu exactly. But that should also work if you don't need to fade.

Best Wishes, Mark

Thank you so much everyone.

More amazing things about Isadora: many ways to skin a cat, and a great, responsive, community of users and support.

Ryan and Michel, thanks for your suggestions, and Mark, thanks so much for the user actor. Guys, I really appreciate your help.

@fubbi, that's a great tip, thanks!

I will!

Best Wishes for you too, Alex

I remember a comment from @gunther http://troikatronix.com/troikatronixforum/discussion/1171/audio-routing-on-windows

Aw... I forgot that was required ;) I just mentioned it as best practices.

@gapworks

Thanks.. that cool.

Thanks @Mark,

There is no bug. Cheers bonemap

You need to remember that the JS will run everytime any input is received, and will output to all outputs.

I find it most useful to use the JS actor in combination with other actors to form a user actor. One approach I have taken before is to use JS to work out the logic for a number of states, and simply output a number that represents the state. Followed by a Selector, or comparator or etc... to do whatever is needed. This can work well also for multiple outputs where the state defines which outputs should be used next. The JS actor is not meant to replace the native Isadora actors, but to rather enhance their usage and offer some additional functionality. (see: the javascript sort() function)

Hi,

I like @Woland user actor and set globals approach - thanks Bob. However, isn't the issue that the IzzyMap 'Input' settings are not publishable? Would it be possible to have a quad distort points published for the IzzyMap Input? The only way I can see to propagate the same IzzyMap 'Input' settings is to broadcast scene output using 'Broadcaster' actor and 'Listener' actor (as suggested by J Hoepffner earlier in this thread) to a control scene to have them pass through the same projector actors and mapping interface. cheers, bonemap

@bonemap

Looks great. Best Michel

Glad you got it working.

It would be interesting to know what it was (maybe PM me?) only because the problem could occur again and I could help a future user. Thanks.

My drive is a fast solid state drive so don't think it can be that. One thing I've noticed when I press 'a' key and hold down (as if it's a pedal accelerator) the trigger happens then switches off for a brief moment and then goes solid green. It is this that is causing the momentary glitch. Is there a way of avoid this? I've attached my patch. e842d6-accelerator-effect.izz

I think you need to make a small change to your user actor. (move an actor inside just a bit)

and close it again. Select the option to create a new instance, when prompted. This will give the user actor a new internal ID, and it will then be unique. It is likely that you have been making changes to this one, and updating (if you selected all) the other in your bin. You may want to check (if you build the latest from another previous user actor)

Dear All,

A top user requested some help with this problem: how to automate the capture of stages output as a picture interactively. This is one solution that works. It requires a free app called MIDI AE that can be [downloaded here](http://www.intlab.soka.ac.jp/~unemi/1/MIDIAE/). This solution is for Mac OS X only. Attached you will find a .zip file with an Isadora demo file (which includes all instructions in Comment actors) and an example file for MIDI AE. Here are the steps required to use these files. SETUP Ensure the IAC bus is enabled in Audio Midi Setup. See this URL for help: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209774225-Using-virtual-MIDI-buses-in-Live Download and install MIDI AE. Double click  "screencapture-setup.mdae" to open the file in MIDI AE Edit each command by double clicking the items under "COMMMAND." You need to edit the part after '-R'. The four values that follow are the left, top, width, and height of the area to be captured. You need to look at the arrangement of your screens and their position to come up with the values. For instance, for a Mac Book Pro with a 1920x1080 monitor directly to the right of the laptop display, you would enter "-R0,0,1440,900" to capture the main display and "-R1440,0,1920,1080" to capture the second display  Also, for each command, you can edit the path where the file will be stored. Right now it is ~/Desktop/ which saves files to the desktop. You could also do something like ~/Documents/Pictures1/ to save the file into a folder called Pictures1 inside the Documents folder. Choose Window > MIDI Sources and ensure  that the IAC Bus is checked as the MIDI Input. SAVE THE MIDI AE FILE. This is very important because there is a bug in MIDI AE that will cause it to lock up after the first MIDI Command is received. You will have to force quit MIDI AE and open the file again to edit it further. In Isadora, choose Communications > MIDI Setup and set Output 1 to "IAC Driver : Bus 1" (The IAC Buss will not be available unless you enable it in the Audio Midi Setup Trigger one of the Send Control actors. The appropriate screenshot will be taken and will appear on your desktop, or whatever folder you specified in the file path. That's it. Tested and works well on Mac OS X 10.10.5 Best Wishes, Mark

21d470-midi-ae-screencapture-setup-demo.zip

Dear All,

I've just fixed this for the next build of the 2.5 beta. Best Wishes, Mark