rdsToMatrix Plugin

[Bshaver]

All,
Working on an RDS data (playlist Song Title & Artist) writing to the Message Queue Plugin data aggregator plugin file.

With this plugin, you will be able to output this to your configured Matrix(s).

Some examples of use: Tune To sign.  Twitter post, Facebook Post, etc.

Thanks and stay tuned for the installer available.

[uzelessknowledge]

Where does the RDS get read from?

[Bshaver]

The MP3 audio tags.

[uzelessknowledge]

Hey Ben. Can you help me get this running? I have a master FPP and then the BB is a remote. I'd like to get the rds to show on the matrix. The mp3's are on the master. Not sure how I can get the data to the BBB.

If I have other plugins turned on will any data they have written to the message queue be played with this show rds or will it be only the ads?
Thanks

[Bshaver]

Sure I can help.

You subscribe the MatrixMessage plugin running on the BBB to the data stream that you want to output. In this case it would be the RDS plugin.You have to install the RDS plugin on the BBB, but it wont be used. It is strictly installed to allow the BBB to subscribe to that data stream.. I'm working on this for future updates.

You install the Matrix Message plugin, the MessageQueue plugin and RDS to matrix Plugin on the BBB

You install Message Queue and rdsto matrix on the Master.

Now, it gets a little tricky.. You need to 'share' the FPP.MessageQueue file between the Master and the BBB. So you can write the file to something like /home/fpp/media/FPP.MesssageQueue on the Master, and then on the BBB configure the message queu plugin to see //ipaddressofmaster/fpp/media/FPP.MessageQueue... Note there is no 'home' in this one because when you Samba mount point to the FPp instance it takes you right to the FPP area under 'home'

There is also an option the Master PI that when the RDS data is written that you can tell it to send it Automatically / immediately to the BBB. You put inthe IP address of the BBB in that box. This would allow the data to be as close to real time as when the song is read and played.

As with all the plugins, it is good to enable the plugin and then restart FPPD. I can do a team viwere with you as well.

[uzelessknowledge]

Well the master is writing to the right file because I can tail it and see what it wrote. I just don't see it on the matrix. Tried running the run matrix script too.

[uzelessknowledge]

Sure I can help.

You subscribe the MatrixMessage plugin running on the BBB to the data stream that you want to output. In this case it would be the RDS plugin.You have to install the RDS plugin on the BBB, but it wont be used. It is strictly installed to allow the BBB to subscribe to that data stream.. I'm working on this for future updates.

You install the Matrix Message plugin, the MessageQueue plugin and RDS to matrix Plugin on the BBB

You install Message Queue and rdsto matrix on the Master.

Now, it gets a little tricky.. You need to 'share' the FPP.MessageQueue file between the Master and the BBB. So you can write the file to something like /home/fpp/media/FPP.MesssageQueue on the Master, and then on the BBB configure the message queu plugin to see //ipaddressofmaster/fpp/media/FPP.MessageQueue... Note there is no 'home' in this one because when you Samba mount point to the FPp instance it takes you right to the FPP area under 'home'

There is also an option the Master PI that when the RDS data is written that you can tell it to send it Automatically / immediately to the BBB. You put inthe IP address of the BBB in that box. This would allow the data to be as close to real time as when the song is read and played.

As with all the plugins, it is good to enable the plugin and then restart FPPD. I can do a team viwere with you as well.

By changing the BBB so that the MessageQueue sees the new file on the master, then will this break the weather plugin and SMS that I have on the BBB?

[Bshaver]

you can subscribe the matrix plugin to output more than one. But yes, I want to update the plugin to allow you to specify which you want to go out. so you can use an event file that will say ./matrix.php -plugin Weather  or ./matrix.php -plugin Weather,SMS,RDS...

you can hold down the CTRL and CLICK the second plugin to work. But for the time being, just select the RDS one on the BBB to make sure that it will work.

Also, ensure that all the plugins are ENABLED.. and also, run the UPDATE plugin on each to make sure that you have the latest of each..

[uzelessknowledge]

you can subscribe the matrix plugin to output more than one. But yes, I want to update the plugin to allow you to specify which you want to go out. so you can use an event file that will say ./matrix.php -plugin Weather  or ./matrix.php -plugin Weather,SMS,RDS...

you can hold down the CTRL and CLICK the second plugin to work. But for the time being, just select the RDS one on the BBB to make sure that it will work.

Also, ensure that all the plugins are ENABLED.. and also, run the UPDATE plugin on each to make sure that you have the latest of each..

Ran the update on all first because I remember that from when we worked on the weather plugin.
Yeah, when you have some time a team view would be great.

Not a problem if it changes where they all read from. I'll just need to configure them all on the master. So far it's all been local to the BBB and only the BBB.
I guess I could just sequence in the song title and scroll or display it when the sequence plays. Just like having options.
Thanks.

[Bshaver]

Please PM me your avialbility of a Teamviewer session

[djl7780]

Ben,
I got this setup in master/slave config, but have a question about "Static Text Pre: and Post:
I put something in the static text pre and it does not display this before the RDS Data. What would be an example of something that would go in this field? Also in the plugin it mentions loop time, color, etc, how do you implement this?

Dustin

[uzelessknowledge]

Thank you Ben for your help. Feel dumb I was so close.

Dustin, Color is set at the Matrix Message plugin. Enter a static color or enter random and it will select 1 of 5 coded colors. I think it was 5.
The other options probably aren't implemented yet. I worked on a scroll or center option tonight. This would also be at the Matrix Message plugin level. Sent to Ben to review.

[uzelessknowledge]

Hey Ben. I was trying to add the \n in line to cause 2 lines and it isn't working. I even tried to run the matrix tools using the example and making it 2 lines. Do you know of the matrix tools isn't working right?

[needbrew]

Is there a better install guide for these plugins.  I have tried to follow along, but do not appear to have it set-up correctly

[AndrewXR6]

So now it is 2022, 
I am also having problems getting this to operate, ie Title & Artist on remote BBB/Tune to.
Is there a more comprehensive/ updated method to achieve this..