Serial Input Event

the serial input event triggers when the brightsign player receives input from a device connected to a serial port specify port enter the port number of the input device most standard rs 232 serial devices enumerate on port 0 if you are connecting a usb serial device, it will enumerate on port 2 to configure the serial port, navigate to presentation > interactive > connectors docid\ a6ali6u szxhuansk6t3 specify serial input enter the serial input string that will trigger the event you can also use the < > wildcard to match some or all of the serial input (i e , entering < > in this field will match any input, while entering mycommand < > will match any input message that begins with mycommand ) assign input to variable? check this box to assign the content of the serial input to a user variable input specifies variable the serial input string will dynamically specify which user variable to modify the serial input string must be sent in the form of \<variable name> \<variable value> specify fixed variable the serial input string will modify a fixed user variable use the dropdown list to choose which user variable the serial input will modify the serial input string must be sent in the form of \<variable value> you can use the input specifies variable option to modify more than one user variable with a single event use the following serial input string \<variable name> \<variable value> !! \<variable name> \<variable value> assign wildcard to variable? check this box to specify the value of a user variable using the < > wildcard select the user variable to modify using the dropdown menu to the right the specify serial input field must contain the < > wildcard, either by itself or with additional text (e g , message < > ) wildcards are only supported when the serial port is using the ascii protocol docid\ dkusdivrxpuaiuovm2ehl , not when using the binary protocol