Progress on the ATOM Matrix Tally Light:

I have completed what I believe to be the final round of testing and I made a few changes to my previous report:

Upon power-up the screen can stay blank for a while, which can be disconcerting, so I added a green P (for power) that displays at power-up until it connects or starts trying to connect.

The green W will display if the Tally Light is connected to a device in Access Point mode. (The red W has been eliminated.) Once you are beyond that and it's connected to your real WiFi network, it will display a red V while trying to connect to vMix. I removed the flashing. If it can't connect to vMix after trying for a few minutes, it will display a blue C prompting you to either Connect or reConnect to vMix. Pressing the screen button while in this mode or while it's connected to vMix will display the Tally Light's IP address, one digit at a time. I also added a brief period of a blank screen in between digits so you can tell if a digit is repeated.

I have now tested these in the real world and I can say that they are working well. Very bright and very visible even over long distances. (Our cameras are about 50-60ft from the talent.)

A final note: We are using NDI cameras with Power Over Ethernet, and they also have a USB port. We aren't using the USB for communicating or getting the stream from the camera, but they do provide power. So that was a very convenient way to get power to the Tally Lights.

My project for the vMix Tally Light using the m5Stack ATOM Matrix is now live on github. You can see it here: https://github.com/MarkG.../ATOM-Matrix-Tally-Light

Just released v2.1.0 🎉

🚀 Select a wifi network from a dropdown instead of typing it in. (Choose Hidden Network to type it in anyway)

Check it on GitHub

This project is really cool, thanks for creating this! I have an ATEM switcher, not VMIX, but didn't want to rewrite the tally software you've already done for the different API. I created a simple Node.js TCP server that catches ATEM updates using https://github.com/nrkno...tomation-atem-connection and translates those to vmix TALLY messages. It works great if you don't mind running a simple server as the bridge between the switcher and tally lights.

Hello! Thanks to everyone for their work on this project, it's awesome!

However, I am having one issue. Once I connect the M5StickC to my wifi network, I am no longer able to access the web interface. Everything works in access point mode, and once it's connected, it works, I just can't change anything in the web UI. When I try to go to the IP address on the front of the tally, it gives me "Site can't be reached" on multiple devices/browsers on the same wifi network. I am able to successfully ping the IP address of the device.

Any ideas here?

I have tried rebooting the device (actually letting it's battery drain all to zero), with the same results. Is there a way to put it back into access point mode without waiting for the battery die? Thanks for your help, I'll let you know if I find out the root cause. I don't think I put any value in the reconnect interval... would that mean it's always trying to connect?

*EDIT* - I forced it back by re-uploading the sketch to the m5stickc. I'm still not able to access the web UI via the private IP it spits out, even after setting the reconnect interval to 60.

Attached is a screen shot of the actual message I'm getting in Chrome when trying to access the IP displayed on the LCD. Screen Shot 2020-11-02 at 3.40.29 PM.png (32kb) downloaded 3 time(s).

Thanks for sharing! I will implement this in the next release 😄

Good to hear streamstuff. I hope that the new version will come out before the weekend hits, it will have numerous updates and enhancements

He Guido,

I just did see the following live stream. Looks like your work... did you put a patent on it?


Pepsi

Tally Light V01.pdf.zip (1,171kb) downloaded 15 time(s). Tally Light V02 correction.pdf.zip (1,171kb) downloaded 7 time(s).Hello Guido,

first of all thank you very much for the great work. Respect!!!

I have rewritten the software a little bit, that an external LED can be used as signal light. Furthermore the internal LED can be switched off with an external wire bridge. You can use the software with out external LED's, too. Please use this code for future updates. Thank you, so much.

Technically:
The LED cathode has to be connected to ground.
The red LED with G26
The green LED with G0
If G36 is connected to +5V, the internal LED is switched off.
Software adjustments:
At c_MAIN:
// Pin definition for external LED display
#define LEDrot 0 // Red LED
#define LEDgruen 26 // Green LED
#define LEDangeschlossen 36 // at +5V connection (HIGH) the internal diode will not light up during live

added in Setup:
pinMode(LEDrot, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(LEDrot, LOW);
pinMode(LEDgruen, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(LEDgruen, LOW);
pinMode(LEDangeschlossen, INPUT);

Build up a new function void LedOut(int Red, int Green) in this all LED action by managed. And have inserted them accordingly.

You find at the attached PDF Tally Light V02 correction.pdf.zip some examples for LED connection, and from src folder the a_GLOBAL as .zip.

Please have fun with it. Best regards, Michael
a_GLOBAL.zip (23kb) downloaded 7 time(s). Tally Light V01.pdf.zip (1,171kb) downloaded 15 time(s).