Porta Bridge RossTalk Integration

Porta Bridge is used as the communication gateway for Porta to connect to other processes, such as Designer(d3 software), MOS, RossTalk/GPI. For this page, we will focus on establishing the communication between Porta and RossTalk.

How to set up connect Porta with GPI

Step 1:

• Specify Porta configuration: Navigate to Window->Porta
• Socket Server URL : Location of the Socket Server. This can be found by going to Porta Interface->File->My Account->Integrations and double click “Socket Server” to reveal the url.
• Porta API Key: This can be found by going to Porta Interface->File->My Account->Integrations and double click “API Key” to reveal the key.

Upon successful connection to Porta, top right indicator for “Porta Socket Server” should light up in green.

Step 2:

• Specify GPI configuration: Navigate to Window->RossTalk/GPI
• RossTalk TCP Listener Port : Specifiy the port to listen for any RossTalk Command, default can be 7788.
• Playlist/Page: Drop down menus that contains playlists and their respective pages, which should be loaded from Porta Database automatically
• GPI ID: User can type in specific GPI ID to link with specific playlist and page
• Add Item To List: User can add the pair of GPI ID <> Playlist & Page. The pair then should appear in the “GPI/Ross Talk Trigger List” for reference.
• Remove Item From List: User can select the pair of GPI ID <> Playlist & Page to delete.
• Log: It shows the running log of receiving GPI ID for troubleshooting/monitoring purpose.

Testing the connection in Porta

Upon successful connection to RossTalk Command, the log should record “Timestamp:Received command: GPI ##”