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Disguise User Guide

Porta Bridge

Porta Bridge is the communication gateway parsing information between Porta and Designer, and other services such as ENPS.

Key features

  • Uses web socket connection (Porta socket server) to communicate with Porta for d3
  • JSON payloads
  • Control d3 Transport API
  • Control d3 Indirections API
  • Supports MOS protocol
  • Production Setup

Commonly loaded on the local machine running d3, but may also exist as a cloud instance for use with ENPS.

  • File

    • New Config
    • Open Config
    • Save
    • Save As

  • Window

    • Porta
    • MOS
    • D3
    • GPI

  • Help

    • Open Logs
    • Porta Bridge Help
    • Version x.x.x.x

Porta Bridge D3 Connection

  • Socket Server URL : Location of the Socket Server. This can be found by Clicking File->My Account, on the My Account page click Integrations and click on where it says Socket Server.
  • Channel Name for Porta: This can be any channel name it will be what you select when making new Porta Pages on Porta.
  • D3 IP Address: This is the location of the D3 instance that is running.
  • Port(Not Required): Port location if needed 80 if not used.
  • D3 Project Path: The location of the D3 Project Path not the projects it self. Should end with \d3 Projects the Default location is Documents\d3 Projects
  • Share Drive Location: The location of a share drive that stores images that can be added to D3 via Porta Pages

Porta Bridge d3 Connection Configuration

API Calls

The API Calls are done by connecting to the Socket.IO channel that is specified on the bridge D3 Channel and can be called.

/getsharePath - returns the path for the share drive

/getShareFiles - Returns all the media within the set shared drive

/getDownloadPercent - gets the percent of the currently downloading file

/getFileSize - get the size of the given file

/uploadMedia - Upload the given media to the given location

/uploadSharedMedia - upload media from shared drive location to given location

/getProjectPath - Gets the Set project path

/getProjects - get a list of projects from the set project path

Troubleshooting

  • Both D3 and Porta indicators should be GREEN - RED indicates an issue with connection.
  • Ensure the Disguise project is running BEFORE starting D3 connector
  • The Designer active project is the expected project for Porta’s selected page/template/channel
  • Check that the Designer API homescreen can be reached from PX via IP address in Chrome.
  • In Porta’s menu under Window > Settings > Channels, ensure the correct channels are listed. If not, use the sync button in the channel panel. In Porta’s menu under Window > Settings > Preference, ensure Enable Play Groups and Enable play group sequence are enabled.

Summary

Porta Bridge is the application that connects Porta on Prem to the Disguise system.

It has the following responsibilities:

  • Integrate with the Disguise Designer API on the media servers such as gx 3, interfacing between them and Porta on Prem.
  • Handles API connections to Designer when during Failover.
  • Porta Bridge detects failover over and connects to the new Director as needed.
  • Performs content ingestion, copying media to the Disguise systems as requested by Porta on Prem, from the specified remote media location.
  • Performs automatic media deletion, removing media that was ingested by Designer older than a certain age.
  • Porta bridge communicates with the Disguise systems over the configured API port in Manager on the Disguise Systems, the default port is 80.

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